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Microsoft is building a special version of Minecraft for HoloLens — We got a closer look at Microsoft's HoloLens during Build in April, but the company is showing off the gaming aspects of its headset today. Microsoft has built a new version of Minecraft specifically for its HoloLens headset.
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Microsoft announces backwards compatibility for Xbox 360 games with Xbox One — Microsoft is bringing Xbox 360 games to the Xbox One — Microsoft is bringing old Xbox 360 games to the Xbox One. Xbox chief Phil Spencer revealed the huge news during an E3 keynote today.
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| Sam Machkovech / Ars Technica: |
Microsoft unveils Xbox One Elite controller with four paddles on back and completely swappable components — Microsoft unveils new Xbox One Elite controller—and we've held it — Includes paddles, “hair-trigger,” sensitivity options, swappable steel joysticks.
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| Will Ruben / Facebook: |
Facebook launches Moments, an app to privately sync photos with friends on Android and iOS, available in US for now — Introducing Moments: A Private Way to Share Photos With Friends — With a phone at everyone's fingertips, the moments in our lives are captured by a new kind of photographer: our friends.| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Apple will share 71.5% of Apple Music revenue with music rights owners in US, average around 73% outside US, no royalties paid during trial period — Here's What Happens to Your $10 After You Pay for a Month of Apple Music — You don't have to pay anything to try Apple's new streaming music service … | Brad Linder / Liliputing: |
Razer's acquisition of Ouya confirmed by a notice on advising investment bank's Mesa completed transactions page — Razer acquires Ouya (Android game system startup) — Gaming accessory maker Razer has acquired Android game console maker Ouya. Rumors had suggested Ouya was looking for a buyer …
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| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Apple is hiring editors to curate content for News app and work with publications to quickly surface breaking stories, according to a company job listing — Apple News curation will have human editors and that will raise important questions — Apple hasn't talked about it publicly …
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| Steve Lohr / New York Times: |
IBM to invest in Apache Spark for real-time data analysis, will have more than 3,500 developers working on related projects — IBM Invests to Help Open-Source Big Data Software — and Itself — The IBM “endorsement effect” has often shaped the computer industry over the years.
| Mark Bergen / Re/code: |
Google VP Neal Mohan Is Staying at Current Job, Not Departing for Dropbox — Last Monday, we reported that Google VP Neal Mohan was in talks with file storage company Dropbox about taking the vacant head of product role. Those conversations have ended. Mohan, an eight-year Google vet …
| Fletcher Babb / VentureBeat: |
Spotify's unreleased ‘Rewind’ feature builds playlists of songs from past decades based on present-day preferences — Spotify's unreleased ‘Rewind’ feature builds playlists from the past — Spotify has soft-launched a new feature titled “Rewind.”
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USA Today, The Next Web, PCWorld, Engadget, CNET, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, The Verge, Cult of Mac, TechSpot, MacNN, Business Insider, Digital Trends, Ubergizmo, Tech Times, SlashGear and SiliconANGLE. Tweets: @harrisonweber. Thanks:@harrisonweber
| Peter Rubin / Wired: |
Sony says at least 30 games are being developed for Project Morpheus, will price the headset at “several hundred dollars” — Sony's VR Push Hinges On The Game We Thought We'd Never Play — It's really my own fault for forgetting about the spiders.| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Adobe Brings Photoshop Mix, Brush CC, Shape CC And Color CC To Android — Adobe launched four new Android apps today (slightly ahead of schedule). While the company has long offered iOS tools for popular apps like Photoshop, Lightroom and others, it has generally not made these services available for Android.
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| Financial Times: |
Hello, maker of Sense sleep monitor, is raising $40M, in round led by Singapore's Temasek valuing company at $250M+ — Temasek leads backing for start-up Hello in move to raise $40m — Tim Bradshaw in San Francisco and Josh Noble in Hong Kong — Hello, the San Francisco-based company behind …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Netflix rolls out revamped website, its first major update in 4 years — After confirming it was coming, Netflix has finally launched its new website globally. The revamp is rolling out starting today — though if you don't see it yet, don't fret; the company says it may take up to two weeks to reach all members.Sponsor Posts
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