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Patent troll claims to own Bluetooth, scores $15.7M verdict against Samsung — Big patent trolls see court wins, twice in two weeks. Will it matter for reform? — Gordon Bremer didn't invent Bluetooth 2.0. In fact, as he admitted on the stand last week in an East Texas federal court … | Robin Wauters / Tech.eu: |
Yandex asks Russian antitrust authorities to probe Google over bundling of Android with Google services (including search) — Yandex asks Russian antitrust authorities to probe Google over bundling of Android with Google services (including search) — This just in: Yandex, the ‘Google of Russia’ …
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Source: Snapchat is in advanced discussions on a new funding round valuing the company between $16B and $19B — Snapchat Said to Seek Up to $19 Billion Value in Funding Round — Don't Miss Out — by Elizabeth WollmanLeslie PickerSarah Frier — (Bloomberg) — Snapchat Inc. is seeking …
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| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
Apple Watch revenues could be dominated by relatively low-volume, high-priced Edition model — Thinking About the Split in Apple Watch Sales by Model — Lorraine Luk and Daisuke Wakabayashi, reporting today for the WSJ, “Apple Orders More Than 5 Million Watches for Initial Run”:
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| Kevin Rawlinson / BBC: |
UK banks RBS and NatWest add Apple's Touch ID logins to their mobile apps — Banks to allow account access using fingerprint tech — Apple's TouchID, now to be used to access banking apps, was criticised after hackers managed to breach it — Two banks are allowing their customers … | Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: |
Raspberry Pi 2 Review: A $35 Computer Can Do a Heck of a Lot — An open-source computer that encourages you to look inside — The small, bare-bones Raspberry Pi 2, meant to encourage children and adults to build and engage more with computers, does more than you think. WSJ's Joanna Stern puts it to the test.
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US carriers still stink at unlocking phones, analysis finds — Sprint is especially bad, while Verizon is the most customer-friendly. — A consumer rights activist who led the charge against restrictions on phone unlocking has graded the four major US carriers and found three … | Owen Williams / The Next Web: |
HTTP/2, the first major change to HTTP in 16 years, has been finalized — Today, the next major version of HTTP took a big step toward becoming a reality; it's been officially finalized and now moves towards being fully standardized. — According to a blog by Mark Nottingham …
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| Sean O'Kane / The Verge: |
How the NBA became the first major sport to embrace VR — Will intimate access make it more than a gimmick? — Last week, Samsung announced more details about how its partnership with the NBA is bringing the courtside experience to the Gear VR, starting with this past weekend's All-Star festivities at Brooklyn's Barclays Center.
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Samsung, with its bloated product line and hierarchical structure, struggles to lead in design — Why Samsung Design Stinks — Kevin Lee calls it “Steve Jobs Syndrome.” As the former head of product strategy and user experience design at Samsung Design America, Lee watched …
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| Bryan Bishop / The Verge: |
Upcoming Modern Family episode was shot entirely on iPhones, iPads, and MacBook Pros — Modern Family's new episode never leaves the screen of a MacBook Pro — ‘Connection Lost’ feels like a half-hour Apple commercial — but it actually works — MacBooks and iPhones pop up in movies …
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| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
Qualcomm's new Snapdragon chips bring high-end features to midrange SoCs — New Snapdragon 600-series SoCs are the first to use ARM's new Cortex A72 CPU. — High-end processors are normally the most interesting ones. They've got all the coolest features, the best performance, and the most “new” stuff.
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| Barb Darrow / Gigaom: |
Microsoft debuts its Azure Machine Learning service with support for Python, R languages and a preview of its Hadoop-based HDInsight tool that runs on Linux — Microsoft embraces Python, Linux in new big data tools — Continuing its quest to make Microsoft Azure comfy for the non-Windows world …
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