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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.

Aaron Souppouris / Engadget:

Samsung announces updated Gear VR headset for Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge

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

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

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Samsung bundles Microsoft apps on its new Galaxy S6

More: Engadget, NEWS.com.au, BGR, ABC News and CNET

Tweets: @shiraovide and @reckless

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

More: Gigaom, CNET, Engadget, NEWS.com.au, ReadWrite, Android Authority and BGR

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.

More: Bradley Horowitz, Engadget, The Verge, The Next Web, CNET, Re/code, 9to5Google and VentureBeat

Tweets: @caseynewton, @dannysullivan, @zackwhittaker and @dannysullivan

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 …

More: ZDNet, TrustedReviews, The Verge, AndroidPIT, NotebookReview.com, PC Pro, Tom's Guide, CNET, PC Magazine, Inquirer, AnandTech, SlashGear, TechnoBuffalo, The Register, TechCrunch, The Verge and Ars Technica

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

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

Chris Hall / Pocket-lint:

HTC partners with Valve to launch Vive VR headset and VR Controllers by the end of this year

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

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

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

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 …

More: Windows Central. Tweets: @gaberivera

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, Cult of Mac, PhoneDog.com, Ubergizmo, iDownloadBlog.com, MacDailyNews, Engadget, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Verge, 9to5Mac, iMore, 9to5Mac, Business Insider and MacRumors

Tweets: @drbarnard, @markgurman, @hblodget, @markgurman and @mgsiegler

Vlad Savov / The Verge:

Sony announces Xperia Z4 tablet with a 10-inch 2K display launching globally in June — Sony's VAIO replacement is the ultrathin Xperia Z4 Tablet — Announced at Mobile World Congress a year ago, the 10-inch Xperia Z2 Tablet remains one of the thinnest and lightest tablets around …

More: The Verge, Inquirer, Gizmodo, CNET, PC World, Engadget, The Next Web, Mashable, GSMArena.com, AnandTech, Pocket-lint and SlashGear. Tweets: @vladsavov

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.

More: BuzzFeed, 9to5Mac, iMore, MacRumors, TIME, Cult of Mac, The Loop, iPhone Hacks, NEWS.com.au, The Next Web, iDownloadBlog.com, iMore, 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: @davidnakamura and @b_fung

Amanda Connolly / The Next Web:

Meerkat for iOS lets you live stream video to your Twitter followers — No, this is not an app livestreaming meerkats going about their day. It could be though. Meerkat for iOS lets you live stream video on Twitter in one click. — Once you've downloaded the app and found your good side …

More: TechCrunch, Medium and App Advice

Tweets: @hunterwalk, @peterpham, @joshelman, @justinkan, @hunterwalk, @benbajarin and @theromit

Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times:

Netherlands' NXP Semiconductors to acquire Austin-based chip maker Freescale in an $11.8B deal — Chip Makers Will Merge in Deal Worth $11.8 Billion — NXP Semiconductors said on Sunday that it would buy a smaller peer, Freescale Semiconductor, in an $11.8 billion deal that would create …

More: Reuters, NXP Semiconductors, TechCrunch, Bloomberg Business, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal and TheStreet.com

Jon Russell / TechCrunch:

India's Ola Buys Smaller Rival TaxiForSure For $200M To Put Pressure On Uber — Ola, the SoftBank-backed competitor to Uber, has dished out $200 million to buy smaller rival TaxiForSure in what looks like being the first of a number of consolidation moves in India's taxi-hailing space.

More: NextBigWhat

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 …

More: Ars Technica, AnandTech, Wired, GSMArena Blog, Thurrott.com, Gizmodo, PC World and Engadget

Tweets: @patrickmoorhead, @michaelhyatt and @reckless

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