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Siri can control HomeKit devices while you're away from home only if you have an Apple TV — First HomeKit devices confirm Apple TV's limited role in home automation — CES 2015 has given us a deluge of new HomeKit announcements. Thus far, we've seen several smart outlets …
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Marc Lore's new Costco-inspired e-commerce site Jet to begin limited sign-ups Feb. 20, with $49.99 annual membership fee — Amazon Bought This Man's Company. Now He's Coming for Them — The historic downtown commercial district of Montclair, N.J., is known for its restaurants, antique shops, and art-house movie theater.
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Jet CEO: we'll price products 5-6% cheaper than competition, give free delivery on $35+ orders — Five Ways the Guy Behind Diapers.com Plans to Challenge Amazon — Again — As far as hype goes, Jet.com is near the top in the e-commerce industry right now.| David Katzmaier / CNET: |
4K TV makers push features like quantum dots, HDR, and curved displays to differentiate at CES — TVs at CES 2015 go beyond 4K — 4K is already old hat. The rapidly falling prices of 4K TVs are causing manufacturers push even more elaborate features to make a buck.
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Samsung, Sony, Netflix, and others form UHD Alliance to standardize 4K content and delivery — Samsung, Disney, Netflix, and more team up to define Ultra HD and how you'll watch it — The UHD Alliance will set standards for 4K content — 4K TVs were one of the big stories of CES last year … | Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch: |
How systemic discrimination and policy shaped East Palo Alto as neighboring Silicon Valley exploded in wealth and power — East of Palo Alto's Eden — What if Silicon Valley had emerged from a racially integrated community? — Would the technology industry be different? — Would we?
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Spotify Makes The Shift To Mobile With 52% Of Listening Now On Phones And Tablets — Why have Apple and Google suddenly gotten so interested in streaming music? Because it could rally people to iOS or Android since mobile is where they listen, according to new stats I've attained about Spotify.| Quentin Hardy / New York Times: |
Following Microsoft's new Skype Translator, Google to announce major update to Translate app, add automatic transcription for popular languages — Language Translation Tech Starts to Deliver on Its Promise — The tech industry is doing its best to topple the Tower of Babel.
| Dan Primack / Fortune: |
Returns for Chris Sacca's Lowercase Ventures Fund I, based on Uber's latest fair market value, climb to 216X, a possibly record-setting multiple — Exclusive: Is this the best-performing VC fund ever? — Can you name the best-performing venture capital fund in history?
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| Pew Internet: |
Pew Report: Facebook growth slows, but user engagement increases; while Twitter and others grow userbase, not engagement — Social Media Update 2014 — In a new survey conducted in September 2014, the Pew Research Center finds that Facebook remains by far the most popular social media site.
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| Aaron Souppouris / Engadget: |
Energous demos WattUp system that can wirelessly charge devices from 15 feet away — This router can power your devices wirelessly from 20 feet away — Wireless charging hasn't really set the world on fire. Since the Palm Pre first introduced us to the idea at CES 2009 …
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| Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal: |
Report: M&A transactions in ad tech and services increased 32% in 2014, to reach total of 100 representing $7.5B in value, more than triple the value in 2013 — Burst of M&A in Online Advertising as Shakeout Begins — A shakeout is under way in the online advertising industry …
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| Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal: |
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