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Sources: Nokia plans a return to the consumer phone market in 2016, has a virtual reality project and more in the works — Nokia Plots 2016 Return to Phone Market — Four years ago, Stephen Elop, Nokia CEO at the time, described Nokia as a man at the edge of a burning platform.
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| Ashlee Vance / Bloomberg Business: |
Elon Musk had a deal to sell Tesla to Google in 2013 for about $6B and another $5B in capital for factory expansions — Elon Musk Had a Deal to Sell Tesla to Google in 2013 — On the verge of bankruptcy, the company sought a savior in Larry Page — This story is excerpted and adapted …
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| Bradon / OnePlus Blog: |
OnePlus One smartphone now available to buy globally for everyone without an invite — Open Sales for the OnePlus One, Forever — This week marks a very special anniversary for OnePlus. Exactly one year ago this Thursday, April 23rd, we announced the OnePlus One to the world.
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| Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch: |
Oscar Raises $145M At A $1.5B Valuation To Build A New Healthcare, Insurance Giant — Oscar, a company founded to rethink how a health insurer should look and act in the digital age and after the Obama administration's Affordable Care Act, is scaling up with a big $145 million round …
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| Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch: |
Android Wear's Second Big Update Is Coming: Gestures, WiFi, And Better UI In The Next Few Weeks — Word around the rumor mill was that Android Wear was about to get a pretty big update — and sure enough, such an update is officially on the way. — Here's whats new... Wrist Flicking Gestures:| Alex Chitu / Google Operating System: |
Google now allows you to download your saved search history — Export Google Search History — I've mentioned last year that Google tested a download feature for search history. It looks like this feature is available for everyone. Just go to Google Web History, click the gear button and select “Download”.
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| Ruth Reader / VentureBeat: |
Twitter now allows you to accept DMs from anyone — again — Twitter is launching a feature that will let users accept any and all DMs, regardless of whether they follow the sender or not. — You may be saying to yourself, wait, didn't Twitter already launch this feature? The answer is no, not exactly.
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| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
Discrimination suit against Uber for refusing to transport guide dogs allowed to proceed — Uber must face lawsuit claiming it snubs blind people — (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc must defend against a lawsuit accusing the popular ride-sharing service of discriminating against blind people …
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AMD reveals Windows 10 will launch in late July — Microsoft's launch of Windows 10 will likely take place in late July, according to AMD. During AMD's latest earnings call last week, president and CEO Lisa Su revealed the launch timing for Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system.
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| Mat Smith / Engadget: |
Sony launches flagship Xperia Z4 in Japan, with Snapdragon 810, 5.2" FHD display, 3GB RAM, and an image-stabilizing selfie camera — Sony's new flagship smartphone has an image-stabilizing selfie camera — Sony's unveiled its new smartphone in Japan, the Xperia Z4, and like you might tell …
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| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
Russian hackers exploit Flash, Windows flaws to spy on diplomats — Summary:Recently discovered vulnerabilities are being used by the Russian APT28 group to spy on government targets and steal politically sensitive data. — Symantec — FireEye has detected the use of zero … | Doug Cameron / Wall Street Journal: |
Raytheon buys controlling stake in Websense, plans to invest $1.7B in joint cybersecurity venture — Raytheon to Plow $1.7 Billion Into New Cyber Venture — Defense Contractor Buys Control of Websense, Which Will Be Core of Operation — Raytheon Co. is betting it can leverage …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Amazon's AWS Quietly Acquired NoSQL Database Migration Startup Amiato In May 2014 — Amazon Web Services, the enterprise division of the e-commerce and cloud services giant, has been growing its reach in data warehousing and big data analytics by way of Redshift, a hosted product that it launched … Sponsor Posts
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