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March 3, 2015, 6:30 AM

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Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Tim Cook says Apple Watch will be available outside U.S. in April  —  Speaking at the Berlin flagship Apple Store last week, Apple CEO Tim Cook told employees that the Apple Watch will not be exclusive to the United States in April, according to employees in attendance.
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 …
More: DSLreports and Business InsiderTweets: @vassko
Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:
Google quietly backs away from encrypting new Lollipop devices by default  —  Encrypted storage will only be required in “future versions of Android.”  —  Last year, Google made headlines when it revealed that its next version of Android would require full-disk encryption on all new phones.
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Aaron Pressman / Yahoo Tech:
Samsung Pay vs. Apple Pay vs. Android Pay  —  Samsung's new mobile payment system, coming this summer, will work even at the millions of old-fashioned checkout terminals that don't have a wireless connection.  That solves one of the big limitations of Apple's mobile pay system …
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 …
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.
More: CNET
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.
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.
Kevin Roose / Fusion:
Tinder's new Tinder Plus option costs nearly 4X as much in Europe if you're over 28 years old  —  Sorry, olds: Tinder's new premium option in Europe costs more if you're older than 28  —  For lonely Europeans who have passed their mid-twenties, looking for love just got a little more expensive.
Kashmir Hill / Fusion:
Open Whisper System's Signal app for encrypted calls gets encrypted texting in version 2.0 for iOS  —  You can now call or text anyone with end-to-end encryption, for free  —  For years, smartphone users have been out of luck if they wanted to call or text everyone in their address books …
Niall Kennedy / The Twitter Blog:
Embed Twitter-hosted video on your website  —  With the new embedded video widget, you can highlight Twitter-hosted video on your website, enhanced by the same JavaScript used to render Tweet buttons and embedded Tweets.  —  Video embeds are available for videos captured …
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:
Mozilla launches 64-bit Firefox Developer Edition for Windows  —  Mozilla today released Firefox Developer Edition 38, which for the first time includes a 64-bit flavor for Windows.  You can download the new version now directly from Mozilla.org.  —  So, what does a 64-bit version of Firefox offer for the user?
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Apple releases first OS X 10.10.3 Public Beta with new Photos app  —  Apple today released the first Public Beta of the upcoming OS X Yosemite 10.10.3.  The new release includes the iCloud-based Photos application for the Mac, new Emojis across the system, and simpler login to Google accounts …
Jason Del Rey / Re/code:
PayPal to Pay $280 Million for Paydiant to Help Retailers Compete With Apple Pay  —  PayPal isn't giving up on payments in brick-and-mortar stores.  —  The eBay payment unit plans to acquire Paydiant, a payments startup that licenses a technology platform used by big retail chains to create their own branded mobile wallet apps.
Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom:
Judge halts movie industry-backed probe against Google  —  A federal judge has agreed to put the brakes on an investigation into Google by Mississippi Attorney General, Jim Hood, after the company complained that Hood's inquiry was an illegal censorship campaign cooked up by Hollywood.

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