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Google's Android chief Sundar Pichai on Apple, Samsung, Amazon, Android's future, his past, I/O, and more — Google's Sundar Pichai Is the Most Powerful Man in Mobile — At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January, Samsung introduced new software for its tablets, called the Magazine UX.| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Pichai will preview the next release of Android at I/O; introduce Android TV and Android Wear — Google will reportedly show a new version of Android tomorrow — Get ready to take a first look at the next version of Android tomorrow. In an interview with Bloomberg Businessweek … | Oculus VR: |
Oculus to acquire Carbon Design, gaining the product engineering team known for the Xbox 360 controller — Oculus Agrees to Acquire Carbon Design Team — We're thrilled to announce that we've agreed to acquire the Carbon Design team, one of the premier industrial design and product engineering teams …
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TechCrunch, Engadget, The Next Web, Gigaom, GeekWire, Ars Technica, Business Insider, Electronista, The Verge, ZDNet, TechSpot, Re/code, Gizmodo, Neowin and GamesIndustry International. Tweets: @bhsharp
| Matt Rogers / Nest: |
Nest Developer Program opens to the public; integration with LIFX, Mercedes, Whirlpool, Jawbone, IFTTT, and more already enabled — The Nest Developer Program is here. — Wouldn't it be cool if our homes could be more aware? If they could learn from us? And help take care of us?
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| Matt Burns / TechCrunch: |
Google Makes Its Nest At The Center Of The Smart Home — “Okay Google, turn down the heat.” — Using Google Now, a homeowner will soon be able to talk to a Nest Learning Thermostat and complain about the heat. And that's just the beginning. — Google is turning the Nest Learning Thermostat into the hub of smart homes.| Richard Lawler / Engadget: |
| Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal: |
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| JR Raphael / Computerworld: |
Google offering $150 credits to make up for Chromebook data debacle — Some good news for owners of Google's LTE Chromebook Pixel: Following my report that data plans for the device were being disconnected prematurely, Google is stepping up to make things right.
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PC World, Engadget, Gigaom, PC Magazine, Droid Life, Phandroid, Ars Technica, The Verge, 9to5Google, Android Central, Digital Trends, SlashGear, Pocketables, Electronista, blog.chron.com, TechSpot and Daring Fireball. Tweets: @dcseifert
| Nathan Ingraham / The Verge: |
Google refreshes Glass hardware with 2GB RAM and a bigger battery; current owners won't get upgraded — Google refreshes Glass hardware, but current owners won't get upgraded — Small tweaks suggest that a true consumer product is still a ways off — Google's plan to sell its Glass headset …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
App Store Policy Of Rejecting Apps With Rewarded Video, Social Sharing Gets Rolled Back...With A Few Caveats — A recent policy change floated by Apple caused a flurry of discussion - and concern - among mobile app developers. According to several public forum postings and other industry sources …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter tests ‘retweet with comment’ that shows referenced tweet as a card below your comment — Twitter Is Experimenting With A New Way To Retweet — The best thing about Twitter is that it forces users to embrace brevity thanks to its 140-character updates.
