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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Nokia shareholders approve Microsoft deal — Nokia shareholders have approved a deal allowing Microsoft to purchase the Finnish smartphone maker's Devices and Services unit. 99.7 percent of shareholders who participated in the vote agreed with the Microsoft sale, representing around four-fifths …
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Ars Technica, LiveSide.net, eWeek, Computerworld, Tech Trader Daily, BGR, Windows Phone Central, ReadWrite, VentureBeat, Unwired View, TechCrunch, The Register, Mashable, Engadget, PhoneArena, Neowin, ZDNet, MacDailyNews, Electronista, AllThingsD, My Nokia Blog, Gotta Be Mobile, Softpedia News and Inquirer. Tweets: @johndstoll
| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
In final shareholder speech, Ballmer defends Bing and Xbox as key parts of Microsoft — Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer just finished speaking at the company's annual shareholder meeting — his final one as the company's leader — and while he didn't directly address calls for the company …
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Search Blog, The Verge, Search Engine Land, Computerworld, BetaNews, The Verge, BGR, The Next Web, GeekWire and WebProNews. Thanks:@johnhcook
| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
“Caretaker” Mulally as CEO Remains Inside Bet at Microsoft, but Will a Dark Horse Emerge? — If you talk to any high-ranking person inside Microsoft these days, a pretty strong scenario is trumping all others for who will take over from outgoing CEO Steve Ballmer.
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| Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD: |
Sony's PlayStation 4 Costs $381 to Build — Only $18 Under Retail Price — In Teardown — When PlayStation 3 was first released by electronics giant Sony in 2006, it was sold at a loss with the hope of making money back on individual games. — That's pretty close to what Sony is doing again with the PS4 … | Aaron Souppouris / The Verge: |
Samsung ships 800,000 Galaxy Gear smartwatches to retailers in two months — Samsung defies critics, sells 800,000 Galaxy Gear smartwatches in two months — Despite very negative reviews from almost everyone that cared to touch one, Samsung has sold 800,000 Galaxy Gear smartwatches in two months.
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Tweets: @markgurman, @vladsavov and @panzer
| Colleen Taylor / TechCrunch: |
Hightail, The File-Sharing Service Formerly Called YouSendIt, Lands $34 Million In New Funding — Hightail, the file-sharing service formerly known as YouSendIt, is announcing today that it has raised $34 million in new funding. The round, which serves as Hightail's Series E, was led by hard drive maker Western Digital.
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| Derek Khanna / Slate: |
Obama's Secret Attempt to Ban Cellphone Unlocking, While Claiming to Support It — Last week, WikiLeaks made public a portion of a treaty that the White House has been secretly negotiating with other nations and 600 special interest lobbyists. The draft of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Treaty …
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| Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
Google Wallet Creators Raise $7M From Eric Schmidt, Khosla To Bring Personalization And Analytics To In-Store Commerce — While Amazon has been at the forefront of providing a personalized experience in online commerce, in-store retailers are still behind in using data in compelling ways …
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Digits, InvestorPlace and AllThingsD
| Brian X. Chen / NYT Bits: |
Carriers Reject a ‘Kill Switch’ For Preventing Cellphone Theft — Lawmakers in San Francisco and New York are pushing cellphone makers to adopt a so-called kill switch that would allow users to deactivate their phone remotely, discouraging criminals from stealing phones. But the cellphone carriers are not on board.| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
FiftyThree, Maker Of Creativity App Paper, Gets Into Hardware With Launch Of Its ‘Pencil’ Stylus — FiftyThree, the company behind the wildly popular iPad creativity app Paper, is making its first foray into hardware with the launch of a new stylus it's creatively named “Pencil.”
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The Verge, MacRumors, iMore, GeekWire, PC Magazine, Guardian, App Advice, Digits, FiftyThree, Cult of Mac, Gizmodo, iClarified, MacNN, Engadget, 9to5Mac, MacStories and TUAW
| Dr. Raymond M. Soneira / DisplayMate: |
Mini tablet display comparison: 7" Kindle Fire HDX and Nexus 7 impress, iPad mini disappoints — Mini Tablet Display Technology Shoot-Out — Introduction A new generation of Mini 7 to 8 inch Tablets from three of the major manufacturers has just completed with the belated launch of the Apple iPad mini with Retina Display.
