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| 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.
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Tweets: @patrickmoorhead, @neilcybart and @scottlowe
| 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 …
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| 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 … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
| 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 … | Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
| 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 …
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Tweets: @drbarnard, @hblodget, @markgurman, @markgurman and @mgsiegler
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
David Besbris no longer running Google+, replaced by longtime VP of Product Bradley Horowitz — Bradley Horowitz Is Now Running Google+ — More changes afoot at Google+. TechCrunch has learned, and now confirmed with Google, that David Besbris has left his role as the head of the company's social and identity product.
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Tweets: @dannysullivan, @dannysullivan, @dannysullivan and @zackwhittaker
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Sources: social news reader Prismatic on the block, with Microsoft the front runner in buying it; Apple and Yahoo have also expressed serious interest — Microsoft Wants To Buy Social News Reader Prismatic — Microsoft has been busy snatching up startups to fill out its mobile apps portfolio … | Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
Apple's latest ads feature photos from iPhone users, highlighting camera quality — Apple Would Like You To Know People Think The iPhone's Camera Is Awesome — Apple has never led market share in worldwide phone sales. Ever. And yet, the iPhone has held the (according to flickr) title of world's most popular camera for years.
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9to5Mac, BuzzFeed, MacRumors, iMore, NEWS.com.au, TIME, iPhone Hacks, Cult of Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, The Next Web, iMore, The Loop, iPhone in Canada Blog and Pocket-lint
Tweets: @charlesarthur, @mgsiegler and @drew
| Washington Post: |
Why Silicon Valley is the new revolving door for Obama staffers — In 2004, when Barack Obama was running for the U.S. Senate, he made his first visit to Google's campus and saw firsthand how a search on the Internet worked. It left such a strong impression that he returned during …
Tweets: @b_fung and @davidnakamura
| 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
| 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, @mgsiegler, @fmbutt, @mims, @sub8u and @sub8u
| Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
SanDisk announces 200GB microSD card, 32GB Dual USB Drive with reversible Type-C connector, 128GB iXpand Flash Drive with Lightning connector — SanDisk bets smartphone crowd wants more flash storage — The flash memory specialist announces a 200GB microSD card, drives to backup phone photos …
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Engadget, Android Authority, Gizmodo, Computerworld, MacRumors, Tom's Hardware Guide, 9to5Mac, stuff.tv, GSMArena Blog, Android Central and 9to5Google. Tweets: @batteryhq
| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
HP's Spectre x360 is a 13-inch Broadwell-powered convertible laptop with up to 12.5 hours of battery life, available today from $899 — HP's Spectre x360 is a powerful new MacBook Air competitor — HP is introducing what it's calling its “most premium” computer yet: the Spectre x360 …
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Wired, AnandTech, GSMArena Blog, Thurrott.com, Ars Technica, PC World, Gizmodo and Engadget
Tweets: @patrickmoorhead, @reckless and @michaelhyatt
| Nicole Lee / Engadget: |
Lenovo launches sub-$200 tablets, Android-based Tab 2 A8 and A10, and Windows-based MIIX 300 — Lenovo rolls out new sub-$200 tablets, two with Dolby Atmos — Lenovo might still be a little sore from the Superfish scandal that recently rocked its PC division, but thankfully the company's mobile arm has remained unharmed.
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PC World, Laptop Mag, PC World, Laptop Mag, BetaNews, Inquirer and VentureBeat
| 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: |
| 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: |
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