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Samsung starts pushing Android 6.0 Marshmallow update to its devices, beginning with Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge today — Samsung starts Android Marshmallow update with Galaxy S6 today — Samsung is pushing the latest version of Google's Android operating system to its mobile devices from February 15th.
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Mattel's ThingMaker, a 3D-printer and app enabling kids to make toys, is available for pre-order on Amazon for $299, will ship this fall — Mattel Is Using 3D Printing to Resurrect An Old Hit — Mattel kicked off New York Toy Fair with a big announcement: the world's largest toy maker …
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| Fitz Tepper / TechCrunch: |
Tidal Tops U.S. App Store After Landing Exclusive Rights To Kanye West's New Album — After scoring exclusive streaming rights to Kanye West's new album, The Life of Pablo, Tidal has taken over the number one spot on the U.S. App Store. … The album, which went live yesterday …
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How software designers are grappling with creating a computer voice that people like, which is as much an art as it is a science — Creating a Computer Voice That People Like — When computers speak, how human should they sound? — This was a question that a team of six IBM linguists … | Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Palantir acquires Kimono Labs, will shutter data collection service on February 29 — Kimono Labs has been acquired by Palantir in a move that will see the team behind the data collection service absorbed into the secretive data analytics platform. As a result of the deal …
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Mattel's $40 Google Cardboard-compatible VR View-Master 2.0, coming this fall, fixes many problems of the original — The VR View-Master 2.0 Will Be the Best Google Cardboard You Can Buy — Last year Mattel completely re-invented the View-Master by turning it into what eventually became …
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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
How Facebook and Google dominate digital advertising, and why other tech companies struggle — The Reality of Missing Out — When it comes to ad-supported services, pundits everywhere are fond of the adage “If you're not the customer you're the product”.
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| Steve Ragan / CSO: |
Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center's network down for more than a week after ransomware attack; hackers demand $3.6M — Ransomware takes Hollywood hospital offline, $3.6M demanded by attackers — Network has been offline fore more than a week, $3.6 million demanded as ransom
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The Verge, Engadget, The Register, Computerworld, Softpedia News, ZDNet, Hacked, SlashGear, International Business Times, SC Magazine UK and The Next Web. Tweets: @jasonlk
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Wikimedia's Knowledge Engine, a $2.4M research project to build a transparent search engine, received a $250K grant from the Knight Foundation in September — Knowledge Engine: Wikimedia Foundation takes aim at Google with $3.5m search project — Online encyclopedia Wikipedia is preparing …
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The Register, Search Engine Land, WebProNews, The Next Web, Motherboard and TrustedReviews. Tweets: @nathaliecollida
| Nathan Ingraham / Engadget: |
Hulu's universal Windows 10 app features live tiles and Cortana — A big part of the promise of Windows 10 is the big push for universal applications, which enable developers to write one app that'll work on PCs, phones and tablets. Hulu has embraced Microsoft's vision and is launching its universal Windows 10 application today.| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Immersion files a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple over 3D Touch, Force Touch, Taptic Engine and other haptic feedback technologies — Haptic Feedback Company Immersion Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Apple — Immersion, a company that develops and licenses haptic touch … | Anthony Noto / New York Business Journal: |
Web.com to acquire SMB digital marketing firm Yodle for $342M — Yodle agrees to $342M takeover offer from Web.com — New York-based Yodle Inc. has been toying with the idea of an initial public offering for almost two years. Today, it opted for M&A instead.Sponsor Posts
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