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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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Engadget, NEWS.com.au, Wall Street Journal, Re/code, The Verge, 9to5Google, New York Times, Pocket-lint, Android Authority, Gigaom, CNET, GeekWire, Android Beat, ExtremeTech, Tom's Guide, Yahoo Tech, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, Seeking Alpha, Daring Fireball, ReadWrite and Android Police
Tweets: @neilcybart, @patrickmoorhead and @scottlowe
| 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: |
| 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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The Verge, Re/code, Bradley Horowitz, VentureBeat and 9to5Google
Tweets: @caseynewton, @dannysullivan, @zackwhittaker, @dannysullivan and @dannysullivan
| 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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Ubergizmo, Wired.co.uk, TIME, AppleInsider, Cult of Mac, PhoneDog.com, iDownloadBlog.com, MacDailyNews, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Verge, 9to5Mac, Engadget, WatchAware, iMore, 9to5Mac, Business Insider, MacRumors and Canadianreviewer.com
Tweets: @drbarnard, @markgurman, @markgurman, @hblodget and @mgsiegler
| 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: @davidnakamura and @b_fung
| 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 …
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The Verge, Inquirer, Gizmodo, The Next Web, Engadget, CNET, PC World, AnandTech, Mashable, GSMArena.com, Pocket-lint and SlashGear
| Nathan Schneider / The New Republic: |
How Small Bitcoin Miners Lose on the Crypto-Currency Boom-Bust Cycle — “Mining” is the engine that keeps the Bitcoin network working, but it has swelled into a resource-hungry, capital-intensive, centralized syndicate. Is the Internet's native currency worth all the effort?
Tweets: @interfluidity, @reformedbroker, @jamilsmith, @goldman and @simonowens
| 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 …
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TechCrunch, Medium and App Advice
Tweets: @peterpham, @joshelman, @justinkan, @hunterwalk, @benbajarin, @theromit and @hunterwalk
| 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 …
| 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, Ars Technica, GSMArena Blog, Thurrott.com, PC World, Gizmodo and Engadget
Tweets: @patrickmoorhead, @michaelhyatt and @reckless
| 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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Gizmodo, Engadget, Android Authority, techeblog.com, Tom's Hardware Guide, 9to5Mac, stuff.tv, GSMArena Blog, Ink, Bits, & Pixels, Android Central, 9to5Google, Computerworld and MacRumors. Tweets: @batteryhq
| 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
| 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: |
| Aaron Souppouris / Engadget: |
Acer announces €79 fitness tracker Liquid Leap+ with 1" OLED touchscreen and changeable straps, compatible with iOS, Android, and Windows Phone — Acer wants to sell you a touchscreen fitness tracker for less than $90 — This is Acer's latest play for your wrist, the Liquid Leap+.| CNET: |
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