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Tim Cook: Apple won't create ‘converged’ MacBook and iPad — ADRIAN WECKLER TWITTER — Apple will not create a “converged” MacBook and iPad, according to chief executive Tim Cook. — Google — Speaking to Independent.ie , Cook denied that the death of computers such as the Mac …
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How tech firms responded to Paris attacks: Facebook's Safety Check used in first man-made disaster, emergency response tools activated by Airbnb, Uber, others — How Tech Learned From Past Crises And Reacted To The Paris Attacks — What Facebook, Airbnb, and Uber did when terrorists attacked Paris.
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Apple's quest for style and appearance comes at the cost of usability, particularly on iOS, according to former employees — How Apple Is Giving Design A Bad Name — For years, Apple followed user-centered principles. Then something went wrong. — Once upon a time … | Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
Inside Mark Zuckerberg's Bold Plan For The Future Of Facebook — Facebook is firing on all cylinders. Now Mark Zuckerberg is looking to the decade ahead, from AI to VR to drones. — “Mark is fixing stuff.” — I'm killing time in the Frank Gehry-designed Building 20 … | Kyle Orland / Ars Technica: |
SteamOS gaming performs significantly worse than Windows, Ars analysis shows — Cross-platform 3D games face 21- to 58-percent frame rate dip on same hardware. — Since Valve started publicly talking about its own Linux-powered “Steam Boxes” about three years ago now …
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| E.T. Brooking / Foreign Policy: |
Behind #OpISIS and GhostSec, a group of hactivists fighting ISIS online, gathering and passing intelligence, which may have helped to disrupt a terror plot — Anonymous vs. the Islamic State — For nearly a year, a war has been unfolding in strange corners of the Internet.
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Storyful is testing Slack integrations that let clients subscribe to news alerts within channels — How Storyful is turning Slack into an extension of its newswire — Usage of the messaging app Slack has exploded. The company says it has 1.25 million daily users, tenfold growth in just a year …
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Lenovo Yoga 900 review: significantly improved performance and battery life over last year's Yoga 3 Pro thanks to higher-end components — Lenovo Yoga 900 review: A hybrid laptop with some serious muscle — What a difference a year makes. Just about 12 months ago, Lenovo released the Yoga 3 Pro … | Jacob Demmitt / GeekWire: |
Microsoft and Code.org will use Minecraft to teach kids the basics of computer programming … Microsoft wants to turn kids' love of Minecraft into a love of computer programming through a partnership with Code.org, announced on Monday morning. — They've built a tutorial that students across … | Erin Griffith / Fortune: |
Profile of REVOLVE, an online apparel startup whose sales is set to reach $400M this year — How Revolve Became the Biggest, Trendiest, Most Profitable E-commerce Startup You've Never Heard Of — If you attend enough Hamptons house parties, they tend to blur together.| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Ups Its Sticker Game As The First Paid Packs Arrive For Messenger — In a move that may seem trivial, but could be indicative of the future, you can now buy paid-for stickers for Facebook Messenger. Facebook itself isn't offering stickers directly, but it is working closely with a third-party …
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Costly Wizard of Oz party seen as indicative of Marissa Mayer's convoluted Yahoo strategy — Marissa Mayer's Convoluted Yahoo Strategy: There's No Place Like Home — Last fall, in one of the stranger and more expensive efforts to boost company morale, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer decided … Sponsor Posts
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