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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
iPad roadmap: dual-app viewing mode that may debut at WWDC, with multi-user login support and 12-inch “iPad Pro” models to follow — Future of iPad: Dual-app viewing mode, then J98/J99 ‘iPad Pros,’ multi-user support — Facing slowing growth for the first time since the iPad's 2010 debut …
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Thanks:@mikebeas| Amir Efrati / The Information: |
Google developing Internet of Things OS called Brillo, designed to run on devices with perhaps as little as 32MB RAM — Google Developing ‘Brillo’ Software for Internet of Things — Google wants its software to power any electronic device that connects to the Internet, whether or not it has a digital screen.
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| Geoff White / Channel 4 News: |
Dating site Adult FriendFinder hacked, personal information of 3.9M users leaked, including sexual preferences, emails, usernames, IP addresses — Adult dating site hack exposes millions of users — Hackers have struck one of the world's largest internet dating websites …
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PCWorld, Gizmodo, BetaNews, BBC, Guardian, USA Today, SiliconANGLE, Mirror.co.uk and Graham Cluley
| Chris Sacca / LOWERCASE capital: |
Major Twitter shareholder Chris Sacca bemoans his outsider status, turns critic, says he's still bullish — I Bleed Aqua. — Disclaimers: 1) I own a lot of Twitter stock personally and in my funds. 2) I definitely do not speak on behalf of Twitter. 3) I do not have any inside information about Twitter.
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple readies Transit subway, train + bus guides for iOS 9 Maps, deploys robots for indoor mapping — Having originally planned to add a new transit directions feature to Maps last year, only to pull the feature before WWDC 2014, Apple now hopes to launch its Transit service with iOS 9, according to sources.
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| CBC News: |
US, Canada, UK, Australia, and New Zealand planned to hijack Google and Samsung app stores to implant spyware on smartphones — Spy agencies target mobile phones, app stores to implant spyware — Users of millions of smartphones put at risk by certain mobile browser gaps, Snowden file shows
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| Harrison Weber / VentureBeat: |
Ev Williams' Obvious Ventures closes $123,456,789 fund — Obvious Ventures, the venture capital firm cofounded by Twitter's Evan Williams, announced the close of its very first fund today. — Guess how much it raised? $123,456,789. No joke. — The close of this fund follows … | Jonathan Vanian / Fortune: |
Cost of splitting HP into HP Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise to be $400-$450M, will be divided equally between them — Hewlett-Packard shares more detail on its plans to split the company — Breaking up may be hard to do, but for Hewlett-Packard it's apparently a necessity for the company to streamline its business.
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| Justine Coyne / Pittsburgh Business Times: |
Uber Ford testing “mapping, safety and autonomy systems” spotted in Pittsburgh streets — Exclusive: Here's your first look at Uber's self-driving test car (and why you'll see it around Pittsburgh) — Uber's test vehicle driving in the Strip District on May 13, 2015.
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| Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed: |
Medium refines strategy, emphasizing network value over Total Time Read, considers tying contributor bonuses to metrics like follows and recommendations — What's Going On At Medium? — The publisher/publishing platform is rejiggering itself as a social network for readers and writers … | Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Firefox Will Soon Get Sponsored Suggested Tiles Based On Your Browsing History — It's pretty odd hearing a not-for-profit organization like Mozilla talk about how it wants to help advertisers strengthen the conversation between brands and its users — especially given that I've never met anybody …
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| AppleInsider: |
Apple Store app updated with two-step authentication, deeper Touch ID integration — Apple on Thursday updated its Apple Store app for iOS with more comprehensive Touch ID support and a new two-factor authentication feature for securing users' Apple ID accounts.
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| Dana Mattioli / Wall Street Journal: |
Uber in Talks for $1 Billion Credit Facility With Banks — About six to seven banks are expected to be part of the facility — Uber Technologies Inc. is seeking a $1 billion credit line from investment banks, people familiar with the matter said. — The car-sharing company …
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| Madeline Stone / Business Insider: |
Brit Morin, the Martha Stewart of Silicon Valley, just raised $23 million for her DIY site — Brit Media, best known for its lifestyle site Brit + Co., has raised $23 million, according to a form filed Thursday with the SEC. — A spokesperson for founder and CEO Brit Morin confirmed the round with Business Insider.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Messenger for iOS and Android will display biographical info of non-friends sending messages, like job title and location, in US, UK, France, and India — Facebook Messenger Eyes Non-Friend Conversations With Chat ID — Is that a message from some rando, a spammer, or the nice guy you met yesterday?
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Mashable, WebProNews, Ubergizmo, Android Police, tech.co, Technology Personalized, The Next Web and SocialTimes
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| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg Business: |
Twitter lacks size and ad tracking technology necessary to reverse sales slowdown, which was in part due to a lack of demand for its results-focused pricing — Twitter Hand-Holding for Clients No Defense for Growth Slowdown — Twitter Inc.'s ad team will do just about anything to win …
| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Google, Samsung, and 16 others receive FIDO certification for products and services designed to replace passwords — Google, Samsung, and 16 others receive post-password certification — This morning, the plot to kill the password got a little stronger. 18 different companies received …
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| Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed: |
Google Adding Fingerprint Authentication To Next Version of Android — Scheduled to be announced next week, Android M will will include one-touch log-in for supported apps. — Google's new mobile operating system, Android M, will include native fingerprint authentication, BuzzFeed News has learned.| Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land: |
Google says it will prevent Maps listings like ‘N— House’ for the White House by employing fix similar to one it used for Googlebombing — Google To Implement Googlebomb Fix To Prevent Racist Listings In Google Maps — Google has reacted to how racist searches can bring … | Brent Dirks / App Advice: |
Adobe to discontinue Photoshop Touch May 28, previews new retouching app, Project Rigel, to be released late 2015 — Adobe announces plans to pull Photoshop Touch from the App Store next week — Adobe has announced today that it is discontinuing its Photoshop Touch apps for the iPhone … Sponsor Posts
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