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Developer preview test for Android L's Project Volta shows promise, 2 hours or 35% more battery life on Nexus 5 — Examining Project Volta: We put Android L through our battery test — For each Android release, Google likes to have a “Project” that picks an area of weakness and focuses on tuning the whole OS to fix it.
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| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Google acquires music streaming service Songza for undisclosed amount, will keep product intact for now — Google Buys Songza — Google has acquired music streaming service Songza after weeks of speculation around a potential buyout. — Songza uses information about the user and context …
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See also Mediagazer| Ben Sisario / New York Times: |
Source: Google paid more than $39M for Songza — Google Buys Songza, a Playlist Service for Any Occasion — In a sign of growing consolidation in the digital music business, Google announced on Tuesday that it had bought Songza, a three-year-old app that competes with Pandora and others …
| Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica: |
Investor Tim Draper wins auction for 29,655 bitcoins seized from Silk Road, partners with Vaurum to leverage the pool as a liquidity source in emerging markets — Famed investor Tim Draper wins auction of Silk Road's 29,655 bitcoins — Draper to partner with Vaurum, which offers “secure storage solutions” to banks.
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| R. Jai Krishna / Wall Street Journal: |
Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg apologizes for poorly communicating controversial News Feed study: “We never meant to upset you” — Sandberg: Facebook Study Was ‘Poorly Communicated’ — Facebook 's psychological experiment on nearly 700,000 unwitting users was communicated “poorly … | Jillian Ward / Bloomberg: |
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
BlaBlaCar Raises A Massive $100 Million Round To Create A Global Long Distance Ride-Sharing Network — In what is the largest VC round in a French startup of all time, BlaBlaCar just raised a $100 million round led by Index Ventures, with existing investors Accel Partners, ISAI and Lead Edge Capital also participating in the round.
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| Husain Sumra / MacRumors: |
Apple Launches $49 Mac Pro Security Lock Adapter in Online Store — Apple today launched a new $49 Mac Pro Security Lock Adapter in its online store, offering users of the new Mac Pro a way to easily secure their machines using existing Kensington locks. Previously, users had to resort …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
An Upper Limit For Apps? New Data Suggests Consumers Only Use Around Two Dozen Apps Per Month — There are now well over a million mobile applications in both Google Play and the iTunes App Store alike, and growth of those app marketplaces shows no sign of slowing down.
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| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Tinder CEO's Internal Memo Says Harassment Complaint Is Inaccurate — TechCrunch has obtained an internal memo sent from Tinder CEO Sean Rad to employees in the wake of a new lawsuit waged against the company. The lawsuit focuses on the relationship between Whitney Wolfe …
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Amazon sues former employee for taking Google cloud job, in new test of non-compete deals — Amazon is suing a former Amazon Web Services strategic partnerships manager, Zoltan Szabadi, alleging that his new job at Google Cloud Platform violates the terms of a non-compete agreement that he signed when he originally joined Amazon.
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| Cindy Cohn / Electronic Frontier Foundation: |
Flawed Oversight Board Report Endorses General Warrants — The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) issued a legally flawed and factually incomplete report late Tuesday that endorses Section 702 surveillance. Hiding behind the “complexity” of the technology …
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| Julian Hattem / The Hill: |
| Ian Austen / New York Times: |
Canadian antispam law goes into effect, resulting in a flurry of ‘please opt in’ emails — Canadian Antispam Law Whips Up a Storm of Last-Minute Messages — OTTAWA — The email has all the markings of malicious spam: an overwrought subject line screaming “Urgent Action Required … | Nicholas Stango / Gizmodo: |
Inside the Secret Building That's Bringing Cell Service To NYC's Subway — As Hurricane Sandy revealed almost two years ago, New York's 100-year-old subway is not a modern and robust system. In fact, compared to other cities, it's downright dirty, unpredictable and technologically behind.
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| Steven Millward / Tech in Asia: |
Xiaomi sells 26.1 million smartphones in first half of 2014, still on target for 60 million this year — Xiaomi founder Lei Jun said this morning that the Chinese phone-maker has sold 26.1 million smartphones in the first half of 2014. He pointed out that it's a leap of 271 percent …
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| Mark Hearn / 9to5Google: |
Google's Smarty Pins map game tests your knowledge about location-based events — Google released another web-based game today called Smarty Pins that will most likely distract you from other things that you should be doing. Powered by Google Maps, this quiz game tests your knowledge … | Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
ISPs, communication firms file legal complaint over UK GCHQ spying — Summary: Seven internet service and communications providers worldwide have filed a legal complaint against the UK's GCHQ spy agency in the wake of the NSA scandal. — Charlie Osborne — Seven internet service …
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| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
Chumby's smart alarm clock relaunches with 1,000 apps — Remember Chumby? You probably haven't heard much about the snuggly tiny computer/smart alarm clock since its makers' company disbanded, but now it's back from its semi-retired state. Its current owner, Blue Octy LLC … | Harry McCracken / Technologizer: |
Former Time editor-at-large Harry McCracken joins Fast Company as technology editor — Hey, I'm Joining Fast Company! — Just over a month ago, I resigned from my job at TIME and rebooted this website. I wrote at the time that I didn't expect to do Technologizer full-time indefinitely …
| Kaylene Hong / The Next Web: |
Facebook's new type of ad in India lets users place a ‘missed call’ for more information — Facebook faces several challenges in emerging markets. The company has to find ways for people to access its platform by maneuvering around limitations which include a widespread use of feature phones …
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| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
Samsung Gear Live and LG G Watch review: expensive accessories with promise, but not yet must-haves — Android Wear hardware review: Sometimes promising, often frustrating — Why wear one smartwatch when there's room for two? — We've reviewed most of the major entrants into the smartwatch arena …
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| Amy Schatz / Re/code: |
FTC says T-Mobile made hundreds of millions on crammed text message charges; T-Mobile says accusations are “unfounded and without merit” — FTC Alleges T-Mobile Made Millions From Allegedly Bogus Text Message Charges — T-Mobile made hundreds of millions of dollars …
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