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Palmer Luckey says even high-end Mac Pros aren't powerful enough for the final Oculus Rift hardware — Oculus Founder: Rift will come to Mac if Apple “ever releases a good computer” — Even high-end Mac Pro GPUs aren't powerful enough for VR, Luckey says.
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Amazon says it has dropped device encryption in Fire OS 5 because customers weren't using it — Amazon confirms it has dropped device encryption support for its Fire Tablets — Amazon has confirmed that version 5 of Fire OS for its Fire tablet removes support for device encryption.
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A list of the companies, organizations, and individuals that have filed court documents supporting Apple against the FBI — These Are Apple's Allies Against the FBI (Updated) — Some 40 companies and organizations are expected to file briefs today in support of Apple in its fight …
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| Tim Sweeney / Guardian: |
Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney says Microsoft wants to lock PC game distribution and commerce with Universal Windows Platform, urges industry to fight it — Microsoft wants to monopolise games development on PC. We must fight it — Developers must oppose this, or else cede control of their titles| Kamal Ahmed / BBC: |
Sources: Facebook revenue in UK will no longer be routed through Ireland, will pay millions of pounds more in UK tax — Facebook to pay millions of pounds more in UK tax — Facebook is set to pay millions of pounds more in tax in the UK after a major overhaul of its tax structure.| Nate Hoffelder / The Digital Reader: |
Barnes & Noble to close Nook App store, Nook Video, and UK Nook Store March 15 — B&N is Shutting Down One of Its Top Three Digital Blunders on 15 March — Barnes & Noble announced a slew of of closures on Thursday, including Nook Video, the UK Nook Store, and what had to have been one of B&N's greatest digital mistakes.| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Intuit sells its Quicken business to private equity firm H.I.G. Capital — Intuit sells Quicken unit to H.I.G. Capital — The company's well-known Quicken business has been sold to a private equity firm. Quicken GM Eric Dunn was an investor in the transaction.
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Source: Snapchat raises $175M more from Fidelity at same $16B valuation as a year ago — Snapchat Raises $175 Million From Fidelity at Flat Valuation — Messaging company still worth $16 billion in latest funding — Snapchat Inc. has raised $175 million in fresh funding from Fidelity Investments …
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| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Wall Street Journal: |
Accel Partners: as of 2015 VCs invested $7B+ in total in at least 110 firms based on open source — Tech Firms Grapple With How to Make Open Source Pay — Issue gains currency as private investors pour money into open-source startups — On a sunny November day, representatives … | Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Facebook adds Spotify integration to Messenger so users can share songs and playlists — Spotify becomes first music platform to integrate with Facebook Messenger — Music has arrived on Messenger. — Facebook announced today that its mobile messaging platform now integrates with Spotify.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Vimeo revamps its iOS app with new design, improved discovery with categories, picture-in-picture, and Spotlight search support — Vimeo's iOS app gets a big makeover aimed at improving discovery — Vimeo, the video network and underdog to the global behemoth that is YouTube … | Michael Passalacqua / IGN: |
EA makes $1.3B a year from extra game content, half of that from the “Ultimate Team” mode in FIFA, Madden, and NHL — This Is How Much Money EA Makes on Extra Content — Around $650 million comes from Ultimate Team alone. — EA makes $1.3 billion a year off of extra content …
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