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Microsoft's two new SDKs allow porting of Android and iOS apps to Windows 10 as universal apps; web apps can now be packaged for the Windows Store — Huge news: Windows 10 can run reworked Android and iOS apps — After months of rumors, Microsoft is revealing its plans to get mobile apps on Windows 10 today.
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft Edge, formerly known as Project Spartan, will ship on all Windows 10 devices — Internet Explorer's successor, Project Spartan, is called Microsoft Edge — At its Build 2015 developer conference today, Microsoft announced Project Spartan will be called Microsoft Edge.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft launches a preview of Visual Studio Code, a free lightweight code editor for OS X, Linux, and Windows — Microsoft Launches Visual Studio Code, A Free Cross-Platform Code Editor For OS X, Linux And Windows — At its Build developer conference, Microsoft today announced the launch …
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Thanks:@alex| Owen Williams / The Next Web: |
Office 2016 will allow cross-platform integration of third party apps, like Uber ride reminders in Outlook — Microsoft shows off cross-platform integrations for Office 2016 — Today at BUILD, Microsoft showed off its new cross-platform integrations that developers can use to build apps that deeply embed inside Office.
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| Dina Bass / Bloomberg Business: |
Microsoft Predicts 1 Billion Windows 10 Devices in 3 Years — Microsoft Corp. expects a billion people to be using its Windows 10 operating system in the software's first two to three years, signaling optimism in its push to revive Windows and make it more useful on smaller devices.
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft releases .NET Core preview for Mac and Linux — At its Build 2015 developer conference today, Microsoft took the first step toward a cross-platform version of .NET, the company's software framework that primarily runs on Windows: The company has released a preview of the .NET Core runtime distribution for Mac and Linux.| Matt Clark / IGN: |
Continuum for Windows Phone Turns Your Handset Into a PC — It's all coming together now. — Microsoft's previously announced Continuum feature for Windows 10 has showcased new ways to seamlessly interact with a PC, much like you would a touch-based device.
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| Bloomberg Business: |
Sources: Salesforce is working with bankers to field takeover inquiries; shares soar 12% — Salesforce Said to Work With Bankers to Field Takeover Inquiries — Salesforce.com Inc. is working with financial advisers to help it field takeover offers after being approached by a potential acquirer …
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| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Uber is in talks with over 400 merchants for a new same-day delivery program, plans to source inventory from local stores — Uber Is Quietly Testing A Massive Merchant Delivery Program — Uber is planning to launch a merchant delivery program that would allow online shoppers …
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| Brendan Klinkenberg / BuzzFeed: |
Sources: anonymous social app Secret is shutting down — Secret Shutting Down — The app for sharing anonymous updates is in the process of closing its doors. — Secret — BuzzFeed News has learned that just over a year after it debuted, Secret — the anonymous social app …
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Thanks:@elcush| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Google's new Password Alert Chrome extension combats phishing and risk from password reuse by warning users who enter their Google password at a non-Google site — Chrome Can Now Warn Users Who Type Gmail Passwords in Dumb Places — No matter how much Google does to harden its servers …
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| Reggie Ugwu / BuzzFeed: |
Instagram's @music account, its first official content vertical, will showcase popular and emerging artists — Instagram Launches Dedicated Music Channel @Music — The Facebook-owned social network's first category-specific vertical will showcase popular and emerging artists. — Jared Eberhardt / Instagram
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Instagram Blog, Engadget, SocialTimes, The Next Web, TechCrunch, EW.com, Los Angeles Times, Reuters, The Verge, Billboard, SPIN, Pitchfork, hypebot, The FADER and FACT Magazine. Tweets: @dujkan. Thanks:@fwd. See also Mediagazer
| Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: |
Facebook warns EU that fragmented regulation may lead to fewer features rolling out in Europe — Facebook Warns European Privacy Regulators to Back Off — Facebook has a message for privacy regulators across Europe: You're endangering the EU. — Richard Allan, the Menlo Park …
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Piracy App Popcorn Time Ordered Blocked by U.K. Court — Popcorn Time — the piracy app that's as easy to use as Netflix — has been dealt a blow, although it's surely not fatal. — On Tuesday, a United Kingdom chancery court approved an order requiring major U.K. Internet service providers … | Deborah Gage / Wall Street Journal: |
Data Storage Startup Infinidat Raises $150 Million at $1.2 Billion Valuation … Infinidat Inc., a secretive young data storage company, has burst into public view with $150 million in new funding and a valuation of $1.2 billion, placing it among the most valuable privately held companies in the world.
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| Youkyung Lee / Associated Press: |
Samsung's profit sinks 39% hit by bigger iPhones — SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics Co. said its first-quarter net income plunged 39 percent as consumers switched to bigger iPhones, squeezing its profit from the mobile business to less than half from a year earlier.
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