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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Hands-on sources on Apple Watch: battery life for 5 hours of fairly heavy use, unannounced Heart Rate Glance feature, more — Sources offer hands-on Apple Watch details: battery life, unannounced features, and more — Just ahead of the finalized Apple Watch's presentation at Apple's March 9th …
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| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
Sources on Apple Watch: battery charges in just two hours, skin contact and 10%+ battery need to get notifications, essentially a time-saving device — The Apple Watch Is Time, Saved — Over the course of investigating the Apple Watch, I've spoken to several sources who have spent extended time with it.
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Google is reportedly working on a virtual-reality version of Android — Android is coming after Oculus Rift, the Wall Street Journal reports — Android is moving from mobile devices to virtual-reality headsets, according to a new report. The Wall Street Journal, citing two unnamed sources … | Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple to overhaul iPad for Education program, remove Apple ID requirement for apps and books for large deployments beginning this fall — Apple Overhauling iPad for Education Program to Simplify Sharing Devices and Apps — Apple will be making significant changes to iPad deployment …
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| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Apple negotiates with music labels for streaming licenses that would forego free tier, allow high-profile artists to distribute with Apple first — Big Music Labels Want to Make Free Music Hard to Get, and Apple Says They're Right — Right now it's easy to stream any song you want …
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PC Magazine, bizjournals, Consumerist, MacDailyNews, Gigaom, RAIN News, Digital Music News, iMore, iPhone in Canada Blog, PC World, SiliconBeat, iDownloadBlog.com, AppleInsider, Digital Trends, USA Today, MacRumors, Cult of Mac, hypebot, SiliconANGLE, Gizmodo UK, Silicon Republic, GSMArena Blog and 9to5Mac
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CIA plans major reorganization and a focus on digital espionage — The CIA embarked on a sweeping restructuring Friday that will bring an end to divisions that have been in place for decades, create 10 new centers that team analysts with operators, and significantly expand the agency's focus on digital espionage.
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New York Times, Reuters, The Verge, Associated Press, Bloomberg Business, BBC, Engadget, NBC News, Wall Street Journal, RT, Defense One and The Intercept. Tweets: @gregpmiller
| Jack Julian / CBC News: |
Quebec man charged after refusing to give phone password to Canadian border officials, in case that may test Canadian laws — Quebec resident Alain Philippon to fight charge for not giving up phone password at airport — Whether border officials can force you to provide password hasn't been tested in Canadian courts| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Sling TV's Web-TV Service Attracts at Least 100,000 Sign-Ups in Its First Month — Sling TV, Dish Network's Web-TV service, has been open to U.S. customers for just over a month. And so far, it seems like Sling has generated some attention: Sources say at least 100,000 people have signed up to check out the $20-a-month service.| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
US Department of Justice charges two Vietnamese citizens and a Canadian with stealing over 1B email addresses from email service providers — Feds Indict Three in 2011 Epsilon Hack — U.S. federal prosecutors in Atlanta today unsealed indictments against two Vietnamese men and a Canadian citizen …
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U.S. Department of Justice, Gizmodo, Engadget, Reuters, Globe and Mail and GeekWire. Tweets: @briankrebs
| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Microsoft sues Kyocera in new Android patent infringement dispute … Microsoft filed suit against Kyocera this afternoon, alleging that the Japanese electronics company's Android-based smartphones infringe on the Redmond company's patents. — The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle … | Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Samsung Telecommunications America's CMO, responsible for the hit “Next Big Thing” ad campaign, plans to leave company in early April — Samsung loses ‘Next Big Thing’ marketing chief — Todd Pendleton, the man behind Samsung's popular marketing campaign …
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Business Insider, AdAge, TechnoBuffalo, Android Community, PhoneDog.com and SlashGear. Thanks:@rochellegarner
| Matt Haughey / MetaFilter: |
MetaFilter founder Matt Haughey steps away from his pioneering online community after 16 years, later adds he's joining Slack in a content role — Sixteen Years — After 16 years of doing a bit of everything under the sun here, I'm stepping away from the day to day of running MetaFilter and moving into the background.
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