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| Nick Fox / The Official Google Blog: |
Google's MVNO is called Project Fi, costs $20/month + $10/GB for data in US and abroad, available for Nexus 6, runs on Sprint and T-Mobile networks — Say hi to Fi: A new way to say hello — In today's mobile world, fast and reliable connectivity is almost second nature.
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| Ina Fried / Re/code: |
Google's Wireless Service: What It Means for Consumers, Google and the Carriers — Earlier today, Google officially announced its plans to offer its own wireless service under the Project Fi moniker. — As expected, the effort taps three networks: LTE networks from Sprint and T-Mobile along with a heavy dose of Wi-Fi.
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| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
How Google's Project Fi pricing stacks up to the competition — Is Google's new wireless service the cheapest out there? It depends. — Google just announced Project Fi, its new MVNO wireless service for the Nexus 6. Google hopes to shake up the industry with its control of the hardware, software, and network.
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| John Paczkowski / BuzzFeed: |
Delayed Apple Watch Preorders Shipping Earlier Than Expected — Late May, June preorders now preparing for shipment... Apple — Apple has some good news for early adopters who ended up with an Apple Watch preorder ship date of late May or June. You may be unboxing Apple's first-ever wearable sooner than you think.| New York Times: |
Select fashion boutiques in major cities will stock Apple Watch in store on Friday — The Apple Watch Arrives in Stores (Just Not Its Own) — Rumors of the Apple Watch's unavailability have, it turns out, been slightly, if not greatly, exaggerated. — In further evidence …
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| Erin Griffith / Fortune: |
Facebook sees 4B video streams each day but has offered investors few details on monetization — Facebook video: Big on growth, little on details — A year ago, Facebook FB was not a destination for video content. Now, the social media company sees four billion video streams each day …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
First official look at Operator from Expa, an app that lets you message a human expert to assist in making “high-consideration” purchases — First Look At Uber's Co-Founder's Shopping Concierge “Operator” — Operator wants to “unlock the 90% of commerce that's not on the Internet”, CEO Robin Chan tells me.
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| Thomas Fox-Brewster / Forbes: |
Samsung Galaxy S5 Flaw Allows Hackers To Clone Fingerprints, Claim Researchers — Biometric information is about as personal as data gets. But Google's Android partners are still failing to protect it, as researchers from security firm FireEye will discuss this week at RSA …
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Guardian, BBC, Gizmodo, BiometricUpdate, Planet Biometrics.com, BGR and SamMobile. Tweets: @valaafshar
| Gabe Aul / Blogging Windows: |
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 Technical Preview build with new Mail and Calendar apps — Windows 10 Technical Preview Build 10061 now available — Today we are releasing a new Technical Preview build for PCs - 10061. This build will be available to the Fast ring, and will be delivered via Windows Update.
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Creative Labs releases Android dialer Hello with robust caller ID, call blocking, and local business search — “Hello” Is Facebook's New Android-Only Social Caller ID App — Say goodbye to calls from unknown numbers. Facebook's newest app Hello instantly matches phone numbers …
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| Robert McMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon will provide financial information on Amazon Web Services for the first time in its quarterly earnings report on Thursday — Amazon to Offer Window Into Web Services Business — When Amazon.com Inc. reports its quarterly earnings Thursday, it will, for the first time …
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| Office Blogs: |
Outlook for Android comes out of preview — Today we are excited to announce we have removed the preview label from Outlook for Android. — In January, we released Outlook for iOS and a preview of Outlook for Android. At the time, the iOS version of Outlook was ahead of the Android version in terms of features and performance.
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Flaw in iOS causes devices to endlessly reboot after connecting to malicious Wi-Fi; iOS 8.3 may partially mitigate attack — iOS bug sends iPhones into endless crash cycle when exposed to rogue Wi-Fi — SSL cert parsing error allows attackers to create “No iOS Zone,” researchers say.
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| James Niccolai / PCWorld: |
Google integrates Box file storage into Chromebooks, upgrades Chromebox for Meetings — Google boosts workplace efforts with Box integration for Chromebooks, better Chromebox videoconferencing — Google is stepping up its efforts to target the enterprise, with new hardware …
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