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HBO Now launches in US on Apple TV, iOS, and Cablevision's Optimum Online for $14.99 per month — HBO Now goes live for Apple TV, iOS and Optimum users — We knew HBO's new Now streaming service would launch ahead of the Season 5 premiere of the popular Game of Thrones series …
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Sources: Google plans to announce a product connecting its search users with home-service providers this spring — Google Eyes Home-Services Market — The company is readying a new product intended to connect search users with local home-service providers. — Via Flickr: clement127| Jim Edwards / Business Insider: |
Angela Ahrendts tells employees to encourage customers to order Watch and new MacBook through Apple Store app and online store as part of “change in mindset” — Angela Ahrendts has told Apple employees ‘a significant change in mindset’ is coming to the way the company launches products
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| Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
Kleiner general partner Matt Murphy, who fired Ellen Pao, to leave KPCB — Kleiner Partner to Leave After Trial — Matt Murphy says he will look for a new opportunity — Venture-capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers will move on from its three-year legal battle … | Matt O'Brien / Mercury News: |
FTC asked to investigate YouTube Kids for deceptively targeting toddlers with ads — MOUNTAIN VIEW — Prominent consumer and child advocacy groups Tuesday will ask the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Google's new YouTube Kids application, arguing that the search engine giant is unfairly … | Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
Square launches tools to help brick and mortar businesses create and track the effectiveness of email marketing campaigns — Square Brings Accountability To Email Marketing — Square is in the process of building up a series of products and services that use its payments platform as a foundation.| Wall Street Journal: |
Samsung hopes to rebuild depleted mobile profit margins with Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge after S5 fell flat — Samsung Looks to New Phones to Lift Mobile Profit Margins — Samsung prioritizing design over function with Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge — SEOUL—Amid signs Samsung Electronics Co … | Steven Musil / CNET: |
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google Moderator, a service that ranked user-submitted questions, suggestions, and ideas, is closing on July 31 — Google Moderator is shutting down on July 31, 2015 — Google has quietly announced Google Moderator will be shut down on July 31, 2015. Users can download their Google Moderator data …
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Imgur introduces embed option for online publishers to repost and attribute photos on their own site — Image-hosting platform Imgur is making it easier for publishers and bloggers to use its content, with the launch of a new embed feature. — Similar to how you can embed videos hosted on YouTube …
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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.| Brad Stone / Bloomberg Business: |
Uber accounted for 47% of all ground transportation business expenses at many companies in US last month, compared to 15% in March 2014; Lyft accounts for 1% — Uber Is Winning Over Americans' Expense Accounts — The app accounts for nearly half of all ground transportation business expenses at many companies in North America
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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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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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| Jennifer Cloer / Linux.com: |
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