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| Farhad Manjoo / New York Times: |
Apple Watch review: a blissful link from the digital world to my brain, but has a steep learning curve, requires fine-tuning of notifications settings — Apple Watch Bliss, but Only After a Steep Learning Curve — It took three days — three long, often confusing and frustrating days — for me to fall for the Apple Watch.
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Apple Watch review: easily the best smartwatch, but costlier than rivals, and with performance issues in apps and locations services — Apple Watch: the definitive review — The Apple Watch is an extraordinarily small and personal device. It is designed to participate in nearly every moment …
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Yahoo Tech, MacRumors, Tech.pinions, Business Insider, blogs.ft.com, Gizmodo, AppleInsider, Business Insider, BGR, Mashable, style.com, Forbes, PC Magazine, Washington Post, Re/code, ZDNet, SlashGear, iMore, 9to5Mac, CIO.com, Tech Trader Daily, Patently Apple, iPhone Hacks, NEWS.com.au, HotHardware.com News, The Tech Report and MobileSyrup.com. Tweets: @sternbergh
| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
Apple Watch review: falls short of conventional watches as a timepiece, but Taptic Engine is a breakthrough — The Apple Watch — Apple Watch is, in many ways, the Bizarro iPhone — in some ways parallel and similar, but in others, the inverse, the opposite. — Both were introduced as three things in one.
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| Katherine Boehret / Re/code: |
How Other Smartwatches Stack Up to Apple Watch — Smartwatches are quickly evolving from geeky, ugly devices into user-friendly, stylish wrist computers. Some of the most notable differentiating factors among these watches are battery life and compatibility with more than one operating system.| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple releases iOS 8.3, including new emojis with diversity, new Siri languages, more — Following the release of OS X 10.10.3 to the public, Apple has also released iOS 8.3 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The update, which has been in beta for several months, brings over 300 new emojis …
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MacRumors, AppleInsider, iMore, BetaNews, The Next Web, ZDNet, VentureBeat, ABC News, The Verge, Macworld, Fusion, TIME, Ars Technica and Yahoo Tech
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple Releases OS X Yosemite 10.10.3 With Photos for OS X App, Emoji Updates — As expected, Apple today released OS X Yosemite 10.10.3, the first significant feature-rich update the operating system has received. OS X 10.10.3 was first seeded to developers in February, and was provided to public beta testers in March.
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9to5Mac, Official Apple Support, Macworld, The Next Web, Associated Press, PC Magazine, Computerworld, iMore, Ars Technica, Gotta Be Mobile, Cult of Mac, Engadget, TechnoBuffalo, AppleInsider, Daily Express, BGR, Pocket-lint, SlashGear, MacStories, TechCrunch, App Advice, VentureBeat, The Verge and InvestorPlace
| Jeff Carlson / Macworld: |
| Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
Facebook launches a standalone website for Messenger at Messenger.com, intended for users who want to chat without other Facebook distractions — Facebook Launches Messenger for Web Browsers — Facebook is bringing Messenger, its standalone messaging tool, to the Web.
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Gizmodo, BetaNews, Marketing Land, The Daily Dot, Android Authority, BuzzFeed, SiliconBeat, TIME, Computerworld, GeekWire, Wall Street Journal, Engadget, TechCrunch, iMore, SlashGear, CNET, Mashable, The Next Web, The Verge, Android Beat, iPhone Hacks, VentureBeat, Neowin, WebProNews, SocialTimes and Lifehacker. Tweets: @mgsiegler
| Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
Apple Quietly Bought Dryft, A Keyboard App — Apple quietly bought Dryft, a startup that develops keyboard apps — an acquisition that appears to have occurred last year — TechCrunch has learned. — The acquisition seemed to be confirmed by Randy Marsden's LinkedIn profile, which lists him as joining Apple last September.| Gabor Cselle / The Twitter Blog: |
Twitter retires Discover and Activity features for iOS and Android users, moves Trends tool to search page — Updating trends on mobile — Trends are a great way to find out what people are talking about on Twitter at a given moment and at a single glance.
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Re/code, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, Marketing Land, Wall Street Journal, iMore, The Verge, App Advice, The Next Web, VentureBeat, PhoneDog.com and SlashGear. Tweets: @sarahfrier
| Xbox Wire: |
TV on Xbox Gets More Versatile with Over-the-Air Tuner for the U.S. and Canada — At Xbox, we're committed to delivering amazing new gaming and entertainment experiences, and part of that commitment includes giving you the best TV-viewing options, in one place, never more than one step away from your gaming.
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft's ‘Redstone’: An update to Windows 10 due in 2016 — Summary:Microsoft is working on two updates to the Windows 10 core, codenamed ‘Redstone,’ that are targeted to arrive in 2016, sources say. — There's a new Windows codename on the roadmap: “Redstone.”
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PC World, Engadget, WindowsITPro, Digital Trends, FierceCIO News, InfoWorld, Business Insider and Geek.com
| New York Times: |
Zynga founder and chairman Mark Pincus returns as CEO, replacing Don Mattrick — Mark Pincus, Zynga's Founder, Returns as C.E.O. — When Mark Pincus hired a new executive to run Zynga, the online games company he founded, he tweeted a message calling the executive, Don Mattrick, an “Internet treasure.”
