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February 26, 2015, 9:40 AM
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Megan Geuss / Ars Technica:
Source: Google to announce new payments API, Android Pay, at I/O in May  —  Google will launch Android Pay at I/O in May  —  Source tells Ars that the company will revitalize its payments platform with a new API.  —  A source close to the matter told Ars on Wednesday that Google …
Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom:
Net Neutrality day is here: a guide to today's vote  —  Credit: Gigaom illustration adapted from Shutterstock  —  Credit: Gigaom illustration adapted from Shutterstock  —  What is the right way to run the internet?  After months of pitched debate over so-called net neutrality …
Sam Byford / The Verge:
LG's ‘luxury’ Watch Urbane LTE doesn't use Android Wear  —  LG has already pre-announced the Watch Urbane, its “luxury” smartwatch that it's showing off in Barcelona next week, and now even more details have been revealed ahead of Mobile World Congress.  It turns out the Watch Urbane has a second …
Dawn Chmielewski / Re/code:
Google to Bring Paid Search Results to Google Play Apps  —  Google is bringing one familiar feature of Web search to its Google Play store: Paid search results.  —  The company said it will begin testing what it calls “sponsored” search results within its app store in the coming weeks.
Quentin Hardy / New York Times:
Google researchers have created an AI system that taught itself to play and win 49+ 1980s games; could be used for robots, driverless cars in future  —  A Google Computer Can Teach Itself Games  —  In a big step in the development of computers capable of independent reasoning …
Jillian D'Onfro / Business Insider:
WSJ: YouTube remains unprofitable, breaking even with revenue of $4B in 2014  —  YouTube still doesn't make Google any money  —  YouTube still isn't a profitable business for Google, sources tell The Wall Street Journal's Rolfe Winkler.  —  Thanks to a premium ads push last year called …
David Kravets / Ars Technica:
Revenge porn boss wants Google to remove his “identity related” info  —  Craig Brittain wants links to stories of FTC dinging his site wiped from search.  —  What do you do if you're a revenge porn site operator and the Federal Trade Commission has barred you from publishing nude images of people without their consent?
Kevin C. Tofel / Gigaom:
Google Play increases free music storage limit from 20,000 to 50,000 songs  —  You can now store 50,000 songs online with Google Play Music  —  Google just made its Play Music service a bit more appealing, even if you don't use a Google Android phone.  You can now upload 50,000 songs …
Bloomberg Business:
HP in Talks to Buy Aruba Networks for Wi-Fi Infrastructure  —  Don't Miss Out —  (Bloomberg) — Hewlett-Packard Co. is in talks to acquire Aruba Networks Inc., a maker of wireless-network infrastructure used by hotels, universities and shopping malls, people with knowledge of the matter said.
Re/code:
Google Mulling ‘Strategic Investment’ in Device Maker Jawbone  —  Google is considering making what several sources close to the situation describe as a “strategic investment” in Jawbone, the high-profile San Francisco maker of a number of wireless and wearable devices such as the Up fitness tracker.
Russell Brandom / The Verge:
Lenovo.com has been hacked, possibly by Lizard Squad  —  Lenovo.com has been hacked.  Starting at 4PM ET, users visiting the site saw a slideshow of disaffected youths, set to the song “Breaking Free” from High School Musical.  At 4:17, the site seemed to have reverted to its normal self …
Kevin C. Tofel / Gigaom:
Broadcom has an Android Wear platform with 3G, NFC and more  —  Broadcom wants to make it easier for hardware makers to build an Android Wear smartwatch, complete with features that Google's software doesn't even support yet, notes PhoneScoop.  The chip company introduced its watch platform …
Jon Russell / TechCrunch:
Chat App Viber Opens Its Games Service To All Users Worldwide  —  Messaging app Viber has quietly made its games service available for all users worldwide following a two month pilot in five countries.  —  The company, which was bought by Rakuten for $900 million a year ago …
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard:
As Gemalto downplays breach by NSA and GCHQ, experts say six day investigation was likely insufficient  —  World's Largest SIM Card Maker Has No Clue Whether It Was Hacked by the NSA  —  Last week, new documents leaked by Edward Snowden revealed one of the NSA and GCHQ's most daring operations …

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New York Times:
Sources: the White House directed FBI director Kash Patel to personally oversee the probe into NYT reporting about Air Force One, before subpoenas were issued

Jake Kanter / Deadline:
BBC Director General Matt Brittin says he will review BBC's foreign content acquisition strategy amid criticism over outbidding rivals for shows like Scooby-Doo

Scott Roxborough / The Hollywood Reporter:
Q&A: Banijay CEO Marco Bassetti on the All3Media merger, plans to expand beyond TV into live events and sports, preserving flexible company culture, and more

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Paul Carsten / Reuters:
Since Snowden leaks, China has dropped Cisco, Apple, McAfee, and others for government purchases
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