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Microsoft Says 74 Android OEMs Now Pre-Installing Its Apps; Acer Joins List — Microsoft's Windows Phone may have lost the battle to Android in capturing substantial market share, but it doesn't mean that there won't be footprints of the company's services and apps on your Android device.
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Twitter's problem isn't that it stopped growing; it's that people expect it to keep growing — Twitter, to Save Itself, Must Scale Back World-Swallowing Ambitions — Twitter is the world's most important social network. — That might sound like the ravings of an addict …
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Chrome 49 for Android will notify users of nearby smart beacons, Google announces IoT research pilot — A part of Google's Internet of Things approach involves placing low-energy Bluetooth beacons in the world that can communicate with smartphones. Starting with version 49, currently in beta …
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Tesla to update Summon software in Model S in response to safety concerns raised by Consumer Reports — Tesla to Fix Self-Parking Feature After Consumer Reports Raises Safety Concern — Summon mode now to come with additional protections
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Mark Zuckerberg says Marc Andreessen's comments are “deeply upsetting” and do not represent thinking of Facebook or himself — I want to respond to Marc Andreessen's comments about India yesterday. I found the comments deeply upsetting, and they do not represent the way Facebook or I think at all.
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| Mark Scott / New York Times: |
Source: Google to expand right-to-be-forgotten link removal to all domains when viewed from EU, starting February — Google Will Further Block Some European Search Results — Google is about to change how people view its search results in Europe. — The American technology giant … | Evan Blass / VentureBeat: |
Alcatel OneTouch Idol 4S packaging will double as VR goggles — EXCLUSIVE: — For the fifth largest cellphone brand in North America — up from 13th as recently as 2014 — Alcatel OneTouch isn't nearly the household name that competitors Huawei and ZTE have become.| Inside Airbnb: |
New report claims Airbnb manipulated statistics when it released NYC dataset in December — How Airbnb's Data hid the Facts in New York City — On December 1 2015, Airbnb made data available about its business in New York City, with much fanfare. This report shows that the Airbnb data release misled the media and the public.
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Google announces People API to streamline how apps gather contact data, will eventually replace existing Google+ API and Google Contacts API — Google People API Lets Devs Poke Through Users' Contacts — Google today announced the People API, a single API it hopes will eventually be able …
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HBO Now has 800K paying subscribers 10 months after launch, short of predicted 1-2M subs — HBO NOW, The Network's Streaming Service For Cord Cutters, Has Just 800,000 Subscribers — HBO NOW may have scored as one of last year's top streaming apps in terms of revenue … | Sean O'Kane / The Verge: |
ViaSat announces Boeing partnership and ViaSat-3 satellites, capable of 1 Tbps, equal to the combined network capacity of all existing commercial satellites — New 1-Terabit internet satellites will deliver high-speed internet to remote areas — US-based satellite company ViaSat is teaming …
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App Annie report: cheap smartphones to propel app spending to $101B in 5 years, as userbase of smartphones and tablets slated to hit 6.2B by 2020, up from 2.6B — Cheap Smartphones to Propel App Spending Past $100 Billion — Mobile app store spending set to more than double by 2020
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