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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Google renames Chromecast app Google Cast; Vizio P-Series TVs launched with Cast support and a 6-inch Android tablet — Remote, Controlled — How Vizio and Google radically reinvented the TV — Matt McRae is fired up about remote controls. Or, more specifically, about getting rid of them.
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Google Chrome Blog, Gizmodo, 9to5Google, The Verge, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Android Beat, USA Today, PCWorld, The eBook Evangelist, 9to5Toys, Android Police, Droid Life, VIZIO, Digital Trends, Engadget, TechHive and Liliputing
Tweets: @reckless, @davechensky, @rdr0b11, @dannysullivan, @googlecast, @crafty, @chartier and @hoitab
See also Mediagazer| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Sources: Google developing third-party iOS keyboard with gesture-based typing, intergrated web search, and GIF search — Google is making a keyboard for the iPhone — Google has been developing a third-party keyboard for iOS that would put the company's search engine in a highly used part of the interface, The Verge has learned.
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MacRumors, ZDNet, AppleInsider, Ars Technica, The Next Web, iMore, 9to5Google, PhoneDog.com and Phandroid
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Uber starts bug bounty program with HackerOne, reveals network details to aid researchers, and offers bonuses for multiple discoveries; rewards range up to $10K — Uber Will Pay $10,000 ‘Bug Bounties’ to Friendly Hackers — Uber's business model is based on a simple notion … | Jack Clark / Bloomberg Business: |
Google to boost hiring for cloud division, plans 12 new data centers in next 18 months — Google's Greene Hastens Cloud Expansion in Race With Amazon — Company plans 12 new cloud data centers in next 18 months — Cloud division to boost hiring, marketing under Diane Greene
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SiliconBeat, Google Cloud Platform Blog, PCWorld, VentureBeat, Investor's Business Daily, CIO.com, InfoWorld, ZDNet, Business Insider, Fortune, Petri and WebProNews
Tweets: @shiraovide, @googlecloud and @bradstone
| Stuart Dredge / Music Ally: |
RIAA report: streaming accounted for more US recorded-music revenue than downloads in 2015, rising from 27% in 2014 to 34% in 2015 — US recorded-music revenues rose slightly in 2015 says RIAA — US music industry body the RIAA has published its figures for 2015, revealing …
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RIAA, VatorNews, The Verge, Wall Street Journal, Re/code, Billboard, MacNN, AllAccess.com, Forbes, New York Post, Tubefilter, Wall Street Journal, Music Week, Mashable and Tech Insider. Tweets: @laguarda. Thanks:@stuartdredge. See also Mediagazer
| Jonathan Zdziarski / Zdziarski's Blog of Things: |
Why the FBI's alternative method to unlock iPhone may involve NAND mirroring by an external forensics firm to enable brute force guessing of shooter's PIN — My Take on FBI's “Alternative” Method — FBI acknowledged today that there “appears” to be an alternative way into Farook's iPhone 5c …
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The Verge, CNET, ABC News, emptywheel, Associated Press, Washington Post, Business Insider, Motherboard, BGR, Gizmodo, The Atlantic, TechCrunch, Inquirer, TechEye, Newser, Boing Boing, Neowin and Engadget
Tweets: @ranvir01, @matthew_d_green and @grahamvsworld
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Apple confirms it considered buying UK chip technology firm Imagination Technologies, but has no plans to make an offer now — Apple confirms it considered buying Imagination Technologies, no plans to buy now — Earlier today a report was published by Ars Technica claiming that Apple …
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Ars Technica UK, London Stock Exchange, MacRumors, Bloomberg Business, Inquirer, Ubergizmo, Android Authority, Fortune, MacNN, TechSpot, Fortune, iDownloadBlog.com, Business Insider, Patently Apple, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Cult of Mac, iLounge, Silicon Valley Business …, iMore, Pocketnow, iPhone Hacks, International Business Times and Tech Insider
Tweets: @pkafka, @reneritchie and @benbajarin
Thanks:@ingridlunden| Lara O'Reilly / Business Insider: |
Adobe launches Marketing Cloud Device Co-op to help marketers track users across devices, offers opt-out — Adobe has figured out a clever way to track people as they switch between devices — Adobe announced Tuesday it is launching a “cross-device co-op” that will offer marketers …
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VentureBeat, TechCrunch, The Next Web, Adobe, The Stack, The Register, Fortune, AdExchanger, ZDNet, cmo.com.au, ECPM BLOG, Marketing Land and ZDNet. Tweets: @dangillmor
| Brian Solomon / Forbes: |
DoorDash announces $127M Series C led by Sequoia Capital, discusses how it raised in a down market — What It's Like To Raise $127 Million As Silicon Valley's Bubble Bursts — When Tony Xu calls 2015 a “blitzkrieg” year, it's hard to disagree. — The 31-year-old cofounder and CEO … | Julie Bort / Business Insider: |
Cisco CEO email to company on reorganization of engineering unit into four new teams: networking, cloud services and platforms, security, applications and IoT — Here's the email Cisco's CEO just sent to the troops to announce a big reorg — On Monday, Cisco's new CEO Chuck Robbins announced …
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The Register, SiliconBeat, eWeek, FierceCable, ZDNet and ITworld.com. Tweets: @jasonlk. Thanks:@mattrosoff
| Financial Times: |
UK IT firm Micro Focus to acquire Serena Software in $540M deal — Micro Focus targets Serena Software in $540m US expansion drive — Micro Focus is set to acquire Serena Software in a move worth $540m, as the British technology group continues to pursue big deals across the Atlantic.
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PCWorld, SiliconANGLE, silicontap.com, computing.co.uk, The Register, PE HUB, Reuters and Fortune
| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
HTC's next flagship phone will be unveiled on April 12th — HTC will unveil its next flagship phone three weeks from today, on April 12th. The new phone is believed to be called the HTC 10 and is supposed to be a continuation of the One line, featuring a similar design with improved specs.Sponsor Posts
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