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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 …
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| 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.”
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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
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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 …
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| 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.
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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.
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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 …
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| 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 … | 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.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft's new modern browser, codenamed Project Spartan, will have a distinct name and brand in Windows 10, says CMO Chris Capossela — Microsoft is killing off the Internet Explorer brand — While Microsoft has dropped hints that the Internet Explorer brand is going away …
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| Janko Roettgers / Medium: |
Chromecast can be controlled by select TV remotes, 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 with their phone …
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Sling TV launches on Xbox One today, and you can try it free for a month — Sling TV is debuting on its first gaming console today. Microsoft just announced that the internet TV service is now available to Xbox One owners — as is the month-long free trial we heard about back in January.
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| 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.
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| Matt McGee / Marketing Land: |
Top level .sucks domain may cost some brands $2500 a year to own — Watch Out, Brands: The Controversial .Sucks Domain Is Almost Here — Early registration begins later this month, but brands that want to register their trademarked names before the general public can will pay a hefty price.
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