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March 17, 2015, 11:45 AM

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

App Submissions On Google Play Now Reviewed By Staff, Will Include Age-Based Ratings — Google Play, Google's marketplace for Android applications which now reaches a billion people in over 190 countries, has historically differentiated itself from rival Apple by allowing developers …

Agam Shah / PC World:

HSA 1.0 specifications announced, framework allows developers to write applications once and run it on multiple devices — HSA spec released, will share workloads among CPUs, GPUs — Raw horsepower has always been important measuring stick for performance of mobile devices and PCs …

More: VentureBeat, SMN Weekly, AnandTech and The Register

Chris Welch / The Verge:

Sling TV launches on Xbox One today, and you can try it free for a month

More: Xbox Wire, VentureBeat, The Next Web, CNET, PC World, GeekWire, TechCrunch, Engadget, Variety, IGN, Forbes, GameSpot, SlashGear, VG247, Windows Central and BetaNews. See also Mediagazer

Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:

eBay launches high-end auctions with Sotheby's

More: TechCrunch, Bloomberg Business, VentureBeat and New York Times

Andrew Chung / Reuters:

Jury finds Apple did not infringe on Nokia-filed patents now owned by Conversant subsidiary Core Wireless — U.S. jury clears Apple of infringing wireless tech patents — (Reuters) - A federal jury in Texas on Monday said Apple Inc did not infringe five wireless technology patents owned …

More: CNET, ZDNet, 9to5Mac, Cult of Mac, ValueWalk, Patently Apple, iLounge, AppleInsider, iMore and iPhone in Canada Blog

Todd Bishop / GeekWire:

Microsoft Band expanding to Amazon, Target and Best Buy, launching in UK, with increased supply — Microsoft will expand the availability of its Microsoft Band wearable device, boosting inventory at its own online and physical retail stores and offering the device through third-party retailers …

More: The Official Microsoft Blog, Engadget, Ars Technica, Inquirer, CNET, The Next Web, The Verge, Re/code, Wearable Tech Insider, SlashGear and Windows Central

Wall Street Journal:

Sources: Apple aiming to launch online TV service in September with about 25 channels, anchored by ABC, CBS, Fox — Apple in Talks to Launch Online TV Service — Service would have about 25 channels, anchored by broadcasters such as ABC, CBS and Fox — Shalini Ramachandran and Daisuke Wakabayashi

More: TechCrunch, Ink, Bits, & Pixels, Ars Technica, TheStreet.com, CNNMoney, Macworld, Computerworld, 9to5Mac, BGR, Telegraph, Cult of Mac, DSLreports, bizjournals, O'Grady's PowerPage, WebProNews and CNET

Tweets: @mattrosoff and @scottmaustin

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Steve Lohr / New York Times:

IBM unveils developer tools and cloud-based data analysis services mining Twitter data — IBM Introduces Twitter-Fueled Data Services for Business — When IBM announced its partnership with Twitter last October, the move seemed both promising and logical.

More: ZDNet, eWeek, VentureBeat and Techworld.com

Janko Roettgers / Medium:

Chromecast can be controlled by select TV remotes; feature made possible by HDMI-CEC protocol — Chromecast now works with your TV's remote control — One of the most frequent complaints about Chromecast has been that it doesn't come with a remote control, requiring users to fiddle …

More: TechCrunch, TIME, Engadget, The Verge, TechnoBuffalo, SlashGear, 9to5Google, Gizmodo and Lifehacker

Jon Russell / TechCrunch:

Nintendo Partners With DeNA To Bring Its Games And IP To Smartphones — Nintendo is finally bringing its games and characters to mobile after the company surprised the tech world with an alliance with Japanese mobile gaming firm DeNA. — The duo announced a collaboration that will see them jointly develop games for “smart devices.”

Ina Fried / Re/code:

Carbon3D's 3-D printing grows objects from a pool of resin, is 25-100 times faster than conventional layer by layer method — Startup Says New 3-D Printing Technique Could Shift Use From Prototype to Production — Already, 3-D printing has emerged as a means for rapidly making prototypes of new products.

More: ZDNet, 3DPrint.com, Washington Post, Popular Mechanics, Science, Vox, Slashdot, Gizmodo, Wired and NBC News. Tweets: @inafried

Telis Demos / Wall Street Journal:

Tweet-analysis firm Dataminr raises $130M Series D round led by Fidelity, valuing the company at about $700M — Tweet-Analysis Firm Dataminr Raises Funding — Deal values firm at about $700 million — Dataminr Inc., which analyzes tweets and other information streams to create alerts for traders …

More: ZDNet, Business Insider, bizjournals and Bloomberg Business

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft is killing off the Internet Explorer brand — While Microsoft has dropped hints that the Internet Explorer brand is going away, the software maker has now confirmed that it will use a new name for its upcoming browser successor, codenamed Project Spartan.

More: Quartz, GeekWire, BGR, Digital Trends, PC World, Gizmodo, Inquirer, Consumerist, SuperSite for Windows, TechnoBuffalo, WebProNews, Windows Central, Ubergizmo and ITProPortal

Tweets: @stevekovach and @mathewi

Blair Hanley Frank / GeekWire:

Adobe unveils Document Cloud service with electronic signature support, launching April, to cost up to $15/month — Adobe takes another swing at DocuSign with new Document Cloud — Adobe's work productivity business is getting a subscription overhaul with the announcement today of the company's new Document Cloud.

Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times:

Etsy's Success Gives Rise to Problems of Credibility and Scale — Depending on whom you ask, Alicia Shaffer, owner of the hit Etsy store Three Bird Nest, is a runaway success story — or an emblem of everything that has gone wrong with the fast-growing online marketplace for handmade goods.

More: Adweek. Tweets: @designsponge

Bryan Bishop / The Verge:

The new Steve Jobs documentary is an unforgiving look at tech's most complicated man — The day that Steve Jobs died, people around the world flocked to Apple Stores in a sort of spontaneous mass pilgrimage. They left letters and signs, holding up iPhones and iPads in tribute.

More: Fast Company, Fast Company, Hollywood Reporter, VentureBeat, Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Guardian, Guardian, 9to5Mac, Featured Articles, BREITBART.COM, TechnoBuffalo, MacRumors, App Advice and Mashable. Tweets: @cue

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