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JP Mangalindan / Mashable:

Uber acquires mapping startup deCarta — Uber, the popular ride-sharing startup, is acquiring the mapping and search startup deCarta for an unspecified amount, Mashable has learned. — The deal, which closes later this week, is for DeCarta's technology and talent.

More: Associated Press, Gigaom, Wired.co.uk, TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, CNET, Wall Street Journal, SlashGear, Engadget, VentureBeat, Business Insider Australia, The Verge, SiliconBeat, GSMArena Blog, Gizmodo UK, Hypebeast, The Next Web and Tech2. Tweets: @mprioleau. Thanks:@jpmanga

Mike Isaac / New York Times:

Nextdoor raises $110M, at a valuation of $1.1B; begins planning how to extract data to monetize with recommendations, on-demand services — Nextdoor Social Network Digs Really Deep Into Neighborhoods — Internet companies have been trying desperately for years to court people like Isaac Gonzales to use their services.

More: VatorNews, Business Insider and VentureBeat

Tweets: @jeffjohnroberts, @triketora and @rsarver

Sean Purcell / Gmail Blog:

Google's updated Contacts blends in contacts' Google+ profile info, simplifies pruning duplicates, shows prior emails and meetings — The new Google Contacts: Bringing everyone together — From email to Hangouts to a good ol' fashioned phone call, you've got a lot of options to get in touch with someone.

Ben Gilbert / Engadget:

Nvidia announces Shield, a $200 Android TV set-top box and game console with support for 4K video, available in May — Shield: NVIDIA's $200 gaming-focused Android TV set-top box — Another year, another new Shield device from NVIDIA. What's Shield? It's the hardware line from NVIDIA …

More: Gizmodo, The Verge, Android Authority, The Technology Chronicles, Gizmodo, SlashGear, Wall Street Journal, Ars Technica, CNET, BetaNews, Android Police, SlashGear, Gigaom, PC Perspective, PC World, VentureBeat, 9to5Google, TechCrunch, Re/code, Shacknews, CNET and TechSpot

Tweets: @canalys, @chillmage, @sdw, @harrymccracken and @harrymccracken

Ross Miller / The Verge:

Nvidia will launch a 1080p game-streaming subscription service in May

More: SlashGear

Craig Timberg / Washington Post:

Researchers discover “FREAK” flaw in Google and Apple devices that cripples HTTPS protection and enables man-in-the-middle attacks — “FREAK” flaw undermines security for Apple and Google users, researchers discover — Technology companies are scrambling to fix a major security flaw …

Jim Finkle / Reuters:

Apple to release fix for “FREAK” flaw next week; Google providing patch to partners but rollout timeframe unknown

More: WRAL Tech Wire, SecurityWeek and Cult of Mac

Philip Kollar / Polygon:

Valve announces Source 2 engine, free for developers — Valve has just revealed Source 2, a new, more powerful game engine, at Game Developers Conference 2015. — The Source 2 engine is a successor to the original Source engine, which debuted in June 2004 with the launch of Counter-Strike: Source.

More: Steam Database, Silicon Republic, ActionTrip Gaming News, BBC, The Tech Report, SlashGear and Gizmodo

Wes Fenlon / PC Gamer:

Valve announces $50 Steam Link streaming box and SteamVR for November release

More: TechCrunch and Engadget. Tweets: @elahti

Jason Schreier / Kotaku:

Valve's Steam Machines Will Officially Launch In November

More: Ars Technica, PC World and Polygon

Richard Lawler / Engadget:

Valve's ‘Lighthouse’ VR tech brings TVs and headsets together — We already saw the new Vive virtual reality headset that Valve and HTC are working on, but they're not stopping there. Hardware engineer Alan Yates says that its Lighthouse room-scale tracking system brings the “high-resolution …

More: VentureBeat and TechCrunch

Shalene Gupta / Fortune:

John Doerr testifies in Kleiner trial, suggests he wanted to keep Ellen Pao until she sued — Top venture capitalist soured on employee around time she filed sex bias case — A top Silicon Valley venture capitalist testified Tuesday that he initially fought his partners to keep a female employee they thought wasn't up to the job.

More: Re/code, The Verge, Reuters, USA Today, USA Today, Mercury News, TechCrunch, Reuters, Mercury News, Ars Technica, Business Insider, Wired, Wall Street Journal, Re/code, Wired, USA Today and Fortune

Kyle Orland / Ars Technica:

Sony's new Project Morpheus prototype has 1920 x 1080 OLED display and 120Hz refresh rate, will launch first half of 2016 — Sony: PS4 gets VR with Project Morpheus in early 2016 — First major console VR headset set for release in early 2016. — SAN FRANCISCO—At a Game Developers …

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Apple Watch's retail sales pitch uses a soft-sell that focuses on bands, three key features including health and fitness, and upgrading iPhone — Apple Watch's retail sales pitch revealed: 3 key features, switch to iPhone, focus on bands — With next week's Apple Watch event fast approaching …

More: AppleInsider, Quartz, The Loop, AppleTell, Wearable Tech Insider, Redmond Pie, WatchAware, iMore, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacDailyNews and iLounge. Thanks:@apollozac

Mike Murphy / Quartz:

Pebble Time is now the most-funded project in Kickstarter history with over $15M in pre-orders from 60K backers — The new Pebble smartwatch is now the most-funded project in Kickstarter history — In one week, Pebble's new Time smartwatch has become the most “funded” project in Kickstarter history …

More: Inquirer, USA Today, Tech Times, Business Insider, NBC News, Entrepreneur, TechnoBuffalo, TechCrunch and Android and Me

Rich Brome / Phone Scoop:

YotaPhone 2 featuring a rear-facing e-ink display to make its US debut this spring via Indiegogo — YotaPhone 2 Launching in U.S. via Indiegogo — YotaPhone plans to launch its unique dual-screen YotaPhone 2 in the U.S. this spring via crowd-funding site Indiegogo, according to spokesperson Matthew Kelly.

More: SiliconANGLE, Tech2, The Verge, TechnoBuffalo, BGR, Phandroid, SlashGear, Gizmodo, Pocketnow, Android Authority, Gigaom, Ubergizmo, Liliputing and Ink, Bits, & Pixels

Samit Sarkar / Polygon:

Microsoft bringing Xbox One Preview Program to Xbox 360 — More than nine years after launching the Xbox 360, Microsoft is giving users of the console the ability to get an early look at forthcoming system updates through its Preview Program, Microsoft's Larry Hryb announced yesterday.

More: Xbox Live's Major Nelson, IGN and Engadget

Jon Russell / TechCrunch:

Alibaba Is Expanding Its Cloud Services To The U.S. To Give Amazon New Competition — Alibaba, the Chinese commerce firm which held the largest IPO in history last year, is bringing cloud computing services in the U.S. after it announced plans to open a data center in Silicon Valley.

More: Fortune, ZDNet, Alizila, Reuters and Tech in Asia

T.C. Sottek / The Verge:

Netflix strikes deal with Australia's iiNet ISP for exemption from data caps, conflicting with the company's stance on net neutrality — Is Netflix's commitment to net neutrality a lie? — Netflix announced yesterday that it would be coming to Australia and New Zealand on March 24th …

More: DSLreports, Gigaom, iiNet, PandoDaily and SiliconANGLE

Tweets: @mcuban, @sorendayton, @chillmage and @dangillmor

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