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| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Domo raises $200M Series D valuing company at $2B, launches real-time business intelligence platform after five years of development — With Another $200M In The Bank, Josh James Finally Takes The Wraps Off Business Analytics Startup Domo — It's rare that a company can hire 600 employees … | Rebecca R. Ruiz / New York Times: |
FCC fines AT&T $25M for failing to protect personal information, including SSNs, of customers — F.C.C. Fines AT&T $25 Million for Privacy Breach — The Federal Communications Commission announced on Wednesday a $25 million fine against AT&T for failing to protect the personal information …
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FCC.gov, The Register, Fortune, Ars Technica, ExtremeTech, CNBC, TechCrunch, ZDNet, The Verge and Stop the Cap!
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| Philip Rucker / Washington Post: |
Hillary Clinton hires Stephanie Hannon, Google's director of product management for civic innovation and social impact, as campaign's chief technology officer — Hillary Clinton hires Google executive to be chief technology officer — Hillary Rodham Clinton has hired a longtime Google executive … | Dan Graziano / CNET: |
Dell introduces Venue 10 7000 Android tablet: 10.5" screen, starts at $499, $629 with keyboard dock, on sale in US and China later this month — Dell's new Android tablet is built for work and play (hands-on) — As the name implies, the main difference between the two slates is the Venue 10's display.
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Engadget, Laptop Mag, Gizmodo, Fortune, Android Police, Gizmodo, PC World, The Verge, Mashable, HotHardware.com News and Chip Chick
| Blair Hanley Frank / GeekWire: |
Oyster takes aim at Amazon with new e-book store, lands all ‘Big Five’ publishers … Oyster launched a new version of its e-book platform today that puts it in even closer competition with Amazon. The New York-based startup introduced its own e-book store to augment its existing Netflix-esque e-book subscription service.| Andrew Nusca / Fortune: |
Fortune hires six former Gigaom reporters to double down on its technology coverage — Fortune bulks up on technology coverage, hires 6 Gigaom veterans — When technology industry executives visit Fortune's New York City headquarters, one of the things I enjoy most is when they inevitably slow … | Business Insider: |
Yahoo reorganization may end Tumblr's run as an independent unit — Marissa Mayer is doing a huge shakeup at Yahoo and Tumblr will never be the same — Yahoo is planning a big reorganization that will bring Tumblr more closely into the company, instead of allowing it to be run as a largely independent business unit.| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft to add virtualized containers, Nano Server mode to Windows Server 2016 — Summary:Microsoft confirms it will have a Nano Server mode in Windows Server 2016, along with new Hyper-V containerization technology. — Although the second test build of Windows Server 2016 isn't coming until May … | Chris Davies / SlashGear: |
Amazon Echo adds Hue and WeMo smart home voice control — Amazon Echo is digging its voice-controlled fingers deeper into the smart home, with Amazon adding Philips Hue and Belkin WeMo support to the always-listening home assistant. The new functionality, pushed out to Echo units from today …
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Wall Street Journal, Engadget, ZDNet, Consumerist, VentureBeat, Mashable and TechCrunch. Thanks:@t_chrisburns
| Chris Crum / WebProNews: |
Twitter confirms it's experimenting with a new search interface with more filtering options — Twitter Confirms It's Messing With Its Search Experience — While covering Google's closure of Google Moderator earlier, I searched Twitter on the desktop to see what people were saying about it … Thanks:@ccrum237
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Sprinklr Buys Get Satisfaction To Add Customer Feedback To Its Social Media Platform — Sprinklr, the social media management company that vaulted into the “unicorn club” last month after it raised $46m on a $1b+ valuation, is making an acquisition to expand into a new area, customer feedback.
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| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Square Acquires Fastbite To Add Cheap, Fast Meals To Caviar — When Square bought food delivery startup Caviar last summer, it seemed like a strange acquisition for the payments company. But over time it's become clear that Square is committed to competing in the increasingly crowded food-delivery segment.
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squareup.com, Mashable, Bloomberg Business, VatorNews, ZDNet and The Independent. Tweets: @evelynrusli
| Megan Geuss / Ars Technica: |
Microsoft applies to be a Money Services Business and for money transmitter licenses in all 50 states, paves the way for payment platform — “Microsoft Payments” may join Apple, Android, Samsung in pay platforms — Windows 10 for phones supports Host Card Emulation, licensing makes it official.
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PC World, GeekWire, Android Police and Politico
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Operator app from Uber co-founder Garret Camp will fulfill requests such as purchases and deliveries — Uber Co-Founder's Startup ‘Operator’ Will Get You What You Want — Send an instant message asking for something, and they'll do the grunt work of placing your order and getting it delivered to you.Thanks:@joshconstine
| Mic Wright / The Next Web: |
Popcorn Time launches on iOS through an external installer — Popcorn Time's launched on iOS and that's a big problem for Apple and Netflix — Torrent-streaming platform Popcorn Time has been causing headaches for the movie and TV industries ever since it emerged early last year.
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TorrentFreak, Engadget, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, Digital Media Wire, The Verge, BGR and TechSpot. See also Mediagazer
| Richard Lai / Engadget: |
HTC One M9+ launches in China: 5.2" Quad HD screen, fingerprint sensor, MediaTek SoC — HTC's bigger and better One M9+ launches in China — HTC clearly gets China's obsession with large-screen phones. Following the plastic 5.5-inch One E9+, the company is back with the metallic M9+ which … Sponsor Posts
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