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Windows 10: A closer look at Cortana integration with Spartan (with video) — Microsoft's new browser has a unique feature built in... Cortana — Microsoft announced back in January that Windows 10 would ship with two browsers, the regular IE11 for backwards compatibility, and Spartan.
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PCH buys Fab.com, will use it as a sales channel for the hardware products it helps startups make — Fab.com's Fire Sale Is Official — Fab.com finally has a new home. — PCH International, a company that helps startups design and manufacture hardware products, has announced … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Apple beat Samsung for Q4 2014 global smartphone sales, first time since 2011; Samsung led sales for 2014 as a whole — Led By iPhone 6, Apple Passed Samsung In Q4 Smartphone Sales, 1.9B Mobiles Sold Overall In 2014 — If 2014 goes down as the year when smartphone sales globally passed the 1 billion mark …
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Pebble reveals Pebble Time Steel for $250 on Kickstarter along with a “Smartstraps” system that's open to hardware developers — Pebble Reveals Pebble Time Steel And A Smartstrap System Open To Hardware Developers — Pebble announced Pebble Time last week …
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| Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
Oculus Has Hired Mary Lou Jepsen Away From Google X — Facebook-owned Oculus has hired away big-time Google X executive Mary Lou Jepsen, according to sources familiar with the move. — Jepsen, who spent the last three years running the Display Division at Google X, is joining …
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Inside Project Loon: Google's internet in the sky is almost open for business — “Good news,” says Katelin Jabbari, Google X's communications chief. “It's about to explode.” — We're several hundred feet in the air, inching our way along a wooden walkway tucked high into the rafters …
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BlackBerry plans four phones this year, including $275 all-touch 5-inch Leap phablet — BlackBerry plans to launch a sliding ‘dual-curved display’ phone this year — During a press conference at Mobile World Congress today, BlackBerry revealed that it plans to launch a new touchscreen slider device later this year.
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| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Luxe Confirms $20M In New Funding, As It Hires A Business Chief And Expands To New Markets — Last week we reported that on-demand valet startup Luxe had raised $20 million in Series A funding from Venrock Partners and Redpoint Ventures to expand its service into new markets.
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Sync, BitTorrent's Free File Sharing Service, Exits Beta With A $40 Pro Tier — BitTorrent is today taking one more step ahead in its bid to create a revenue-generating business out of its peer-to-peer file-sharing network. Sync, the desktop and mobile file synchronising service … | Jeff Mason / Reuters: |
Obama criticizes China's new rules requiring US tech companies to provide backdoor access, says Beijing must change policy if it wants to do business with USA — Exclusive: Obama sharply criticizes China's plans for new technology rules — (Reuters) - President Barack Obama …
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Interview with Kim Kardashian on her hit game, aspirations in tech, and plans to create more apps — After Conquering Reality TV, Kim Kardashian Is Taking the Mobile World By Storm — Kim Kardashian West first grabbed our attention in October 2007 with the premiere of E!'s Keeping Up With the Kardashians.
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Researchers discover “FREAK” flaw, which can force Safari and Android browsers to use weak encryption, enabling MITM attacks — “FREAK” flaw undermines security for Apple and Google users, researchers discover — Technology companies are scrambling to fix a major security flaw …
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Khronos unveils Vulkan: next generation of OpenGL, a cross-platform efficient graphics API — Next Generation OpenGL Becomes Vulkan: Additional Details Released — Continuing this week's GDC-2015 fueled blitz of graphics API news releases, we have Khronos, the industry consortium behind OpenGL …
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With $66M in funding from a consortium of 15 banks, Goldman Sachs backed messaging and social networking service Symphony will launch by July — Goldman Sachs to debut new social networking service — Call it Goldman Apps. — A Goldman Sachs-backed messaging and social networking service … | Luke Westaway / CNET: |
The Lenovo A7000 is a $169, 5.5-inch 4G LTE smartphone with Dolby sound — BARCELONA — Once the preserve of the high-fallutin', gadget-lovin' elite, smartphones no longer need to cost the Earth. The latest mobile to offer smartphone tech on a modest budget is Lenovo's A7000 … | Sebastian Anthony / Ars Technica: |
Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 will feature Kryo CPU, Krait's 64-bit successor — At long last, it's (almost) time for Qualcomm's custom-designed 64-bit chip. — BARCELONA, Spain—Qualcomm, after an agonizingly long wait, has finally revealed a few details about its next-gen, top-end CPU core.
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