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March 3, 2015, 12:10 PM

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Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
Pebble Reveals Pebble Time Steel And A Smartstrap System Open To Hardware Developers  —  Pebble announced Pebble Time last week, the next-generation version of its Pebble smartwatch, and today it's revealing another new product: Pebble Time Steel.  This is the stainless steel version of the Pebble Time …
Jeff Mason / Reuters:
Obama criticizes China's new rules requiring US tech companies to provide backdoor access, says Beijing must change policy if it wants to do business with USA  —  Exclusive: Obama sharply criticizes China's plans for new technology rules  —  (Reuters) - President Barack Obama …
Ben Popper / The Verge:
Inside Project Loon: Google's internet in the sky is almost open for business  —  “Good news,” says Katelin Jabbari, Google X's communications chief.  “It's about to explode.”  —  We're several hundred feet in the air, inching our way along a wooden walkway tucked high into the rafters …
Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Oculus Has Hired Mary Lou Jepsen Away From Google X  —  Facebook-owned Oculus has hired away big-time Google X executive Mary Lou Jepsen, according to sources familiar with the move.  —  Jepsen, who spent the last three years running the Display Division at Google X, is joining …
Lauren Johnson / Adweek:
Interview with Kim Kardashian on her hit game, aspirations in tech, and plans to create more apps  —  After Conquering Reality TV, Kim Kardashian Is Taking the Mobile World By Storm  —  Kim Kardashian West first grabbed our attention in October 2007 with the premiere of E!'s Keeping Up With the Kardashians.
Alyson Shontell / Business Insider:
Uber launches a quarterly print magazine, Momentum, for drivers in Boston, New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, Ohio, and Oklahoma  —  Uber just launched a quarterly print magazine, Momentum  —  Here's something different.  —  Uber, the $41 billion ride hailing company …
Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:
Luxe Confirms $20M In New Funding, As It Hires A Business Chief And Expands To New Markets  —  Last week we reported that on-demand valet startup Luxe had raised $20 million in Series A funding from Venrock Partners and Redpoint Ventures to expand its service into new markets.
Kevin Dugan / New York Post:
With $66M in funding from a consortium of 15 banks, Goldman Sachs backed messaging and social networking service Symphony will launch by July  —  Goldman Sachs to debut new social networking service  —  Call it Goldman Apps.  —  A Goldman Sachs-backed messaging and social networking service …
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Dan Seifert / The Verge:
BlackBerry plans four phones this year, including $275 all-touch 5-inch Leap phablet  —  BlackBerry plans to launch a sliding ‘dual-curved display’ phone this year  —  During a press conference at Mobile World Congress today, BlackBerry revealed that it plans to launch a new touchscreen slider device later this year.
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Game developers favor Steam and PC over other platforms  —  Gaming execs: Join 180 select leaders from King, Glu, Rovio, Unity, Facebook, and more to plan your path to global domination in 2015.  GamesBeat Summit is invite-only — apply here.  Ticket prices increase on March 6 Pacific!
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Chloe Sorvino / Forbes:
The World's Richest Tech Billionaires: Jack Ma Breaks Through to Top, Google Leaders Slip  —  Want to join the upper crust of the billionaire ranks?  Building a tech company could be your way in: Seven of the world's 15 richest self-made billionaires earned their wealth through a technology business.
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Sebastian Anthony / Ars Technica:
Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 will feature Kryo CPU, Krait's 64-bit successor  —  At long last, it's (almost) time for Qualcomm's custom-designed 64-bit chip.  —  BARCELONA, Spain—Qualcomm, after an agonizingly long wait, has finally revealed a few details about its next-gen, top-end CPU core.

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