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March 24, 2015, 11:00 AM

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New York Times:

Facebook to test new format for hosting publisher content within months, initial partners include New York Times, BuzzFeed, and National Geographic — Facebook May Host News Sites' Content — Nothing attracts news organizations like Facebook. And nothing makes them more nervous.

Google:

Morgan Stanley CFO Ruth Porat to join Google as CFO on May 26 — Ruth Porat to Join Google as Chief Financial Officer — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif (Tuesday, March 24, 2015) — Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced that Ruth Porat, currently Chief Financial Officer at Morgan Stanley, will join its management team as CFO.

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Microsoft Launches Azure App Services, A New Set Of Tools For Web And Mobile App Developers — Microsoft is launching Azure App Service today, a new cloud-based service that gives developers a single service for building mobile and web apps, combined with tools for automating business processes …

More: The Official Microsoft Blog, ZDNet, The Register, Computerworld, InfoWorld, The Next Web, eWeek, VentureBeat and Microsoft Azure Blog

TechCrunch:

Over 50 companies make their presentations at Y Combinator Winter 2015 Demo Day One — Here Are The Companies That Presented At Y Combinator Demo Day 1 — It's that time again! Today was Demo Day 1 (of 2) for Y Combinator's Winter 2015 class — when investors and reporters …

More: Re/code, VentureBeat, Re/code, FiveThirtyEight, Business Insider, Business Insider and The Next Web

Sarah Buhr / TechCrunch:

Former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar's Vessel opens to public for $2.99/month, 12 months free if you sign up within 72 hours — Former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar's Vessel Launches To The Public — Vessel, the new online video subscription service built by some of the early team at Hulu, is launching to the public today.

More: Re/code, PC World, The Verge, App Advice, SiliconANGLE, SlashGear, USA Today, Ubergizmo, CNET, Vessel, VentureBeat, Engadget and socalTECH.com. See also Mediagazer

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.

More: New York Times, Techvibes Global News, TechCrunch, Fortune, SiliconANGLE, PandoDaily and Business Insider

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Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:

Google warns of unauthorized TLS certificates trusted by almost all OSes — Misissued certs known to impersonate several Google domains, may affect others. — In the latest security lapse involving the Internet's widely used encryption system, Google said unauthorized digital certificates …

More: Google Online Security Blog, Mozilla Security Blog, ZDNet, InfoWorld, SecurityWeek, Threatpost and VentureBeat

Chris Dixon / cdixon blog:

London-based distributed computing firm Improbable raises $20M from a16z, develops large-scale simulated worlds — Improbable: enabling the development of large-scale simulated worlds — Over the past decade, computing resources that were previously available only to large organizations became available to almost anyone.

More: VentureBeat, Re/code, VentureBeat, PandoDaily, Fortune, TechCrunch and TechCrunch

Stephen Shankland / CNET:

Adobe will contribute to Project Spartan; Microsoft's browser will get better web standards support — Adobe builds new features straight into Microsoft's browser — A partnership advances Adobe's technology ideas while making Microsoft's Project Spartan more competitive.

More: MSDN Blogs, The Verge, Neowin, The Next Web and Windows Central

Kevin Clark / Wall Street Journal:

NFL to broadcast one game via Internet during upcoming season for the first time in its history — NFL to Broadcast a Game Nationally Via Internet Only — Move marks first time league will air national broadcast solely by streaming — For the first time in its history …

More: PC World, Re/code, VoIPWatch, Ubergizmo and The Next Web. See also Mediagazer

Peggy Johnson / The Official Microsoft Blog:

Microsoft partners with Dell, Pegatron, and eight 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 …

More: Microsoft, Fortune, Samsung Tomorrow, BGR, Business Insider, SiliconANGLE, The Verge, Tech Times, Wall Street Journal, MobileSyrup.com, CITEworld, New York Times, SlashGear, InfoWorld, TechCrunch, CNET, Pocketnow, Digital Trends, The Register, Windows Central, Forbes, Phandroid, Ausdroid and WinBeta. Tweets: @bradsmi

Conor Dougherty / New York Times:

Google Fiber Plans Experiment With Targeted Ads for Television — Cute animals. Addictive jingles. Local sports stars acting awkwardly. These are some of the charming hallmarks of local television ads, and Google would like you to see more of them. — In a note to customers who subscribe …

More: Adweek, Ars Technica, Engadget, Wall Street Journal, MediaPost, The Verge, ECPM BLOG, TechHive, Fortune, Digital Trends and memeburn

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.

More: Tech Times, Quartz, N4GM.com, Digital Trends, SiliconANGLE, Guardian, AppleInsider, Ubergizmo, Engadget, Marketing Land, CIO.com, iMore, WebProNews and Re/code

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