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| Terry Myerson / Blogging Windows: |
Windows 10 available for PCs and tablets from July 29, users qualified for free upgrade can reserve it today — Hello World: Windows 10 Available on July 29 — Today, I'm excited to share the availability date for Windows 10. In fact, I thought I'd let Cortana, the world's most personal digital assistant, share the news.
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| Amir Mizroch / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Microsoft buys Berlin-based 6Wunderkinder GmbH, the startup behind the Wunderlist to-do list app, for $100M-$200M — Microsoft Buys German To-Do List Startup 6Wunderkinder — Purchase is part of company's new effort to enhance its line of mobile apps, source says
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| Facebook: |
Facebook to allow OpenPGP public keys in profiles, can be used for encrypting notification emails — Securing Email Communications from Facebook — It's very important to us that the people who use Facebook feel safe and can trust that their connection to Facebook is secure …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Apple expected to announce $10 a month music streaming service at WWDC, will offer curated channels, in talks with Q-Tip, Drake, and Dr. Dre to host — Apple to Take On Spotify With New Streaming Services — Music subscription to cost $10 a month; augmented Internet radio will have DJs
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| Guemmy Kim / The Official Google Blog: |
Google launches My Account hub for managing privacy and security settings across all its services — Keeping your personal information private and safe—and putting you in control — We've all been there at some point or another... Everyday, we make choices that affect our privacy and security online.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Intel Agrees to Buy Altera for $16.7 Billion — On-again-off-again deal is latest acquisition in active semiconductor sector — Intel Corp. agreed to buy Altera Corp. for roughly $16.7 billion in cash, a long-discussed deal seen helping Intel defend a crucial business.
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple Stores drop AT&T iPhone subsidies this month as Verizon changes coming — Apple today has informed employees of significant changes to how iPhones are sold via AT&T and Verizon Wireless, according to sources. As we reported last month, Apple has indicated that iPhones sold via AT&T …
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Report: Vulnerability in firmware of Macs from mid-2014 and earlier allows hackers to install rootkit malware, can be exploited remotely — New exploit leaves most Macs vulnerable to permanent backdooring — Hack allows firmware to be rewritten right after older Macs awake from sleep.| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Asus ZenWatch 2 brings a choice of sizes to Android Wear, offers 18 different combinations of colors and materials — Asus brings a choice of sizes to Android Wear with ZenWatch 2 — The only way for Computex, Asia's foremost tech exhibition, to get going is with a deluge of announcements … | Re/code: |
Sources: Apple's subscription TV service won't be announced at WWDC15 — Apple Subscription TV Service Won't Be Announced Next Week — Apple won't be announcing its much-anticipated subscription TV service next week at its Worldwide Developer Conference, according to several people with knowledge of the situation.| Alyson Shontell / Business Insider: |
Sources: Re/code valued at $15-20M in Vox deal, which was based on Vox's November valuation of $380M; Re/code was projected to make $12M this year — Why Re/code, an 18-month-old tech news startup, really sold to Vox — even though it was generating $12 million
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Angela Ahrendts finally readies employees for June Apple Watch retail launch in new video — Apple is finally preparing to start selling the Apple Watch in its retail stores after solely offering the Watch via its online store due to constrained supplies. In a private video message …
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AppleInsider, Macworld, MacRumors, iDownloadBlog.com, The Mac Observer and iPhone in Canada Blog. Thanks:@jordankahn
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple revamps App Store Games section, focuses more on editorially curated game recommendations, instead of algorithmically generated lists — Apple Revamps The App Store's Games Section With Increased Focus On Editorial Content — Apple quietly made a number of changes to the way it features …
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| Stephen Hall / 9to5Google: |
Google ditches the Google+ link on its many web properties, hides it in the app menu — Cue the “Google+ is dead” jokes, and the following “was Google+ ever alive?” remarks. — Google has today removed the link to users' Google+ profile from the top its many web properties, most notably its front search page and Gmail web app.
| Aloysius Low / CNET: |
Nvidia's new graphics card pushes for better 4K — Nvidia announced a new flagship graphics card delivering smoother 4K graphics for PC gamers, plus new G-Sync screen technology for smoother gaming on laptops.
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