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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple's ‘Proactive’ to take on Google Now with deep iOS 9 search, Augmented Reality Maps, Siri API — After several years of quiet development, Apple is readying a major new iOS initiative codenamed “Proactive,” which will leverage Siri, Contacts, Calendar, Passbook, and third-party apps …
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| New York Times: |
Google to announce Android Pay for in-store and in-app payments at I/O, to re-launch Google Wallet as P2P payments app; Apple to add rewards to Apple Pay — Google and Apple Adjust Strategies on Mobile Payments — The battle for mobile software dominance revolves around two companies: Apple and Google.
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| Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times: |
Jawbone sues Fitbit, accusing it of “systematically plundering” confidential info by poaching employees who improperly downloaded materials before leaving — Jawbone Sues Fitbit Over Data ‘Plundering’ by Ex-Employees — San Francisco — Close to what should be one of the biggest events …
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| Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
Oculus Rift headset and the computer needed to run it will cost in the $1,500 range — Oculus Rift Total Package Price: Around $1,500 — Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe said Wednesday that his soon-to-be-available virtual reality Oculus headset and the computer needed to run it will cost “in the $1,500 range.”
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| Brittany Hillen / SlashGear: |
Lenovo unveils $49 Lenovo Cast, its first device for casting media from phones and tablets to TVs — Lenovo Cast: a puck-shaped Chromecast competitor — There's the Chromecast (check out our review) and the litany of casting devices that have come in its wake, and now Lenovo can be counted among them.
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
New iOS bug crashes Messages app and reboots iPhones when a specific string of text is received via iMessage or SMS; Apple says a fix is coming — New iOS Bug Crashing iPhones Simply by Receiving a Text Message [Includes Fix] — A new bug has been discovered in the Messages app …
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| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
GoPro working on six camera, spherical array for VR content, to be available second half of 2015; and a quadcopter drone, available second half of 2016 — GoPro Working On A VR Camera Array And ‘Quadcopter’ Drone — Today, GoPro announced that it was working on an array …
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| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
Apple's Jeff Williams Says Native Watch SDK Will Give Direct Access To Sensors — Jeff Williams, Apple's senior vice president of operations, said that there are over 4,000 apps now available for Apple Watch, a number we've previously heard. Williams also discussed the upcoming native SDK for the Apple Watch.| Nicole Lee / Engadget: |
Pebble Time review: impressive battery life, works on both Android and iOS, but limited iOS functionality and lack of features makes $200 price problematic — Pebble Time review: an underdog among smartwatches — For two years, Pebble was the smartwatch company to beat.
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Office Lens Android, Microsoft's document scanning app, now available in the Google Play Store — Office Lens Android now available at Google Play Store — Thanks to the participation of more than 130,000 Google+ community previewers, we're pleased to release Office Lens Android today.| Mary Meeker / KPCB: |
Slides: Mary Meeker's Internet Trends Report for 2015 — 2015 Internet Trends — KPCB's Mary Meeker presents the 2015 Internet Trends report, 20 years after the inaugural “The Internet Report” was first published in 1995. Since then, the number of Internet users has risen from 35 million in 1995 to more than 2.8 billion today.
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| Aran Khanna / Medium: |
Facebook Messenger includes exact GPS location data by default in chats, making it easy to stalk friends — Stalking Your Friends with Facebook Messenger — When I came to college Facebook Messenger became an integral part of my digital life. I quickly found that it was the easiest …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Broadcom is in Advanced Talks to be Bought by Avago Technologies — Deal would be latest in recent string of mergers in semiconductor industry — Broadcom Corp. is in advanced talks to be bought by Avago Technologies Ltd. , in what would be the latest in a recent string of mergers in the semiconductor industry.
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| TechCrunch: |
Search on iOS in Google and Chrome apps now features content from installed iOS apps that support deep links — Google Search Will Now Also Feature Content From iOS Apps — For the last two years, Google has been showing Android users relevant content from apps they have installed on their phones and tablets.| Zachary M. Seward / Quartz: |
Comcast, an investor in Re/code, encouraged publication to sell, has restarted talks with Vox Media over acquisition after they fell through because of price — Comcast, investor in Vox Media and Recode, could end up buying them both — Vox on the block.
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See also Mediagazer| Shaun Prescott / PC Gamer: |
Twitch bans Adults Only games — Twitch has updated its rules of conduct to disallow streaming of Adult Only games, the company announced today. That means any game classified with an AO rating by the ESRB will be banned from the service, including games such as Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Manhunt 2.
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