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Google never offered to acquire WhatsApp, says SVP Sundar Pichai — Google did not bid for WhatsApp — Claims that Facebook outbid Google in its $19 billion acquisition of WhatsApp are untrue, a top executive has said. — Google did not bid for WhatsApp, the company revealed yesterday.| Harry McCracken / TIME: |
Project Ara: Inside Google's Bold Gambit to Make Smartphones Modular — The two-year quest to create the ultimate customizable phone, inside and out. — On January 29, Google announced that it had agreed to sell Motorola, its phone-manufacturing business, to Chinese electronics giant Lenovo.
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
How Google is turning Mountain View into a company town — Welcome to Googletown — Here's how a city becomes company property — Some days it feels like Google is taking over the world. For the residents of Mountain View, California, that feeling is personal.| Jason Green / Mercury News: |
Mountain View: City Council inks deal with Google for new Wi-Fi network — Google is set to replace its frustrating to use Wi-Fi network in Mountain View with one that is smaller but more capable. — On Tuesday night, the Mountain View City Council enthusiastically approved a new five-year agreement …
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| Liam Spradlin / Android Police: |
This Is An Early Prototype Of The Google Watch Made By Motorola Last Year [Update: One More Image] — A few days ago, we published a story about Google's possibly upcoming smartwatch. Current rumors suggest that the watch may be ready in time for Google I/O, and that it might be made by LG.| Ben Popper / The Verge: |
Uber kept new drivers off the road to encourage surge pricing and increase fares — Limiting supply at riders' expense — Andrew Lane is a regular Uber customer with some fond memories of the service. Last year on President's Day he was the lucky rider selected for an “Ubercade” upgrade.| Gregg Keizer / Computerworld: |
Apple retires Snow Leopard from support, leaves 1 in 5 Macs vulnerable to attacks — Twice now that Apple's bypassed Snow Leopard when it patched newer editions — Apple on Tuesday made it clear that it will no longer patch OS X 10.6, aka Snow Leopard, when it again declined to offer …
| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Apple Details Touch ID And The A7′s Secure Enclave In Updated iOS Security Document — Apple has shared some information around how Touch ID and its Secure Enclave keeps information private in an updated security document newly posted to its iPhone in Business microsite.
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| Andy Greenberg / Forbes: |
Senator Calls For Bitcoin Ban In Letter To Financial Regulators — Since Senator Charles Schumer first called on law enforcement nearly three years ago to shut down the Silk Road and cited the black market's use of Bitcoin for anonymous transactions, the cryptocurrency community has been waiting for the other shoe to drop.
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White House Weighs Four Options for Revamping NSA Phone Surveillance — Proposals Range From Running Program Through Phone Companies to Ditching It Altogether — WASHINGTON—Administration lawyers have presented the White House with four options for restructuring the National Security …
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| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Hands-on with Samsung's Tizen OS: An impressively capable Android clone — The Tizen home screen. — BARCELONA, SPAIN—Samsung has such a large presence at Mobile World Congress that it doesn't just have one giant booth; there are also several smaller ones scattered around the show halls.
Tweets: @danieleran
| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Boeing's secret ‘Black’ spy phone will detect tampering, self-destruct if cracked open — Nearly two years after word leaked about Boeing's plans to build a secure Android phone, the aerospace giant and defense contractor has quietly filed documents with the FCC for what it's calling the “Black” phone.
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Myce.com, The Verge, CNET, Ars Technica, Quartz, Gizmodo, The Register, AndroidSPIN, TechCrunch, Softpedia News and SlashGear. Thanks:@johnhcook
| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Integration complete: New Skype users can now sign up with a Microsoft account — In addition to including Microsoft account support in its Windows Phone app, Skype today also started letting new users signing up on Skype.com to register with a Microsoft account (in addition to a Facebook account).
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
A Closer Look At Blackphone, The Android Smartphone That Simplifies Privacy — One of the more interesting devices here at Mobile World Congress is Blackphone: a pro-privacy handset being developed by Spanish startup Geeksphone, in partnership with U.S. security company Silent Circle using a … Thanks:@riptari
| Tatiana Siegel / Hollywood Reporter: |
David Fincher in Early Talks to Direct Steve Jobs Film for Sony (Exclusive) — Based on Walter Isaacson's best-selling biography, the film would reteam Fincher with “Social Network” writer Aaron Sorkin and producer Scott Rudin. — David Fincher already has tackled one Silicon Valley billionaire in Mark Zuckerberg.| Derrick Harris / Gigaom: |
IBM is challenging developers to insert Watson into mobile apps — At the Mobile World Congress event today, IBM CEO Ginni Rometty laid down the gauntlet for mobile developers. Over the next three months, IBM will host its Watson Mobile Developer Challenge to find the best ideas for mobile apps …
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IBM, eWeek, InfoWorld, Smarter Computing Blog, PC Magazine, Wireless Week, InfoWorld, AdAge, ZDNet, thedrum.com, Re/code, CNET, CRN, Tech Trader Daily and Search Engine Land. Tweets: @manojsaxena
| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
eBay Leads Giant $133.7 Million Investment in Indian Shopping Site Snapdeal — EBay is leading a $133.7 million investment in online shopping website Snapdeal that could result in a buyout of what is viewed as the eBay of India. — EBay contributed a large majority of the total investment …
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SiliconBeat, VentureBeat, eBay Inc, VatorNews, MediaNama, TechCrunch and Wall Street Journal. Thanks:@delrey
| Sharif Sakr / Engadget: |
Wacom lets people share handwritten notes across devices and platforms — Wacom has been pushing into the world of mobile for a while, and its efforts have just culminated in a pretty bold move: A single, cross-platform standard for sharing handwritten notes and sketches between users …
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| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
“Google Now Launcher” hits Play Store, brings Google homescreen to GPE & Nexus devices — When KitKat launched, Google made the odd decision to make one of the headline features, a brand-new launcher, exclusive to the Nexus 5. The new launcher was actually a merging of the standard home screen with the Google Search app.
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| CoinDesk: |
Exclusive: State of Bitcoin 2014 Report Analyses Emerging Trends — Today CoinDesk is pleased to release its first ever ‘State of Bitcoin’ report. — This report is not intended to be another guide to answer the question ‘what is bitcoin?’, which we cover in detail elsewhere on our site.
Tweets: @coindesk
| Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom: |
Google must remove all “Innocence of Muslims” videos from YouTube, appeals court rules — A California appeals court on Wednesday ordered Google to take down all copies of a controversial anti-Islamic movie, granting an injunction to an actress in the film who had filed a copyright claim after being subjected to global death threats.| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Following developer requests, Google delays blocking extensions not in the Chrome Web Store until May 1 — Google today announced it won't be blocking local Chrome for Windows extensions until May 1. The timing change is being made after some developers requested more time to get their extensions in the Chrome Web Store.
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