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Automattic, in move away from PHP, launches new, open sourced admin interface for WordPress.com built on Node.js and React, releases Mac OS X app — WordPress.com Gets a New Face and Joins the JavaScript Age — The popular blogging site WordPress.com unveiled a new admin interface today …
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Tweets: @mattpodwysocki, @hugogiraudel, @markdalgleish, @chrismessina and @newsycombinator
| Edward C. Baig / USA Today: |
Square starts shipping its chip card reader with Apple Pay support; Samsung Pay now supports Chase cards — Square rolls out readers to accept Apple Pay — NEW YORK — Square is rolling out new mobile payment readers to 100 local businesses around the country, allowing such merchants …
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Macworld, Samsung Tomorrow, Visa Europe, squareup.com, MacRumors, Digital Trends, The Verge, VentureBeat, MacRumors, Engadget, iMore, Android Authority, Engadget, SiliconBeat, InvestorPlace, Tech Times, The Next Web, Phandroid, O'Grady's PowerPage, Pocketnow, App Advice, SamMobile, Droid Life, iPhone Hacks, 9to5Mac, Android Beat and Cult of Mac. Tweets: @mikeisaac
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google unveils Android Studio 2.0 with Instant Run, faster Android emulator, and new GPU profiler — At the Android Dev Summit today, Google announced Android Studio 2.0, the second major version of its integrated development environment (IDE). Version 2.0 adds Instant Run, a faster Android emulator, and a new GPU profiler.| Paresh DaveContact / Los Angeles Times: |
Snapchat's Story Explorer lets you view event-related Snaps from other users, available for New York and Los Angeles Live Stories today — Inside Snapchat's newest feature: Story Explorer — Snapchat Inc. Chief Executive Evan Spiegel grabs his iPhone, opens his Venice company's app and taps an icon for “Los Angeles.”
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Snapchat, The Next Web, VatorNews, Gigaom, Re/code, VentureBeat, The Verge, Business Insider, Tech Times, Variety, TechCrunch, iDownloadBlog.com, Tech Insider and Mashable
Tweets: @joshconstine and @alexbanayan
| Joshua Goldman / CNET: |
FAA drone task force recommends registration for pilots, not individual drones — If the FAA accepts the task force recommendations, registration will be mandatory prior to the operation of any UAS weighing more than half a pound.| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google launches Compare for mortgages in partnership with Zillow and LendingTree, available only in California for now — Google Launches Mortgage Shopping Tool In California, More States Coming Soon — Google is now a licensed mortgage broker in California.| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Dell does a Superfish, ships PCs with easily cloneable root certificates — Root certificate debacle that hit Lenovo now visits the House of Dell. — In a move eerily similar to the Superfish debacle that visited Lenovo in February, Dell is shipping computers that come preinstalled … | Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Slack connectivity issues resolved after about two-hour outage — Slack Is Having A Panic Attack — Slack seems to be running intermittently at the moment. — /giphy fail — We first noticed it internally, and then saw reports on Twitter. — @SlackHQ also confirmed the service issue in a tweet:| Skype Blogs: |
Skype 6.6 for iPhone and iPad brings phone number, date and address detection, and improved multitasking — When we're on our phones and tablets we're often doing several things at once, from researching a holiday, planning nights out, sending emails or messaging friends - we switch in and out of the apps that help us get things done.
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| Cecilia Kang / New York Times: |
Startups including Hello Alfred, Magic Leap, and Zenefits are increasing lobbying in Washington to create good will and minimize potential regulatory issues — Start-Up Leaders Embrace Lobbying as Part of the Job — WASHINGTON — Last year, the personal butler service Hello Alfred won …
Tweets: @danarubinstein and @erikbryn
| Kevin Tofel / ZDNet: |
More control: Amazon Echo gains advanced trigger commands with IFTTT — It's easier than ever to create custom voice actions with an Amazon Echo and If This Then That: See how using the new trigger command puts Alexa to work for you. — It's easier than ever to create custom voice controls … | Jonathan Keane / BBC: |
As retailers turn to increasingly affordable facial recognition tech to fight shoplifters, privacy concerns abound — Catching a thief by their face — Retail stores are turning to facial recognition technology and customer tracking tools to fight against shoplifters. BBC Future investigates.| Stephanie M. Lee / BuzzFeed: |
By delivering flu shots and hiring its first health advisor, Uber signals intent to shake up health care — The Uber Will See You Now — Jessica Funcannon getting a flu vaccination shot from Nurse Jerry Palacios at her workplace during the UberHealth day in Chicago last year.
Tweets: @ldignan
| Jackie Dove / Macworld: |
Adobe to close Revel, its cloud-based photo and video sharing service, in February, and will let users transfer files into Creative Cloud Photography plan — Adobe kills off its photo-sharing service Revel — The company is going all-in on the Creative Cloud Photography plan.
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