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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple in final talks to acquire Beats for $3.2b, deal could be announced next week — According to the Financial Times, Apple is in late-stage talks with Beats to acquire the music streaming and headphone maker for a deal worth $3.2 billion. The deal could be announced as soon as next week, according to the report.
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Thanks:@swb1192. See also Mediagazer| Claire Atkinson / New York Post: |
Beats' CEO Jimmy Iovine in talks to join Apple as Tim Cook's “special adviser” on creative matters — Beats Electronics boss Jimmy Iovine is in talks to join Apple — Beats Electronics boss and veteran music industry executive Jimmy Iovine is in talks to join Apple as a … | Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Why Apple Is Betting Big on Beats: Hardware for Now, Streaming for Later — Apple is set to make the biggest purchase in its history: A $3 billion-plus deal for Beats, the company that sells high-end headphones and recently launched a streaming music service.
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See also Mediagazer| Om Malik: |
On Streaming: Apple, Beats & Spotify — In response to the rumors that Apple was buying Beats Audio for $3.2 billion, I sent out these three tweets. — Someone wrote that Apple will get design help from Beats Audio. LOL. Beats design is done by an outside agency, started by ex-Apple peeps.
| Harry McCracken / TIME: |
My First 7 Questions About This Apple-Beats Deal (Which, By the Way, I'm Not Assuming Is Happening) — If it's real, here's hoping it's brilliant in a way which isn't immediately obvious — When you hear that Apple may buy a well-known company, it's dangerous to assume that it's going to happen.
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Macworld, Electronista and The Mac Observer
| Mark Josephson / bitly blog: |
Bitly accounts compromised; change API key, reset password, and reconnect social accounts — Urgent Security Update Regarding Your Bitly Account — We have reason to believe that Bitly account credentials have been compromised. We have no indication at this time that any accounts have been accessed without permission.
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Comcast is the one who should pay for network connections, Cogent claims — Internet backbone operator Cogent has long expressed its displeasure with Comcast's demands for payment in exchange for accepting Netflix video and other traffic.Comcast has argued that the data Netflix sends … | Adam Lashinsky / Fortune: |
Reporter offered pre-IPO shares by Arista Networks, considers it another sign of a tech bubble — Yes, we're in a tech bubble. Here's how I know it — When tech startups are willing to offer almost anyone — even a journalist — shares ahead of an I.P.O., a burst isn't terribly far behind.
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| Graham Spencer / MacStories: |
Mapping The International Availability of Entertainment Services — It is 2014 and we live in a rapidly globalizing world. Unfortunately, that is not always apparent from the technology press, which focuses primarily on developments in the US. That is not meant as a slight against others … Thanks:@greyham
| Brad Molen / Engadget: |
OnePlus One review: A $300 phone that looks, feels, and acts like a premium device — OnePlus One review: a $300 smartphone has never looked so good — Look at your phone. If you can honestly admit that you love every single thing about it, I have good news: You can stop reading this review …
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| Hugh Langley / TechRadar: |
Project Morpheus was built into PS4 from the start - we just didn't know it — EXCLUSIVE It's all part of the plan … Sony caused a lot of fuss when it confirmed that there would be no way of turning off the DualShock 4's light bar (the tyranny!), but do you want to know why it was really on there?
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| Gavin O'Malley / MediaPost: |
Facebook Rolls Out Audience Insights, Expands Targeting Capabilities — Appealing to audience-obsessed advertisers, Facebook just expanded its ability to target users based on their demographic traits, geography, and purchase history. — Unveiled on Thursday, the new Audience Insights service … | Jonathan Berger / The Box Blog: |
Box Notes for lightweight editing leaves beta, rolls out now, available to all by early June — Box Notes is Here! — It's a big day for Box and the Box Notes team! Today we're starting to roll out Box Notes to all users, and we expect it to be live for everyone by early June.
