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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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| John Kell / Fortune: |
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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| Andrew Liszewski / Gizmodo: |
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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| 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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| 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”.
Tweets: @mdudas
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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, The Next Web, Motherboard, WebProNews and TrustedReviews. Tweets: @nathaliecollida
| 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.| 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.| Biz Carson / Business Insider: |
VCs interviewed at Upfront Summit concerned by cooling markets and troubled unicorns, but look to the down market to propel startups with strong business models — ‘The Great Reset’: Venture capitalists and startups have shifted from greed to fear — If the terrible headlines and stock prices … | Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Indian e-commerce firm Snapdeal raises $200M round led by Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan — Snapdeal Raises $200M More To Fuel Up For India's Ongoing E-Commerce Battle — Snapdeal, India's second largest e-commerce site, has pulled in $200 million in new funding via an investment led …
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Techvibes Global News, livemint.com, Business Standard, Wall Street Journal, iamwire, dna, NDTV Gadgets360.com, Times of India, bgr.in, YourStory.com, Reuters, Firstpost and Business Standard
Tweets: @mdudas, @jonrussell and @mgsiegler
Thanks:@ravichandrans25| Ben Rosen / BuzzFeed: |
How one teen and her friends use Snapchat, replying to 40 snaps in under a minute, getting scores of 100K+ in 45 days, burning tens of gigabytes of data a month — My Little Sister Taught Me How To “Snapchat Like The Teens” … TRENDING — I'm 29 years old, and I've been on Snapchat for about a year now.
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Washington Post and Motherboard. Tweets: @katie_roof, @dshankar, @marshallk, @profjeffjarvis, @nickbilton, @wickedgood and @umichlsa
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