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HBO GO is now available on Amazon Fire TV, support for Fire TV Stick coming in spring — HBO GO Now Available on Amazon Fire TV — HBO GO joins a growing list of services that support Amazon Fire TV voice search — customers simply say the name of a movie or TV show to find it on Amazon …
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| Gurdeep Pall / Skype Blogs: |
Skype Translator preview goes live on Windows 8.1 with support for real-time translation of English and Spanish — Skype Translator Preview - An Exciting Journey to a New Chapter in Communication — For more than a decade, Skype has been breaking down geographical barriers to make every day audio and video communications possible.
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Skype Blogs, The Verge, eWeek, BGR, Wall Street Journal, GeekWire, Techie Buzz, SuperSite for Windows, SiliconANGLE, ScienceAlert, NBC Bay Area, SlashGear, The Register, InvestorPlace, ExtremeTech, Gigaom, Geek.com, Tech Times, PC Magazine, The Tech Portal, USA Today, gHacks Technology News, Neowin, Cult of Mac, TechSpot, Mashable, BetaNews, CNET, dailywireless.org and TIME. Tweets: @davidellis. Thanks:@reckel
| Jacob Fischler / BuzzFeed: |
Uber responds to Sen. Al Franken, says it accessed reporters' account because she was late, scales back access to God View; senator still dissatisfied — Uber Said It Accessed BuzzFeed News Reporter's Information Because She Was “Late” — The company, responding to Sen. Al Franken …
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Foursquare launches on iPad with emphasis on trip planning — Introducing Foursquare for the iPad, the best way to plan your holiday travels. — Since the new Foursquare came out a few months ago, people have been telling us that they do a lot of their planning on their iPad …
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| Kia Kokalitcheva / VentureBeat: |
Google integrates Nest with its iOS and Android apps, enables voice commands, Now cards — Google for Android and iOS updated with Nest integration — The “Works with Nest” program has a new addition: the Google app. — Starting now, Nest thermostat owners can use Google's self-titled iOS … | Brad Smith / The Official Microsoft Blog: |
Apple, Amazon, other tech giants, trade groups, and academics support Microsoft in its case against US Government on overseas search warrants — Business, Media and Civil Society Speak Up in Key Privacy Case — Today represents an important milestone in our litigation concerning …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Gartner: 301M Smartphones Sold In Q3 As Xiaomi Muscles Into The Top 5 At Samsung's Expense — Smartphones now account for 66% of all mobile phones worldwide and are on track to see 2014 sales of 1.2 billion units in 2014. But while Android appears to have “won” the so-called platform war …
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Gartner, New York Times, Ars Technica, AppleInsider, The Register, Quartz, CNET, 9to5Mac, Engadget, Ubergizmo, WMPoweruser, SlashGear, App Advice, RCR Wireless News, dailywireless.org, Macworld and The Tech Portal. Tweets: @jafurtado
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft removes waitlist for its Office presentation app Sway, adds slew of new features to the preview — Microsoft today expanded the preview for its content aggregation and presentation application Sway. The waitlist has been axed, meaning anyone with a Microsoft Account can sign up to start creating Sways.| Kate Knibbs / Gizmodo: |
Russian malware SoakSoak infects 100k+ self-hosted WordPress sites, uses known vulnerability in RevSlider plug-in — Report: Mysterious Russian Malware Is Infecting 100,000+ Wordpress Sites — A Russian malware called SoakSoak has infected over 100,000 Wordpress sites since this Sunday, turning blogs into attack platforms.
