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Sony Music CEO confirms launch of Apple's music streaming service tomorrow — Sony Music CEO Doug Morris said in an interview on stage today that Apple will announce its new music streaming service tomorrow at its World Wide Developers Conference. — While observers have long-expected … | Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
What to expect at WWDC 2015: native Apple Watch SDK, iOS 9 and OS X 10.11 focusing on core user experience, and Apple Music — Coming at WWDC 2015: New Apple Watch SDK, Quality-focused/refreshed iOS 9 & OS X 10.11, Apple Music — Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference is about to kick off.
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| Jenna Wortham / New York Times: |
Advanced mobile infrastructure, population density and consumer habits give Seoul some advantages over Silicon Valley as an environment for mobile innovation — What Silicon Valley Can Learn From Seoul — South Korean companies are building software for smartphones that's chaotic …
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Inside Internet Research Agency, an army of pro-Kremlin trolls wreaking havoc on the Internet — The Agency … Around 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 11 last year, Duval Arthur, director of the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness for St. Mary Parish, Louisiana …
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Thanks:@atechmemefan| Tom Maxwell / 9to5Google: |
Slack for Android updated with much faster navigation, emoji support, more — Slack, the workplace communication service that has taken the corporate communications space by storm, has released what is says is a “better, faster, and all around Android-ier” Slack app for Android, rewritten from the ground up.
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| Liz Alderman / New York Times: |
Inside Uber's battle with regulators in Paris, where its UberPOP service operates in the face of an effective ban — Uber's French Resistance — In cities from New York to New Delhi, the car service Uber has faced threats and bans from regulators but usually comes out on top. Has it met its match in Paris?
Tweets: @sub8u
| Chris Davies / SlashGear: |
Amazon Echo updated to read audiobooks purchased through Audible — Amazon Echo now reads your Audible audiobooks — Amazon has added audiobook reading to its Echo personal assistant, allowing the pillar-like speaker to regale owners with Audible ebooks.
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With App Indexing and Google Now On Tap, Google is trying to make your whole phone an interface for search — How Google Is Taking Search Outside the Box — The I/O conference had virtual reality, photos and electronic clothes. But as always, there was search.| Ryan Gantz / The Verge: |
Google Photos' Assistant feature creates collages and movies that can be surprising, lovely, and bizarre — Laughing and crying my way through the new Google Photos — I started using Google Photos after it first launched last week. I was immediately impressed for all the reasons … | Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Android TV now has more than 600 apps available, gets updated store to ease app discovery — Android TV Gets Updated App Store With More Than 600 Apps — There are now more than 600 apps available on Android TV, and Google just took some steps to help users with app discovery on its TV platform.| Glyn Moody / Ars Technica UK: |
Microsoft opens “Transparency Center” in Brussels, allowing EU governments to inspect the company's software for backdoors — Microsoft opens EU “Transparency Centre” to allay fears over NSA backdoors — Microsoft has opened what it calls a “Transparency Centre” in Brussels …
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Huawei's $179 TalkBand B2 is the first third party fitness tracker to integrate with the Jawbone UP platform — Jawbone's lifeline is coming in the form of a Huawei fitness tracker — Jawbone is opening its Up fitness tracking platform to third-party devices, and the Huawei Talkband B2 …
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