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Computerworld, Gizmodo, MacRumors, TechnoBuffalo, CNET, ZDNet, Gotta Be Mobile, Forbes, iLounge, DisplayBlog, AllThingsD, DisplayBlog and iDownloadBlog.com
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| DoctorBeet: |
LG Smart TVs logging USB filenames and viewing info to LG servers — Earlier this month I discovered that my new LG Smart TV was displaying ads on the Smart landing screen. — After some investigation, I found a rather creepy corporate video advertising their data collection practices to potential advertisers.| Lance Whitney / CNET: |
Snapchat says it's delivering over 400M snaps daily while Facebook sees 350M photo uploads daily — Snapchat surpasses Facebook in photo uploads — Snapchat users are snapping past their Facebook counterparts when it comes to uploading photos. — A Snapchat represenative told CNET …
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Tweets: @fmanjoo, @drew, @evelynrusli, @panzer and @fmanjoo
| Nathan Ingraham / The Verge: |
Google releases ‘sneak peek’ of Glass app development kit — Back at SXSW, Google announced the Glass Mirror API — the first step in allowing developers to build apps, or “Glassware” for its wearable computing device. Now, developers will have a whole new set of tools at their disposal: the long-awaited Glass Development Kit (GDK).
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CNET, Marketing Land, TechCrunch, Wired and AllThingsD
| Kaylene Hong / The Next Web: |
Twitter backtracks and removes option to let users receive direct messages from any follower — Last month, Twitter quietly rolled out a new feature to give users the choice to receive private messages from any of their followers, but that option has now been removed.
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| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
FreedomPop expanding free wireless plan to all Sprint smartphones, iPhones included — FreedomPop, the wireless service provider offering free and cheap no-contract plans on Sprint's network, today announced it's now allowing customers to bring their old Sprint phones to activate on its $0/month wireless plans.
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Engadget, TechHive, Gigaom, iPhone, 9to5Google, The Next Web and Electronista. Thanks:@jordankahn
| Kevin C. Tofel / Gigaom: |
Kindle Paperwhite gets Goodreads integration and kid-friendly reading goals — Not to be outdone by yesterday's software update for the Kindle Fire tablets, Amazon on Tuesday announced an available upgrade for the Kindle Paperwhite on Tuesday. The free software enhancements include …
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Amazon.com, The Verge, ZDNet, Engadget, The Next Web, CITEworld, WebProNews, PC Magazine and TechCrunch
| Russ Frushtick / Polygon: |
One of the first official iOS controllers sets a low bar for the competition — iOS 7 brought with it official support for gamepads on Apple devices, but one of the first on the market doesn't set a high standard. — One of the more subtle features of iOS 7 was the addition of official Apple drivers …
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Touch Arcade, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Gizmodo, Business Insider, AppleInsider, WebProNews, Kotaku, iPhone, App Advice, iDownloadBlog.com, Cult of Mac, Gotta Be Mobile, SlashGear and iPhone Hacks
Tweets: @dcseifert and @iansherr
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Music Streaming Startup Rdio Lays Off Staff To 'Improve Cost Structure And Ensure A Scalable Business" — The music streaming business can be tough, with market leaders like Spotify growing like weeds but still loss-making. Today, some bad news from competitor Rdio, the music streaming service startup … | Kyle Orland / Ars Technica: |
Live gameplay streaming on Xbox One delayed until 2014 — Just days ahead of the Xbox One's Friday North American launch, Microsoft has announced that the ability to stream live Xbox One gameplay through gaming-focused site Twitch.tv will not be available until early 2014.
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Xbox Wire, CNET, Digital Trends, PC World, Engadget, The Official Twitch Blog, Gotta Be Mobile, WebProNews, Polygon and The Official Twitch Blog. Tweets: @patrickklepek
| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Motorola releases Android 4.4 KitKat update for Verizon Moto X — Motorola announced today that the Android 4.4 KitKat update for the Verizon version of the Moto X would begin its rollout. This deploy comes a mere three weeks since KitKat was officially launched with the Nexus 5 …
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The Official Motorola Blog, PC Magazine, Ars Technica, The Register, TechHive, TechCrunch, 9to5Google, Engadget, The Next Web, Droid Life, Android Police and Electronista
Tweets: @nerdtalker, @llsethj and @dcseifert
| Spencer Ackerman / Guardian: |
Court order that allowed NSA surveillance is revealed for first time — Fisa court judge who authorised massive tapping of metadata was hesitant but felt she could not stand in the way — A secret court order that authorised a massive trawl by the National Security Agency of Americans' email …
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SiliconBeat, The Verge, The Switch, Associated Press, Washington Post and TechCrunch. Tweets: @jamesrbuk
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