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Andy Rubin's hardware incubator Playground Global raises $48M from Google, HP, Foxconn, others, and will provide support in exchange for equity, not capital — Android Creator Andy Rubin Launching Playground Global — Firm to provide support, advice to tech startups making devices
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Andy Rubin joins Redpoint as a venture partner — Andy Rubin Joins Redpoint — Most people know Andy Rubin as the creator of Android. I know Andy as a twenty-something engineer at WebTV who had built a sleeping loft above his cubicle so he didn't have to leave the office. 20 years …
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Tim Cook: Apple employees will get 50% off Apple Watch, 1000+ apps submitted — Apple CEO Tim Cook today sent out a memo to all employees ahead of the Apple Watch's retail try-on kickoff this Friday. Cook thanks employees who have worked on the Apple Watch by saying, “congratulations …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Apple Acquired Search Startup Ottocat To Power The ‘Explore’ Tab In The App Store — Apple has slowly been making changes to improve how people search and navigate the App Store. Part of the way it does that is via small acquisitions — some of which stay under the radar for years.
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| Cat Zakrzewski / TechCrunch: |
In Snowden interview, John Oliver makes surveillance debate relatable by avoiding civil liberty hypotheticals, focusing on NSA's ease of access to “dick pics” — John Oliver Just Changed The Surveillance Reform Debate — Remember Edward Snowden?
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| Jeff Elder / Wall Street Journal: |
After Kleiner trial, Ellen Pao talks about workplace sexism, changing hiring practices at Reddit, more — Ellen Pao Says Gender Issues Won't ‘Go Away’ After Kleiner Trial — In first interview since losing sexism case, Pao says too many 'women feel like there's no way to win'
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EXCLUSIVE: Judge says Brooklyn woman can use Facebook to serve divorce papers — A Brooklyn woman scored a judge's approval to legally change her relationship status to “single” via Facebook. — In a landmark ruling, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Matthew Cooper is allowing …
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Tweets: @cwarzel, @philipcalvert and @mikeisaac
| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Apple Maps now includes hotel reviews from TripAdvisor and Booking.com, indicating the end of Yelp exclusivity — Apple Maps Now Includes Hotel Reviews From TripAdvisor and Booking.com — Since the release of Apple's in-house Maps app as part of iOS 6 back in 2012, Yelp …
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AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Benzinga, Search Engine Land, SlashGear, Bidness Etc, MacNN, StreetInsider.com, PhoneArena, TodaysiPhone.com, InvestorPlace, iPhone in Canada Blog, O'Grady's PowerPage, BGR, The Mac Observer, The Next Web, Seeking Alpha, App Advice, Ubergizmo, iLounge, iPhone Hacks and iMore
| Owen Williams / The Next Web: |
Twitter now lets you add a comment of up to 115 characters when you retweet on iOS and web, coming to Android soon — Twitter is finally fixing the quote tweet button — Twitter is finally fixing one of the worst things about its services: the “quote tweet” button.
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Twitter Help Center, 9to5Mac, Marketing Land, TechCrunch, CNET, 9to5Google, VentureBeat and iDownloadBlog.com
Tweets: @gaberivera, @ryansholin, @fake_api, @tomwarren and @anildash
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Hulu launches GIF search engine for its TV shows, powered by Tumblr and shareable on Twitter, Pinterest or via email — Hulu Launches Its Own GIF Search Engine — Streaming video service Hulu is today launching its own tool for fans of GIFs, with the debut of its own GIF search engine powered by Tumblr.| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
US Department of Justice announces first e-commerce antitrust case, against a third-party seller on Amazon Marketplace — U.S. announces first antitrust e-commerce prosecution — (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust division on Monday announced its first prosecution …
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Multichannel News, FBI and The Hill
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Snapchat Replaces “Best Friends” With Friend Emojis, Adds Low-Light Camera — It was always weird that Snapchat exposed who you snapped with most in the “Best Friends” list, so today the app is ditching that for a new private way to see who you're closest to.
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The Next Web, The Verge, The Daily Dot, PC Magazine, Business Insider, Engadget, Phandroid, TechnoBuffalo and SlashGear. Tweets: @hugeinc
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Intel Compute Stick now available for pre-order: Linux version starts at $110, Windows at $150 — Intel Compute Stick mini PC now available for pre-order — The Intel Compute Stick is a tiny computer with an HDMI connector on one end. Plug the device into the HDMI port on your TV or monitor …
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