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| Eran Megiddo / The Official Microsoft Blog: |
Microsoft confirms it has bought 6Wunderkinder, maker of the Wunderlist to-do list app — Welcome 6Wunderkinder! Microsoft acquires Wunderlist — What's better than completing that last important task on your to-do list? Doing so with a beautiful and useful productivity app.
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Wunderlist, Macworld, Wall Street Journal, eWeek, BetaNews, GeekWire, VentureBeat, Tech.eu, SuperSite for Windows, Business Insider, PC Magazine, TIME, The Verge, iMore, SocialTimes, WinBeta, Thurrott.com, PhoneDog.com, Neowin, Office Blogs, Droid Life, PCWorld and Windows Central
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| Amir Mizroch / Wall Street Journal: |
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
First HomeKit-Compatible Products Launching Today, Led by Lutron, iHome and Elgato — Ahead of Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, several of the company's HomeKit partners are today announcing the availability of the first HomeKit-compatible products.
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The Verge, ZDNet, Macworld, TechCrunch, iMore, Re/code, ReadWrite, Forbes, 9to5Mac, Business Wire, MacNN, Tech Times, MobileSyrup.com, Engadget, TechHive, AppleInsider, Digital Trends, The Next Web, iMore, Apple World Today, 9to5Mac, The Mac Observer, iPhone Hacks, MacStories, MacRumors, Cult of Mac, atmaspheric, EH Network, iDownloadBlog.com, MacDailyNews, TechnoBuffalo, iMore, Smart WiFi Thermostats and iLounge
| Sebastian Anthony / Ars Technica UK: |
Thunderbolt 3 embraces USB Type-C connector, doubles bandwidth to 40Gbps — Thunderbolt 3 integrates USB 3.1, optional 100W power delivery, 5K @ 60Hz display. — At Computex 2015, Intel has unveiled Thunderbolt 3. The headline feature: Thunderbolt 3 has changed connector from Mini DisplayPort to USB Type-C.
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Thunderbolt Technology …, The Next Web, The Verge, iMore, Gizmodo, CNET, PCWorld, Mashable, 9to5Mac, Geek.com, AppleInsider, Seeking Alpha, The Register, TechCrunch, iDownloadBlog.com, Wired.co.uk, SlashGear, TechSpot, MacRumors and Engadget. Tweets: @tapbot_paul
| Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / ZDNet: |
Intel updates fifth-gen Core chips with Iris Pro graphics — Intel has revamped its fifth-generation Core lineup of silicon for desktops and mobile, adding an Iris Pro 6200 graphics chip to the CPUs. — Intel has revamped its fifth-generation Core lineup of silicon for desktops and mobile …
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| Chao Wang / Pinterest: |
Pinterest to launch Buyable Pins in US to let you buy pinned products without leaving the app — Coming soon: Buyable Pins! — We're always looking for ways to help you go out and do the creative ideas you Pin—whether that's figuring out the ingredients for a new dish or installing an app to mix up your workouts.
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| TechCrunch: |
Instagram Beefs Up Ads With App Install And Buy Buttons, Interest Targeting, API — Instagram is ready to make some serious money. After a year and half of format experiments and basic targeting, Instagram is giving advertisers much more powerful tools. Those include “Shop Now” …
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| Josh Lowensohn / The Verge: |
SoundHound's new Hound voice search app handles complex queries faster than Siri, Cortana, and Google Voice Search — SoundHound's new voice search app makes Siri and Cortana look slow — Nearly a decade ago, SoundHound founder Keyvan Mohajer took an idea to a group of investors.
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| Takashi Mochizuki / Wall Street Journal: |
Nintendo denies Nikkei report that its next-generation console code-named NX will run Android — Nintendo Nixes Android Rumors — Nintendo Co. shot down a report that said it was planning on using the Android operating system to run its top secret next-generation console, which has been codenamed “NX.”
