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Google Maps apps add lane directions, ability to save maps for offline use, Uber integration, more — Get on the road, go off the grid, or plan the perfect weekend with the Google Maps app — When your life is moving fast, you need tools to keep up with your pace.
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| Dalton Caldwell / App.net: |
App.net is “profitable and self-sustaining”, but will no longer have any full-time employees — App.net State of the Union — As many are aware, the first major round of subscription renewals from the original App.net launch happened a few weeks ago.
| Jenna Wortham / New York Times: |
VSCO, a Digital Photography Company, Raises $40 Million From Accel Partners — Chances are, if you have used Instagram, you have come across the hashtag #VSCO or #VSCOCam. — Both refer to a feature-rich camera application developed by a Bay Area start-up, Visual Supply Company …
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| Joel Rosenblatt / Bloomberg: |
Samsung to Fight Apple Smartphone Trial Verdict: Lawyer — Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) will challenge a jury's $120 million award to Apple Inc. in a patent-infringement verdict that was “unsupported by evidence,” a lawyer for the Suwon, South Korea-based company said.| Reuters: |
Twitter shares fall over 17% to all-time low as lock-up period for 470M shares expires — Twitter shares slump as stock lock-up expires — (Reuters) - Shares of Twitter Inc fell more than 12 percent in morning trading on Tuesday after the expiration of a six-month “lock-up” …
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Microsoft will hold a ‘small’ Surface event on May 20th — Microsoft has reportedly been working on a miniature version of its Surface tablet for nearly two years, but the wait may be over. The company has just sent out invitations to a Microsoft Surface event on May 20th, with the tagline “Join us for a small gathering.”
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| Rachel King / ZDNet: |
Intel unloads bevy of new Chromebooks; previews ‘Education’ reference design — Summary: All in all, Intel is gearing up to release at least 20 Chromebooks by the end of the year. — SAN FRANCISCO—Intel is putting further stock into its Chromebook investment with a slew …
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| Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal: |
Google to Acquire Online Attribution Firm Adometry — Google wants to help advertisers get a better sense of how their online ad campaigns work collectively. So the company is acquiring Adometry, an Austin-Tx.-based firm that specializes in online ad attribution-i.e. the science … | Graham Cluley: |
Dropbox fixes one of two vulnerabilities that allowed users to accidentally leak shared file URLs to third parties — Dropbox users leak tax returns, mortgage applications and more — If you are using file-sharing systems like Dropbox and Box without proper care and attention … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Flux Emerges From Google X And Nabs $8M To Help Build Eco-Friendly Buildings — Google X, the search giant's lab that has dedicated its work to new, unchartered moonshot concepts, has made a name for itself through its work on self-driving cars, smart contact lenses and dozens of other projects worthy of their own sci-fi novels.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Instead of buying spectrum for Project Loon, Google will lease balloons to existing telcos — How Google Plans To Work With Telcos On Project Loon — During his appearance at TechCrunch Disrupt NY today, Google's “Captain of Moonshots” Astro Teller briefly talked about Project Loon …
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| Kia Kokalitcheva / VentureBeat: |
GitHub's ‘Atom’ text editor is now public, free, and fully open source — Ten weeks ago, code-hosting giant GitHub introduced its latest creation: a text editor named Atom. — Now, the company is opening it up to the public after an apparently successful invite-only phase.
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| Harrison Weber / VentureBeat: |
Tumblr rolls out in-app themes, finally becomes a mobile company — What's next in mobile? Find out at MobileBeat, VentureBeat's 7th annual event on the future of mobile, on July 8-9 in San Francisco. Register now and save $400! — “It's not just our mobile app any more. It is Tumblr.”
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| Reed Albergotti / Wall Street Journal: |
After Facebook Deal, Moves App Changes Privacy Policy — Moves, the fitness-tracking app recently acquired by Facebook, has changed its privacy policy to allow broader sharing of user data, including with Facebook. — As recently as Friday, Moves's privacy policy said the company did not …
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| John Biggs / TechCrunch: |
Security Cam Maker Dropcam Announces A Location-Based Motion Sensor — Dropcam, the makers of a plug and play security camera system, announced a new sensor, called Tabs, to add new functionality to the camera platform. The device, which is about as big as a stick of gum …
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| Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code: |
FireEye to Acquire nPulse in Deal Valued at $70 Million — FireEye, the hot Internet security company that went public last year and then quickly set about acquiring other companies, has announced another deal. — The company says it will pay a combined $70 million in cash and stock …
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OneDrive's Mobile DAUs Up 3X Since October, Microsoft Updates Its Android, Web Experiences — This morning Microsoft announced a sheaf of updates for its OneDrive cloud storage product, improving its web and Android experiences. The new stuff will be seeping out across the world over the next few days …
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| Dara Kerr / CNET News: |
Lyft to boost driver insurance with MetLife partnership — While insurance requirements for peer-to-peer car service companies are already strict, Lyft appears to be playing it safe. — A Lyft driver displays the service's iconic pink mustache on the grill of his car. — Lyft
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| Michal Lev-Ram / Fortune: |
Square partners with inventory tracking service Stitch Labs — In a bid to be the go-to point-of-sale system for small businesses, mobile payments startup Square is partnering with a growing number of software makers. — FORTUNE — Late last year Square introduced Connect …
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