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Amazon's Prime Music service debuts: Ad-free streaming, 90K albums, 1M songs, but few hits — Amazon Turns On Prime Music Streaming, Sans Current Hits — There have been a lot of murmurs that Amazon would turn on a new music streaming service this week, and it looks like that's just what it quietly did a little while ago.
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Amazon Launches Prime Music Service without Universal Music Group — The Amazon music service you've been hearing about for many months is live. If you're in a rush, here's what you need to know: — *It's free for Amazon Prime members. — *It's just like Spotify and other subscription services, but with much less music.| Cotton Delo / AdAge: |
Facebook to use web browsing history for ad targeting, will not honor do-not-track browser setting — Facebook to Use Web Browsing History For Ad Targeting — Company Also Rolls Out Beefed-up Privacy Controls, but Won't Honor Do-Not-Track Browser Setting
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Google in talks with Virgin Galactic for stake in Sir Richard Branson's $2B space tourism venture — Google In Talks To Take Virgin Galactic Stake — Virgin Galactic flights are due to begin this year — Google is in talks with Virgin Galactic about a deal that will hand it crucial access … | Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
Twitter COO Steps Down From Job on Twitter, But Stays as Strategic Advisor — Ali Rowghani, COO of Twitter, resigned from his job at the social networking site, announcing the move in a tweet. But he is not leaving the company — Re/code had reported yesterday that the exec was under fire inside …
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Here's the iPad split-screen app mode Apple is working on in iOS 8 (video) — As we reported in May, Apple is working on a split-screen multitasking feature for iPad apps for a version of iOS 8. The feature, akin to the key productivity function on the Microsoft Surface …
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| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Intel loses court challenge against $1.44 billion EU fine — (Reuters) - U.S. chipmaker Intel (INTC.O) lost on Thursday its challenge against a record 1.06-billion-euro ($1.44 billion) fine handed down by European Union antitrust regulators five years ago for blocking rival Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.N).| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Huawei launches its first webstore in US, starts selling self-branded unlocked Ascend Mate2 — Can this Chinese phone giant make it in America? — Huawei launches its first self-branded phone and webstore in the US — If you were to ask the average American consumer to name a company …
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Starbucks starts rolling out wireless phone chargers nationwide — Starbucks plans to install Powermat's wireless charging stations at its coffee stores across the US. After a small pilot run with these “Powermat Spots” — small circles that are seamlessly implanted in tables and counters …
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SiSense Raises $30M More To Bring Big Data Analytics To Businesspeople — SiSense, a business intelligence startup that is among those making big data analytics accessible to ordinary business users (and not just data scientists) is today announcing more funding: a $30 million Series C round led …
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NSA: Our systems are so complex we can't stop them from deleting data wanted for lawsuit — This June 6, 2013 file photo shows the sign outside the National Security Agency campus in Fort Meade, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) — The National Security Agency recently used a novel argument …
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| Janko Roettgers / Gigaom: |
Comcast to test its YouTube competitor by the end of the year — Comcast is looking to test a new platform for the distribution of online videos through its new X1 cable set-top boxes by the end of the year, the company's SVP of Video Matt Strauss confirmed during an interview at the sidelines of the TV of Tomorrow Show this week.
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Feedly suffers second round of DDoS attacks after perpetrator tried to extort money — Update from Feedly: “We're making some changes to our infrastructure that will allow us to bring Feedly back online. However, these things take some time to put into place and it may still be a few more hours before service is restored.”
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| Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica: |
Ars tests Internet surveillance—by spying on an NPR reporter — On a bright April morning in Menlo Park, California, I became an Internet spy. — This was easier than it sounds because I had a willing target. I had partnered with National Public Radio (NPR) tech correspondent Steve Henn for an experiment in Internet surveillance.| Nick Statt / CNET News: |
Yves Behar-designed smart cup Vessyl measures caffeine, sugar, and calories in beverages, ships in early 2015 for $200 — Vessyl smart cup can tell Coke from Pepsi — This powerful, sensor-fitted cup identifies what you're drinking and tells you how it affects your health and hydration needs.
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Twitter partners with The Weather Co. to offer targeted ads based on local weather conditions — Weather-Informed Ads are Coming to Twitter — The Weather Company has partnered with Twitter to bring weather-informed advertising to the social network. — The relationship will allow marketers …
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Former Russian Microsoft employee sentenced in US to three months in prison — Federal District Court in Seattle on Tuesday sentenced former Microsoft employee Alex Kibkalo, who was charged with stealing and then leaking company secrets, to three months in prison, according to the court documents.
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