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Snapchat Closes $60 Million Round Led by IVP, Now at 200 Million Daily Snaps — Snapchat, the ephemeral messaging service that has grown extremely popular over the past year, has closed its $60 million dollar Series B round of venture funding, the company announced on Monday morning.
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| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Apple Seeds iOS 7 Beta 2 to Developers with iPad and iPad Mini Support — Two weeks after Apple released the first beta version of iOS 7 following its unveiling at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple has just released a second beta for testing.
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9to5Mac, CNET, 9to5Mac, BGR, BGR, TechCrunch, AppleInsider, BGR, PC Magazine, The Next Web, ReadWrite, Gizmodo, The Verge, Engadget, Pocket-lint, Pocketnow, Daring Fireball, TUAW, MobilesPie, Apple Fan Site, Macgasm and SlashGear
| Michael Steeber / 9to5Mac: |
| USA Today: |
Pink Floyd: Pandora's Internet radio royalty ripoff — Internet radio companies are trying to trick artists into supporting their own pay cut. — Great music can inspire deep emotions, and businesses have long sought to harness this power in order to make money.
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Microsoft to bring Xbox and PC games to Apple, Android phones: report — (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp will offer its console and computer games for Apple Inc's iPhone and other smartphone platforms this fiscal year, through a tie-up with Japanese smartphone game maker Klab Inc, the Nikkei said on Monday.
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| Kim Yoo-chul / The Korea Times: |
Samsung to close desktop business — Samsung Electronics has decided to ditch its unprofitable desktop PC business and devote itself to tablet computers and all-in-one laptops, company officials said Monday. — “Demand for conventional desktop PCs is going down,” said a Samsung Electronics official.
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| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Oracle partners with Microsoft to let its customers run software on Hyper-V and Azure; Java support coming soon — Microsoft and Oracle today announced that they are putting their differences aside to strike a strategic partnership in the cloud enterprise space.
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TechNet Blogs, Microsoft, Oracle Cloud Solutions, ZDNet, ZDNet, VentureBeat, Ars Technica, TechCrunch, AllThingsD, GeekWire, The Verge, GigaOM, Bloomberg and Neowin
| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Apple's Prototype iPhone 5S Based on New A7 Chip — Last week, we shared a pair of photos of Apple's upcoming iPhone 5S, revealing a few details such as a larger-capacity battery and a new dual-LED flash system for the rear camera. At the time, we had some questions about the main chip from the device … | Scott Buscemi / 9to5Mac: |
Siri takes initiative to learn how to pronounce names in iOS 7 — When Siri first launched, many users found lots of names were pronounced incorrectly and couldn't do much beyond adding phonetic spellings manually for each contact. With iOS 7, it appears that Siri can now take initiative for learning proper pronunciations.
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Crave, Macgasm, Digital Trends, SiliconBeat, iDownloadBlog.com, Betabeat, TechnoBuffalo, SlashGear and TUAW. Thanks:@swb1192
| Evelyn M. Rusli / Wall Street Journal: |
Facebook, With a Focus on Mobile, Works on Project for News Via Users — Facebook Inc. is aiming to become a newspaper for mobile devices. — The social network has been quietly working on a service, internally called Reader, that displays content from Facebook users and publishers …
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GigaOM, TechCrunch, Inside Facebook, SiliconBeat, TechHive, ABC News, Digits, Marketing Land, Yahoo! News, Los Angeles Times, TechnoBuffalo, Mobile Marketing Watch, VentureBeat, Business Insider, SocialTimes, Inquirer, Marketing Pilgrim, ReadWrite, Macgasm, Betabeat and Businessweek. Thanks:@steverubel. See also Mediagazer
| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1, 8.0 and 7.0 Coming To The U.S. July 7 For $399, $299 And $199 — Samsung's new Galaxy Tab 3 line has been official for a little while now, but U.S. availability and pricing was up in the air until today. The relatively cheap tablets are going to be $199 … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Device Shipments Up 6% To 2.4B In 2013, Driven By Android Smartphones, Tablets Amid More PC Decline — Gartner today has released its latest figures charting its overall predictions for how IT devices — from PCs to mobile handsets — are going to perform this year and in 2014.
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Gartner, VentureBeat, Computerworld, CNET, Digital Trends, Fortune, Mobile Marketing Watch, GigaOM, CITEworld, iMore, Inquirer, Fortune, GeekWire, Android Authority, WebProNews, TechSpot, TelecompetitorTelecompetitor, iDownloadBlog.com, www.idigitaltimes.co.uk, TechnoBuffalo, SlashGear, PC Magazine, 9to5Google, 9to5Mac and Computerworld. Thanks:@ingridlunden
| Nick Bilton / NYT Bits: |
Disruptions: Medicine That Monitors You — SAN FRANCISCO — They look like normal pills, oblong and a little smaller than a daily vitamin. But if your physician writes a prescription for these pills in the not-too-distant future, you might hear a new twist on an old cliché …
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| Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land: |
Duck Duck Go's Post-PRISM Growth Actually Proves No One Cares About “Private” Search — Look out, Google! Duck Duck Go is on the rise, posting a 50% traffic increase in just eight days. Is this proof people want a “private” search engine, in the wake of allegations the PRISM program allows …
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The Technology Chronicles, Gotta Be Mobile and SiliconANGLE
| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
Fab.com's Ascent to $1 Billion Valuation Brings Missteps — Fab.com Inc., valued at more than $1 billion dollars after just two years in existence, is suffering growing pains from its rapid expansion as it applies a culture of meticulous control to a global business.| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Bing For Schools Will Strip Out All Ads, Beef Up Privacy Protections And Adult Content Filtering — Bing is taking a step to hep make its products more appealing for school-age children, with Bing For Schools, an opt-in program targeting K-12 institutions launching later this year.
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Microsoft, AllThingsD, Search Engine Land, SlashGear, Forbes, CNET, Windows Phone Central, The Next Web, Neowin, PandoDaily, Electronista, GigaOM and Engadget
| Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
Just in time for Google Reader's demise, beloved RSS reader NetNewsWire launches open beta — In just a couple of weeks, Google will shut the door on Reader forever. But now a local reader alternative is coming back with a vengeance and, eventually, with syncing between Mac, iPhone and iPad.
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Black Pixel, Macworld, The Digital Reader, iMore, Engadget, App Advice, MacStories, The Loop and SlashGear
| Daniel Cooper / Engadget: |
HP announces Slate 21 AIO, a $400 21.5-inch Android tablet with Tegra 4 — What do you do if your home turf of PC sales is being eroded by tablets? If your answer is “sell tablets as desktops,” then you're on Meg Whitman's wavelength. At an event in Beijing, HP announced a 21.5-inch …
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CNET, ZDNet, The Verge, 9to5Google, Electronista, Unwired View, BGR, TechnoBuffalo, Softpedia News and IntoMobile
| Harrison Weber / The Next Web: |
AOL Reader hands-on: An unexciting but solid Google Reader replacement to rival Feedly — We knew AOL was planning its own replacement to the soon-expiring Google Reader, and now we're able to share a complete look at the upcoming service. — Pitching with the slogan “all your favorite websites … Sponsor Posts
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