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| Natt Garun / The Next Web: |
GameFly debuts a new video game streaming service exclusively on the Amazon Fire TV — The days of Blockbuster DVD-by-mail rental service may be far behind us, but GameFly is still trucking on with its game rental service. To keep up with the times, GameFly today launched a video game streaming service …
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| Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal: |
Facebook Opens Third Artificial-Intelligence Research Hub in Paris — Facebook is bolstering its artificial-intelligence expertise with a third center in Paris to help the social network better sift through photos, posts and videos shared by its 1.4 billion users.
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| Kia Kokalitcheva / Fortune: |
Online education marketplace Udemy raises $65 million for international expansion — Following Google's announcement last week of its new skill-based degrees in partnership with Udacity, the interest in online education continues. On Tuesday, online course marketplace Udemy …
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| Kevin Orland / Bloomberg Business: |
GameStop agrees to buy Geeknet for $140M, as Geeknet terminates its $122M acquisition deal with Hot Topic — GameStop Agrees to Buy Web Retailer Geeknet in $140 Million Deal — GameStop Corp., the largest U.S. video-game specialty retailer, agreed to buy online merchant Geeknet Inc …
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| Craig Timberg / Washington Post: |
The vulnerable Border Gateway protocol, a quick-fix solution from 1989, still directs most internet traffic — Net of insecurity Part 2 — The long — life of a — quick ‘fix’ — Internet protocol from 1989 leaves data vulnerable to hijackers — The long life of a quick ‘fix’
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| Brian P. Rubin / ReadWrite: |
Wireless-charging standard groups A4WP and PMA make merger official — The Wireless Power Merger Is Official — Two of the three major wireless-charging standard groups—the Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP) and the Power Matters Alliance (PMA)—finally announced Monday that their plans to merge are official.
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Engadget, Fone Arena and Virtual-Strategy Magazine
| Rachel Metz / MIT Technology Review: |
Google's Project Loon head Mike Cassidy says RF used to connect balloons to one another, gimbal direction must be precise to enable sending of data across 80km — EmTech Digital: Project Loon Head Details How the Balloons Interact — Project Loon, Google's plan for Internet via floating balloons …
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Washington Post, DSLreports and Forbes
| Alistair Barr / Wall Street Journal: |
Security app-maker Disconnect files antitrust complaint in EU alleging that Google abused its dominance in banning its Android app — App Maker Files EU Complaint Against Google, Alleging Abuse of Android Dominance — Privacy and security programmer Disconnect said Google pulled its app from Play Store
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USA Today, Marketing Land, ITworld.com and Android Authority
| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Canary Smart Home Security System Locks Down $30 Million In Series B — Canary, the smart home monitoring system, has just closed on $30 million in Series B funding led by Walden Riverwood Ventures, with participation from Cota Capital, Khosla ventures, Flextronics, Two Sigma Ventures and WTI.
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| Chad Bray / New York Times: |
Fitbit updates IPO filing, now seeks to raise $358.4M at $14-16 per share — Fitbit Says It Plans to Price I.P.O. at $14 to $16 a Share — Fitbit, the maker of wearable health-tracking devices, expects to price its initial public offering at $14 a share to $16 a share …
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TechCrunch, BBC, MarketWatch, Bloomberg Business, TheStreet.com and NASDAQ.com
| Christian Zibreg / iDownloadBlog.com: |
Google Maps gains enhanced transit data with live arrivals for buses, metros, and subway systems in Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, UK, and Netherlands — Google Maps gains enhanced transit data with live arrivals for buses, metros and subway systems — According to a post …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Mozilla integrates Pocket into Firefox, updates Developer Edition with new performance tools — Twisted Agile: We're taking elements Agile dev and shaking it up with savvy best practices for better, faster outcomes. Sign up for our free webinar on June 11 at 10 a.m. PST/11 p.m. EST.
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The Next Web, TechCrunch, The Mozilla Blog, Medium and Pocket Blog
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