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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple plans to replace Helvetica Neue in iOS 9 and OS X 10.11 with Apple Watch's San Francisco font — Apple plans to refresh iOS 9, OS X 10.11 using new Apple Watch font — Apple is currently planning to use the new system font developed for the Apple Watch to refresh the looks of iPads … | Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Spotify's new version adds podcasts, video, playlists tailored to user's day, and “Running” feature that matches BPM to pace, launching in US, UK, more, today — Spotify Introduces Video Clips, Podcasts, And Activity-Based Playlists — Spotify has just unveiled the newest version …
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See also Mediagazer| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple's planned iOS 9 ‘Home’ app uses virtual rooms to manage HomeKit accessories — Apple's plan to manage upcoming HomeKit-compatible accessories could revolve around a new iOS app called “Home,” according to sources familiar with the app. Introduced at last year's Worldwide Developers Conference …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft looks to be building a new light-weight email app called Flow — Summary:Microsoft appears to be building an app for fast, light-weight, real-time conversations called Flow, which is likely to debut on iPhone, according to leaked information. — Microsoft seems to be developing …
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| Gabe Rivera / Techmeme News: |
Techmeme adds an author leaderboard, introduces a linking-based metric to rank by “Leadership” — Today we've expanded our Leaderboard page to offer four lists instead of one. In addition to ranking publications, we now rank authors. On top of that, we've introduced a second ranking method …
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| Kim Seung-yeon / Yonhap News Agency: |
LG unveils 55-inch, 0.97mm thick, wallpaper OLED panel that sticks to walls with magnets as demonstration of future OLED products — LG Display unveils wallpaper OLED panel — South Korean flat panel maker LG Display Co. showcased on Tuesday a detachable organic light-emitting diode …
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| Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
TechCrunch co-editor Alexia Tsotsis leaves to study at Stanford Graduate School of Business; Matthew Panzarino to continue as editor — TechCrunch's Top Editor Tsotsis Steps Down — Alexia Tsotsis will be stepping down from her high-profile job as co-editor of TechCrunch today.
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TechCrunch and Gawker. Tweets: @jonrussell, @joshconstine, @martinsfp, @ryanlawler, @fmanjoo, @panzer, @caseynewton and @stevekovach. See also Mediagazer
| Xbox Wire: |
Xbox One over-the-air TV tuner now available in the US and Canada for $59.99 — Over-the-Air TV Tuner Available Now for Xbox One in the U.S. and Canada — Today, we're excited to deliver one of the most requested live TV features on Xbox Feedback to our fans.| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Logjam vulnerability downgrades encryption in HTTPS connections, affects tens of thousands of web and mail servers; browsers being updated with fix — HTTPS-crippling attack threatens tens of thousands of Web and mail servers — Diffie-Hellman downgrade weakness allows attackers to intercept encrypted data.
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The Logjam Attack, Skyhigh Networks, Wall Street Journal, Digital Trends, BBC, PandoDaily, Computerworld, Wired, Help Net Security, Computerworld, SC Magazine, Wall Street Journal, HotHardware.com News, ZDNet, MacNN, Malwarebytes Unpacked, The Next Web, The Register, Darknet, bit-tech.net, The Geek Byte, Threatpost, Engadget, Slashdot and SecurityWeek. Tweets: @matthew_d_green
| Leena Rao / Fortune: |
Payments company WePay raises $40M in Series D round to go global, brings total raised to $75M — Payments company WePay raises $40 million to go global — WePay, a company that processes payments for websites, has raised $40 million in new funding to expand globally.
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WePay, PE Hub Blog, VentureBeat, VatorNews, Wall Street Journal, PYMNTS.com, PaymentsSource and bizjournals
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Adblock Plus launches Adblock Browser: Firefox for Android with built-in ad blocking — Adblock Plus today launched Adblock Browser for Android. Currently in beta, the company's first browser was created by taking the open-source Firefox for Android and including Adblock Plus out-of-the-box.
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Adblock Plus and …, Adblock Plus and …, Forbes, 9to5Google, PC Magazine, Phandroid, SiliconANGLE, Business Insider, ZDNet, Engadget, Android Police, Gizmodo, TechSpot, BGR, Fone Arena, Liliputing, PandoDaily, Inquirer, SlashGear, Pocketables, PCWorld, Ubergizmo, Technology Personalized, Tech News Today, gHacks Technology News, The Next Web, VentureBeat and BetaNews
| The Huffington Post: |
If You Type ‘N— House’ Into Google Maps, It Will Take You To The White House — President Barack Obama is no stranger to Internet racism, but this is just ridiculous: typing “nigga house” into Google Maps can land you at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. — A screenshot of the glitch … | Jamie Condliffe / Gizmodo: |
You Can Now Use ‘Netflix for Torrents’ Popcorn Time in Your Browser — It's over a year since Popcorn Time burst on to the scene, allowing you to stream torrents rather than download them. It's had its ups and downs—but now you can use it in your browser.| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Algolia Grabs $18.3 Million From Accel For Its Search API On Steroids — Real-time search-as-a-service provider Algolia just raised $18.3 million with Accel Partners leading the round — Philippe Botteri will join the board. This represents some serious funding following Algolia's $1.2 million second seed round.
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PE Hub Blog, Digital Journal, SiliconANGLE, Forbes and VentureBeat
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
SwiftKey launches premium themes to help monetize its predictive keyboard on iOS — SwiftKey has finally lifted the lid on how it plans to monetize its smart predictive keyboard app for iOS. And it's taking a cue from how it makes money on Android. — An update to the free SwiftKey app …
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MacRumors, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, The Next Web and iMore
| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Facebook acqu-hires and shuts down payment startup Tugboat Yards — Facebook has acqu-hired Tugboat Yards, a startup with a tool that publishers and other groups could use to let fans make contributions in exchange for subscriptions and other services. — The Tugboat Yards service … | Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code: |
Twilio launches $50M investment fund to back companies using its technology — Twilio Launches $50 Million Development Fund — Twilio, the cloud software platform that gives developers the ability to add phone calls, text messaging and other communications features to their applications … | GSMArena.com: |
Oppo launches 5-inch R7 and 6-inch R7 Plus with 3GB RAM, 13MP camera; available globally in June — Oppo R7 and R7 Plus officially announced — As expected, Oppo has just unveiled the highly anticipated pair of high end smartphones, the R7 and the R7 Plus.
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