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March 31, 2015, 8:25 AM

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Régis Décamps / Gmail Blog:
Gmail for Android updated with unified inbox view, conversation view for non-Gmail accounts, smarter search  —  All your mail, together in one place  —  These days, many of us have more than one email address.  If you're a student, you may have one account for school, one for a campus group you lead, and one for your blog.
Ben Popper / The Verge:
Jay-Z relaunches Tidal with $9.99/month standard and $19.99/month high-quality tiers, with top artists as co-owners  —  Jay Z relaunches Tidal with music's biggest artists as his co-owners  —  At a press conference in New York City this afternoon, Jay Z and a huge group of musical stars took …
Bob Lefsetz / The Lefsetz Letter:
Tidal is dead on arrival because listeners are cheap, it lacks a critical mass of both users and musicians, and the market is crowded  —  Tidal  —  Now let me get this straight...piracy can be eradicated if artists just band together in the name of money?  That's what this is all about, cash.
Josh Hudgins / Google Drive Blog:
Google makes photos and videos from Google+ Photos available in Drive  —  Your photos and files, together in Drive  —  We take all kinds of photos, from pics of friends and family to snapshots of a scenic view.  We also use photos for more practical purposes, like planning a wedding …
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:
Microsoft rolls out first Windows 10 preview with ‘Spartan’ browser  —  Summary:Microsoft has released to testers a new Windows 10 Desktop preview build, the first to include the coming new ‘Project Spartan’ browser.  —  Microsoft is making available to its Windows Insiders testers …
New York Times:
Two former federal agents charged for stealing bitcoin during Silk Road investigation  —  2 Federal Agents in Silk Road Case Face Fraud Charges  —  Two former federal agents are expected to be arrested on Monday on charges of stealing money while working undercover on an investigation into Silk Road …
Nicole Perlroth / New York Times:
Hollywood turns to new encryption tools, monitoring systems, and secure collaboration software after Sony hack  —  Secrecy on the Set: Hollywood Embraces Digital Security  —  SAN FRANCISCO — For years, Lulu Zezza has played one of the toughest roles in Hollywood.
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Samuel Gibbs / Guardian:
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
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
DHS subpoenas Reddit for personal data on users involved with defunct dark-web marketplace Evolution  —  Feds Demand Reddit Identify Users of a Dark-Web Drug Forum  —  Over the last year, Reddit's “dark net markets” discussion forum has grown into one of the central fixtures of the online drug scene.

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