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March 5, 2015, 9:55 PM

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Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Apple plans relaunched Beats streaming music service for WWDC, skipping March event; Apple TV still coming — Apple won't take the wraps off of its upcoming Beats-based music streaming service at its March 9 “Spring Forward” event, according to music industry sources briefed on the launch timeline.

Ginny Marvin / Search Engine Land:

Google launches Compare for Auto Insurance, which compares car insurance rates from participating insurers like MetLife, in California — Official: Google Compare For Auto Insurance Launches — As expected, car insurance results on Google are getting a shake up as the company enters the lead generation game.

Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:

Microsoft launches free preview of Office 2016 for Mac with Retina support, OneDrive and SharePoint integration, and more — Microsoft launches Office 2016 preview for Mac with full Retina support, OneDrive and SharePoint integration — Microsoft today launched a preview of Office 2016 for Mac.

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:

Stop the presses: HTTPS-crippling “FREAK” bug affects Windows after all — Microsoft advisory dramatically raises the number of vulnerable end-user devices. — Computers running all supported versions of Microsoft Windows are vulnerable to “FREAK,” a bug disclosed Monday that for more than a decade …

More: CNET, technet.microsoft.com, The Register, Graham Cluley, Tom's Guide, The Register, WindowsITPro, TechNet Blogs, Computerworld, Threatpost, WindowsITPro and RT

Martin Beck / Marketing Land:

Twitter Ads gets “partner audiences”, allowing advertisers to target users showing purchase intent off Twitter using data from Acxiom and Datalogix — Twitter Gives Advertisers Access To More Than 1,000 Big Data Target Audiences — With “partner audiences” provided by Acxiom and Datalogix …

More: The Twitter Blog, VatorNews, TechCrunch, VentureBeat and The Next Web. See also Mediagazer

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Microsoft in surprise partnership with Google to improve Angular 2, the next version of Google's JavaScript web app framework — Microsoft And Google Collaborate On Angular 2 Framework, TypeScript Language — Here's a partnership that may come as a surprise to many …

More: MSDN Blogs, Somasegar's blog, Medium, InfoQ, The Next Web, SD Times and Visual Studio Magazine

Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac:

WSJ footnote suggests 12-inch MacBook Air could be announced by Apple as early as Monday — Tucked away at the bottom of the WSJ's report on the often-postponed iPad Pro was a single sentence that, if correct, suggests that Apple could announce the 12-inch MacBook Air as early as Monday.

More: Gigaom, Ars Technica, The Verge, Engadget, BGR, bizjournals, SlashGear, CNET, Fortune, iPhone in Canada Blog, GSMArena Blog, MacRumors, Patently Apple, iDownloadBlog.com, Ubergizmo, BGR and MacRumors

Roberto Baldwin / The Next Web:

WSJ: Google's carrier experiment could launch this month but only for Nexus 6 — That was quick. — The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google's experimental foray into becoming a wireless carrier could happen as quickly as the end of this month. But it wont be available for all phones.

More: Wall Street Journal, The Verge, Marketing Land, 9to5Google, VentureBeat, Engadget, VentureBeat and PhoneDog.com

Nick Wingfield / New York Times:

As VR companies battle motion sickness issues, Valve president Gabe Newell says its laser-assisted tracking system prevents nausea — Solution to Nausea Puts Virtual Reality Closer to Market — SAN FRANCISCO — Few technologies have generated more attention than virtual reality …

More: The Verge, Yahoo Tech, Tubefilter, VR Focus, Geek.com, GamesIndustry.biz, Ubergizmo, EE Times, Business Insider, Laughing Squid, Gamasutra, Slashdot, Develop Feed, Intel Newsroom, BetaBoston and 9to5Google

Kellex / Droid Life:

Softcard to shut down its app on March 31, advises users to download Google Wallet — Softcard App Will Shut Down on March 31, Accounts Closed With It — Softcard, the failure of a mobile payment system created by Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile, that tried its hardest to kill Google Wallet …

More: PC World, CNET, Forbes, Engadget, HotHardware.com News, 9to5Google, Pocketnow, ZDNet, The Next Web and The Verge

Ed Bott / ZDNet:

Oracle extends its adware bundling to include Java for Macs — Summary:For years, Oracle has tormented Windows users by bundling adware with its Java installer for Windows PCs. With the most recent update of Java for the Mac, Oracle has begun including the same adware as part of a default installation …

More: MacRumors, iMore and Daring Fireball. Tweets: @malarkey

Facebook:

Facebook warns page owners their like count may dip as it removes likes from inactive accounts — Making Page Likes More Meaningful — Businesses use Page audience data to understand what their followers care about. To make audience data even more meaningful for businesses …

More: VentureBeat, CNET, SocialTimes, Ubergizmo, Marketing Land, TheDomains.com, Mashable, The Next Web and VentureBreak

Spencer Soper / Bloomberg Business:

Amazon Opens Store on Alibaba's Tmall for Chinese Shoppers — Don't Miss Out — (Bloomberg) — Amazon.com Inc. has opened a store on Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s Tmall.com, seeking to reach Chinese shoppers as the Web retailer tries to expand in the world's second-biggest economy.

More: Reuters

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Search startup Swiftype raises $13M Series B led by NEA, which also led Series A — Swiftype Raises $13M More For Its Smarter Site And App Search — Y Combinator-incubated search startup Swiftype has raised $13 million in Series B funding. — When I first covered the company back in 2012 …

More: Site Search Blog

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