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Live from Microsoft's Build 2015 keynote — Here comes Windows 10 Event Updates 8:26:54 AM PDT Will we see Android apps on Windows 10 today? All will be explained. It's a long keynote of 2hrs 30 minutes, so stick with us. 8:26:32 AM PDT Will Project Spartan get a name today? Sure.
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Livestream of Microsoft's Build 2015 keynote from San Francisco — LiveBuild 2015 — Keynote Presentation 10:30AM to 1:00PM Ask The Gu 1:02PM to 1:30PM with Scott Guthrie The Next Generation of Azure Compute Platform with Mark Russinovich 1:30PM to 2:30PM Learn about ways to integrate …
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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.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
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 of Visual Studio Code, a lightweight cross-platform code editor for writing modern web and cloud applications that will run on OS X, Linux and Windows.
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Thanks:@alex| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft releases .NET Core preview for Mac and Linux — At its Build 2015 developer conference today, Microsoft took the first step in releasing a cross-platform version of .NET, the company's software framework that primarily runs on Windows. The company has released a preview … | 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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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
New Chrome extension warns users who type their Google password in the wrong place or try to use it on other sites — Chrome Can Now Warn Users Who Type Gmail Passwords in Dumb Places — No matter how much Google does to harden its servers, hire the world's best security engineers …
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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 … | 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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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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| Adam Pasick / Quartz: |
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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| 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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| Stephen Hall / 9to5Google: |
Google Play Services 7.3 brings support for multiple Android Wear devices at once (Video) — Google has—finally—officially announced Google Play Services 7.3 (which first surfaced a couple of weeks ago), bringing several important new features to the company's Google-powered app support package.| Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: |
Jawbone Up3 review: great battery life and companion app, but not worth $180, adds few additional features over the $100 Up2 fitness band — Jawbone Up3 Review: Smartwatches Send Fitness Bands Running — The Up3 was supposed to take fitness bands to a new level, but Jawbone's high-priced hardware doesn't live up to its promise| 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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