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Satya Nadella envisions a Microsoft that is more willing to favor big bets on new technologies over protecting legacy cash cows — Microsoft (Yes, Microsoft) Has a Far-Out Vision — Last June, in the basement of the Microsoft visitor center in Redmond, Wash., Todd Holmdahl …
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We tried Microsoft HoloLens: This is going to be much bigger than Google Glass — We just tried the company's new hologram gadget HoloLens. — It was a demonstration that was equal parts really awesome and really weird. — We were struck right away by how different this device is from Google Glass.
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| Jacob Pramuk / CNBC: |
Spotify raises $350M at $8B valuation: Sources — Music streaming service Spotify raised $350 million in a new funding round, sources told CNBC. Before the recently raised cash, the company was valued at $8 billion. (Tweet this) Goldman Sachs' institutional clients took part in the fundraising, sources added.
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| Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac: |
Apple confirms tattoo issue with Apple Watch in updated support document — Apple has confirmed reports of problems using the Apple Watch on tattooed wrists. The company has quietly updated a support page on the heart-rate functionality. … Apple Watch owners on Reddit and Twitter …
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Comcast offers 2Gbps service in Chattanooga, having lost its suit to prevent municipal fiber expansion — Comcast brings fiber to city that it sued 7 years ago to stop fiber rollout — Comcast offers 2Gbps in Chattanooga, where it lost bid to squash competition.| Julian Hattem / The Hill: |
House Committee passes USA Freedom Act, but kills amendment to prohibit NSA's internet mass surveillance and forced backdoors in devices — Expansive surveillance reform takes backseat to House politics — Congress is waving the white flag about moving forward with more expansive intelligence reform.
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Meerkat launches Android app, currently in beta but with most functionality from iOS version, beating Twitter's Periscope to the platform — Meerkat Launches Its Android App To All — Live video streaming app Meerkat beat Twitter's own Periscope to market on iOS, and now it's available …
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| Jason Verge / Data Center Knowledge: |
Amazon Web Services piloting new Tesla Energy stackable batteries to supplement datacenter power capacity — Amazon Piloting Tesla Batteries to Power Cloud Data Center — Amazon Web Services is piloting Tesla's new stackable battery units to supplement data center power capacity in its US West region.
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| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Grooveshark ceases operations as a result of settlement with major record companies, offers apology — Grooveshark, the Free Music Service That Used to Scare the Big Labels, Gives Up — Remember Grooveshark? — At one time, the music startup — which promised 35 million users they could …
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Mumblehard spam botnet infects thousands of computers running Linux and FreeBSD OS — Spam-blasting malware infects thousands of Linux and FreeBSD servers — Sophisticated Mumblehard spamming malware flew under the radar for five years. — Several thousand computers running the Linux … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Windows 10 won't launch on phones this summer — While Microsoft is planning to launch Windows 10 on PCs this summer, the phone part of the operating system will debut at a later date. Speaking at a media event at Build in San Francisco today, Microsoft's Joe Belfiore explained the company's plans for the launch of Windows 10.| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft confirms acquisition of N-Trig's digital pen technology — Microsoft today officially announced that it has acquired technology from N-Trig, a company with digital pen technology that has partnered with Microsoft in the past. — News of the deal had first been rumored in February …
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| Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
One-fifth of the founders of more than 70 startups acquired by Yahoo during Marissa Mayer's tenure as CEO have left the company — Yahoo's Other Challenge: Retaining Acquired Talent — Tech giant works to keep the new blood it got in buying 52 startups — A few times a year … Sponsor Posts
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