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Schmidt: Google Glass is a long-term project put under Fadell to “make it ready for users” and is a big, fundamental platform for Google — Google Isn't Giving Up on Glass, Eric Schmidt Says — Google is sticking with its controversial Glass Internet-connected eyewear …
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| Peggy Johnson / The Official Microsoft Blog: |
Microsoft partners with Dell, Pegatron and 8 regional OEMs to preinstall Office and Skype on Android devices; expands partnership with Samsung to tablets — Microsoft expands partnerships with leading device manufacturers — When I joined Microsoft last September, it was evident I joined …
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| Miguel Helft / Forbes: |
How Cyanogen got started and its plans to disrupt Android, including upcoming first Cyanogen OS phone without Google apps from Blu — Meet Cyanogen, The Startup That Wants To Steal Android From Google — It's a little hard to take Kirt McMaster seriously at first.
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Thanks:@bupbin| Tim Peterson / AdAge: |
Twitter Starts Testing Autoplay Videos in iPhone, iPad Apps — Social Network Tries Two-Pronged Approach To Take on YouTube, Facebook — Why Taco Bell's Social Media Blackout Was a Brilliant Campaign — Facebook isn't the only social network looking to take on Google's YouTube.
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Facebook to test new format for hosting publisher content within months, initial partners include NYT, BuzzFeed, NatGeo — Facebook May Host News Sites' Content — Nothing attracts news organizations like Facebook. And nothing makes them more nervous.| Nicole Lee / Engadget: |
Instagram reveals Layout, its own photo collage app — If you've ever seen a collage in your Instagram feed, it was likely created by one of several third-party apps — Diptic and Framatic are a couple that spring to mind — that let you arrange multiple photos in a variety of grids.
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| Dan Primack / Fortune: |
Pinterest employees who've been with company for 2+ years can hold vested stock options for up to seven years after departing, avoiding immediate tax hit — Exclusive: Pinterest unpins employee tax bills — You are free to leave. — That was the message from Pinterest to its employees last week … | Serena Saitto / Bloomberg Business: |
Slack Is Said to Be in Funding Talks at $2 Billion-Plus Value — (Bloomberg) — Slack Technologies Inc., whose software helps people collaborate at work, is in talks with investors to raise financing at a valuation of more than $2 billion, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Trade group led by AT&T and Verizon sues FCC to overturn net neutrality — FCC calls early lawsuit “premature and subject to dismissal.” — The Federal Communications Commission's new net neutrality rules haven't taken effect yet, but they're already facing lawsuits from Internet service providers.
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| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
Square Introduces Square Cash for Businesses, With a Low 1.5 Percent Processing Fee — Five years ago, Square introduced a sleek card reader to the small-business world that made it easy for everyone from taxi drivers to craft sellers to coffee shop owners to accept credit card payments for the first time.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon Prime Music takes on Pandora, iTunes Radio with Prime Stations, offers iOS users ad-free streaming music stations with unlimited skips — Amazon Prime Music Takes On Pandora With Addition Of “Prime Stations” On iOS — Prime Music, Amazon's free music streaming service for Prime members …
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| Ben Woods / The Next Web: |
Twitter partnering with Foursquare to let you tag specific locations in tweets — Twitter users will soon be able to specify and tag locations pulled from Foursquare's database thanks to a tie-up between the two companies. — The deal gives Twitter access to Foursquare's full location database …
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| Steven Levy / Backchannel: |
Becoming Steve Jobs challenges Walter Isaacson's official biography with support from Jobs's inner circle — The War Over Who Steve Jobs Was — Walter Isaacson's official biography of Apple's genius leader is being challenged by a new book supported by Jobs's inner circle.
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