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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 …
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| Moxie Marlinspike / Moxie Marlinspike's Blog: |
GPG, with its old technology, bad design, and small userbase, is dead; it's time for a more usable encryption system — Blog >>- GPG And Me — I receive a fair amount of email from strangers. My email address is public, which doesn't seem to be a popular choice these days …
| Ina Fried / Re/code: |
Lytro Cuts Jobs, Raises $50M in Shift Toward Virtual Reality and Video — Workers at Lytro got a mixed bag of news on Wednesday, with the photography startup telling employees both that it has raised a further $50 million, but also that it intends to cut a significant chunk of its workforce.
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| 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 …
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| 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 … | Conor Dougherty / New York Times: |
Google to propose new headquarters in Mountain View this week but the city fears being overrun — Google Plans New Headquarters, and a City Fears Being Overrun — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Apple is moving into a headquarters building that looks like a spaceship.
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| 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.| 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 …
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| Joshua Barrie / Business Insider: |
Uber partners with Starwood Hotels to offer reward points for rides — Uber riders can now earn free stays at some of the world's most luxurious hotels — Uber has launched a partnership with Starwoods Hotels & Resorts to reward its most loyal passengers.
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| Farhad Manjoo / New York Times: |
Q&A with Dick Costolo on Twitter's lack of broad appeal and plans to handle harassment — Dick Costolo Thinks It's O.K. To Never Tweet — In a recent earnings report, you said Twitter had 288 million active users a month — only a few million more than in the quarter before.
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Tweets: @hunterwalk and @timcohn
| 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 …
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Wall Street Journal, CNET, ZDNet, Fortune, SiliconANGLE, eWeek, The Register, ITworld.com, Forbes, Ars Technica, Tech Times, Engadget, Mashable, Computerworld and The Next Web. Tweets: @jzdziarski
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Yo Tries To Make Itself Useful With Photo And Link Alerts From 150 Sources — “It was just a way to annoy your friends” Yo co-founder Or Arbel tells me. His minimalist messenger hit 3.5 million users at its peak thanks to the mainstream press' sudden fascination with an app that only let you send people the word “Yo”.
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Medium, Daily Mail, iDigitalTimes.com, KnowTechie, Entrepreneur, SocialTimes, Engadget, MobileSyrup.com, The Daily Dot and Android Authority. Thanks:@joshconstine
| Niall Kennedy / The Twitter Blog: |
The official Twitter plugin for WordPress is here — Today, we're releasing an official Twitter plugin for WordPress that bundles Twitter features and functionality into an installable package for sites powered by WordPress. — WordPress software powers millions of sites around the web …
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GitHub, The Next Web, Post Status, Marketing Land, TechCrunch and VentureBeat. Tweets: @janamal
| Paul Carsten / Reuters: |
Since Snowden leaks, China has dropped Cisco, Apple, McAfee, and others for government purchases — Exclusive: China drops leading technology brands for state purchases — (Reuters) - China has dropped some of the world's leading technology brands from its approved state purchase lists …
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Tech in Asia, iMore, The Register, AppleInsider, Slashdot, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechSpot, SiliconBeat, Patently Apple, Seeking Alpha, The Verge and MacDailyNews
Tweets: @reuterstech and @qhardy
| 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 … | Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Following Google deal, Softcard is shutting down its Android and Windows Phone apps — Two days ago, Google announced a deal with Softcard to pre-install Google Wallet on U.S. carrier devices. News surfaced today that the Softcard wallet app, available for both Android and Windows Phone, will soon be shut down.
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Windows Central, WMPoweruser, SlashGear, USA Today, Pocketnow, PhoneDog.com, The Register, Neowin and Gigaom
| 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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The Intercept, Ars Technica, Techdirt, RT, Light Reading, BGR, Guardian, USA Today, MobileSyrup.com, Reuters, Fox News, Gigaom, Forbes and Gemalto. Tweets: @csoghoian
| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
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