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Sources: Google to place buy buttons for products sold by some retailers alongside paid search results on mobile in coming weeks — Can Google Outsell Amazon and eBay? — Company will launch buy buttons on its search-results pages in coming weeks — Google Inc. will launch buy buttons …
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Microsoft says it's taking control of updates for Windows 10 Mobile devices, bypassing carriers — Microsoft says it's taking over updates for Windows 10 Mobile devices — Summary:It's not exactly Android-style fragmentation, but Windows Phone users are perennially frustrated …
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Xiaomi's Mi Store ‘beta’ to open in US, UK, France and Germany on May 19th — Xiaomi is going to very slowly start its entry into Europe and the United States next week, according to a post from the company's Facebook page. Starting on the 19th of May, the company will offer a small selection … | Abhijeet M. / SamMobile: |
Samsung tells users Samsung Wallet will be discontinued June 30 as it prepares to launch Samsung Pay — Samsung Wallet to be discontinued on June 30th — With Samsung Pay's launch inching closer and closer, the Korean manufacturer has decided to shut down the Samsung Wallet service.| Robert Cookson / Financial Times: |
Sources: Several European mobile operators plan option to block ads on their networks this year, consider blocking Google ads by default to force concessions — Mobile operators plan to block online advertising — Several mobile operators plan to block advertising on their networks … | Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Oculus Details Rift's Recommended PC Specs, ‘Pauses’ Mac Development — We're still a little while off from the Oculus Rift's official consumer launch - pre-orders are starting later this year, the company revealed recently, with shipping beginning early next year.
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Anonymously run music service using “Grooveshark” name is sued by record labels, loses domains, then moves to new domain — Record Labels Sue ‘New’ Grooveshark, Seize Domains — Earlier this month the long running lawsuit between the RIAA and Grooveshark came to an end.
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Security researchers publish Google App Engine exploits 3 weeks after private disclosure to company with no response; Google now says it's mitigating the issues — Researcher turns tables, discloses unpatched bugs in Google cloud platform — Bugs give hackers beachhead to attack Google App Engine, run malicious code.
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Interview with SoftBank's Nikesh Arora on working alongside Masayoshi Son, investment plans, and Sprint — The fast rise of Nikesh Arora at SoftBank — Former Google executive Nikesh Arora joined SoftBank last year to oversee the Japanese company's investment strategy … | Michael A Riley / Bloomberg Business: |
Penn State's College of Engineering hires Mandiant, cuts Internet connection after FBI warns of two breaches, one linked to state-sponsored hackers in China — Chinese Hackers Force Penn State to Unplug Engineering Computers — Penn State University, which develops sensitive technology for the U.S. Navy … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
LG returns to Windows Phone with a budget Verizon handset — It took a long time, but LG is returning to building Windows Phone handsets. Verizon is launching the LG Lancet, the first LG handset running Windows Phone 8.1. LG created a handset for the original Windows Phone 7 launch back in 2010 … | Ben Sisario / New York Times: |
Pandora should pay 2.5% of revenue to BMI instead of 1.75%, court rules — Ruling in Royalty Case Gives BMI a Victory Against Pandora — Last week, Pandora Media won two battles in its long-running war against the music industry, but on Thursday, it lost one — this time over how much it should pay …
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