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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
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 …
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
T-Mobile has fastest US 4G network, closely followed by Verizon, with AT&T and Sprint lagging behind, says crowdsourced mobile data company OpenSignal — T-Mobile is fastest U.S. 4G network, according to crowdsourced mobile data company OpenSignal — A new report from OpenSignal shines …
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| Mark Scott / New York Times: |
US, Europe reach safe harbor data deal, includes ombudsman in State Dept. for quick response to grievances; 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 …
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| Sam Machkovech / Ars Technica: |
YouTube stars Fine Brothers kill plans to trademark the word “react” and license their videos' “format” 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” … | 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.
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| Pavel Alpeyev / Bloomberg Business: |
Nintendo quarterly profit down 36% as Wii U and 3DS sales drop; first smartphone game on track for March release — Oh No Mario: Nintendo Profit Dives as Buyers Await Mobile Games — Wii U, 3DS hardware sales languish despite Splatoon, Mario — President Kimishima affirms first smartphone game in March
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| Travis Kalanick / Uber Global: |
Uber announces major rebranding with icons designed to reflect regional colors and patterns, as well as a new logotype — Celebrating Cities: A New Look and Feel for Uber — Have you ever looked at someone's hairstyle and thought “oh my, you peaked in the 1990s?” Well that's a bit how I feel about Uber's look today.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
SoundCloud Gets Its Own Radio Feature With Launch Of “Stations” On iOS And Android — With opportune timing, given Apple's decision to put its curated iTunes Radio stations behind a paywall, music streaming service SoundCloud today launched its own take on continuous, lean-back listening with the debut of “Stations.”
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| Eugene Kim / Business Insider: |
Inside Marissa Mayer's efforts to maintain Yahoo Labs amid layoffs, overseas office shutdowns, and a shift from longer-term research to product initiatives — Yahoo has a Google-like moonshot factory where crazy ideas are tested — but it's dying and Marissa Mayer is struggling to revive it
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft to turn on Yammer by default for eligible Office 365 customers over next few months as it tries to head off Facebook at Work — Microsoft tries to head off Facebook at Work by turning on Yammer by default — Microsoft is turning Yammer on by default for eligible Office 365 commercial customers over the next few months.
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| Lauren Goode / The Verge: |
NPD: 13.4M fitness trackers were sold in the US in 2015, up from 7.2M in 2014, totaling $1.46B in sales, up from $692M the previous year — The Apple Watch didn't slow down sales of fitness trackers last year — Spending on wearable devices in the US nearly doubled in 2015 from 2014 … | Federico Viticci / MacStories: |
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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| Jeremy Kirk / PCWorld: |
FireEye acquires automated response platform provider Invotas — FireEye acquires Invotas for faster incident response — Invotas' platform consolidates information from many security products — FireEye said Monday it has acquired Invotas, a company that develops a platform …
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