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Sony announces Spotify-powered PlayStation Music streaming service for PS4, PS3, and Xperia devices; Music Unlimited shutting down March 29 — PlayStation, Meet Spotify — Hello everyone! I'm thrilled today to introduce a new music destination called PlayStation Music, with Spotify as the exclusive partner.
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| Ben Kepes / Forbes: |
Amazon to introduce WorkMail, a cloud email and calendar service aimed at Microsoft Exchange's market, in Q2 2015 — Amazon Changes The Game Again—AWS Introduces WorkMail — Amazon Web Services, Amazon's cloud computing business unit, continues to surprise industry commentators with both its growth and its incessant innovation.
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Facebook Super Bowl hub collects posts and videos from friends, news outlets, players, and teams — Introducing a New Super Bowl Experience on Facebook — By Alex Himel, Engineering Director and Dan Reed, Head of Global Sports Partnerships — More than 50 million people joined …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Slack Buys Screenhero To Add Screen Sharing And Voice Chat To Its Work Messaging Platform — Slack, the enterprise collaboration service that has raised $180 million and proven to be a runaway success with 365,000 daily active users, has made another acquisition to add more functionality … | CBC News: |
Canada's electronic spy agency tracks millions of online movie, photo, music, and other downloads worldwide — CSE tracks millions of downloads daily: Snowden documents — Global sites for sharing movies, photos, music targeted in mass anti-terror surveillance
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| Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch: |
Apple Just Had The Most Profitable Quarter Of Any Company Ever — Apple had a pretty good quarter. — And by “pretty good,” I mean it was the biggest quarter in history. And not just for Apple. For any company. Ever. — This page charts the past record holders.| Brian X. Chen / New York Times: |
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| Ina Fried / Re/code: |
FTC fines TracFone Wireless $40M for throttling customers after advertising “unlimited” data — FTC Says Unlimited Data With Throttling Doesn't Count as Unlimited — In a case that could have broad implications, the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday ordered prepaid mobile provider TracFone … | Ben Popper / The Verge: |
Firmware update prevents DJI drones from flying over Washington, DC after White House crash — Drone maker DJI will disable its units over Washington, DC, after White House crash — Rookie pilots will get a little extra help determining what's a no-fly zone
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An interview with Slack founder Stewart Butterfield on the company's strategy for a successful launch — From 0 to $1B - Slack's Founder Shares Their Epic Launch Strategy — Slack started working on the app at the end of 2012. ("Never mind the part where we first tried … | Washington Post: |
Google says it fought gag orders in WikiLeaks investigation — Google has fought all gag orders preventing it from telling customers that their e-mails and other data were sought by the U.S. government in a long-running investigation of the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks …
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| Matt Levine / Bloomberg View: |
Yahoo's spinoff of Alibaba holdings is tax-free, remains so if Alibaba eventually buys spinoff — Yahoo Would Rather Not Pay Taxes on Its Alibaba Shares — The basic contours of the Yahoo/Alibaba situation are well known. Yahoo owns Alibaba shares worth $40 billion. Those shares are in a glass box.| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
UserTesting raises $45.5M Series C led by Accel Partners to expand usability testing business — Accel Chooses “A” And “B” With UserTesting's $45.5 Million Round — When rolling out a new product, or making changes to an old one, companies can spend thousands of dollars on testing to ensure …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Metromile Launches Uber Car Insurance Where Drivers Only Pay For Personal Miles — Uber covers drivers with $1 million of insurance when they're on the job, but they still have to buy personal car insurance even if they hardly drive off-the-job. But now, Metromile and Uber have developed …
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| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
TechStars Ventures Raises $150 Million As It Expands Into Series A Investments — Techstars has raised $150 million for its latest vehicle, Techstars Ventures (formerly known as Bullet Time Ventures) as it expands from seed into Series A investment. — “The $150 million third fund is focused … | John E Dunn / Techworld.com: |
World's largest DDoS attack reached 400Gbps, says Arbor Networks — NTP amplification fuelling era of super-massive DDoS — Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Google Plus Email this article — Some time in December 2014 an unnamed ISP experienced an NTP reflection DDoS attack that peaked …
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| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg Business: |
Snapchat original series “SnapperHero” to be made by YouTube and Vine stars, sponsored by AT&T — YouTube Stars Expand to Snapchat — Don't Miss Out — … (Bloomberg) — Snapchat Inc. is getting its own superhero series, the latest sign that the ephemeral-messaging startup …
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| Mike Beasley / 9to5Mac: |
Apple took down Photos for OS X preview pages, but launch plan still on track — Apple made a small change to its website last year upon the public release of OS X Yosemite that has led some to question the release date of Photos.app for Mac. Originally announced for an “early 2015″ release … | Megan Geuss / Ars Technica: |
FCC: Blocking Wi-Fi in hotels is prohibited — Marriott asked the FCC to please let it block Wi-Fi. The hotel gets a firm answer. — On Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission issued an “Enforcement Advisory” stating that blocking W-Fi in hotels is unequivocally “prohibited.”Sponsor Posts
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