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Sources: HBO's new streaming service to be called “HBO Now”, will cost $15/month, include Apple TV as launch partner — HBO In Talks With Apple To Be Launch Partner For Coming Web Service ‘HBO Now’: Exclusive — HBO is in talks with Apple to make Apple TV one of the launch partners …
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Hillary Clinton used her own private email server for official business as secretary of state; emails backed up to Google in 2012 — Clinton ran homebrew computer system for official emails — 1 photo — WASHINGTON (AP) — The computer server that transmitted and received Hillary Clinton's emails …
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Microsoft is bringing Xbox games to its futuristic HoloLens headset — Appearing at Game Developers Conference 2015 today, Xbox chief Phil Spencer confirmed that Microsoft intends to bring Xbox gaming to the company's futuristic HoloLens headset. “Gaming and entertainment is going to be critical …
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Microsoft launches Xbox One SDK to let any developer build apps for its console — Microsoft is finally letting developers build apps for the Xbox One. While the software maker has had a private SDK since the console's launch, that will start to go a lot more public today.
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Etsy files for IPO, seeks to raise $100M, on NASDAQ under ticker symbol ETSY — Etsy files to go public with $100M IPO — Online retailer Etsy is going public. The company today filed its form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, kicking off the process for raising $100 million … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Instagram allows ads to have clickable links and introduces multi-photo carousel ads — Instagram Starts Letting Ads Be Clickable — Instagram never allowed URLs to open until now. It wanted people browsing photos, not the web. But Instagram says its advertisers demanded more vivid ways … | Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Shyp now handles returns for online purchases from 12 big retailers including Amazon, Target — Shyp might be about to change the way we shop online — The easiest way to return unwanted items ever — In theory, shopping online couldn't be easier. You tap a few buttons … | Medium: |
Two former and four current Twitter execs, all women, announce new investment group #Angels — Introducing #Angels — Over the better part of the last decade we have poured our energy, passion, and time into building Twitter—the product, the business, the platform, the culture and the company.
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Oculus VR Will Go ‘Full Consumer’ With Samsung by Year's End — Oculus VR's mobile virtual reality headset, the Samsung Gear VR, will get a full-on consumer push by the end of the year, CTO John Carmack said today at the Game Developers Conference. — Eric Johnson
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Fashion Marketplace Farfetch Raises $86M Led By DST At A $1B Valuation — Some big news today in the world of fashion e-commerce. Farfetch, the London-based online marketplace for high end fashion retailers, is announcing a raise of $86 million. The funding vaults Farfetch into the unicorn club …
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Pocket, Shazam, Fleksy, and 19 other apps designated as Galaxy Gifts will be free to download for Galaxy S6, S6 edge — Fleksy, Shazam and 20 other apps will be part of Galaxy Gifts for Galaxy S6, S6 edge — Samsung is known to treat its Galaxy smartphone buyers with a suite of apps and games for free.| TechCrunch: |
Twitter In Talks With Live Streaming App Periscope — If you looked at this week's sudden Meerkat phenomenon and thought “hey, Twitter should buy this,” then you're on the right track. According to sources we've spoken with, Twitter has been in talks to purchase live streaming app Periscope …
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Nvidia's GRID game-streaming service, currently in beta, will launch in May with basic and premium subscription tiers — NVIDIA GRID Game Streaming Service To Become Commercial Service — As part of NVIDIA's suite of GDC 2015 announcements, the company has announced that their GRID game streaming service …
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