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New “On-Body Detection” Smart Lock Mode In Android Seems To Be Hitting Some Devices — If a tipster's screenshots are to be believed (and I think in this case, they are to be believed), Google is testing and / or rolling out a new smart lock mode called on-body detection.| Ellen Huet / Forbes: |
Newly merged Kuaidi-Didi reportedly controls 99% of Chinese taxi-hailing market, claims 6M rides per day, putting Uber's future in China at risk — In Wake Of Kuaidi-Didi Merger, Uber Faces An Even Tougher Battle In China — During the Lunar New Year in China, taxi-hailing app Kuaidi showered its riders with red envelopes.
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| The Economic Times: |
Ola, Indian rival of Uber, launches food delivery service, is raising $500M round at an estimated $2B valuation — Ola now allows you to order food — The service will be available as one of the options in the existing Ola app in select localities across four cities.
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Kleiner defense rests its case, and judge rules Ellen Pao may indeed seek punitive damages — Pao Vs. Kleiner Defense Rests Its Case, Showcasing A Different Side Of The Story — Yesterday afternoon, the legal team representing venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers rested … | ABC News: |
Apple provides a peek into its Watch fitness testing facility, reveals it collected 18K hours of health and fitness data in testing — Inside Apple's Top Secret Health and Fitness Lab for Apple Watch Development … Apple, known for keeping its product developments under the strictest of lock-and-key …
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| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Meerkat raises a $12M Series B led by Greylock at a $40M pre-money valuation — |LIVE NOW| Meerkat Raises $12M From Greylock At A $40M Valuation — If you're reading TechCrunch right now (you are, by the way), chances are you have at least heard of Meerkat.| Horace Dediu / Asymco: |
Market saturation, rising monthly fees, lack of innovation, and broadband expansion make cable TV's decline inevitable in the US — Peak Cable — Paying for TV has been a curious consumer phenomenon. There was a time when TV was free to consumers. It was delivered as a broadcast …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Amazon is working on a storefront called Unlocked to offer paid apps for free; no launch date set — Amazon ‘Unlocked’ Will Give Away Paid Apps For Free — Amazon has been working hard to build up the popularity of its Android-based Appstore with consumers and developers … | Tom Vanderbilt / Outside Magazine: |
15-year-old TripAdvisor with its 200M+ reviews shapes tourism economies but continues to struggle with bogus comments — Inside the Mad, Mad World of TripAdvisor — Research almost any travel destination and you'll probably wind up on travel-industry Goliath, where passionate people praise …
Tweets: @chris_blau and @rianvdm
| David Ruddock / Android Police: |
Facebook testing app that provides info on callers and automatically blocks calls from commonly blocked numbers on Android — Facebook Appears To Be Testing A Dialer And Caller ID App For Android, And It's Called... Phone — Facebook, that company that is constantly trying to confuse … | Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple Stops Supporting Windows 7 in Boot Camp on New MacBook Pro, MacBook Air Models — Apple's newly refreshed MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro models no longer support running Windows 7 with Boot Camp, according to Apple's Boot Camp support document. Boot Camp on the new notebooks …
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