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| Jessi Hempel / Wired: |
Hands on with Microsoft's holographic goggles Project HoloLens — Our Exclusive Hands-On With Microsoft's Unbelievable New Holographic Goggles — It's the end of October, when the days have already grown short in Redmond, Washington, and gray sheets of rain are just beginning to let up.
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| Jessi Hempel / Wired: |
Inside Nadella's plan to reinvent Microsoft, starting with HoloLens, a flatter org chart, and a willingness to forge new partnerships — Satya Nadella's Got a Plan to Make You Care About Microsoft. The First Step? Holograms … REDMOND MISSED MOBILE — The old Microsoft never gained turf in smartphone operating systems.
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| Terry Myerson / Blogging Windows: |
The next generation of Windows: Windows 10 — Today I had the honor of sharing new information about Windows 10, the new generation of Windows. — Our team shared more Windows 10 experiences and how Windows 10 will inspire new scenarios across the broadest range of devices, from big screens to small screens to no screens at all.
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Hands-on with Windows 10 on a Surface Pro 3 — Windows 10 finally unites tablets and laptops — We've just spent a few minutes with a build of Windows 10 on a few different computers, including a Microsoft Surface Pro 3. It's snappy and fast in a way that some doubters don't believe Windows can be …
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| Amir Efrati / The Information: |
Sources: Google is preparing to sell wireless plans running on Sprint and T-Mobile networks — Google's Next Telecom Move: Becoming a Wireless Carrier — Google is preparing to sell mobile phone plans directly to customers and manage their calls and mobile data over a cellular network …
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| Paul Rosania / The Twitter Blog: |
Twitter rolls out “While you were away” feature to iOS users, coming soon to Android and web — While you were away... Today we're introducing something new to your home timeline: a recap of some of the top Tweets you might have missed from accounts you follow.
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| WhatsApp Blog: |
WhatsApp launches a desktop web app to serve Android, Blackberry, and Windows Phone users — WhatsApp Web — Today, for the first time, millions of you will have the ability to use WhatsApp on your web browser. Our web client is simply an extension of your phone: the web browser mirrors conversations …
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| Serena Saitto / Bloomberg: |
Uber raises $1.6B in convertible debt from Goldman Sachs' clients — Uber Said to Raise $1.6 Billion in Convertible Debt to Expand — Uber Technologies Inc. raised $1.6 billion in convertible debt from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS)'s wealth management clients, according to people …
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| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
eBay to Cut 2,400 Jobs and Explore Sale or IPO of Enterprise Unit — EBay said today that it would cut about seven percent of its workforce globally in the first quarter as it looks to reduce costs ahead of its planned spinoff of PayPal. The company also said it would explore a sale or IPO …
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| Jason Koebler / Motherboard: |
Illinois law says schools can ask for students' Facebook passwords if they violate policy — Illinois Says Rule-Breaking Students Must Give Teachers Their Facebook Passwords — School districts in Illinois are telling parents that a new law may require school officials to demand … | Ryan Whitwam / Android Police: |
Google stops selling the last Google Play Edition device, the HTC One M8 — The HTC One M8 Google Play Edition Is No Longer Available In The Play Store, Leaving No GPE Devices For Sale — Google Play Edition phones and tablets started dropping like flies last year, and now we've reached the eventual conclusion.
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Court document for Silk Road 2 trial suggests investigators may have spent six months last year exploiting Tor anonymity bug — Did feds mount a sustained attack on Tor to decloak crime suspects? — Last week's arrest of a man alleged to help run the Silk Road 2. online drug bazaar … | Megan Geuss / Ars Technica: |
| Steven Musil / CNET: |
Amazon ends its mobile-wallet beta six months after launch — Amazon to fold its mobile-wallet app beta on Wednesday — The closure comes amid rocky efforts by tech companies to expand into the financial industry. — Amazon will pull the plug on its Amazon Wallet beta on Wednesday …
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Ubergizmo, Gigaom, Electronista, PandoDaily and MacRumors
| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Windows 10's Mobile Debut Reveals Cross-Platform Features And Skype Integration — Windows 10 was hailed at Microsoft's special event today as a cross-platform OS that makes it easy to build once and ship to almost anything. Microsoft EVP of Operating Systems Terry Myserson said it was the … | Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
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| Laura Hazard Owen / Gigaom: |
Amazon pulls its diaper brand after 6 weeks, citing design flaws — Amazon has yanked the “Amazon Elements” diaper brand it launched for Prime members just six weeks ago, saying that it is working to improve the design of the diapers “based on early customer feedback.”
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