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Skype to add group video calling on iOS, Android, and Windows 10 Mobile; users can now sign up to preview the feature — Skype adds mobile group video calling on iOS, Android, and Windows 10 Mobile — Skype is celebrating the tenth anniversary of its free video calling feature with the addition … | Mark Bergen / Re/code: |
Google opens VR division, to be headed by VP of Product Management Clay Bavor; apps division now under SVP Diane Greene, head of enterprise operations — Google Opens Virtual Reality Division, Apps Move to Enterprise Unit — As Facebook and Microsoft have plowed ahead with virtual reality, Google has looked like it's behind.
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Researchers find older versions of Fortinet's firewall software allow remote access using a hard-coded password; company says issue resolved via patch in 2014 — Et tu, Fortinet? Hard-coded password raises new backdoor eavesdropping fears — Discovery comes a month after competitor Juniper disclosed unauthorized code.
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Verizon Accused of Routing Millions of IP Addresses for Cybercriminals — US network operator Verizon Communications is routing over 4 million IP addresses that are currently in the hands of cybercriminals, researchers at The Spamhaus Project reveal. — Spammers have been acquiring large ranges …
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Google I/O 2016 to be held May 18-20 at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View — Google's I/O 2016 conference announced for May 18th-20th — Google CEO Sundar Pichai just announced that the company's annual I/O developer's conference has been scheduled for May 18th through the 20th.
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| Andrew J . Hawkins / The Verge: |
Uber updates its API with Trip Experiences, a way for third party apps to serve content and ads to users during trips with users' permission — Uber wants to feed you all kinds of content during your next ride — Uber, realizing it had hundreds of millions of people in its back seats …
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Netflix CEO Reed Hastings Announces $100M Philanthropic Education Fund — Reed Hastings took to Facebook Tuesday to announce that he would be personally funding a new $100 million philanthropic fund, focusing exclusively on education-related projects and organizations.
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Spotify And Genius Team To Stream The Backstory On Music Tracks — Spotify, the popular music streaming app with 75 million users, wants to ramp up its profile as a platform for more than just music listening. And to that end, it has linked up with Genius, the startup that annotates music lyrics …
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard: |
Group that hacked CIA Director John Brennan's AOL account has now allegedly hacked Director of National Intelligence James Clapper's phone, Internet, email — Teen Who Hacked CIA Email Is Back to Prank US Spy Chief — One of the “teenage hackers” who broke into the CIA director's AOL email account …
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| Samit Sarkar / Polygon: |
EA announces Origin Access, $4.99 monthly subscription for PC games — Electronic Arts' EA Access is now available for Windows PC games as Origin Access, a subscription for EA's Origin digital distribution platform, the company announced today. Origin Access costs $4.99 per month …
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| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Lyft partners with National MedTrans Network and announces 3rd-party web app, Concierge, to cater to seniors without smartphones; pilot program in NYC — Lyft Announces Partnership To Help Seniors Without Smartphones Get Around — Ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft have always …
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The Next Web, Lyft Blog, SiliconANGLE, BuzzFeed, TheTransitWire.com, SlashGear, Tech Times, Engadget and CNNMoney. Thanks:@lucas_matney
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Delicious Media, a Domainersuite and Science Inc. alliance, takes over management of Delicious with Tony Aly as CEO, will revert to original URL del.icio.us — Delicious, Former Web 2.0 Darling, Is Now Managed By New Alliance, Rolls Back Most Recent ChangesSponsor Posts
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