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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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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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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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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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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.
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| Mario Trujillo / The Hill: |
Senate Judiciary Committee votes to advance a new bill to curb a variety of abusive patent litigation practices — Patent reform clears key hurdle in the Senate — The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday sent a bill to the floor that aims to crack down on so-called patent trolls.
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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
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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Overstock is preparing to offer a $25M private bond using blockchain-like technology — Overstock Will Issue a Private Bond Powered by Bitcoin Tech — Overstock.com is preparing to offer a $25 million private bond using technology that mimics the blockchain, the distributed online ledger that underpins the bitcoin digital currency.| Wall Street Journal: |
India's Micromax shipped over 30 new smartphone models last year, ranging from $50 to $300+ — India's Micromax Churns Out Phones Like Fast Fashion — Handset maker designs dozens of new models a year, most costing less than $150 — NEW DELHI—Early last year, product planners …
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