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PC World and VentureBeat
| Robert Graham / Errata Security: |
300k servers vulnerable to Heartbleed one month later — It's been a month since the Heartbleed bug was announced, so I thought I'd rescan the Internet (port 443) to see how many systems remain vulnerable. Whereas my previous scan a month ago found 600,000 vulnerable systems …
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Gizmodo, Vivaldi.net, The Register, The Verge, Ars Technica and Electronista. Tweets: @virusbtn
| Owen Williams / The Next Web: |
8tracks releases major iOS overhaul as it prepares to take on music streaming's biggest players — The music wars are at a fever pitch, with Spotify, Google, Rdio, Pandora and the other big players in a full out war to win over users to their streaming services.
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TechCrunch, VentureBeat and hypebot
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Former NSA Chief Defends Stockpiling Software Flaws for Spying — The NSA has never said much about the open secret that it collects and sometimes even pays for information about hackable bugs in commonly used software. But in a rare statement following his retirement last month …
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The Intercept, Australian Financial Review, Wall Street Journal, CNET News, Techdirt, Threatpost and Reuters. Tweets: @dangillmor
| Sam Biddle / Valleywag: |
Goodbye to Katie Cotton, the Queen of Evil Tech PR — After 18 years of spin, Katie Cotton, Apple's magnetically ruthless vice president of worldwide corporate communications, has left her job, and tributes from the tech press are pouring in. What no one will admit is that we were all afraid of her.
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NBC Bay Area, The Register, Mobile Marketing Watch and Fortune
Tweets: @kobunheat, @dangillmor, @jeffjohnroberts, @edbott, @jniccolai, @calebgarling, @nealunger, @mattdpearce, @moneyries and @mattdpearce
See also Mediagazer| Dan Lyons / Inbound Hub: |
| David Gelles / New York Times: |
Omnicom-Publicis $35B mega-merger called off due to internal differences and regulatory issues — Ad Agency Giants Said to Call Off $35 Billion Merger — Omnicom Group and Publicis have called off their $35 billion merger, bringing a premature end to a deal that would have created … | Jenna Wortham / New York Times: |
Snapchat settles with FTC over misleading marketing, address book collection, security breach; no monetary penalty imposed — Snapchat Reaches Settlement With Federal Trade Commission — The disappearing act of messages on Snapchat, the mobile messaging service, has not been as foolproof as the company promised.
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Federal Trade Commission, Snapchat, Re/code, CNET News, TechCrunch, The Verge, Politico, Computerworld, Salon, TUAW, Washington Post, Associated Press, Business Insider, Valleywag and NPR
Tweets: @reckless, @nytimesbits, @reckless and @gaberivera
| Amin Lakhani / MSDN Blogs: |
New in IE11 for Windows Phone: synced browsing data across devices, in-line video playback, more — What's new in Internet Explorer 11 for Windows Phone — You may have been hearing bits and pieces of news about IE11 on Windows Phone 8.1, and we're excited to share the full scoop on user experience improvements with you today!
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eWeek, Softpedia News, BetaNews, WinBeta, Neowin, WMPoweruser and The Windows Blog
| Mark Hachman / PC World: |
Nvidia beats estimates as it expands into the cloud — Nvidia reported results for the April quarter that exceeded analyst expectations, as the company's customers favored its high-end graphics chips as well as new products for the data center. — Nvidia reported profits of $136.5 million …
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Motley Fool, Maximum PC, AnandTech and Electronista
| Amir Efrati / The Information: |
Comcast Plots Big Push in Web Video Ads — As debate over Comcast's control of Internet and TV in American households plays out in front of regulators reviewing its bid for Time Warner Cable, the cable industry leader is quietly planning a major foray into the Web advertising business.
Tweets: @ericnewcomer and @amir
| Ina Fried / Re/code: |
ZTE Starts Selling $99 Firefox OS Phone in the U.S., Via eBay — While Firefox OS remains targeted at first-time smartphone buyers overseas, China's ZTE said Thursday it will start selling a model in the U.S. via eBay. — The ZTE Open C is listed for the “Buy It Now” price of $99.99.
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CNET News, Electronista and BetaNews
| Ben Sisario / New York Times: |
Muve Music Service Is Said to Be Up for Sale by AT&T — One of the most successful music subscription services in the United States may be up for grabs. — Muve Music, which is connected to Cricket Wireless, a prepaid wireless phone carrier, will be discontinued by AT&T …
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