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Facebook now offers free friend-to-friend payments in its Messenger app using debit cards, to roll out to Android, iOS, and desktop in US over coming months — Facebook Introduces Free Friend-To-Friend Payments Through Messages — When you chat with friends about settling debts or splitting the bill …
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Sources: Apple offers to share viewer data with partners for online TV service to enable better ad targeting — Apple offers to share TV data to entice programming partners — Apple is offering to share data with programming partners to get them on board with its cable-like TV network package, The Post has learned.
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| Eric Johnson / Re/code: |
Nvidia announces developer kit for self-driving car platform Drive PX, available in May for $10K — Nvidia Announces Drive PX, Its Self-Driving Car Platform — A developer kit for Nvidia's self-driving car platform, the Drive PX, will go on sale in May for $10,000, Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang …
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Windows Hello and Microsoft Passport: Unlock Windows 10 devices and apps with your finger, iris, or face — Microsoft today announced biometric authentication is coming to Windows 10. Windows Hello will let you unlock your Windows 10 device, whether it be a PC, tablet, or a smartphone, with your finger, iris, or face.| 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 …
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| Harrison Weber / VentureBeat: |
Adobe sees solid Q1 with $1.11B in revenue, 517K new paying Creative Cloud subscribers — Adobe now has 3.97 million paying Creative Cloud subscribers, the company shared within its first quarter 2015 financial report today. — Adobe aims to hit nearly six million paid subscribers by the end of 2015 … | Zack Whittaker / ZDNet: |
Premera Blue Cross of Washington state, Oregon and Alaska hit by sophisticated hack this January, with up to 11M affected by breach — Premera Blue Cross hit by “sophisticated” hack, 11M affected — Summary:The multi-state health insurance company was attacked in January and is working …
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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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| 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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| Kyle Russell / TechCrunch: |
Ustream opening up its internal SDK and API to developers, enabling anyone to build Meerkat-like apps, by invitation only for now — Ustream's New Live-Broadcasting SDK Lets You Build Your Own Meerkat — Call it a sign of the times: hot on the heels of Meerkat's sudden boom … | 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 … | 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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| Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed: |
Twitter Is Limiting Porn In Top Search Results — Users can still tweet adult images and links, but “Top” searches for terms like “#porn” and “#vagina” draw very few results. — Twitter appears to be blocking sex and porn terms from its “Top” search results.Thanks:@fwd
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
FiftyThree raises $30M to push its Paper and Pencil creativity tools in enterprise and education — FiftyThree, the company behind popular drawing app Paper and a smart stylus called Pencil, has raised $30 million to help push its presence in the enterprise and education realm.
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Rdio taps Songkick to display live tour date information for artists — Music-streaming service Rdio made a handful of announcements at the SXSW festival today, including Songkick integration that will surface live concert information on artists directly within the Rdio app.
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Uber now lets developers embed its ridesharing service into any app — Uber just made it so any app can request a ride for you. — Today the company updated its API, introducing a feature called “Request endpoints.” Ignoring the technical jargon detailed here, the feature enables third-party apps to …
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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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Ford plans to offer the ability to update its new Sync 3 infotainment system over Wifi and LTE 4G, using Microsoft's cloud-based Azure platform — Ford to Use Microsoft for Wireless Updates in Next-Generation Cars — Ford Motor Co. is turning to longtime partner Microsoft Corp … Sponsor Posts
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