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Hands-on with Samsung's Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge: design prioritized over waterproofing, removable batteries, and superfluous software features — Samsung's new Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge put design first — Following countless leaks and endless teasers, Samsung has officially announced the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge smartphones.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
David Besbris no longer running Google+, replaced by longtime VP of Product Bradley Horowitz — Bradley Horowitz Is Now Running Google+ — More changes afoot at Google+. TechCrunch has learned, and now confirmed with Google, that David Besbris has left his role as the head of the company's social and identity product.
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| Chris Hall / Pocket-lint: |
HTC One M9 hands-on: excels in design, improved specs, may look too much like its predecessor — HTC One M9: The devil is in the details (hands-on) — The HTC One M9 has probably been the most leaked handset in recent history, but it isn't until you have this device in your hand … | Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Sources: social news reader Prismatic on the block, with Microsoft the front runner in buying it; Apple and Yahoo have also expressed serious interest — Microsoft Wants To Buy Social News Reader Prismatic — Microsoft has been busy snatching up startups to fill out its mobile apps portfolio … | Brian X. Chen / New York Times: |
Apple Watch will have low energy Power Reserve mode that will display only time — Apple's New Job: Selling a Smartwatch to an Uninterested Public — SAN FRANCISCO — For Apple, the hard part — making a smartwatch — is nearly over. — Soon it will be time for the harder part …
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Sony announces Xperia Z4 tablet with a 10-inch 2K display launching globally in June — Sony's VAIO replacement is the ultrathin Xperia Z4 Tablet — Announced at Mobile World Congress a year ago, the 10-inch Xperia Z2 Tablet remains one of the thinnest and lightest tablets around …
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| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
Apple's latest ads feature photos from iPhone users, highlighting camera quality — Apple Would Like You To Know People Think The iPhone's Camera Is Awesome — Apple has never led market share in worldwide phone sales. Ever. And yet, the iPhone has held the (according to flickr) title of world's most popular camera for years.
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| Washington Post: |
Why Silicon Valley is the new revolving door for Obama staffers — In 2004, when Barack Obama was running for the U.S. Senate, he made his first visit to Google's campus and saw firsthand how a search on the Internet worked. It left such a strong impression that he returned during …
Tweets: @davidnakamura and @b_fung
| Amanda Connolly / The Next Web: |
Meerkat for iOS lets you live stream video to your Twitter followers — No, this is not an app livestreaming meerkats going about their day. It could be though. Meerkat for iOS lets you live stream video on Twitter in one click. — Once you've downloaded the app and found your good side …
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Tweets: @hunterwalk, @peterpham, @joshelman, @justinkan, @hunterwalk, @benbajarin and @theromit
| Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times: |
Netherlands' NXP Semiconductors to acquire Austin-based chip maker Freescale in an $11.8B deal — Chip Makers Will Merge in Deal Worth $11.8 Billion — NXP Semiconductors said on Sunday that it would buy a smaller peer, Freescale Semiconductor, in an $11.8 billion deal that would create …
| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
India's Ola Buys Smaller Rival TaxiForSure For $200M To Put Pressure On Uber — Ola, the SoftBank-backed competitor to Uber, has dished out $200 million to buy smaller rival TaxiForSure in what looks like being the first of a number of consolidation moves in India's taxi-hailing space.
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
HP's Spectre x360 is a 13-inch Broadwell-powered convertible laptop with up to 12.5 hours of battery life, available today from $899 — HP's Spectre x360 is a powerful new MacBook Air competitor — HP is introducing what it's calling its “most premium” computer yet: the Spectre x360 …
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