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NYT's Apple Watch app features custom one-sentence stories with images and bullet points; readers can use Handoff to continue reading on iPhone or iPad — The Times Rolls Out One-Sentence Stories on Apple Watch — The New York Times has developed a new form of storytelling to help readers catch up in seconds on Apple Watch.
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Apple now inviting all third-party developers to submit Watch apps to the App Store — Apple has now opened the floodgates and is letting all developers submit Watch apps to the App Store. This means any of the 1.2 million apps can now submit updates including Watch apps (using the WatchKit framework) … | Richard Nieva / CNET: |
Google announces an Asus-made Chrome OS HDMI stick called Chromebit for less than $100 and new ARM Chromebook laptops from Hisense and Haier starting at $149 — Google pushes Chrome OS software, with or without Chromebooks — Google announces new Chromebook laptops and an intriguing …
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| Melissa Riofrio / PC World: |
Meet the Asus Chromebook Flip, a $249 Chrome OS tablet with a 360-degree hinge — On Tuesday, Google announced the $249 Asus Chromebook Flip. As the first mainstream Chrome device to offer a 360-degree hinge, the Flip can function as a tablet as well as a laptop.
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Galaxy S6 review: Samsung at its best with solid build quality, great specs, useful fingerprint sensor, and gorgeous 5.1 inch display; Edge not worth extra $100 — Samsung Galaxy S6 review — It's not ok to make a cheap-looking phone anymore. — Now that Apple is finally making big phones … | Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Galaxy S6 Edge's curved screen is ergonomically busted and incompatible with Material Design, prioritizing sci-fi aesthetics over function — Living life on the S6 Edge — Samsung is back atop the Android throne with its new Galaxy S6. The hotly contested title for Android's best … | Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Amazon's new Dash Button hardware offers instant orders for staple products; Prime members can request an invite to get the hardware for free — Amazon's New Dash Button Hardware Offers Instant Orders For Staple Products — Amazon has new hardware called the Dash Button that allows …
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Google Maps celebrates April Fools by letting you play Pac-Man using real streets anywhere as your maze — Stop Everything: You Can Play “Pac-Man” In Google Maps Right Now — There goes your productivity for today. — Just in time for April Fool's Day, Google has rolled out a cool …
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WhatsApp for Android now allows all users to make voice calls, iOS coming soon — If you've been wondering when, oh when, someone will ring you via WhatsApp so you'll get its new voice calling feature, you won't have to sit by the phone any longer. — Updating to WhatsApp version 2.12.5 via Google Play does the trick.| Erin Griffith / Fortune: |
Sprinklr raises $46 million to become latest billion-dollar unicorn — Sprinklr, a New York-based marketing startup, has raised $46 million in new funding from existing investors Intel Capital, Battery Ventures and Iconiq Capital. The round, which brings Sprinklr's total funding to $123.5 million … | Reuters: |
GoDaddy IPO Values Company at $4.5 Billion — Web hosting company GoDaddy has priced its initial public offering at $20 per share, above its previously indicated $17-$19 per share range, valuing it at around $4.5 billion, including debt, according to underwriting sources.
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Microsoft's new Atom-based Surface 3, starting at $499, to hit in May — Summary:Microsoft's coming Surface 3, an Intel Atom x7-based Surface, is the new little sister to the Surface Pro 3. — Microsoft is adding a new Surface tablet to its line-up — one aimed at students …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter Publicly Launches Curator, Its Real-Time Search And Filtering Tool For Media Outlets — Twitter this morning is publicly launching Curator, its new product that lets media organizations, publishers, and broadcasters identify, filter and display tweets and Vine videos on any screen in real-time.
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Facebook's new “Scrapbook” feature lets parents tag their children in photos, giving kids an official presence without full profiles — Facebook's New Photo “Scrapbook” Lets Parents Give Kids An Official Presence — For the first time, children under 13 are allowed to have an official presence on Facebook.
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| Brian X. Chen / New York Times: |
Verizon Wireless Customers Can Now Opt Out of ‘Supercookies’ — Verizon Wireless customers now have the ability to completely opt out of the phone carrier's controversial ad-targeting program that tagged users with undeletable tracking codes, which critics called “supercookies.”
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Belgian data regulator finds Facebook tracks logged out, explicitly opted out, and unregistered users, thus breaching EU privacy law — Facebook ‘tracks all visitors, breaching EU law’ — Exclusive: Social network even sets a new cookie to track untracked EU users who have explicitly opted out of tracking, report says
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Andreessen Horowitz invests another $52M in security startup Tanium at a $1.75B valuation, bringing the total invested by the VC firm to $142M — Andreessen Horowitz Invests Another $52 Million in Tanium at $1.75 Billion Valuation — Security and systems management startup Tanium said today … | Jeremy Hodges / Bloomberg Business: |
HP Sues Autonomy Co-Founder Lynch in U.K. for $5.1 Billion — (Bloomberg) — Hewlett-Packard Co. escalated its more than two-year-old battle with Michael Lynch, suing the Autonomy Corp. co-founder, as well as a former chief financial officer, for $5.1 billion.
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