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Apple plans to match Microsoft Surface with split-screen iPad multitasking in iOS 8 — iOS 8 is likely to supercharge the functionality of Apple's iPad with a new split-screen multitasking feature, according to sources with knowledge of the enhancement in development.
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| Mike Beasley / 9to5Mac: |
Google Search for iOS 4.0 adds new voice search options, more relevant results, and more — Google has updated its iOS search app to version 4.0, which introduces a variety of new and useful changes. The app now recognizes new voice search cues and conversational input similar to the way Siri works.
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| Ben Gilbert / Engadget: |
Microsoft lowers Xbox One price to $400 without Kinect — Is the $500 asking price of Xbox One too rich for your blood? Turns out you're not alone, and Microsoft's responding: the price of the Xbox One is dropping to $400, and the company's dropping Kinect from the box as well. Developing ......
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| Phil Libin / Evernote Blog: |
Evernote announces 100M registered users, says it spent less than $0.01 per user on ads — We Have 100 Million People to Thank — We're humbled and thrilled to announce that Evernote now has over 100 million total users! — There are two ways to look at this.
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| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Judge Strikes Down NY Attorney General's Subpoena In Airbnb Case For Being Overly Broad — Airbnb received some good news in New York today, as the State Supreme Court quashed a subpoena issued by the attorney general there. The decision puts an end to the first part of a legal battle …
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| Om Malik / Gigaom: |
The 1999 tech bubble was about naive optimism, but now it's about gross entitlement — Is it really a tech bubble, or is it something else? — Adam Lashinsky, in a piece for Fortune last week, wrote at length about the question that has crossed the minds of everyone north of San Jose: are we in a bubble?| Adrianne Jeffries / The Verge: |
Airbnb updates mobile app, adds last-minute bookings and weekend getaways in SF And LA — Airbnb takes on hotels with last-minute booking — It's 8:00. Do you know where you'll sleep tonight? — Airbnb, the service that makes it easy for anyone to convert their extra space …
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| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
EU top court upholds “right to be forgotten”, says Google must edit sensitive search results — European court says Google must respect ‘right to be forgotten’ — (Reuters) - Internet companies can be made to remove irrelevant or excessive personal information from search engine results …
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See also Mediagazer| Pete Rizzo / CoinDesk: |
BitPay Raises $30m in Record-Breaking Bitcoin Funding Round — Georgia, Atlanta-based bitcoin merchant processor BitPay has raised $30m in Series A funding in what is the largest-ever financing round to date for a bitcoin company. — The round was led by Index Ventures …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Yelp Bites Back At OpenTable, TripAdvisor And Google With Free Yelp Reservations Service — TripAdvisor last week consumed LaFourchette to make a big move into online reservations against OpenTable, and Google gobbled up Appetas to battle with Yelp and raise its game with restaurants looking for more marketing presence online.| Amy Schatz / Re/code: |
Letter from major ISPs urges FCC not to reclassify broadband as a utility — Internet Providers Strike Back on Net Neutrality — In a surprise to no one, Internet providers warned federal regulators that treating broadband like phone lines will stunt future investments and service upgrades.
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| Jon Russell / The Next Web: |
Leaked LG Uni8 image reveals the company's first Windows Phone 8 device — It looks like LG is preparing to launch its very first Windows Phone 8 device, after serial smartphone industry insider Evleaks revealed a render of what is purportedly called the LG Uni8.
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| Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
Top Goldman Tech Banker Anthony Noto Heads to Coatue — Anthony Noto, the high-profile Goldman Sachs banker best known for taking Twitter public last November, is leaving the investment bank to join hedge fund Coatue Management as senior managing director, according to a memo sent today.
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| Matt Burns / TechCrunch: |
Popcorn Time for Android available for download via web after being pulled from Google Play — Popcorn Time Is Now On Android — Hollywood's worst nightmare just went mobile. — A popular fork of Popcorn Time just launched its Android app. Time4Popcorn's Popcorn Time app is now available …
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| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
LG's Lifeband Touch and Heart Rate earphones coming May 18th (update: US pricing) — Though the internet was trolled recently with Apple's “biometric” earpods, LG's fitness-oriented Heart Rate earphones and Lifeband Touch are no joke. In fact, they're finally set to arrive next week …
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| John Cook / GeekWire: |
Former Digg CEO Matt Williams raises $3.5M from Bezos, A16Z, others for Pro.com, which estimates prices for home projects — Ex-Digg CEO raises $3.5M from Jeff Bezos, Andreessen Horowitz and others for Pro.com, giving you price estimates for home projects — There's a new online home … | Ben Woods / The Next Web: |
Square launches Feedback, a digital receipt that lets buyers and sellers talk to one another — Mobile payments company Square wants to turn the humble digital receipt into a fully-fledged customer communication channel with the launch of Square Feedback today.
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| Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica: |
Such hack, much sad: Doge Vault reportedly loses $56,000 in heist — On Tuesday, Doge Vault, one of the most popular online repositories for the cryptocurrency Dogecoin, formally acknowledged that it had been hacked two days earlier. — “On the 11th of May, the Doge Vault online wallet service … | Benjamin Mako Hill / copyrighteous: |
Even if you host your own email server, Google will end up capturing about half of your emails — Google Has Most of My Email Because It Has All of Yours — For almost 15 years, I have run my own email server which I use for all of my non-work correspondence.
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| Michael Carney / PandoDaily: |
With $50M in bootstrapped revenue, Swagbucks raises $60M from TCV for its rewards and loyalty shopping platform — In an era where startup valuations and the piles of capital that accompany them seem powered more by pixie dust than they do business fundamentals, it's refreshing to encounter …
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TechCrunch, VatorNews, Re/code, Computerworld, PE Hub Blog and VentureBeat
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Spell Up, A Chrome Experiment, Uses Voice Recognition, Gaming To Improve Your English — No stranger to rolling out services in extended beta and temporary projects, Google today unveiled its latest “experiment” for Chrome: Spell Up, a browser-based game that uses voice recognition … | Richard Padilla / MacRumors: |
Apple Preparing HD Audio Playback for iOS 8 Alongside New In-Ear Headphones and Lightning Cable — Apple is said to be introducing high definition audio playback in iOS 8 alongside new versions of its In-Ear Headphones and Lightning connector, according to a report from Mac Otakara (Google Translate).| Hollie Slade / Forbes: |
Boxed, a shopping app for bulk items, raises $6.5M in Greycroft-led Series A — ‘Costco Of Mobile Apps’ Boxed Raises $6.5M To Take On Amazon Prime — Wholesale aficionados might not have to schlep to the suburbs to spend hours bargain hunting in Costco much longer.
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