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| Megan Geuss / Ars Technica: |
Source: Google to announce new payments API, Android Pay, at I/O in May — Google will launch Android Pay at I/O in May — Source tells Ars that the company will revitalize its payments platform with a new API. — A source close to the matter told Ars on Wednesday that Google …
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| Ina Fried / Re/code: |
Lytro Cuts Jobs, Raises $50M in Shift Toward Virtual Reality and Video — Workers at Lytro got a mixed bag of news on Wednesday, with the photography startup telling employees both that it has raised a further $50 million, but also that it intends to cut a significant chunk of its workforce.
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| Gemalto: |
Gemalto confirms probable hack by NSA and GCHQ, but says there was no massive theft of SIM encryption keys, only a breach of its office network — Gemalto presents the findings of its investigations into the alleged hacking of SIM card encryption keys by Britain's Government Communications Headquarters …
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Lenovo.com has been hacked, possibly by Lizard Squad — Lenovo.com has been hacked. Starting at 4PM ET, users visiting the site saw a slideshow of disaffected youths, set to the song “Breaking Free” from High School Musical. At 4:17, the site seemed to have reverted to its normal self …
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| Conor Dougherty / New York Times: |
Google to propose new headquarters in Mountain View this week but the city fears being overrun — Google Plans New Headquarters, and a City Fears Being Overrun — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Apple is moving into a headquarters building that looks like a spaceship.
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| Sebastian Anthony / Ars Technica: |
Source: Top-end 128GB Samsung Galaxy S6 priced at $1,189, curved model facing supply constraints — Source: Curved Samsung Galaxy S6 will suffer from yield issues at launch — One of Samsung's carrier partners gives Ars Technica the skinny. — According to a source … | Bloomberg Business: |
HP in Talks to Buy Aruba Networks for Wi-Fi Infrastructure — Don't Miss Out — (Bloomberg) — Hewlett-Packard Co. is in talks to acquire Aruba Networks Inc., a maker of wireless-network infrastructure used by hotels, universities and shopping malls, people with knowledge of the matter said.| Re/code: |
Google Mulling ‘Strategic Investment’ in Device Maker Jawbone — Google is considering making what several sources close to the situation describe as a “strategic investment” in Jawbone, the high-profile San Francisco maker of a number of wireless and wearable devices such as the Up fitness tracker.| Quentin Hardy / New York Times: |
Google researchers have created an AI system that taught itself to play and win 49+ 1980s games; could be used for robots, driverless cars in future — A Google Computer Can Teach Itself Games — In a big step in the development of computers capable of independent reasoning … | Bloomberg Business: |
Apple told to pay $532.9M to Smartflash LLC for patent infringement in iTunes, will appeal — Apple Told by Jury to Pay $532.9 Million in Gaming Patent Trial — Don't Miss Out — (Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. was told to pay $532.9 million after a federal jury said the company's iTunes software …
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| Paul Carsten / Reuters: |
Since Snowden leaks, China has dropped Cisco, Apple, McAfee, and others for government purchases — Exclusive: China drops leading technology brands for state purchases — (Reuters) - China has dropped some of the world's leading technology brands from its approved state purchase lists …
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| Niall Kennedy / The Twitter Blog: |
The official Twitter plugin for WordPress is here — Today, we're releasing an official Twitter plugin for WordPress that bundles Twitter features and functionality into an installable package for sites powered by WordPress. — WordPress software powers millions of sites around the web …
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| Jillian D'Onfro / Business Insider: |
WSJ: YouTube remains unprofitable, breaking even with revenue of $4B in 2014 — YouTube still doesn't make Google any money — YouTube still isn't a profitable business for Google, sources tell The Wall Street Journal's Rolfe Winkler. — Thanks to a premium ads push last year called …
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| Farhad Manjoo / New York Times: |
Q&A with Dick Costolo on Twitter's lack of broad appeal and plans to handle harassment — Dick Costolo Thinks It's O.K. To Never Tweet — In a recent earnings report, you said Twitter had 288 million active users a month — only a few million more than in the quarter before.| Kevin C. Tofel / Gigaom: |
Google Play increases free music storage limit from 20,000 to 50,000 songs — You can now store 50,000 songs online with Google Play Music — Google just made its Play Music service a bit more appealing, even if you don't use a Google Android phone. You can now upload 50,000 songs … | Rachel King / ZDNet: |
Android for Work shapes up with new enterprise program launch — Summary:Google is partnering with a number of tech giants, from device makers to network infrastructure providers to management app makers to launch the Android for Work platform. — Following up Inbox's expansion … Sponsor Posts
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