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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Oculus Rift review: great design, good VR games, promising future game catalog, but expensive, lack of motion controls is a big weakness — Oculus Rift review — For a long time, the hopes and dreams of many virtual reality fans could be summed up with two words: Oculus Rift.
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Oculus Rift review: first generation hardware is pricey, awkward, isolating, and occasionally brilliant — Oculus Rift Review: VR's Rising Star Isn't Ready for the Mainstream — The first totally immersive home virtual reality rig is a pricey, awkward, isolating—and occasionally brilliant—glimpse of the future of computing
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| Ben Kuchera / Polygon: |
Oculus confirms devs free to sell Rift games on Steam, other platforms — The Oculus Rift has officially launched, and the first units should be arriving at the homes of early adopters today. You can read our full review, and Oculus has just detailed a very important aspect of its business …
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Sources: Sony's more powerful PlayStation 4 supporting ultra-high-definition graphics to be announced before planned October VR headset launch — Sony Plans New PlayStation for Graphics-Heavy Games — New console would be announced before virtual-reality headset
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CNET, The Next Web, MobileSyrup.com, TechSpot, Polygon, Forbes, TechnoBuffalo, Tech Times, VG247, Ubergizmo, DualShockers, GamesIndustry.biz, The Verge and Tech Insider. Tweets: @fubarduck
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
As shift to algorithmic feed looms, brands and bloggers on Instagram try to get you to turn on notifications by posting reminders — Instagrammers really want you to turn on notifications to avoid death by algorithm — Instagram today is an endless sea of meaningless posts asking you to turn …
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| Ginny Marvin / Search Engine Land: |
Google redesigns AdWords interface with Material Design and an emphasis on mobile — Google is completely redesigning AdWords: Offers first peek — At more than 15 years old, AdWords is looking like a bit of an old fogey, with an aging facade that looks to be creaking under the weight … | Grace Huang / Bloomberg Business: |
Japan's NTT Data to buy Dell's IT services business for $3.055B; Dell bought the unit, formerly known as Perot Systems, for $3.9B in 2009 — Japan's NTT to Buy Dell Systems for $3.055 Billion — Deal is largest by NTT Data Corp., which is expanding overseas — NTT doesn't give details of when it will acquire Dell units
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| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Periscope Has Been Used for 200 Million Broadcasts, 100 Million Since January Alone — Twitter-owned social live streaming service Periscope celebrated its first birthday Monday by revealing a major usage milestone: Periscope has been used for more that 200 million broadcasts since its launch in March 2015.
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Pandora cofounder Tim Westergren becomes the new CEO as part of management makeover — Pandora has appointed cofounder Tim Westergren its new CEO as part of a broader management makeover, the company announced today, — Stating that it “remains 100 percent committed to growth strategy,” … | Nathaniel Popper / New York Times: |
Bitcoin rival Ethereum climbed 1000% in 3 months, crossing $1B in value at times, and attracts interest from giants like JPMorgan Chase, Microsoft, and IBM — Ethereum, a Virtual Currency, Enables Transactions That Rival Bitcoin's — A new virtual gold rush is underway.
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Bloomberg View, Wall Street Journal and CCN
| Robert O'Harrow Jr / Washington Post: |
Clinton email scandal began with her desire to keep using an impossible-to-secure personal BlackBerry, transmitting classified docs over insecure communications — How Clinton's email scandal took root — Hillary Clinton's email problems began in her first days as secretary of state.
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Hit & Run and The Daily Caller. Tweets: @propublica, @ryan__hyman, @ggreenwald, @alanagoodman, @dataeditor, @n8han and @reince
| Cory Weinberg / The Information: |
Facebook Messenger source code hints at an in-store purchase service, “secret conversations”, and calendar sync between users — Facebook Messenger Prepares In-Store Purchase Service — Tucked inside the code for Facebook's Messenger are clues for how the chat app plans …
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