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Sources: Apple is backing Vital Signs, a six-episode scripted television series starring Dr. Dre, likely to be distributed via Apple Music — Dr. Dre Filming Apple's First Scripted Television Series (Exclusive) — ‘Vital Signs,’ the technology giant's inaugural original …
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MacRumors, CNNMoney, Engadget, 9to5Mac, Quartz, BGR, USA Today, VentureBeat, AppleInsider, The Verge, The Next Web, Gizmodo, Business Insider, iMore, InvestorPlace, iPhone in Canada Blog, Cult of Mac, SlashGear, Complex, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone Hacks, Consequence of Sound, Highsnobiety, The FADER, App Advice and Just Jared
Tweets: @snoodit, @pkafka, @shiraovide and @mims
See also Mediagazer| Jason Jacobs: |
Japanese sportswear company ASICS acquires Runkeeper — Runkeeper and ASICS are Joining Forces — I have some big news today! I am proud and excited to announce that Runkeeper has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by ASICS Corporation.
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ASICS US, ZDNet, The Verge, CNET, Re/code, MacRumors, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Next Web, TechCrunch, Wired, BetaNews, Xconomy, Fone Arena, Ubergizmo, VentureBeat, 9to5Mac, Digital Trends, BetaBoston, SlashGear, Android Authority, Pocket-lint, Guardian, Engadget and MobileSyrup.com
Tweets: @johnfertitta, @robinwauters, @jjacobs22 and @jjacobs22
Thanks:@sanatgersappa| Matt Hamblen / Computerworld: |
AT&T preparing to test 5G technologies in Austin, Texas by the end of the year — AT&T to run field trials of 5G wireless in Austin this year — AT&T announced today it will being field trials of faster 5G wireless technology this summer in Austin, Texas.
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AT&T, Re/code, MacRumors, USA Today, Engadget, InvestorPlace, Business Insider, Wireless Week, iPhone Hacks, App Advice, CNET, The Next Web, SlashGear, Lighthouse News Daily and Tech Times. Tweets: @inafried
| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
4-inch iPhone 5se & iPad Air 3 planned to go on sale March 18th — Apple is currently on target to start selling its next iPhone and iPad models the same week that the new products are introduced in March. Apple is currently planning to introduce a new 4-inch iPhone dubbed the “iPhone 5se” …
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MacRumors, The Verge, The Next Web, PhoneDog.com, App Advice, TechnoBuffalo and iPhone in Canada Blog. Tweets: @bzamayo
| Nellie Bowles / Guardian: |
Facebook India's managing director Kirthiga Reddy resigns — Move follows a disastrous week for Facebook during which its free internet service was blocked in India and a board member praised colonialism — Facebook India's managing director Kirthiga Reddy has announced she will be stepping …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
YouTube Acquires BandPage For $8M To Attract Musicians With Money-Making Tools — YouTube wants to win the love of musicians by solving their biggest problem: how to turn popularity into cash. So today it announced it's acquired BandPage, a startup that helps artists show off and sell concert tickets …
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The BandPage Blog, VentureBeat, 9to5Google, The Verge, The Next Web and RAIN News
Tweets: @joshconstine, @joshconstine, @mulligan, @bryce, @joshconstine and @joshconstine
Thanks:@joshconstine. See also Mediagazer| Anil Sabharwal / Google Photos Blog: |
Google to retire Picasa to focus on Google Photos: web albums will automatically migrate starting May 1, desktop app not supported as of March 15 — Moving on from Picasa — Since the launch of Google Photos, we've had a lot of questions around what this means for the future of Picasa.
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Re/code, 9to5Google, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, The Next Web, Engadget, Fortune, Consumerist and SlashGear. Tweets: @dannysullivan
| Motherboard: |
UK police arrest teen hacker thought to be Cracka, who is allegedly behind CIA and FBI breaches — Teen Allegedly Behind CIA, FBI Breaches: 'They're Trying to Ruin My Life.' — The months-long series of hacks and pranks by a group of alleged teenage hackers on the US government …
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The Daily Dot, CNN, The Verge, Business Insider and Office of Inadequate Security
Tweets: @anoncopwatch, @lorenzofb, @emptywheel, @mims and @taosecurity
| Samuel Gibbs / Guardian: |
UK's Streetmap loses ‘anticompetitive’ search abuse case against Google — UK internet mapping company to appeal after High Court rejects lawsuit claiming Google's conduct led to ‘dramatic loss of traffic’ — UK-based digital map provider Streetmap has lost its High Court action accusing Google … | Kim Zetter / Wired: |
Study: criminals would be able to easily avoid any mandatory backdoors by switching to one of many encryption methods developed outside US — Encryption Is Worldwide: Yet Another Reason Why a US Ban Makes No Sense — If a handful of lawmakers in the US and abroad have their way …
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Digital Trends, Data Center Knowledge, ZDNet, Ars Technica, Breitbart, Schneier on Security and Forbes. Tweets: @ron_miller
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Vevo's New, More Personalized Music App Comes To Android & Apple TV — In recent months, Vevo has been working to extend its brand from being best-known as the provider of original music videos on YouTube to being a service for music discovery in its own right.
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Vevo, Digital Trends, The Verge, Macworld, Variety, The Next Web, VentureBeat, RAIN News, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, iMore, Tech Insider and Engadget
| Yevgeniy Sverdlik / Data Center Knowledge: |
Netflix shuttered its last data center in January after a seven-year migration to AWS — Netflix Shuts Down Final Bits of Own Data Center Infrastructure — It's done and dusted. Since someday last month, everything Netflix does runs on Amazon Web Services, from streaming video to managing its employee and customer data.| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
Qualcomm announces Snapdragon X16 LTE modem supporting 1 Gbps downloads and 150 Mbps uploads — Qualcomm promises gigabit LTE speeds with its new Snapdragon X16 modem — And there are new low-end phone and wearable Snapdragon chips for later in 2016. — Qualcomm's lead in the mobile SoC … Sponsor Posts
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