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Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Samsung's Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge to arrive April 10 with 5.1" 2560x1440 displays, Exynos CPUs, embedded wireless charging, improved fingerprint sensor — Meet The New Samsung Galaxy S6 And S6 Edge, Arriving April 10 — Samsung has indeed revealed its new flagship smartphone today …

Dan Seifert / The Verge:

Hands-on with Samsung's Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge: design prioritized over waterproofing, removable batteries, and superfluous software features — Samsung's new Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge put design first — Following countless leaks and endless teasers, Samsung has officially announced the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge smartphones.

More: Wall Street Journal, The Verge, NEWS.com.au, Re/code, Daring Fireball, Android Authority, New York Times, BGR, Android Police, Ars Technica, The Next Web, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, Yahoo Tech and Tom's Guide. Tweets: @scottlowe

Aaron Souppouris / Engadget:

Samsung announces updated Gear VR headset for Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge — Samsung's new virtual reality headset works with the Galaxy S6 — The original Gear VR headset actually made a little headway, even getting picked up by Best Buy. Its main barrier to entry, aside from its $199 price point …

More: Samsungmobilepress.com, Telegraph, The Register, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, TweakTown News, TechnoBuffalo, Mashable and GSMArena Blog

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Samsung Pay coming this summer to Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge, works with NFC and legacy magnetic strip terminals, uses fingerprint scanner for authentication — Samsung Pay Takes On Apple Pay This Summer With LoopPay's MST Tech — Samsung has a new mobile payment solution it announced today …

More: Guardian, Android Authority, ReadWrite, CNET, PC World, BGR, Engadget and Starpoint Blog

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Samsung bundles Microsoft apps on its new Galaxy S6

More: Engadget, ABC News, Android Authority and BGR. Tweets: @reckless

Vlad Savov / The Verge:

HTC Grip is iOS and Android compatible, GPS enabled fitness tracker developed in partnership with Under Armour and available for $199 this spring — HTC announces Grip, its first wearable fitness tracker — The wait for HTC's first wearable device has come to an end …

More: BetaNews, 9to5Google, TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, Android Authority, BGR, Gizmodo, Engadget, The Next Web, Android Police and ShinyShiny

Chris Hall / Pocket-lint:

HTC One M9 hands-on: excels in design, improved specs, may look too much like its predecessor — HTC One M9: The devil is in the details (hands-on) — The HTC One M9 has probably been the most leaked handset in recent history, but it isn't until you have this device in your hand …

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Quentyn Kennemer / Phandroid:

HTC announces One M9 with 5" 1080p display, 20MP back and 4MP UltraPixel front camera, Snapdragon 810 CPU, 3GB of RAM, available mid-March — HTC has officially unveiled the HTC One M9 — Talk about the HTC One M9 at AndroidForums.com! — It's finally happened, folks — HTC has officially unveiled the HTC One M9.

More: Android Police, The Verge, The Techolic, Engadget and Wall Street Journal. Tweets: @fjeronimo

Chris Hall / Pocket-lint:

HTC partners with Valve to launch Vive VR headset and VR Controllers by the end of this year — This is HTC Vive, the Steam VR headset built by HTC and Valve — Share on Facebook - Tweet about it - Pint It - Share on LinkedIn - Post on Google+ - Share via Email

More: The Verge, The Next Web, PC World, Engadget, USA Today, BBC, CNET, Yahoo Tech, GeekWire and Phandroid

Brian X. Chen / New York Times:

Apple Watch will have low energy Power Reserve mode that will display only time — Apple's New Job: Selling a Smartwatch to an Uninterested Public — SAN FRANCISCO — For Apple, the hard part — making a smartwatch — is nearly over. — Soon it will be time for the harder part …

More: TIME, AppleInsider, Engadget, Business Insider, The Verge, PhoneDog.com, Daring Fireball, Ubergizmo, iDownloadBlog.com, MacDailyNews, WatchAware, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog and iMore. Tweets: @drbarnard

Julian Sanchez / Cato Institute:

NSA Director fails to understand the dangerous long-term consequences of crypto backdoors in real world software — What NSA Director Mike Rogers Doesn't Get About Encryption — At a New America Foundation conference on cybersecurity Monday, NSA Director Mike Rogers gave an interview that …

Tweets: @rootlabs and @kevinbankston

Andy Greenberg / Wired:

Researchers rate backdoors to cryptographic systems based on effectiveness, detectability, ease of use, and other factors

Tweets: @information_cat

CNET:

Acer announces Liquid M220, a €79 Windows Phone coming to select European markets in April with a 4" display and 1.2GHz dual-core CPU — Acer's Liquid M220 offers Windows Phone on a budget (hands-on) — If you're curious about Windows Phone but don't want to spend much to check it out …

Aaron Souppouris / Engadget:

Acer announces €79 fitness tracker Liquid Leap+ with 1" OLED touchscreen and changeable straps, compatible with iOS, Android, and Windows Phone

More: Gigaom, ShinyShiny, Android Authority, Re/code, The Wearable Stuff, Expert Reviews, PhoneArena, TechnoBuffalo, Electronista and Ubergizmo

Ben Woods / The Next Web:

Huawei launches Talkband B2 activity tracker and N1 earbud hybrid — Huawei has today announced two new wearable devices, the B2 and N1, just ahead of the start of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. — The B2 is the successor to last year's B1 activity tracker, and comes with upgraded functionality and 6-axis tracking.

CNET:

Huawei Watch unveiled at MWC, first Android Wear watch with a sapphire crystal display

More: The Verge, TechCrunch, BBC, Engadget, GSMArena.com, Mobile News Online, What Hi-Fi?, Connected Digital World, stuff.tv, The Wearable Stuff, Liliputing, Technology Personalized, ShinyShiny, Thai Tech and AndroidHeadlines.com

Timothy B. Lee / Vox:

The self-driving car market will be huge, and incumbent car makers will struggle to compete with tech companies — Why Silicon Valley has a chance to dominate the auto industry — A 1985 article in the New York Times wondered what had happened to the fad of laptop computers, which had …

Tweets: @valaafshar, @fmbutt, @mims, @sub8u and @sub8u

Sarah Mitroff / CNET:

Withings' Activite and Activite Pop watches are now Android-friendly — Starting March 2, you'll be able to connect a Withings Activite or Activite Pop watch to an Android phone or tablet. — Withings' stylish fitness trackers, the Activite and the Activite Pop, can now sync with Android phones …

More: Gizmodo

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