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Apple invites media to event on March 21 at 10AM PT at its Cupertino campus, where it's expected to announce iPhone SE and a new iPad — Apple sends out invitations for a new iPhone event on March 21 — Apple sent out invitations for an event on March 21 where it's expected to announce a new iPhone called the iPhone SE.
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| Jacob Pramuk / CNBC: |
In new filing, DOJ accuses Apple of false rhetoric and deliberately raising technological barriers that prevent execution of warrant, calls court order “modest” — DOJ: Apple ‘deliberately’ made hurdles to FBI probe — The Justice Department on Thursday filed its latest response …
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Government claims San Bernardino shooter had disabled iCloud backup system — A new filing from the government has struck back at one of the central claims in Apple's San Bernardino defense. One of the most controversial aspects of the case has been FBI handling of Syed Farook's phone …
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FCC chairman Tom Wheeler proposes rules that would force ISPs to ask your permission before sharing personal data with some outside parties — It's Your Data: Empowering Consumers to Protect Online Privacy — It's the age of anywhere, anytime Internet connectivity — do you know where your information is?
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| Krystian Kolondra / Opera Desktop: |
Opera introduces native ad-blocking feature to its browser, claims it is about 45% faster than Chrome with AdBlock Plus extension — Introducing native ad-blocking feature for faster browsing — If there were no bloated ads, some top websites would load up to 90% faster.
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Nest launches family accounts and Home/Away feature that will use phones' locations to tell when house is empty — Nest can now use your phone to tell when you've left the house — Nest's products are about to get better at telling when you're out of the house and when you're about to come back home.
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| Yoree Koh / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Twitter offering additional restricted stock and cash bonuses to employees companywide to stem talent drain — Twitter Bets on Payouts to Rein In Talent Flight — Social media company offers additional restricted stock and cash bonuses to employees
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| Brent Lang / Variety: |
Sources: The Screening Room, backed by Sean Parker, pitches film industry on service that would offer $50 home movie rentals on theatrical release day — Studios, Exhibitors Consider Revolutionary Plan for Day-and-Date Movies at Home (EXCLUSIVE) — Tech moguls Sean Parker …
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MIT researchers develop Polaris, a software framework that they say can make web pages load up to 34% faster — MIT May Have Just Given the Web a Huge Speed Boost — An open source tool may help tame the hobbled mess of autoplaying videos and advertising trackers that is the modern web.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
YouTube Gaming expands to several new markets, adds 60fps playback, DVR mode, and pop-out player support to Android — YouTube Gaming expands to new markets, improves its browsing and viewing experience on mobile — YouTube Gaming, the video network's dedicated application for streaming …
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
On-demand massage service Soothe raises $35M from Riverside Company — Soothe raises $35M to bring you massages on demand — The massage industry is getting a rubdown. Soothe has raised $35 million to bring on-demand massages to the masses. — It's one more example of how an on-demand app service …
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| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Messaging app Cola, which uses interactive text message Bubbles to expand functionality, publicly launches on iOS — Cola launches its app for smarter, more interactive text messages — Do you sometimes get the feeling that you're having a looooooong text conversation to accomplish some fairly simple planning?
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