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Samsung Galaxy S6 and Edge version, HTC One M9, Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet expected to debut at MWC — 10 things to expect at Mobile World Congress — Every year, tens of thousands of reporters, analysts, and suited-up businesspeople descend upon Barcelona for the Mobile World Congress trade show.
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BuzzFeed launches Tinder-like Cute or Not to rate pet photos, plans to launch more experimental apps, saying it will be “year of apps” for company — BuzzFeed's Silly New Animals App Is Very Smart Business — BuzzFeed just launched a Tinder for pets. Here's why that's a shrewd move.
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| Andrew Martonik / Android Central: |
Huawei posts ads for unannounced Android Wear watch at Barcelona Airport — ‘Timeless design’ and ‘smart within’ frame Huawei's unannounced wearable for Mobile World Congress. — As journalists and industry members alike start hitting Barcelona Airport for MWC 2015, they'll be greeted …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Airbnb is in the process of raising close to $1B at a $20B valuation — Airbnb Is Raising A Monster Round At A $20B Valuation — Airbnb — the platform that lets travellers book private spare rooms and entire homes as an alternative to traditional hotels — is doing some booking of its own.| Tracey Lien / Los Angeles Times: |
Uber discloses one of its databases was breached in May 2014; personal info, including drivers' license numbers, of up to 50K drivers at risk — Uber security breach may have affected up to 50,000 drivers — Thousands of Uber driver names and driver's license numbers may be in the hands …
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| Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code: |
IBM to invest $4B in cloud services, mobile, and data analytics businesses; CEO says those businesses will reach $40B in annual revenue by 2018 — IBM Says Cloud, Mobile and Data Businesses Will Reach $40 Billion by 2018 — Computing and IT services giant IBM will spend $4 billion on its cloud services … | Nathan Donato-Weinstein / bizjournals: |
Google submits master plans for Mountain View campus featuring moveable, canopied structures — Exclusive: Google campus plan would explode the concept of buildings, workspace (renderings) — When Google Inc.'s engineers need a certain kind of workspace, they come to David Radcliffe with a question.
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| Nathan Donato-Weinstein / bizjournals: |
LinkedIn plans for new office, plus retail promenade in Mountain View development plans — LinkedIn Corp., long hemmed in by its larger corporate neighbor Google Inc., believes it has finally found the way to settle down and expand in Mountain View. — On Friday, the company submitted plans … Thanks:@angelaswartz
| Nick Bilton / New York Times: |
Strippers and porn stars use Snapcash to charge Snapchat users for photos and videos — Strippers Go Undercover on Snapchat — Porn, it has been said, is a driver of technology. — Pornography has spurred the adoption of most tech innovations of the last generation.| James Kendrick / ZDNet: |
Amazon Echo beta SDK coming for developers, content providers — Summary:The cloud and retail giant is preparing to expand its voice-activated assistant's capabilities with the launch of a beta software development kit to help outsiders to build apps. — A select few developers … | Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
Dropbox partners with Vodafone to offer its file-storage service to more than 400M wireless customers — Dropbox Taps Vodafone for International Growth — Dropbox is partnering with Vodafone to offer its file-storage service to more than 400 million wireless customers.
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BetaNews, Seeking Alpha and The Next Web
| David Bredan / aBlogtoWatch: |
Swatch announces Touch Zero One smartwatch targeted at beach volleyball players and fans — Swatch Introduces A Smartwatch: Touch Zero One (For Volleyball) — Today, as news both expected and unexpected, Swatch has introduced what will be its first widely available smartwatch: the Swatch Touch Zero One.
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