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| Prem Ramaswami / The Official Google Blog: |
Google adds fact-checked and reviewed health information to Knowledge Graph in search — A remedy for your health-related questions: health info in the Knowledge Graph — Think of the last time you searched on Google for health information. Maybe you heard a news story about gluten-free diets … | Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 8.4 to be released after Apple Watch starts shipping, possibly with redesigned Beats-based music service — Apple working on iOS 8.4 update, may include new music service — In addition to working on iOS 8.2, iOS 8.3, and iOS 9.0, Apple is working on yet another update to iOS 8: iOS 8.4.| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 8.3 brings wireless CarPlay, improved Google login, new Emojis, China Apple Pay — Earlier today, Apple seeded the first iOS 8.3 build to developers alongside Xcode 6.3 beta with Swift 1.2. Readers have discovered that the new operating system brings a new wireless CarPlay feature to the iPhone.
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple's iOS 9 to have ‘huge’ stability and optimization focus after years of feature additions — Following the success of OS X Snow Leopard for Macs in 2009, one of iOS 9's standout ‘features’ will be a directed focus on stabilizing and optimizing the operating system.
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Ross Ulbricht's closest confidant at Silk Road, known as Variety Jones, remains elusive — Ross Ulbricht Didn't Create Silk Road's Dread Pirate Roberts. This Guy Did — More than 14 months after his arrest, Ross Ulbricht has been convicted of being the Dread Pirate Roberts … | Kim Yoo-chul / The Korea Times: |
Samsung creates independent team to work on VR, drones, robots, 3D printing, unmanned vehicles — Samsung establishes product innovation team — Samsung Electronics has established a team to work on hi-tech innovative business projects, officials said Monday.
| Beth McMurtrie / Chronicle of Higher Education: |
Many original Thiel fellows say they learned more in fellowship than they would've in college — The Rich Man's Dropout Club — Whatever happened to the teenage entrepreneurs whom Peter Thiel paid to forgo college? — Peter Thiel paid teenagers to forgo college. Here's how that turned out:| Derek Kessler / iMore: |
Swift 1.2 features an improved compiler and Objective-C interactions — Apple's youngest programming language, Swift, received a fairly substantial update with today's first beta of Xcode 6.3, at least in beta form. The Swift 1.2 beta features an improved compiler that's both more stable and more speedy …
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| Kristen V. Brown / San Francisco Chronicle: |
San Francisco's antitech movement has fizzled before it ever really took off — Is the antitech movement obsolete? — Wearing a pig mask and sequined suit jacket, Amy Gilgan stood outside of Davies Symphony Hall on Thursday night to accept the McMansion award at the second annual Crappys … | Samuel Gibbs / Guardian: |
French government can now block sites that advocate terrorism or contain images of child abuse without a court order; ISPs must comply within 24 hours — French law blocking terrorist and child abuse sites comes into effect — Law that allows blockade of offending sites without … | Cory Bennett / The Hill: |
Apple CEO to speak at White House cyber summit — Apple CEO Tim Cook will speak at the White House cybersecurity summit this Friday at Stanford University, according to an invitation to the event. — The White House is expected to reveal its next executive action on cybersecurity at the summit …
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Business Insider, AppleInsider, MacRumors, 9to5Mac and iMore
| Alex Hern / Guardian: |
Samsung rejects TV privacy concerns: we do “not retain voice data or sell it to third parties” — Samsung rejects concern over ‘Orwellian’ privacy policy — Smart TV voice recognition software could transmit ‘personal or other sensitive information’ to a third party, Samsung's policy warns
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BBC, Zach Holman, BGR, NEWS.com.au, Altimeter Group, Yahoo Tech, E-Commerce Times, Fortune, We Live Security, The Daily Caller and Gigaom
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft, Samsung settle contract dispute over Android patent payments — Summary:Microsoft and Samsung have settled an Android patent-licensing-related contract dispute, Microsoft officials say, while offering no specific about the terms. — Microsoft and Samsung have settled …
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Microsoft on the Issues, Inquirer, Computerworld, The Verge, SiliconANGLE, The Seattle Times, Re/code, PhoneNews.com, Ars Technica, PhoneDog.com, The Register, Ubergizmo, SlashGear, Android Authority, New York Times, WinBeta, Windows Central, AndroidHeadlines.com, WMPoweruser, Engadget, Reuters and Neowin
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Deezer brings its lossless Elite music-streaming service to Sonos music systems globally — Mobile executive? VB is hosting our 5th annual Mobile Summit on February 23-24 at the scenic Cavallo Point Resort in Sausalito, CA. See if you qualify here. — Music-streaming company Deezer …
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Takes Internet.org And Its Free Mobile Data Services To India — Facebook's Internet.org project to provide basic mobile internet services for free just took its biggest step to date after it launched in India. — The service, which is run by non-profit organization Internet.org … | Ruth Reader / VentureBeat: |
Skype for Android now lets you share photos offline and use other apps while on a call — Mobile executive? VB is hosting our 5th annual Mobile Summit on February 23-24 at the scenic Cavallo Point Resort in Sausalito, CA. See if you qualify here. — Rejoice!
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Skype Blogs, Skype Blogs, 9to5Google, Ubergizmo, Ausdroid, Android Central, SlashGear and The Next Web
| Ian King / Bloomberg Business: |
China Fines Qualcomm $975 Million, Sets Patent Licensing Rates — Don't Miss Out — (Bloomberg) — Chinese regulators fined Qualcomm Inc. $975 million and set licensing rates for its mobile-phone chip technology after finding the U.S. company guilty of antitrust violations.Sponsor Posts
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