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Pinterest and Apple launch App Pins to let you discover and download apps without leaving Pinterest; Apple launches curated App Store board — Aiming to Ease App Discovery, Apple Pairs With Pinterest — There are more than 1.4 million mobile applications in Apple's App Store.
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Thanks:@jamiefavazza| Samuel Gibbs / Guardian: |
Apple enables two-step authentication for iMessages and FaceTime — Additional login step brings extra layer of protection against hackers for Apple's messaging and video chat, but more can be can be done say experts — Apple is finally enabling two-step authentication to help protect users …
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Facebook lets users set a legacy contact, who will be able to manage their accounts in a limited way when they pass away — Facebook Heir? Time to Choose Who Manages Your Account When You Die — The social network now lets you designate a ‘legacy contact’ for your digital afterlife
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| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
Pinterest Is Working on a Plan to Introduce a ‘Buy’ Button as Soon as This Year — Move over, Pinning. Here comes buying. — Pinterest, the digital scrapbooking service, is laying the groundwork for an e-commerce offering with a “Buy” button that could launch in as little as three to six months, according to multiple sources.
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Expedia buying Orbitz for $1.6B at $12 per share, will acquire all of Orbitz's brands — Expedia Buying Orbitz for $1.6 Billion — It is a two-horse race now in the online travel booking world: Expedia is buying Orbitz for about $1.6 billion in cash. This comes after Expedia announced … | Nathan Ingraham / The Verge: |
Xiaomi's Mi.com marketplace to launch in US this year, will sell accessories like its headphones and fitness band, but not phones or tablets — China's Xiaomi to open shop in the US this year, but not for phones — Xiaomi is holding a press conference in San Francisco today as a way to tell …
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Slack has over 500K daily active users after one year, quadrupling in last six months; hits $12M in annual recurring revenue — On Its First Birthday, Slack Declares Itself The “Fastest Growing Business App” Ever — And its daily users have doubled twice in six months. — kris krüg / Via flic.kr| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Windows 10 for phones preview now available to download for select Lumia devices — Windows 10 for phones preview now available to download — We've seen Windows 10 on PC and tablets, and now it's time to preview Microsoft's latest operating system on phones.
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| Nathan Ingraham / The Verge: |
Phorm iPad mini case, which adds tactile keyboard buttons that rise out of screen as needed, available for pre-order at $99 — Phorm iPad mini case has physical ‘key guides’ that appear and disappear when you need them — A unique idea that isn't quite ready for prime time
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Groupon Q4 Beats Street On Sales Of $925.4M, EPS Of $0.06, But Posts Weaker Outlook For Q1 — Groupon, the daily deals platform that has been making an effort to widen its business into local commerce and more mobile services, appears to be turning is ship around.
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| Edgar Alvarez / Engadget: |
ESPN consolidates SportsCenter iPhone app and ScoreCenter iPad app into single ESPN iOS app as part of brand-wide makeover — ESPN is getting a brand-wide makeover, starting with its iOS app — Up until now, ESPN has had two separate apps on iOS for news and scores, one designed for iPhone …
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| Mark Stockley / Naked Security: |
Facebook fixes vulnerability reported by security researcher that could have allowed hackers to delete every photo on Facebook — How one man could have deleted any photo album he could see on Facebook — Facebook is probably the biggest database of photographs ever compiled.
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| Nathan Ingraham / The Verge: |
Dell is launching a new Chromebook 11 alongside a $299 Windows-based counterpart — Dell's education-focused Chromebook 11 was surprisingly one of the best Chromebooks we've ever used, even though it was notoriously difficult to actually purchase for much of last year.
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Dell, Android Police, AnandTech, PC World, Laptop Mag, SlashGear, Engadget, Gizmodo, Liliputing, Business Insider, Android Central, Gigaom and 9to5Google
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| Karen Kaplan / Los Angeles Times: |
Researchers create $34 smartphone dongle that can detect HIV and syphilis within 15 minutes — ‘Dongle’ turns smartphone into mobile lab to diagnose HIV, syphilis — Engineers have taken an ordinary smartphone and made it a whole lot smarter. — They created a compact … | Tzahi Hoffman / Globes Online: |
Sources: Microsoft acquires Israeli digital pen company N-trig, creators of the Surface Pro 3 stylus, for $200M — Microsoft buys digital pen co N-trig for $200m — The Kfar Saba based company has been in financial difficulties. — Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq: MSFT) is buying Israeli digital pen company N-trig.
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