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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple releases iOS 8.3 Public Beta, Beta Program now comprises both iOS and OS X — Apple has updated its Apple Seed website to include many references to iOS device management. It has also updated the name of its program to ‘Apple Beta Software Program’, dropping the specificity of it being for OS X only.
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| Rich McCormick / The Verge: |
Google is done selling the Nexus 5 — Google has stopped selling the Nexus 5, the company's 2014 flagship Android smartphone. A Google spokesperson told The Verge today that “while some inventory of Nexus 5 still exists (with our retail and carrier partners), our focus is on the Nexus 6 at this time.”
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| Kyle Russell / TechCrunch: |
Algorithm marketplace Algorithmia exits private beta with over 800 algorithms available, charging developers per-use — Algorithmia Launches With More Than 800 Algorithms On Its Marketplace — Algorithmia, the startup that raised $2.4 million last August to connect academics building powerful algorithms …
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| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Sources confirm Apple will finally allow MacBook battery packs and third-party chargers with USB-C — USB-C has become the biggest topic of conversation following Apple's introduction of the new 12-inch MacBook. After years of separate power, data, and video ports, Apple is now pushing USB-C …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Amazon Has Quietly Acquired 2lemetry To Build Out Its Internet Of Things Strategy — Amazon is taking another step into the Internet of Things. TechCrunch has learned, and confirmed, that the e-commerce and cloud services giant has acquired 2lemetry, a startup based out of Denver …
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State of LTE worldwide: South Korea has best coverage, US speeds rank among slowest overall — THE FULL SPECTRUM OF LTE PERFORMANCE — We found that not all LTE networks are created equal, with big differences between countries and networks. — 4G LTE is increasingly more important …
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| Luke Dormehl / Cult of Mac: |
Tim Cook offered Steve Jobs his liver, and other revelations from new biography — I can't wait to read Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader. The upcoming biography, by veteran reporters Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli, promises to be the definitive telling of Steve Jobs' life.| Brian Donohue / Threatpost: |
WordPress plugin SEO by Yoast, downloaded over 14M times, fixes SQL injection vulnerability — SQL Injection Bug Fixed in Popular WordPress SEO Plug-In — SEO by Yoast, a popular search engine optimization plug-in for WordPress, has fixed a pair of blind SQL injection vulnerabilities …
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| Josh Kopelman / First Round Review: |
Dos and don'ts for navigating the Series A Crunch in the era of easy seed rounds — What the Seed Funding Boom Means for Raising a Series A — Shortly after my first child was born, a friend gave me a copy of a book called “The Blessing of a Skinned Knee.” The book was full of contrarian wisdom.
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| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
App Store dev guidelines now require health research data consent, Apple Pay policy disclosure — Apple adds App Store guidelines requiring devs obtain health research data consent, disclose Apple Pay policies, more — Apple has added some new entries to its App Store Review Guidelines …
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Computerworld, The Verge, MacNN, BuzzFeed, Apfelpage, Consumerist and AppleInsider. Thanks:@justinkahnmusic
| Jeff Baumgartner / Multichannel News: |
Google Fiber's video subscriptions so far: 29,867 total, with penetration rates of 5% to 13%; highest number in Kansas City, Mo., with a 10.5% penetration rate — Google Fiber Ended 2014 With 29,867 TV Subs: Report — Video Market Impact Small But Growing
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| Bill Rigby / Reuters: |
Microsoft's Cortana digital assistant coming to iOS and Android devices as a standalone app — Exclusive: Microsoft's digital assistant to head to Android, Apple devices — (Reuters) - Microsoft is working on an advanced version of its competitor to Apple's Siri, using research … | Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Osmo Masterpiece is an iPad app aimed at kids that uses the front-facing camera, a proprietary mirror, and AI to train people how to draw — Osmo Masterpiece could turn every kid into an iPad artist — Osmo is turning out to be wonderfully creative at making apps for children that redefine the meaning of games and play.| Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
Publishers using Snapchat Discover set high ad rates that command $50,000 to $100,000 per day for 500K to 1M views — Snapchat's Discover Publishers Are Asking for Big Ad Rates — And They're Getting Them — Snapchat's Discover platform is one of the hottest properties in media.| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Video conferencing startup Highfive raises $32M Series B led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, plans to double its workforce by end of 2015 — Highfive Raises $32 Million For Its Video Conferencing System — It's only been four months since Highfive's video conferencing units have been available … | Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Swarm update adds direct messaging and group chat, eliminates Plans tab, which let users broadcast plans to friends publicly — Swarm Launches Direct Messaging, Ditches Awkward Public Plans — Swarm has today launched private messaging within its location-based social network …
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| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Docker's latest acquisition, KiteMatic, built a Mac app that runs Docker containers — Docker, a startup whose open-source container technology is becoming a popular component in software development, is announcing today that it's acquired KiteMatic, a three-man startup that built a Mac app …
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Docker Blog, ZDNet, InfoWorld, eWeek, PE Hub Blog, TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, The Register and BetaKit
| James Vincent / The Verge: |
UK's online spying habits are legal but require overhaul, says government — The report also found ‘small single figures’ of staff abusing access to data — An inquiry by the UK government into the bulk interception of communications data has cleared the country's spy agencies of wrong-doing.Sponsor Posts
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