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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft Office for iPad will be unveiled this month — Satya Nadella is planning to host his first press event as Microsoft CEO next week. The software maker has been inviting members of the media to a special cloud- and mobile-focused event in San Francisco on March 27th.
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ZDNet, Computerworld, Re/code, GeekWire, LAPTOP Magazine, everythingiCafe, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Gotta Be Mobile, 9to5Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, TechCrunch, iPhone Hacks, Pocketnow, Cult of Mac, WinBeta and SlashGear. Tweets: @backlon
| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
This is Healthbook, Apple's major first step into health & fitness tracking — Seven years out from the original iPhone's introduction, and four years past the iPad's launch, Apple has found its next market ripe for reinvention: the mobile healthcare and fitness-tracking industry.
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I4U News, Wired, Wall Street Journal, Computerworld, SlashGear, App Advice, PandoDaily, Softpedia News, Wearable World News, TechnoBuffalo, LAPTOP Magazine, ExtremeTech, Los Angeles Times, Digital Trends, Pocketnow, Gotta Be Mobile, VentureBeat, USA Today, CNET, Mashable, POPSUGAR, FierceWireless, iPhone Hacks, ParisLemon and iDownloadBlog.com. Thanks:@srikardr
| Matt Brian / Engadget: |
Apple reportedly launching a cheaper 8GB iPhone 5c on March 18th (updated) — Apple doesn't talk about how many iPhone 5c devices it sells, but the rumors are that it's not doing as well as its two siblings. According to leaked documents from O2 Germany, Cupertino is looking to boost …
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AppleInsider, MacRumors, TheStreet.com, VatorNews, iPhone Hacks, The Register, everythingiCafe, 9to5Mac, Tech Trader Daily, Los Angeles Times, FierceMobileIT News, iMore, Cult of Mac, Apple Bitch, Yahoo Tech, PC Magazine, SlashGear, Geek.com, InvestorPlace, IntoMobile, Business Insider, TechnoBuffalo, TechSpot, CNET, iPhone in Canada Blog, Gigaom Research, Softpedia News, iDownloadBlog.com, App Advice, iLounge, MobileSyrup.com, Geeky Gadgets, DailyTech, Gizmobic, BGR and Electronista
| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
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| Jan Koum / WhatsApp Blog: |
WhatsApp founder: Facebook “partnership” won't change values, not collecting new data on users — Setting the record straight — Since announcing our upcoming partnership with Facebook, we've been truly humbled by how much attention our story has received.
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iPhone Hacks, Phandroid, Wall Street Journal, AndroidGuys, CrackBerry.com, The Switch, Business Insider, VatorNews, N4BB, The Verge, Consumerist, SlashGear and WebProNews
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Amazon's Set Top Box Will Be A Dongle Like Chromecast, Could Feature OnLive-Style Streaming — Amazon is readying a game console/set top box of its own, and we've learned from multiple sources familiar with the device that the Lab126-produced gadget will have a form factor similar to the Chromecast …
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The Verge, TechHive, Digital Trends, Electronista, Liliputing, SlashGear, TechSpot, TechnoBuffalo, Engadget and BGR. Tweets: @zseward
| John Arlidge / TIME: |
Apple Designer Jonathan Ive Talks About Steve Jobs and New Products — Apple's design chief helped transform computing, phones and music. The company's secrecy and Ive's modesty mean he has never given an in-depth interview—until now. John Arlidge 5:45 AM ET 'Hello.| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Seattle limits number of ride-sharing drivers on the road to 150 per company at any given time — Seattle City Council approves cap on Lyft, UberX, Sidecar drivers — Councilmember Mike O'Brien speaks at Monday's Seattle City Council meeting. — After nearly one year of deliberation …
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Gigaom, TechCrunch, KPLU News for Seattle … and SlashGear
Tweets: @avitaniainsea, @naveen_jain_ceo and @levie
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Dropbox Acquires Zulip, A Stealthy Workplace Chat Solution Still In Private Beta — Dropbox has quietly acquired Zulip, the makers of a workplace chat solution for desktop and mobile, which had yet to publicly launch. Though still in private beta at the time of the acquisition …
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| Austin Carr / Fast Company: |
Airbnb hopes to offer services for “the entire trip”, including transport, cleaning, and more — Inside Airbnb's Grand Hotel Plans — HOW BRIAN CHESKY, THE MILLENNIAL IMPRESARIO BEHIND RED-HOT AIRBNB, TEAMED UP WITH CHIP CONLEY, THE HOTEL INDUSTRY'S LAST BLACK-SHEEP INNOVATOR …
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TechCrunch and Business Insider. Tweets: @ebboyd, @thenickfrost, @austincarr, @rafat and @dmac1. Thanks:@_trendspotter
| Will Oremus / Slate: |
Quakebot algorithm reacts to alerts from U.S. Geological Survey, writes story for LA Times — The First News Report on the L.A. Earthquake Was Written by a Robot — Ken Schwencke, a journalist and programmer for the Los Angeles Times, was jolted awake at 6:25 a.m. on Monday by an earthquake.
