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Apple eyes March 15 event for iPhone 5se, iPad Air 3 & Apple Watch updates — Apple is currently aiming to unveil the new 4-inch the iPhone 5se, the iPad Air 3, and new Apple Watch band options at an event on Tuesday, March 15th, according to sources. We previously reported that Apple … | Ari Levy / CNBC: |
After blockbuster earnings, Alphabet passes Apple as the world's most valuable public company — Google passes Apple as most valuable company — Google-parent Alphabet passed Apple as the most valuable company in the world. At current after-hours levels, Alphabet's market cap is roughly $570 billion …
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WhatsApp passes 1B monthly active users, says 42B messages and 1.6B photos are shared daily, and users send 250M videos every day — WhatsApp passes 1 billion monthly active users — WhatsApp has joined a growing club of services that can now count having more than 1 billion monthly active users …
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YouTube stars Fine Brothers rescind plans to trademark terms and license assets related to their “react” videos after backlash — Fine Bros back down, rescind trademark claim on the word “react” — This is as much of React World as you're likely to see after the “react video” … | Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
IDC: Tablet shipments decline 10.1% in 2015, leaders Apple and Samsung both lose market share — The tablet market is still in decline. — Q4 2015 is the fifth straight quarter in a row to see a decrease year over year: 65.9 million units shipped, down 13.7 percent from the 76.4 million units …
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T-Mobile is fastest U.S. 4G network, according to crowdsourced mobile data company OpenSignal — A new report from OpenSignal shines a light on the current state-of-play among mobile networks in the U.S. — Looking at AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and T-Mobile, the State of Mobile Networks: USA … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
AR Startup Magic Leap Raises $793.5M Series C At $4.5B Valuation Led By Alibaba — Magic Leap has been successful in keeping a lot of its technology under wraps — the augmented and virtual reality technology company has yet to release a product — but its fundraising has been an open secret.| Mark Scott / New York Times: |
Sources: US and Europe reach safe harbor data deal, privacy rights advocates may file legal challenges — U.S. and Europe in ‘Safe Harbor’ Data Deal, but Legal Fight May Await — European officials on Tuesday agreed to a deal with the United States that would let Google …
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Report: Google seeking Apple-like control of Nexus phone manufacturing process, reducing involvement of hardware partners — Google's got a case of iPhone envy (GOOG, AAPL) — Google is planning to take more control over the design of its Nexus smartphones, taking steps to make the line …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Evernote Will Shut Down Market, Its E-Commerce Effort, On Wednesday — Some more news from Evernote — the note-taking app and startup of the same name — that speaks to the company's current rough patch: today it announced that as of Wednesday at 6pm Pacific, it will shutter Market …
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Review of popular email client Airmail that launched on iPhone with iCloud Sync, filters, snooze, third-party app integrations, and more for $4.99 — Airmail for iPhone Review: Power User Email — If you want to drive an average tech nerd crazy, try to talk about email clients.
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Recording Industry Association of America starts counting on-demand streaming audio and video toward certifying albums as gold or platinum sellers — The RIAA Finally Bows to Streaming, Making 17 Artists' Albums Go Gold and Platinum — This is huge. — Call it the Anti effect, or just call it getting hip to the times.Sponsor Posts
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