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Accessory makers plan to tap Apple Watch's hidden port for battery straps, faster charging — One of the first companies to announce plans to make a battery strap for Apple Watch— allowing you to charge the device while on the go while continuing to wear it— has confirmed plans to tap …
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Engadget, The Next Web, The Verge, Business Insider, ZDNet, Gizmodo, MacRumors, Gotta Be Mobile, The Loop, TechnoBuffalo, Ubergizmo, GSMArena Blog, SlashGear and PhoneArena. Thanks:@benlovejoy
| Shivam Vij / Scroll.in: |
Facebook opens up Internet.org to all developers following backlash in India from net neutrality proponents — Facebook opens up Internet.org to developers, hoping to pacify net neutrality critics — Chris Daniels, Facebook's VP for Internet.org, says Facebook isn't picking the web winners through the initiative.
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iMore, TechCrunch, Facebook Newsroom, BBC, The Hill, The Daily Dot, Computerworld, Hindustan Times, The Verge, Telecom Trends, Wall Street Journal, The Economic Times, BGR India, Engadget and Reuters. Tweets: @verge
| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Internet.org opens to developers, but high-bandwith services like VoIP and video aren't allowed — Facebook's free Internet for the poor leaves out high-bandwidth sites — Facebook opens platform after criticism, but no VoIP, video, and file transfers. — Facebook's Internet.org …
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BetaNews, Gizmodo, Marketing Land, SiliconANGLE, VentureBeat, Tech Times, YourStory.com and The Next Web. Tweets: @r0h1n. Thanks:@nixxin
| Micah Singleton / The Verge: |
Department of Justice looking closely at Apple as it pushes record labels to ditch free Spotify streaming ahead of Beats relaunch — Apple pushing music labels to kill free Spotify streaming ahead of Beats relaunch — The Department of Justice is looking closely into Apple's business practices …
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PandoDaily, MacRumors, CNET, Business Insider, USA Today, Fortune, iMore, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, BGR, Billboard, App Advice, TechnoBuffalo, SlashGear, hypebot, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, iLounge, iPhone Hacks and WebProNews
Tweets: @billboardglenn, @chriswelch, @joshconstine and @matthewkeyslive
Thanks:@ericleamen. See also Mediagazer| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft to add Windows Update for Business option for Windows 10 users — Summary:Microsoft is providing IT pros with more granular levels of control over how Windows 10 as a service will work. — Microsoft is continuing to flesh out the details as to how it will provide users …
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Blogging Windows, GeekWire, The Next Web, Computerworld, The Official Microsoft Blog, Windows Central and WinBeta. Tweets: @maryjofoley
| Matt Witheiler / TechCrunch: |
Record quarter for hardware crowdfunding: 128 projects raised $68.4M on Kickstarter and Indiegogo in Q1 — The State Of Hardware Crowdfunding In Q1 — Editor's note: Matt Witheiler is a general partner at Flybridge Capital Partners. You can follow him on his blog.| Samuel Gibbs / Guardian: |
Twitter kills MS-Dos games embedded in tweets — Social network kills MS-Dos gaming fun, saying interactives and games breach its embedded cards terms of service — Faster than Ryu KOing Ken, Twitter has killed off the ability to play MS-Dos games in tweets.
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| Emerging Technology From the arXiv / MIT Technology …: |
Free Android apps secretly connect to thousands of user tracking and ad sites — The Truth About Smartphone Apps That Secretly Connect to User Tracking and Ad Sites — Security researchers have developed an automated system for detecting Android apps that secretly connect to ad sites and user tracking sites.| Devlin Barrett / Wall Street Journal: |
DoJ to reveal more about the government's use of secret cell phone tracking devices like “stingray” fake cell towers, launches review — U.S. Will Change Stance on Secret Phone Tracking — Justice Department will review more about the use of such devices and launch a review
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AppleInsider, The Verge, Ars Technica, The Hill, Engadget, American Civil Liberties Union, Computerworld and International Business Times
Tweets: @larryakey, @emptywheel and @hannifakhoury
| Erin Griffith / Fortune: |
How companies like BuzzFeed, Vice, and Tastemade are aggressively expanding into online video, experimenting with the format to attract viewers and advertisers — The (very) big fight for the small screen — A rising class of Internet video companies is challenging the supremacy of broadcast TV … | Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
Pinterest Developers Platform launches in beta to let whitelisted developers build apps that integrate data from users' Pins and Boards — At Long Last, Pinterest Is Opening Up To Developers — Pinterest is finally opening the doors for developers to access its information — a little bit, at least.
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making Pinterest, Engadget, PandoDaily, VentureBeat, The Next Web, Wired, SlashGear, WebProNews and SocialTimes
Tweets: @mikeisaac and @mdudas
Thanks:@jamiefavazza| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft delivers public preview of Office 2016 for Windows desktops — Summary:A new test build of Microsoft's Office 2016 suite for Windows 7, 8 and 10 users is available, ahead of this fall's final release. — Microsoft is making available to the public a test build of its Office 2016 desktop suite for Windows desktops.
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Office Blogs, VentureBeat, Engadget, Windows Central, The Next Web, WinBeta and Lifehacker
| Don Reisinger / CNET: |
Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina joins Republican presidential fray — Fiorina proclaims on her “Carly for President” website that her time at Hewlett-Packard will prepare her well for the White House.
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TechCrunch, CNN, ABC News, New York Times, Fox News, The Huffington Post, New York Times, TechCrunch, USA Today, Guardian and Business Insider. Tweets: @carlyfiorina
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