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Apple issues AC adapter recall for Macs and iPads sold in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Europe, New Zealand, and South Korea between 2003 and 2015 — Apple Is Issuing A Recall For Some Of Its Wall Plug Adapters — Today in power cord plug wall-adapter news, Apple is announcing …
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| Cade Metz / Wired: |
Google's AlphaGo becomes the first AI to beat a professional player in the board game Go, uses both deep neural networks and tree search algorithms — In a Huge Breakthrough, Google's AI Beats a Top Player at the Game of Go — In a major breakthrough for artificial intelligence …
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| Liam Tung / CSO Online: |
Oracle announces Java browser plugin will be deprecated in JDK 9, scheduled for release March 2017 — Oracle says goodbye to Java browser plugin in JDK 9 — Oracle will finally deprecate its Java browser plugin in the next release of the Java SE Development Kit, JDK 9, which is scheduled for release in 2017.| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Sources: Apple likely to debut iPad Air 3 at event the week of March 14, alongside iPhone 5se and new Watch models — Apple likely to debut iPad Air 3 at March event; new Apple Watch models revealed — Apple is planning to introduce new iPad hardware at an event in mid-March …
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard: |
Chrome will flag unencrypted websites as insecure, displaying a red “x” over a padlock in the URL bar — Google Will Soon Shame All Websites That Are Unencrypted — Google wants everything on the web to be travelling over a secure channel. That's why in the future … | Cara Waters / Sydney Morning Herald: |
Australian startup Unlockd partners with Boost Mobile in the US to offer Android users ads on their lock screen in exchange for discounts on monthly phone bills — Unlockd signs US deal with Boost Mobile worth up to $100 million — A Melbourne startup which offers a “freemium” … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook's revenue per user up 29.8% to $1.22 in developing world; DAUs hit 1.04B up 2.97% YoY; full year revenue of $17.93B, up 44% YoY — Facebook Climbs To 1.59 Billion Users And Crushes Q4 Estimates With $5.8B Revenue — By courting users and ad dollars in the developing world, Facebook continued its growth streak.| Facebook: |
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| John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal: |
FCC to propose new rules giving cable and satellite customers more choice over set top boxes, 40 telco and media groups are expected to oppose the plan — FCC to Propose Overhauling Rules on Set-Top Boxes — Measure, aimed at cutting cable bills, likely would let consumers choose among competing devices
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| Caroline O'Donovan / BuzzFeed: |
Survey finds telcos use Facebook's Free Basics for retaining users already paying for data, not first time internet users — Here's How Free Basics Is Actually Being Sold Around The World — If you watched TV in Bolivia or read a newspaper in Ghana or listened to the radio in Panama … | Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg Business: |
Alibaba beats estimates for December quarter, revenue up 32% to $5.2B, profit of $1.92B — Alibaba Beats Profit, Sales Estimates on Rural China Push — Gross merchandise value surges 23% driven by mobile spending — Mobile monetization rates increased to 2.88% in quarter
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| Kirk Koenigsbauer / Office Blogs: |
Microsoft Office Online now allows real-time co-authoring on documents stored on cloud services like Dropbox, Box, and Citrix ShareFile — New cloud storage options for Office mobile and Office Online — Today's post was written by Kirk Koenigsbauer, corporate vice president for the Office team.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Spotify Is Raising Another $500M In Convertible Notes With Discounts On IPO Shares — A week after streaming music company Deezer announced that it had raised another $109 million from existing investors, news has leaked out that its bigger rival Spotify is raising again, too.| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Samsung reports Q4 operating profit of $5.05B but net profit down almost 40% year-over-year, will focus on better mobile software, displays — Samsung will focus on better mobile software and futuristic displays after tough quarter — Samsung Electronics made an operating profit … Sponsor Posts
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