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Google's Quantum Paper framework to unify Android and web app UIs, will be available to third-party developers — Exclusive: Quantum Paper And Google's Upcoming Effort To Make Consistent UI Simple — There have been a lot of leaks and rumors leading up to Google I/O this year.| Drew FitzGerald / Wall Street Journal: |
Priceline to Buy OpenTable for $2.6 Billion — Priceline Group Inc. agreed to buy restaurant booking service OpenTable Inc. for $2.6 billion in cash, broadening the online travel giant's offering into a new field at a time when some of its more established brands mature.
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| Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
Twitter brings Bing translation to iOS, expands use on Web — Seeing the World Cup as a chance to lower language barriers, the social site enables translation in its iPhone and iPad app, and Twitter.com timeline. It's a win for Bing. — Twitter has begun using Bing-based language translation in its iOS app.
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75% of Kindle Fire HDX Customer Questions Now Come via the Mayday Button—Average Response Time is Just 9.75 Seconds — Eight months ago, Amazon launched the Mayday button, connecting you to live, on-device tech support 24x7, 365 days a year—for free. Today, Amazon announced that the Mayday button …
| Parmy Olson / Forbes: |
Exclusive: Google Wants To Collect Your Health Data With ‘Google Fit’ — Google is planning to launch a new health service called Google Fit to collect and aggregate data from popular fitness trackers and health-related apps, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the company's plans.
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| Matt McGee / Search Engine Land: |
Microsoft: No Plans For Ads In Cortana Yet; Debating Bringing To Androids & iOS — It's far too early to consider monetizing Cortana, Microsoft's new virtual personal assistant, but the company is already thinking about how to scale her across different devices, platforms and around the world.| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says some European iPhone USB adapters ‘may pose a safety risk’, announces free replacement program — Apple has today announced a replacement program for some European iPhone USB adapters. The company says that it has identified that some USB adapters bundled with iPhones …
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| Bloomberg: |
China's Uber-like service Yongche launching in SF and NY with Mandarin-speaking drivers — China's Uber Targets U.S. With Mandarin-Speaking Drivers — Yongche.com, China's largest mobile car-sharing service, is preparing to challenge Uber Technologies Inc. on its home turf of San Francisco and New York.
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| Pat Wadors / Official LinkedIn Blog: |
LinkedIn employee demographics: Globally, 61% men; US, 53% white, 38% Asian, 2% black — LinkedIn's Workforce Diversity — Reflecting on the imbalance among women and minorities in the overall tech industry, along with Google's recent decision to publish their workforce diversity numbers … | Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Samsung Galaxy Tab S: 8.4-inch for $399, 10.5-inch for $499, available in July, still following Apple's lead — Samsung's razor-thin Galaxy Tab S takes another run at the iPad — The 8.4-inch and 10.5-inch Galaxy Tab S tablets arrive next month — For a long time, Samsung's been trying to take down the iPad.
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Google and ESPN partner to put World Cup highlights in search — If you're stuck in a cubicle at work and unable to watch every minute of the World Cup, Google and ESPN will at least help you keep up with the latest highlights. The two companies have teamed up to pair both in-progress …
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The FCC is going to scrutinize Netflix's deals with Comcast, Verizon — and others, too — U.S. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler testifies before the House Communications and Technology panel on Capitol Hill in Washington December 12, 2013. REUTERS/Gary Cameron — Netflix's continued dispute …
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| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 8 lets apps access Safari AutoFill credentials for quick & easy login — In iOS 8, Apple is making the process of logging into apps a much smoother experience by allowing native iOS apps to access usernames and passwords stored in Safari. The new feature, which works by letting iOS apps tap … | Harrison Weber / VentureBeat: |
Iraq government blocks Twitter, Google, Facebook, and YouTube amid crisis — Iraq shuts down social media to prevent government overthrow (updated) — Above: Fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) celebrate on vehicles taken from Iraqi security forces, at a street in city of Mosul.| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 8 builds in the technologies Apple needs for an iWatch — iOS 8 adds several important enhancements to the iPhone and iPad, such as improved notifications, health-tracking, and a more advanced camera application, but the new operating system's most significant feature may be the groundwork technologies … | Issie Lapowsky / Wired: |
Atari's comback plan: brand licensing, mobile and online gaming, online gambling, and Atari TV with original video content — How Atari Plans to Bring Itself Back From the Dead — For techies of a certain age, few brands inspire as much nostalgia as Atari.| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Fab.com's David Lapter Joins MakeSpace As CFO — MakeSpace, the NY-based startup that thinks of itself as a Dropbox for physical objects, has recently announced that it secured Fab.com CFO David Lapter as new Chief Financial Officer, and SVP of Business Operations.| Jay Yarow / Business Insider: |
Sources: Ali Rowghani lacked product instincts, had little success with messaging and curation — What Happened Inside Twitter That Led To The COO Leaving The Company — Twitter COO Ali Rowghani is out of the company in something of a surprise. — Although Kara Swisher … | Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
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