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Microsoft integrates Xamarin into Visual Studio for free, will open source Xamarin runtime — Microsoft today announced that Xamarin is now available for free for every Visual Studio user. This includes all editions of Visual Studio, including the free Visual Studio Community Edition …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft releases HoloLens emulator for developers to build and test AR apps — Microsoft launches HoloLens emulator so developers can test holographic apps, no headset required — As promised, Microsoft today started shipping its $3,000 HoloLens development kits.| Michael del Castillo / CoinDesk: |
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Amazon expands Dash Button line-up, top sellers to date include Tide, Bounty, Cottonelle — Amazon this morning announced an expansion of its Dash Buttons product line - those Wi-Fi connected, push-button devicesthat let you buy products from its site with just a press.
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| Los Angeles Times: |
FBI agrees to help prosecutors unlock iPhone 6 and iPod in Arkansas homicide case — FBI agrees to help Arkansas prosecutors open iPhone after hack of San Bernardino device — Apple appears to have gained a momentary reprieve in the tech industry's sparring with the government over encryption technology.
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft launches preview of Azure Functions, its AWS Lambda competitor for serverless computing, and makes Azure Service Fabric generally available — Microsoft releases preview of new Azure ‘serverless compute’ service to take on AWS Lambda — Microsoft is making available … | Chipworks: |
iPhone SE teardown reveals mix of 5s, 6, and 6s parts, including processor, memory, NFC chip, axis sensor, modem, Audio ICs, few new innovative components — Apple iPhone SE Teardown — The long-rumored, cost-friendly iPhone SE was finally announced on March 21st of this year.| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Postmates hits 1M monthly deliveries and launches Plus Unlimited, a $9.99/month service that offers unlimited deliveries of orders over $30 — Postmates launches Amazon Prime-style subscription service, hits 1 million monthly deliveries — Postmates, which is now completing 1 million deliveries a month …
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| Joe Mullin / Ars Technica: |
CloudFlare: 94 percent of the Tor traffic we see is “per se malicious” — Legitimate users suffer as Tor becomes favored tool of spammers and fraudsters. — More than ever, websites are blocking users of the anonymizing Tor network or degrading the services they receive.
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| Ed Bott / ZDNet: |
Roadmap shown in Build presentation reveals Microsoft is building ad blocker into next version of Edge browser — Microsoft plans to build ad blocker into its Microsoft Edge browser — Who needs extensions like AdBlock Plus? In a session for Web developers today, Microsoft revealed …
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| Darlene Storm / Computerworld: |
1,418 remotely exploitable flaws found in CareFusion's automated medical supply system, warns ICS-CERT; no patch coming as devices are on “end-of-life software” — 1,418 remotely exploitable flaws found in automated medical supply system — Security researchers found 1,418 …
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| Mark Bergen / Re/code: |
Sources: Nest generated about $340M in sales last year, below Google's expectations, is facing scrutiny as $500M annual operating budget set to expire this year — With $340 million in revenue, Nest is underperforming, and its future at Google is at risk — Nest generated about $340 million …
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Beyond Devices, Investor's Business Daily, Android News, Rumours …, Phandroid, Android Central, TWICE, 9to5Google and Business Insider
Tweets: @jmcquivey, @robmay, @jmbooyah and @robertmclaws
| iFixit: |
Consumer-ready Oculus Rift teardown: two OLED displays with a combined resolution of 2160x1200 mounted to adjustable lenses, 90 FPS refresh rate — Oculus Rift CV1 Teardown — We've had two prerelease versions on our teardown table, so we're excited to see what tweaks this Rift has in store.
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