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Sources: Comcast to drop proposed Time Warner Cable takeover deal after FCC staff recommends hearing; announcement as soon as Friday — Comcast Plans to Drop Time Warner Cable Deal — Comcast Corp. is planning to walk away from its proposed $45 billion takeover of Time Warner Cable Inc. …
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Apple shares list of must-have apps for Watch, including Twitter, Instagram, New York Times, Mint, Citymapper, Strava, and more, as Watch App Store goes live — Apple Thinks You Should Use These Apps On The Apple Watch — As the App Store for the Apple Watch goes live today, Apple reveals which apps it thinks are must-haves.
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Thanks:@stephaniemlee| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
Apple opens up the Apple Watch App Store with “more than 3,000 apps” — Day one developer support is an encouraging sign for early adopters. — The App Store tab in the Apple Watch app offers a list of prominent apps but no other sorting or search options.
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| Kim Zetter / Wired: |
How to Detect Sneaky NSA ‘Quantum Insert’ Attacks — Among all of the NSA hacking operations exposed by whistleblower Edward Snowden over the last two years, one in particular has stood out for its sophistication and stealthiness. Known as Quantum Insert, the man-on-the-side hacking technique …
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Apple Watch to be stocked in select fashion boutiques in Tokyo, London, LA, Paris, Berlin, and Milan 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.| John Paczkowski / BuzzFeed: |
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| Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal: |
Google launches free tool to help AdSense publishers recommend more articles to their readers — Google Edges Further Into Hot Content Recommendation Sector — Google has rolled out a new free product designed to make it easier for Web publishers to get people to stick around on their sites longer.
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Xiaomi unveils Mi 4i for around $205 in India, with 5-inch Full HD display, 13MP camera, Snapdragon 615, and LTE — Xiaomi's New Mi4i Packs A Gamut Of High-End Features Into A $200 Smartphone — Xiaomi today took the wraps of off its newest smartphone, the Mi4i, at an event in New Delhi, India.| Tom Fairless / Wall Street Journal: |
Internal policy document reveals EU is considering creating a powerful new regulator to oversee Internet platforms, many of which are US-based — EU Considers Creating Powerful Regulator to Oversee Web Platforms — New body would oversee a swath of mainly U.S.-based Internet companies
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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 … | 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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| 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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IAB: Search Was 50% Of US Digital Ad Spend In 2014, Desktop Still Bigger Than Mobile — The figures are in, and once again, search marketing is a powerhouse. According to the IAB, search made up 50% of all digital ad spend last year in the United States. — Over on Marketing Land …
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