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What to expect from Build 2015: big changes for Windows, universal apps, HoloLens, iOS and Android, IoT, a focus on developers, more — What to expect from Microsoft's most important event of the year — For Microsoft, 2015 is a year of adjustment. While the software giant focuses … | Paul Thurrott / Thurrott.com: |
Microsoft may enable Android apps to run on Windows 10 devices; announcement could come as soon as this week — Windows + Android? — Microsoft will most likely announce this week that it will enable customers to run Android apps on their Windows 10 phones, tablets and PCs.| 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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Software issue on American Airlines' iPads, used to distribute flight plans and other information to flight crews, forces airline to ground select flights — An iPad glitch grounded several dozen American Airlines planes — American Airlines flights experienced significant delays …
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| Serenity Caldwell / iMore: |
Tattoos, particularly with dark solid colors, may interfere with Apple Watch heart rate sensor — Apple Watch, heart rate sensors, and wrist tattoos: What you need to know! — Will an arm sleeve tattoo prevent you from wearing the Apple Watch? If it's a solid color, perhaps.| 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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| 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 … | 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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The rise of Silk Road: how Ross Ulbricht built a global drug bazaar — The Rise & Fall of Silk Road — I am a great admirer of your work. Brilliant, utterly brilliant! I will keep this short and to the point. I want to buy the site. I've been in the business for over 20 years.| Twitter: |
Twitter Reports First Quarter 2015 Results; Lowers Full-Year 2015 Expectations — SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - April 28, 2015 - Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2015, and outlined lower 2015 expectations.
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Apple Watch apps whose primary function is to tell time will be rejected, say updated App Store Review Guidelines — Apple says it will reject Apple Watch apps that just tell the time, more first-party faces may be coming soon — Apple has today added a new guideline to the App Store Review Guidelines …
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| Bryan Bishop / The Verge: |
Lucasfilm alums join Jaunt as it launches VR movie studio in LA — VR company Jaunt is starting a virtual reality movie studio — As virtual reality steadily moves closer to mainstream reality, one of the biggest outstanding questions is content: how popular can VR devices get if there's nothing …
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| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Cablevision to sell subscriptions to Hulu Plus in first pay TV distribution deal for Hulu, but offers few details on cost, timing, method — Hulu Comes to Cable TV, Which Is Fine With Cable TV — Cablevision announced today that it will sell subscriptions to Hulu, the streaming TV service.| Stephen Hall / 9to5Google: |
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