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On Microsoft's 40th birthday, a look at how Satya Nadella is upending Microsoft's old Windows-first strategy — Opening Windows — A once-dominant software giant is determined to prove that life begins again at 40 — “WHAT are you on? The ‘f**k Windows’ strategy?”
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Bill Gates: under Nadella, “Microsoft is better positioned than ever to lead” in computing — Read the letter Bill Gates sent to Microsoft employees for the company's 40th anniversary — On April 4th, 1975, Bill Gates and Paul Allen started a little company named Microsoft.
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HTC One M9 review: some improvements over last year's model, but the throttled Snapdragon 810 processor runs hot, hurting performance and battery life — HTC One M9 review: HTC's flagship feels like an afterthought — A design from 2013 and a heavily-throttled SoC make for a disappointing update.
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| Dan Frommer / Quartz: |
The number of daily tweets to Periscope streams settles near Meerkat's level after explosive launch week — The Meerkat-Periscope live-streaming race is neck-and-neck after a crazy week — The rise of two strikingly similar mobile live-video streaming apps—Meerkat and Periscope …
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Medium now has four branded-content partnerships, is looking to fund more content creators; comScore measures about 3M monthly uniques — Medium is courting writers and advertisers. But will the dollars follow? — Medium was created by Twitter's founders, gets contributions from notables … | Brian Barrett / Wired: |
Netflix molds TV's future with 4K and HDR content, by pushing for faster internet and recommending TV sets — How Netflix Is Creating the Ultra-High-Def Future of TV — Netflix crystallized the idea of an internet service that streamed unlimited amounts of TV and movies into your home.
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
OnePlus's Android Lollipop-based ROM, OxygenOS, is available to download now — A little later than expected, OnePlus has finally launched its much-anticipated Android Lollipop-based operating system, OxygenOS, for its One smartphone. — The China-based mobile phone manufacturer … | Alex Davies / Wired: |
Delphi created an autonomous car that drove across US without human input for 99% of the time — This Is Big: A Robo-Car Just Drove Across the Country — An autonomous car just drove across the country. — Nine days after leaving San Francisco, a blue car packed with tech …
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| Alissa Walker / Gizmodo: |
Apple demonstrates how to use Apple Watch with new guided tour videos — Your Best Apple Watch Glimpse Yet In Four Official Videos — Will the Apple Watch be so radically different we won't understand how to use it at first? Perhaps so: Apple has produced a series of videos …
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| Dana Wollman / Engadget: |
HP Spectre x360 review: the attractive, long lasting 13-inch laptop starts at a reasonable $900, but its weight makes the device hard to use as tablet — HP Spectre x360 review: What happens when Microsoft helps build a laptop? — The Spectre x360 is HP's newest flagship notebook.
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| Takashi Mochizuki / Wall Street Journal: |
Sharp plans to spin off LCD panel unit, ask government-supported investment fund for help — Sharp Seeks to Spin Off LCD Panel Unit — Troubled Japanese electronics provider plans to ask government-supported investment fund for help — TOKYO—Sharp Corp., the troubled Japanese electronics provider …
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UBS to Open Blockchain Research Lab in London — Swiss banking giant UBS is to open a technology lab in London to explore how blockchain technology can be used in financial services. — The lab, set to open this month and occupy a dozen desks at Canary Wharf-based fintech accelerator space Level39 … | Kale Williams / San Francisco Chronicle: |
Operator of “revenge porn” website sentenced to nearly 18 years in prison in a first-of-its-kind prosecution — ‘Revenge porn’ site runner gets 18 years in prison — In a first-of-its-kind prosecution, the convicted operator of a “revenge porn” website was sentenced …
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