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| Brad Stone / Businessweek: |
Profile of Sundar Pichai, who will show the next Android release, Android Wear, and Android TV at Google I/O — Google's Sundar Pichai Is the Most Powerful Man in Mobile — At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January, Samsung introduced new software for its tablets, called the Magazine UX.
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| Matt Rogers / Nest: |
Nest Developer Program opens to the public; integration with Google, LIFX, Mercedes, Whirlpool, Jawbone, IFTTT, and more already enabled — The Nest Developer Program is here. — Wouldn't it be cool if our homes could be more aware? If they could learn from us? And help take care of us?
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VentureBeat, BGR, ZDNet, Ars Technica, Forbes, TechSpot, TechHive, The Next Web, Wired, Reuters, iMore, Wall Street Journal, DailyTech, TIME, GadgeTell, Digital Trends, TechWeekEurope UK, Softpedia News, PC Magazine, Mashable, Inquirer, Tech Times, Phandroid, AndroidGuys, HotHardware.com News, Android Central, Greenbot, VatorNews, Forbes, TechnoBuffalo, AppleInsider, Ausdroid, Droid Life and App Advice. Tweets: @dannysullivan
| Matt Burns / TechCrunch: |
Google Makes Its Nest At The Center Of The Smart Home — “Okay Google, turn down the heat.” — Using Google Now, a homeowner will soon be able to talk to a Nest Learning Thermostat and complain about the heat. And that's just the beginning. — Google is turning the Nest Learning Thermostat into the hub of smart homes.| Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal: |
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| Richard Lawler / Engadget: |
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Oculus to acquire Carbon Design, gaining the product engineering team known for the Xbox 360 controller — Oculus Agrees to Acquire Carbon Design Team — We're thrilled to announce that we've agreed to acquire the Carbon Design team, one of the premier industrial design and product engineering teams …
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| JR Raphael / Computerworld: |
Google offering $150 credits to make up for Chromebook data debacle — Some good news for owners of Google's LTE Chromebook Pixel: Following my report that data plans for the device were being disconnected prematurely, Google is stepping up to make things right.
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| David Kravets / Ars Technica: |
FAA grounds Amazon's drone delivery plans — The Federal Aviation Administration has said that online shopping powerhouse Amazon may not employ drones to deliver packages, at least not anytime soon. — The revelation was buried in a FAA document (PDF) unveiled Monday seeking public comment … | Bloomberg: |
4.7-Inch and 5.5-Inch iPhone 6 to go into production in July, may ship simultaneously in September — Apple's Big IPhones Said to Start Production Next Month — Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s suppliers will begin mass production of new iPhones in China next month, according to people familiar with the plans.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
App Store Policy Of Rejecting Apps With Rewarded Video, Social Sharing Gets Rolled Back...With A Few Caveats — A recent policy change floated by Apple caused a flurry of discussion - and concern - among mobile app developers. According to several public forum postings and other industry sources …
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| Dana Wollman / Engadget: |
Samsung Galaxy Tab S review: slim design, long battery life, stunning screen — It'd be silly of me to talk about tablets in the past tense — we still write stories about them daily and clearly, we review them, too. But of the ones we've seen lately, most have been low-end; mid-range at best.
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| Walt Mossberg / Re/code: |
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft launches €99 Nokia X2 Android phone: 4.3-inch, dual-SIM, 1.2GHz dual-core, 1GB RAM — Microsoft continues Android push with Nokia X2 handset — Available in July for 99 Euros — Microsoft isn't giving up on its Android smartphones. After acquiring Nokia's phone business in April …
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| Josh Ong / The Next Web: |
Twilio partners with Google to release a Chromebook communications package — Cloud telephony firm Twilio today announced Twilio CX for Chromebooks, a new partnership with Google that bundles its WebRTC-powered client, 7,500 voice minutes, a Plantronics headset and a Chromebook together …
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| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
ABC News Comes to Apple TV with Live and On-Demand Video, Local News, and Historical Footage — ABC News is launching a new Apple TV channel today, bringing access to live and on-demand content to Apple's set-top box. The channel offers a variety of news and entertainment offerings … | Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
Oculus seeks partners to help make hardware, emulating Android's expansion model — Facebook's Oculus, Emulating Android, Seeks Partners — Oculus VR Inc. has a plan for making virtual reality mainstream: Replicate Google Inc. (GOOGL)'s success with Android.| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Pebble becomes a real pedometer with new Misfit app — The smartwatch that charmed with its simplicity is starting to smarten up — Looking to preempt Google's big Android Wear unveiling, Pebble is today announcing a new partnership with wearable maker Misfit that will turn its smartwatch into a pedometer.
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| Erin Griffith / Fortune: |
ZocDoc raising $152 million at $1.6 billion valuation — Investors in the online find-a-doctor portal's latest round include DST Global, according to a filing. ZocDoc, an online find-a-doctor portal, is raising a new round of funding worth $152 million, valuing the company at $1.6 billion … | Kim Zetter / Wired: |
Researchers Find and Decode the Spy Tools Governments Use to Hijack Phones — Newly uncovered components of a digital surveillance tool used by more than 60 governments worldwide provide a rare glimpse at the extensive ways law enforcement and intelligence agencies use the tool … | Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Car-Sharing Startup RelayRides Raises $25 Million In Funding Led By Canaan Partners — Over the past year, peer-to-peer car rental startup RelayRides has been growing its average rental times and revenues by focusing specifically on daily and multi-day rentals.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter tests ‘retweet with comment’ that shows referenced tweet as a card below your comment — Twitter Is Experimenting With A New Way To Retweet — The best thing about Twitter is that it forces users to embrace brevity thanks to its 140-character updates.
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| John Markoff / New York Times: |
Microsoft Makes Bet Quantum Computing Is Next Breakthrough — SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Modern computers are not unlike the looms of the industrial revolution: They follow programmed instructions to weave intricate patterns. With a loom, you see the result in a cloth or carpet.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Confirmed: Opera Buys Mobile Video Ad Platform AdColony For Up To $350M — This just in: Opera has confirmed that it has acquired AdColony — a deal that we had reported was in progress a couple of weeks ago but the companies had denied was happening. The deal was made for $75 million in cash …
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newsweb.no, ZDNet, VentureBeat, Opera Software, Webrazzi, Adotas and PE Hub Blog. Tweets: @eringriffith
| Mark Sullivan / VentureBeat: |
Grand Rounds takes another $40M for expert doctor referral service — Above: Grand Rounds founders Lawrence “Rusty” Hofmann, MD, and Owen Tripp. — The business of connecting patients with leading medical specialists is growing. — San Francisco-based Grand Rounds …
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