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Sucuri Blog, Ars Technica, ZDNet, Sucuri Blog, Infosecurity Magazine, Threatpost, SC Magazine and Help Net Security. Tweets: @hfuhs
| Ernesto / TorrentFreak: |
Pirate Bay admin talks about the raid, copycats, says he's not sure site will be relaunched — Pirate Bay Responds to The Raid, Copies and The Future — For more than a decade The Pirate Bay's been the bastion of uncensored information. Until the raid on some of its critical infrastructure last week … | Elyse Betters / Pocket-lint: |
Microsoft's Gestures Beta app brings ‘enhanced’ gestures to Lumia Windows Phone devices — Microsoft has been working on some interesting gestures for Windows Phone that will allow you to interact with your device without having to touch the display, and the company is now ready to show off …
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| Joe Mullin / Ars Technica: |
Jury begins deliberations in billion-dollar Apple iTunes trial — OAKLAND, Calif.—The long-running iTunes antitrust lawsuit against Apple has gone to a jury, which took the case after about three hours of closing arguments today. The jury will make an unusual split decision …
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| Eugene Volokh / Washington Post: |
Sony unlikely to prevail in court if it sues media organizations for publishing stolen data — Can Sony sue media outlets who publish the stolen Sony documents? — David Boies, representing Sony, has written a letter to various media outlets, demanding that they not publish or otherwise use …
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New York Times, Re/code, Uncrunched, Krebs on Security, CNET, The Verge, CNNMoney.com, SlashGear, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Poynter, Gigaom, Holtz Communications …, Mashable and The Next Web. Tweets: @awallenstein. See also Mediagazer
| Ginny Marvin / Marketing Land: |
Google is talking to retailers about 1-click “Buy Now” button and an Amazon Prime-like free 2 day shipping program — Google Shopping May Go Deeper Into Ecommerce With “Buy Now” Button To Challenge Amazon — Google is reportedly floating the idea of a “Buy Now” button and two-day shipping program.| Napier Lopez / The Next Web: |
SoundCloud introduces ‘Collection,’ a dashboard for following artists and listening to your playlists — SoundCloud is great for discovering unique content and mixes you'll scarcely find anywhere else, but sometimes keeping track of all that audio goodness gets a bit cumbersome.
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SoundCloud, TechCrunch, The Verge, Gizmodo, VentureVillage, Engadget and SlashGear
| Jeremy C. Owens / Mercury News: |
Networking company Riverbed Technology to be acquired by private equity firm Thoma Bravo for $3.6B after activist investor struggle — Riverbed Technology to sell for $3.6 billion after activist investor struggle — SAN FRANCISCO — Networking company Riverbed Technology has agreed …
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ZDNet, Business Wire, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, CBC News, bizjournals, Benzinga, Financial Post, NASDAQ.com, Investor's Business Daily, Bloomberg, New York Times, Forbes, CNBC and Reuters. Tweets: @recode
| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Amazon's Kindle for iOS app updated w/ Goodreads integration, Audible progressive play, more — Amazon pushed out an updated version of its Kindle for iOS app today bringing a list of new features to the reading app. — Kindle for iOS now includes integration with Goodreads …
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VentureBeat, GeekWire, iMore, Talking New Media, Digital Trends, The Digital Reader, TechCrunch, Ubergizmo, Engadget, MacNN and The Verge
| Nate Raymond / Reuters: |
Apple e-book case enters appeals court; some judges seem sympathetic, citing Amazon dominance — U.S. faces tough questions in Apple e-books antitrust appeal — (Reuters) - A U.S. government lawyer faced tough questioning in an appeals court on Monday as he sought to defend a judge's ruling …
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Yahoo! Finance, Fortune, Fortune, Gigaom, App Advice, Re/code, Associated Press, MacRumors and Cult of Mac. See also Mediagazer
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Warner Music's CEO advocates for paid services as streaming revenue rises 74% in last 12 months while download sales dropped by 12% — Warner Music Says It Loves Streaming Music — As Long as Listeners Are Paying for It — Like other music labels, Warner Music Group thinks the boom in streaming music services is a good thing.| Kristian Vättö / AnandTech: |
Western Digital's enterprise arm HGST to acquire flash array provider Skyera in all cash deal — Western Digital to Acquire Skyera — Western Digital, or its enterprise arm HGST to be exact, has today announced that it will be acquiring all-flash array provider Skyera.
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