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TechCrunch, Los Angeles Times, Nieman Journalism Lab, Poynter and Business Insider. Tweets: @adamclarkestes
| Gawker: |
GitHub co-founder on leave is Tom Preston-Werner, wife said to have intimidated others at the company — Meet the Married Duo Behind Tech's Biggest New Harassment Scandal — Sam Biddle and Nitasha Tiku — GitHub, an immensely popular and influential social network for software code …
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CNET, Wired, PandoDaily, Global Nerdy, Gigaom and Business Insider
Tweets: @therealdvorak, @nitashatiku, @adrjeffries, @mikeisaac and @tpdubs2
| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Microsoft launches free OneNote for Mac, freemium OneNote for Windows, and OneNote cloud API for apps — Microsoft today revealed three major announcements regarding its OneNote offering: a free version of OneNote for Mac, a freemium version of OneNote for Windows, and a new cloud API …
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| Chris O'Brien / Los Angeles Times: |
Dorian S. Nakamoto hires lawyer to ‘clear his name’ of bitcoin claim — Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto insists he is not the creator of bitcoin. (Jonathan Alcorn / Bloomberg / March 13, 2014) — Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto of Temple City, the man recently named by Newsweek as the mysterious creator of bitcoin …
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Newsweek, Engadget, TechCrunch, New York Times, Quartz, VentureBreak, The Switch, The Verge, CNET, Gawker, Digital Trends, Betabeat, Boing Boing, Mashable, Wall Street Journal, Consumerist, New York Magazine, Salon, CoinDesk and The Next Web
Tweets: @felixsalmon and @mikko
Thanks:@obrien. See also Mediagazer| Washington Post: |
Government computers running Windows XP will be vulnerable to hackers after April 8 — The deadline for installing secure operating systems on federal government computers will pass next month with the job incomplete, leaving hundreds of thousands of machines running outdated software and unusually vulnerable to hackers.| Wall Street Journal: |
YouTube Enlists ‘Trusted Flaggers’ to Police Videos — Google has given roughly 200 people and organizations, including a British police unit, the ability to “flag” up to 20 YouTube videos at once to be reviewed for violating the site's guidelines. — The Financial Times last week reported … | Dan Froomkin / The Intercept: |
Homeland Security gets license plate data from private sector, doesn't need its own system — Reports of the Death of a National License-Plate Tracking Database Have Been Greatly Exaggerated — Screengrab from Vigilant Solutions YouTube demo of its location-tracking service.
Tweets: @dustinslaughter
| Dana Wollman / Engadget: |
Microsoft intros an LTE version of the Surface 2, arrives tomorrow for $679 — As hard as it is to believe, Microsoft has until now never put out a 3G/4G Surface tablet. But we knew one would come eventually: the company said it was working on an LTE-enabled Surface 2 and indeed, the thing recently surfaced (har) in FCC documents.| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Paper Does Its First Content Collaboration With Exclusives From TED — In hopes of luring in fresh audiences, Facebook Paper announced its first experiment in working with an outside group to populate the Ideas section of its stylized content reader standalone app.
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The Next Web, Re/code, VentureBeat, and Inside Facebook
| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
Australian Attorney General Wants To Make It A Criminal Offense To Not Turn Over Private Encryption Keys — The Attorney-General's department in Australia is apparently pushing for new laws down under that would force anyone who's asked to hand over their private encryption keys — and that covers both end users and service providers.
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Sydney Morning Herald, iTnews.com.au, Delimiter, Boing Boing, TechEye and Slashdot. Tweets: @csoghoian
| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Key Xbox exec Marc Whitten exits Microsoft for Sonos — Marc Whitten. (Microsoft Photo.) — Marc Whitten, the longtime Xbox Live leader who has worked most recently as Xbox chief product officer, is leaving Microsoft to join Sonos as chief product officer.
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Xbox Wire, Ars Technica, ZDNet, CNET, Re/code, Engadget, Pocket-lint and Joystiq
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