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March 5, 2015, 2:55 PM

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Bloomberg Business:
Sources: Production of Apple's 12.9-inch iPad delayed until September  —  Apple to Delay Larger iPad Production  —  Don't Miss Out —  (Bloomberg) — Apple Inc., which has seen stagnating iPad sales, will delay the start of manufacturing for a larger-screened version of the tablet, people with knowledge of the matter said.
Nick Wingfield / New York Times:
As VR companies battle motion sickness issues, Valve president Gabe Newell says its laser-assisted tracking system prevents nausea  —  Solution to Nausea Puts Virtual Reality Closer to Market  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Few technologies have generated more attention than virtual reality …
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Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:
Microsoft launches free preview of Office 2016 for Mac with Retina support, OneDrive and SharePoint integration, and more  —  Microsoft launches Office 2016 preview for Mac with full Retina support, OneDrive and SharePoint integration  —  Microsoft today launched a preview of Office 2016 for Mac.
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Imgur launches iPhone app to make browsing addicting images easy  —  Imgur is ready to take mobile seriously.  The popular image sharing site is launching a new iPhone app on Thursday that reimagines the experience of browsing through its massive collection of photos, GIFs, and other images.
Rohit Khare / Google Cloud Platform Blog:
Google releases beta version of Cloud Pub/Sub, a messaging API for connecting applications and services in real-time  —  Using Google Cloud Pub/Sub to Connect Applications and Data Streams  —  Many applications need to talk to other varied, and often, distributed systems reliably and in real-time.
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Business Insider to launch a standalone consumer tech site in Q3  —  Business Insider plans spinoff consumer tech site  —  Flush with new funding, Business Insider is planning to launch a new site devoted to consumer technology that will attempt to expand its audience beyond business readers, Digiday has learned.
David Bélanger / MSDN Blogs:
Remote Desktop app for Windows Phone 8.1 leaves preview, now available in Windows Phone Store  —  Remote Desktop app for Windows Phone now supports Gateway and Remote Resources  —  My name is David Bélanger, and I work in the Remote Desktop team.  Today, I am excited to announce …
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Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:
Dropbox for Business gets Groups feature and Groups API to simplify team management  —  Dropbox today rolled out Groups functionality and a Groups API to all its Dropbox for Business customers.  In short, the additions allow teams to create lists of members within Dropbox and then manage which folders and files they can access.

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