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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Everything to know about iOS 8 and OS X 10.10 (Roundup + New Details) — While Apple only officially announced its 2014 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) last week, we have been reporting all of the known information about what Apple plans to unveil at the event over the course of the past few months.| Harrison Weber / VentureBeat: |
Uber launching an on-demand courier service in Manhattan on Tuesday — Uber is launching an on-demand courier service tomorrow (exclusive) — Tomorrow, Uber will launch an on-demand courier service in Manhattan, allowing users to request item pickup and delivery via a smartphone app.
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Uber Blog, Businessweek, TechCrunch, Computerworld, Vox, TechCrunch, TechnoBuffalo, GeekWire, The Next Web, Gizmodo, Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, Engadget, Mashable and bizjournals
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| Janko Roettgers / Gigaom: |
The technology behind Android TV: how Google wants to reinvent apps for the living room — Google is working on yet another platform for the living room, and it doesn't just want to compete on looks alone: The company has come up with a novel way to develop TV apps and make use of their data.
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eWeek, Gigaom Research, Light Reading, The Tech Report, Pocketnow and The Verge. Tweets: @monkbent
| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Adobe debuts Lightroom Mobile for iPad with powerful, on-the-go photo editing — After briefly leaking earlier this year, Adobe is finally ready to show off its Lightroom Mobile for iPad software for photographers and photo editors. The iPad application borrows many of the essential features … | Geoffrey A. Fowler / Wall Street Journal: |
Samsung Galaxy S5 Review: Watertight Yet Still Not Quite Right — A Water-Resistant Phone That Doesn't Make a Splash — Personal Tech Columnist Geoffrey Fowler took the new water-resistant Samsung Galaxy S5 smartphone for a spin, and for a dunk—in a margarita, Jell-O, and (yes) a toilet.| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Commenting Platform Disqus Introduces Sponsored Comments — Disqus, which says it powers the comment sections on almost 3 million websites, is announcing a new type of ad unit today — Sponsored Comments. — Since Disqus already runs ads through its Promoted Discovery program … | Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols / ZDNet: |
Heartbleed: Serious OpenSSL zero day vulnerability revealed — Summary: A new OpenSSL vulnerability has shown up and some companies are annoyed that the bug was revealed before patches could be delivered for it. — New security holes are always showing up.| Max Chafkin / Fast Company: |
The story of Better Place, Shai Agassi's failed electric car startup that raised nearly $1B — A Broken Place: The Spectacular Failure Of The Startup That Was Going To Change The World — “So this is the car.” I'm standing outside a shopping mall somewhere in Tel Aviv, Israel, as Guy Pross shows me his ride.| Michael Crider / Android Police: |
#1 new paid app in Play Store “Virus Shield” has no functionality, later removed by Google — The #1 New Paid App In The Play Store Costs $4, Has Over 10,000 Downloads, A 4.7-Star Rating... And It's A Total Scam [Updated] — Computer security is important, even if the computer in question fits in your hand.
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The Register, AppleInsider, BGR, The Hacker News, TechSpot, Redmond Pie, We Live Security, Computerworld, Gigaom Research, Business Insider, Tech2 and GSMArena Blog. Tweets: @edanuff
| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
After Raising $250 Million, Lyft Cuts Prices By Up To 20% In All Markets — Last week, Lyft announced that it had raised a massive $250 million round of funding as part of its effort to compete against other on-demand ride services. Now the company is going on the offensive against its competitors … | Chris Dixon / chris dixon's blog: |
Mobile app dominance vs. web will hurt long-term innovation, likely make web a niche product — The decline of the mobile web — People are spending more time on mobile vs desktop: — And more of their mobile time using apps, not the web: — This is a worrisome trend for the web.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Twitter Acquires Android Lockscreen App Cover, Moves Deeper Into Mobile Services — A very interesting acquisition announcement from Twitter today: it's buying Cover, an Android lockscreen app that lets you customise what apps you see and when. For now, Cover will remain live in the Play store.
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Cover, The Verge, BGR, Gigaom, Re/code, The Next Web, Engadget, Wall Street Journal, PC Magazine, Phandroid, Computerworld, Marketing Pilgrim, VentureBeat and silicontap.com
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| Sarah Silbert / Engadget: |
Thunderbolt 2 Networking enables 10 Gbps Ethernet connection, supports Macs and PCs — Intel's Thunderbolt 2 connectivity standard is getting an update here at NAB 2014 with the addition of Thunderbolt Networking. Put simply, this new feature will let you pair computers with a Thunderbolt cable …
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Technology@Intel, AppleInsider, MacRumors, SlashGear and Electronista
| Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica: |
Raspberry Pi gets more Arduino-y with new open source modular hardware — The Raspberry Pi Compute Module, ready for your custom hardware soon. — Raspberry Pi Foundation — Soon, there could be Pi in just about any device that needs embedded computing power.
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Raspberry Pi, VentureBeat, The Register, Electronista, TechCrunch and Inquirer
| Casey Johnston / Ars Technica: |
Jerk.com scammed money to remove Facebook-scraped profiles, says FTC — A typical Jerk.com profile, where visitors can vote on whether a particular person is or is not a jerk as well as fill in supplementary, personally identifying information. — As of Monday, the FTC has charged … | Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Google takes legal action against Turkey's YouTube ban — Remember how a Turkish court ordered an end to the country's YouTube ban? Well, that decision has already been reversed — and Google has launched an all-out legal assault in response. The search firm has filed a complaint …
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ITworld.com, VentureBeat, 9to5Google and Mashable
| Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: |
Samsung Gear Fit Review: Not as good as dedicated fitness trackers, has low battery life — Samsung Gear Fit Review: The Smartwatch Gets in Shape — Gear Fit Takes a Step in the Right Direction by Combining Fitness with Phone Functions — Has Samsung finally created the perfect wearable … | Jon Russell / The Next Web: |
Samsung announces the Galaxy Ace Style, a mid-range smartphone running Android KitKat — Last week, Samsung showed off the Galaxy Ace Style, a mid-range smartphone running Android KitKat, and today the device was formally announced by the company. — The Galaxy Ace Style looks …
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Samsung Tomorrow, GSMArena.com, 9to5Google, CNET, SamMobile, PhoneDog and Android and Me
| Kevin Fitchard / Gigaom: |
Another mobile carrier bites the dust: Cincinnati Bell sells its spectrum to Verizon — As I've written before, in a U.S. mobile industry dominated by mega-carriers, it's becoming harder and harder for smaller regional carriers to survive. Cincinnati Bell became the latest case in point on Monday …
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Cincinnati Bell, Ubergizmo, PhoneNews.com, Re/code, CrackBerry.com and DSLreports
| Jon Russell / The Next Web: |
Waze CEO confirms Google paid $1.15B for the company, hints that investors forced the deal — Google completed its acquisition of Waze last June, but only now has the price tag that it paid for the Israel-headquartered social mapping startup and a hint at why the company sold out been revealed.| Paul Sawers / The Next Web: |
Microsoft targets broadcasters with the new studio-grade Skype TX — Microsoft is extending its reach into the broadcasting realm with a new product called Skype TX, which it calls “studio grade software that delivers high quality audio and video output to seamlessly connect broadcast …
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Skype, The Register, TechCrunch, The Verge, GeekWire, eWeek, TechSpot and VentureBeat. See also Mediagazer
| David Kravets / Ars Technica: |
Supreme Court passes on NSA bulk phone surveillance case — Case will head to appeals court first, but will likely end up with the Supremes. — The Supreme Court declined Monday to resolve the constitutionality of the National Security Agency's bulk telephone metadata surveillance program … Sponsor Posts
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