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Google's Android chief Sundar Pichai on Apple, Samsung, Amazon, Android's future, his past, I/O, and more — 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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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Pichai will preview the next release of Android at I/O; introduce Android TV and Android Wear — Google will reportedly show a new version of Android tomorrow — Get ready to take a first look at the next version of Android tomorrow. In an interview with Bloomberg Businessweek … | Oculus VR: |
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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| Nathan Ingraham / The Verge: |
Google refreshes Glass hardware with 2GB RAM and a bigger battery; current owners won't get upgraded — Google refreshes Glass hardware, but current owners won't get upgraded — Small tweaks suggest that a true consumer product is still a ways off — Google's plan to sell its Glass headset … | 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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| 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.| Matt Rogers / Nest: |
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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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| 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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| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Michael Arrington drops defamation suit against Jenn Allen after she retracts rape accusations — Jenn Allen Retracts Michael Arrington Rape Accusations — TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington has reached a settlement agreement with Jenn Allen. He's posted a copy of the agreement …
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Optical Image Stabilization May Be Differentiating Factor for 5.5-Inch iPhone 6 — Rumors have suggested Apple's next-generation iPhone may include camera improvements in the form of optical image stabilization with modules produced by sensor company InvenSense, but according to a new prediction … | 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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| Ina Fried / Re/code: |
Cyanogen expands team in push for open-source Android, hires former HTC, MediaTek and Amazon executives — Cyanogen Expands Team in Push for Open Android — Cyanogen has quietly expanded its executive ranks to transform its open source Android project into a serious player in the phone business.| Shira Ovide / Wall Street Journal: |
Microsoft's Top Lawyer Slams Secret Surveillance Court — The U.S.'s secret surveillance court is unaccountable to the public and not “inclined to promote justice,” Microsoft's top lawyer said Wednesday. — General counsel Brad Smith said the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Snapchat Snags Facebook's Mike Randall As Monetization VP — Facebook may be stealing Snapchat's features, but Snapchat is stealing Facebook's employees, including a new one who could help it begin to make money. TechCrunch has learned that Snapchat has just signed the Global Director …
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| 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 … | Shreyas Gandhe / Neowin: |
First gen Nokia X devices won't be updated to Platform 2.0 — The first generation Nokia X smartphones which were released in February, will not be getting updated to the Nokia X software featured on the Nokia X2. — In a detailed post about the Nokia X2 smartphone user experience …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Firechat Enables Cross-Platform, Off-The-Grid Chat Between iOS And Android — Open Garden's Firechat was one of the first — if not the first — application to make use of Apple's new multi-peer mesh networking capabilities. This enabled its users to anonymously chat with each other …
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| John Biggs / TechCrunch: |
Lenovo patent application describes Google Glass-like device for recording audio and video — Lenovo Just Patented Their Own Version Of Google Glass — As we all know, merely patenting something doesn't mean it will ever land in stores. However, Lenovo has just filed a basic patent for an …
| 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.
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The Register, VentureBeat, Business Insider, TechnoBuffalo, CNET and SlashGear. Thanks:@sarahfrier
| 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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