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March 4, 2015, 1:25 PM

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Associated Press:

Hillary Clinton used her own private email server for official business as secretary of state; emails backed up to Google in 2012 — Clinton ran homebrew computer system for official emails — 1 photo — WASHINGTON (AP) — The computer server that transmitted and received Hillary Clinton's emails …

Mike Isaac / New York Times:

Nextdoor raises $110M, at a valuation of $1.1B; begins planning how to extract data to monetize with recommendations, on-demand services — Nextdoor Social Network Digs Really Deep Into Neighborhoods — Internet companies have been trying desperately for years to court people like Isaac Gonzales to use their services.

More: SiliconBeat, Re/code, Nextdoor Blog, USA Today, Mashable, Business Insider, VatorNews and VentureBeat

Tweets: @jeffjohnroberts, @triketora and @rsarver

JP Mangalindan / Mashable:

Uber acquires mapping startup deCarta — Uber, the popular ride-sharing startup, is acquiring the mapping and search startup deCarta for an unspecified amount, Mashable has learned. — The deal, which closes later this week, is for DeCarta's technology and talent.

More: AppleInsider, Associated Press, Bloomberg View, TechSpot, Wired, TechCrunch, WebProNews, The Verge, SiliconANGLE, CNET, Wall Street Journal, Wired.co.uk, GSMArena Blog, Gizmodo UK, Engadget, VentureBeat, Inc.com, Gigaom, SlashGear, Hypebeast and SiliconBeat. Tweets: @mprioleau. Thanks:@jpmanga

Ben Gilbert / Engadget:

Nvidia announces Shield, a $200 Android TV set-top box and game console with support for 4K video, available in May — Shield: NVIDIA's $200 gaming-focused Android TV set-top box — Another year, another new Shield device from NVIDIA. What's Shield? It's the hardware line from NVIDIA …

Ross Miller / The Verge:

Nvidia will launch a 1080p game-streaming subscription service in May

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Sean Purcell / Gmail Blog:

Google previews updated Contacts interface that blends in Google+ profile info, simplifies duplicate elimination, shows prior emails and meetings — The new Google Contacts: Bringing everyone together — From email to Hangouts to a good ol' fashioned phone call, you've got a lot of options to get in touch with someone.

Richard Lawler / Engadget:

Valve's ‘Lighthouse’ VR tech brings TVs and headsets together — We already saw the new Vive virtual reality headset that Valve and HTC are working on, but they're not stopping there. Hardware engineer Alan Yates says that its Lighthouse room-scale tracking system brings the “high-resolution …

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Philip Kollar / Polygon:

Valve announces Source 2 engine, free for developers

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Wes Fenlon / PC Gamer:

Valve announces $50 Steam Link streaming box and SteamVR for November release

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Jason Schreier / Kotaku:

Valve's Steam Machines Will Officially Launch In November

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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Fashion Marketplace Farfetch Raises $86M Led By DST At A $1B Valuation — Some big news today in the world of fashion e-commerce. Farfetch, the London-based online marketplace for high end fashion retailers, is announcing a raise of $86 million. The funding vaults Farfetch into the unicorn club …

More: Fortune, Business Insider, Retail Dive, Vogue UK and internetretailer.com

Jon Russell / TechCrunch:

Alibaba Is Expanding Its Cloud Services To The U.S. To Give Amazon New Competition — Alibaba, the Chinese commerce firm which held the largest IPO in history last year, is bringing cloud computing services in the U.S. after it announced plans to open a data center in Silicon Valley.

More: GeekWire, Alizila, Fortune, New York Times, Reuters, ZDNet, internetretailer.com and Tech in Asia

Sarah Frier / Bloomberg Business:

Facebook Is Said to Be Working on Competitor to Twitter's MoPub — (Bloomberg) — Facebook Inc. is working on a competitor to Twitter Inc.'s mobile-advertising distributor MoPub, according to people with knowledge of the matter, a bid to win more business in a growing market.

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Bill Rigby / Reuters:

IBM buys AlchemyAPI to boost Watson computing unit — (Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp said on Wednesday it had acquired AlchemyAPI, a fast-growing startup selling software that collects and analyzes unstructured text and data in ways big enterprises, website publishers and advertisers find useful.

More: TechCrunch, PR Newswire, ZDNet, Denver Post, The Next Web, Information Management Online, VentureBeat and Bloomberg Business

Shalene Gupta / Fortune:

John Doerr testifies in Kleiner trial, suggests he wanted to keep Ellen Pao until she sued — Top venture capitalist soured on employee around time she filed sex bias case — A top Silicon Valley venture capitalist testified Tuesday that he initially fought his partners to keep a female employee they thought wasn't up to the job.

More: The Verge, Re/code, TechCrunch, Reuters, Mercury News, Mercury News, Reuters, USA Today, USA Today, Ars Technica, Business Insider, Wired, Wall Street Journal, Re/code, Wired, USA Today and Fortune

Jon Russell / TechCrunch:

Chat app Kik for iOS and Android now lets users record videos up to 15 seconds from inside chat windows with fullscreen playback option — Chat App Kik Adds Native Video In Step Towards More Interactive Content — Mobile messaging app Kik has added native video capture to its service …

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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:

AMD teams up with Oculus on LiquidVR technologies for virtual reality — Ticket prices increase on March 6 Pacific! — Click here for all of GamesBeat's 2015 Game Developers Conference coverage. — Advanced Micro Devices unveiled the LiquidVR suite of technologies today to help usher …

More: Gizmodo, USA Today, Legit Reviews, Mercury News and Electronista

Maureen Morrison / AdAge:

Pinterest tests animated ad pins, adds more audience categories for advertisers to target — Pinterest Narrows Ad Targeting; Tests Animated Pins — Move Is Latest In Series Of Efforts To Position Service As Essential Social-Media Platform for Advertisers — Content Marketing 2014

More: Ubergizmo, Marketing Land, The Next Web and WebProNews

David Kravets / Ars Technica:

US air traffic control computer system vulnerable to terrorist hackers — FAA didn't always ensure passwords were encrypted “when transmitted or stored.” — The US system for guiding airplanes is open to vulnerabilities from outside hackers, the Government Accountability Office said Monday.

Kunal Comments / Sammy Hub:

Pocket, Shazam, Fleksy, and 19 other apps designated as Galaxy Gifts will be free to download for Galaxy S6, S6 edge — Fleksy, Shazam and 20 other apps will be part of Galaxy Gifts for Galaxy S6, S6 edge — Samsung is known to treat its Galaxy smartphone buyers with a suite of apps and games for free.

More: Android Authority, TechnoBuffalo, Droid Life, Phandroid, MobileSyrup.com, AndroidHeadlines.com, BGR, CNET, AndroidHeadlines.com, SamMobile and Android Central

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