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Twitter Music Is Here Today, and You Can't Use It — Want to play with Twitter's new music app? You can get it today — if you're really famous. — If not, you're going to have to wait a week. — Here's the deal: As we wrote yesterday, Twitter is launching its new music discovery app for iOS devices …
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Twitter Music Will Integrate with Spotify, Rdio, iTunes, Soundcloud, Vevo, and YouTube, Feature In-App Streaming, and More — Twitter Music still isn't official available, but we keep learning more and more about the upcoming service. The latest information comes from the site's code … | Josh Ong / The Next Web: |
Facebook Home Hit with Poor Reviews as 48% of Users Award It 1 Star — Update: We've heard from a Google spokesperson who tells us that only those that installed the app are able to leave a review, proving that the reviews are from legitimate users who have tried Facebook Home and are disappointed in how it turned out.
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Chat Heads come to Facebook Messenger for Android — Preparing its apps for the launch of its Home launcher, Facebook has pushed an update for its Android Messenger app, allowing users to take advantage of the new Chat Heads feature. Like in Facebook Home, the Messenger app displays … | Matt Brian / The Verge: |
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T-Mobile Begins $99 iPhone 5 Sales, Sees Lines At Retail Stores — T-Mobile is kicking off its official sales of the iPhone 5 today, marking the first time the U.S.' fourth largest carrier has offered an Apple smartphone. Thanks to T-Mo's new Uncarrier plans, the iPhone 5 can be had starting at just $99 …
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| Ina Fried / AllThingsD: |
T-Mobile Says First Day With the iPhone Was “Gangbusters” — After many, many days of trying to do business without an iPhone to sell, T-Mobile is pretty darn happy with its first day in the Apple business. — “Today has been gangbusters for T-Mobile,” Chief Marketing Officer Mike Sievert said in a statement to AllThingsD.
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Verizon upgrade eligibility extends to a full two years, New Every Two credits expire April 15th — Verizon subscribers, we hope your device habits don't revolve too closely around that 20-month upgrade cycle: it's about to get longer. Big Red has confirmed that upgrade eligibility … | Bloomberg: |
Dish Said to Have Approached Deutsche Telekom About T-Mobile Bid — Dish Network Corp. (DISH) Chairman Charlie Ergen informally approached Deutsche Telekom AG (DTE) about a possible merger with the German company's T-Mobile USA Inc. unit, a deal that would let him bundle wireless service … | Peter Kafka / AllThingsD: |
Henry Blodget Helps Jeff Bezos Out With Some Writing — Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos just invested millions in Henry Blodget's Business Insider. And look what he got in return! Free investor relations help. — Here's Bezos, four paragraphs into his annual letter to shareholders, released this morning:| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
PebbleOS 1.10 supports third-party watch faces, sorts out iOS issues — Pebble has been on a rapid cadence with smartwatch updates to justify those crowdfunded dollars, and it's not letting up just because watch shipments are well underway. PebbleOS 1.10 has arrived with support for custom watch faces built using the matching SDK.| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Knight Foundation-Backed Mobile Sensor Startup Behavio Shuts Down As Founders Join Google — The team behind the Knight Foundation-backed mobile sensor startup Behavio today announced that it is joining Google. We have learned that this is not an acquisition or an acqui-hire, however.
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| Ashlee Vance / Businessweek: |
Apple's ‘Coach’ Campbell Sees Google Glass Starting Era of Intimate Objects — Apple's latest and greatest creation will be something ranging from a wristwatch to touch-ready lingerie, if you read the tea leaves laid out by Bill Campbell, a member of the company's board.
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Foursquare Planning to Offer Check-in Data to Target Ads on Other Platforms — Location Data to Be Made Available to Ad Networks and Exchanges — Foursquare has started pitching digital agencies on a new ad product that would use Foursquare's location and behavioral data to contextualize ads … | Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch: |
Unfazed By Bitcoin's Wild Swings And Mysterious Origins, Silicon Valley VCs Place Their Bets — Bitcoin's record highs and the ensuring surge in hacking attempts and thefts may be grabbing headlines. However, beneath the chaos, Silicon Valley's best-known venture firms are finally starting …
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New Tool for Police Officers: Records at Their Fingertips — As the officers walked up to the entrance of a Harlem housing project, a loose knot of people out front scattered into the damp, dark night and a few lingerers cast cold stares at the officers. One of the officers reached …
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Apple asks developers to localize apps, opens Chinese Support forum in international push — In what appears to be a move toward further internationalizing its Internet services and app ecosystem, Apple earlier this week issued a letter to developers requesting they localize their apps … | Somini Sengupta / New York Times: |
Tech Firms Push to Hire More Workers From Abroad — SAN FRANCISCO — Vishal Sankhla, an Indian engineer, is among those at the center of a storm over how to fix the nation's immigration system. — Mr. Sankhla got a master's degree in electrical engineering nine years ago from the University …
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Flipboard Attracts 500,000 Magazines, 3 Million New Users in 2 Weeks — Two weeks after launching Flipboard 2.0 with a user-generated magazine feature, the company has announced that readers have created over 500,000 curated publications. — Flipboard magazines are curated collections of content that users can share.Sponsor Posts
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