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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
DoJ withdraws legal action against Apple after method to access San Bernardino shooter's iPhone proved successful — Apple's San Bernardino fight is officially over as government confirms working attack — After months of work, the FBI finally has a way into the San Bernardino iPhone.
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Apple on DoJ's withdrawal of iPhone unlock case: this case should never have been brought; case raised issues that deserve a national conversation — FBI Accessed San Bernardino Shooter's iPhone Without Apple, Drops Litigation — SAN FRANCISCO — The Justice Department (DOJ) …
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| Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
Source: Yahoo sets April 11 deadline to submit preliminary bids for core Web business and Asian assets — Yahoo Sets April 11 Deadline to Submit Preliminary Bids — Microsoft has discussed financing a Yahoo bid with private-equity firms — Yahoo Inc. has given potential suitors two weeks …
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| James Niccolai / PCWorld: |
Court filings show Oracle is seeking up to $9.3B in damages from Google for using Java in Android as new trial is set to begin on May 9 — Oracle seeks $9.3 billion for Google's use of Java in Android — The figure appears in a report by Oracle's damages expert, which Google strongly contests
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TechEye, SlashGear, Investor's Business Daily, ITProPortal, Business Insider and Fortune. Tweets: @dtunkelang
| Maciej Ceglowski / Pinboard Blog: |
Pinboard founder says IFTTT's platform migration imposes onerous terms on service providers, and recommends alternatives like Zapier or Botize — My Heroic and Lazy Stand Against IFTTT … © Nine Fives Software. Problems or questions? Contact <support@pinboard.in>
| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
iPad Pro 9.7" review: build quality, performance, Apple Pencil great as expected, but unlike larger Pro model, it ships with 2GB RAM, which may prove limiting — 9.7-inch iPad Pro review: What makes something “Pro” anyway? — The smaller Pro straddles the line between the 12.9-inch version and the Air 2.
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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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Tweets: @wired, @stevekovach, @caseynewton, @tim_stevens and @plante
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Tweets: @jason_rubin and @benkuchera
| Geoffrey A. Fowler / Wall Street Journal: |
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Tweets: @stevecase, @9_volt88 and @wsj
| Cho Mu-hyun / ZDNet: |
Samsung launches Samsung Pay in China in partnership with UnionPay — Samsung Pay launches in China, competes with Apple — After much hype, Samsung Pay has launched in China where it will compete with rival services such as Apple Pay and Huawei Pay. — Samsung officially launched Samsung Pay …
| 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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Tweets: @theinformation and @jessicalessin
| 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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Tweets: @instagram, @niczaira, @kristenlanae, @krisfadeley, @shanselman and @caseynewton
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple acknowledges iOS 9 crashing bugs when tapping links, fix coming ‘soon’ with a software update — Since posting our original story, we have heard from a lot of readers that are affected by iOS 9 crashes or app hangs when tapping links, spanning multiple iOS versions (not just 9.3) and devices.
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Guardian, Inquirer, iPhone Hacks, Tnooz, iPhone in Canada Blog, Newser, iMore and MacNN. Tweets: @steipete
| Wall Street Journal: |
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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VRFocus, International Business Times, Wired.co.uk, Ars Technica UK, Redmond Pie, Neowin, Pocket-lint, Silicon Republic, destructoid, SiliconANGLE, Geek.com, MobileSyrup.com, SlashGear, CNET, TechSpot, Tech Times, Ubergizmo, The Next Web, TechnoBuffalo, VentureBeat, Forbes, Polygon, The Verge and GamesIndustry.biz. Tweets: @fubarduck
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