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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.
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| 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.
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| 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 …
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| 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.
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| 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 …
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| 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.| Wes Fenlon / PC Gamer: |
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| David Kravets / Ars Technica: |
US air traffic control computer system vulnerable to terrorist hackers — FAA didn't always ensure passwords were encrypted “when transmitted or stored.” — The US system for guiding airplanes is open to vulnerabilities from outside hackers, the Government Accountability Office said Monday.| 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.
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| 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 …
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| 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.
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| 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 …
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| 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 … | Sarah Frier / Bloomberg Business: |
Facebook Is Said to Be Working on Competitor to Twitter's MoPub — Don't Miss Out — (Bloomberg) — Facebook Inc. is working on a competitor to Twitter Inc.'s mobile-advertising distributor MoPub, according to people with knowledge of the matter, a bid to win more business in a growing market.
| Damon Beres / The Huffington Post: |
Waze Adds Amber Alerts To Popular Traffic App — Waze helps drivers get cheap gas, avoid traffic jams and spot highway patrols — and now it could help find abducted children. — The company announced Tuesday that its community-driven traffic app, which has been downloaded and installed … | 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 …
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Business Insider, AppleInsider, The Loop, Quartz, AppleTell, Redmond Pie, WatchAware, iMore, Wearable Tech Insider, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacDailyNews and iLounge. Thanks:@apollozac
| 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.
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Xbox Live's Major Nelson, IGN and Engadget
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