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Mashable, ABC News, PandoDaily, Electronista, Engadget, Business Insider and Ubergizmo. Tweets: @dannysullivan
| Shreyas Gandhe / Neowin: |
First gen Nokia X devices won't be updated to Platform 2.0 — The first generation Nokia X smartphones which were released in February, will not be getting updated to the Nokia X software featured on the Nokia X2. — In a detailed post about the Nokia X2 smartphone user experience …
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Conversations, Opera Software, Microsoft Corporation, BGR, Re/code, BetaNews, Computerworld, The Next Digit, The Register, Softpedia News, Gizmodo, GeekWire, Geek Beat, 9to5Google, TechnoBuffalo, TechSpot, Windows Phone Central, Ars Technica, IntoMobile, TechCrunch, LAPTOP Magazine, Ausdroid, Electronista, Digital Trends, Neowin, BBC, Gigaom, Inquirer, Android Beat, Gearburn, WinBeta, Pocketnow, Ubergizmo, Android Central, SlashGear, WMPoweruser and The Next Web
| Josh Ong / The Next Web: |
Twilio partners with Google to release a Chromebook communications package — Cloud telephony firm Twilio today announced Twilio CX for Chromebooks, a new partnership with Google that bundles its WebRTC-powered client, 7,500 voice minutes, a Plantronics headset and a Chromebook together …
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ZDNet, Gigaom, CITEworld, VentureBeat, TechCrunch and Twilio Cloud Communications …
| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
Oculus seeks partners to help make hardware, emulating Android's expansion model — Facebook's Oculus, Emulating Android, Seeks Partners — Oculus VR Inc. has a plan for making virtual reality mainstream: Replicate Google Inc. (GOOGL)'s success with Android.| Kim Zetter / Wired: |
Researchers Find and Decode the Spy Tools Governments Use to Hijack Phones — Newly uncovered components of a digital surveillance tool used by more than 60 governments worldwide provide a rare glimpse at the extensive ways law enforcement and intelligence agencies use the tool … | Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Michael Arrington drops defamation suit against Jenn Allen after she retracts rape accusations — Jenn Allen Retracts Michael Arrington Rape Accusations — TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington has reached a settlement agreement with Jenn Allen. He's posted a copy of the agreement …
| Dana Wollman / Engadget: |
Samsung Galaxy Tab S review: slim design, long battery life, stunning screen — It'd be silly of me to talk about tablets in the past tense — we still write stories about them daily and clearly, we review them, too. But of the ones we've seen lately, most have been low-end; mid-range at best.
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| Walt Mossberg / Re/code: |
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| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Ex-Hulu CEO Jason Kilar teases video startup Vessel backed by Benchmark, Greylock, and Bezos — Jason Kilar's New Startup Has a Name, and a Whole Lot of Money — Former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar still doesn't want to say much about the startup he has been working on since last fall.| Shira Ovide / Wall Street Journal: |
Microsoft's Top Lawyer Slams Secret Surveillance Court — The U.S.'s secret surveillance court is unaccountable to the public and not “inclined to promote justice,” Microsoft's top lawyer said Wednesday. — General counsel Brad Smith said the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court … | Erin Griffith / Fortune: |
ZocDoc raising $152 million at $1.6 billion valuation — Investors in the online find-a-doctor portal's latest round include DST Global, according to a filing. ZocDoc, an online find-a-doctor portal, is raising a new round of funding worth $152 million, valuing the company at $1.6 billion … | Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Pebble becomes a real pedometer with new Misfit app — The smartwatch that charmed with its simplicity is starting to smarten up — Looking to preempt Google's big Android Wear unveiling, Pebble is today announcing a new partnership with wearable maker Misfit that will turn its smartwatch into a pedometer.
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Pebble, Wall Street Journal, Re/code, Engadget, NEWS.com.au, Mashable, Connectedly, Pocket-lint, Gigaom, TechCrunch and AppleInsider
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Firechat Enables Cross-Platform, Off-The-Grid Chat Between iOS And Android — Open Garden's Firechat was one of the first — if not the first — application to make use of Apple's new multi-peer mesh networking capabilities. This enabled its users to anonymously chat with each other …
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The Next Web, Gigaom, Bloomberg, GadgeTell, Gizmodo, Guardian, VentureBeat and TechHive
| Ina Fried / Re/code: |
Cyanogen expands team in push for open-source Android, hires former HTC, MediaTek and Amazon executives — Cyanogen Expands Team in Push for Open Android — Cyanogen has quietly expanded its executive ranks to transform its open source Android project into a serious player in the phone business.| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Snapchat Snags Facebook's Mike Randall As Monetization VP — Facebook may be stealing Snapchat's features, but Snapchat is stealing Facebook's employees, including a new one who could help it begin to make money. TechCrunch has learned that Snapchat has just signed the Global Director …
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