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March 5, 2015, 5:40 PM

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Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Apple plans relaunched Beats streaming music service for WWDC, skipping March event; Apple TV still coming — Apple won't take the wraps off of its upcoming Beats-based music streaming service at its March 9 “Spring Forward” event, according to music industry sources briefed on the launch timeline.

Bloomberg Business:

Sources: Production of Apple's 12.9-inch iPad delayed until September — Apple to Delay Larger iPad Production — (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.

Luke Dormehl / Cult of Mac:

iPad Pro may boast superior display, USB 3.0 ports, and more — Two bits of news have emerged for anyone excited about Apple's upcoming 12-inch+ iPad Pro. Sources from the Chinese supply chain suggest that the tablet will come equipped with Oxide LCD display technology …

More: DigiTimes, Wall Street Journal, Laptop Mag, BGR, Business Insider, AppleTell, TechnoBuffalo, AppleInsider and iMore

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.

More: Office Blogs, The Verge, ZDNet, Digital Trends, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Computerworld, BetaNews, The Register, Ars Technica, Engadget, Business Insider, App Advice, CNET, MacRumors, GSMArena Blog, Geek Beat, BGR, TechCrunch, iMore, The Next Web, Wall Street Journal, TechnoBuffalo and iPhone in Canada Blog

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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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Vlad Savov / The Verge:

HTC Vive hands-on: display is unimpressive and subpixels are detectable, but tracking has no noticeable inaccuracies or latency

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Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac:

WSJ footnote suggests 12-inch MacBook Air could be announced by Apple as early as Monday — Tucked away at the bottom of the WSJ's report on the often-postponed iPad Pro was a single sentence that, if correct, suggests that Apple could announce the 12-inch MacBook Air as early as Monday.

More: Gigaom, BGR, The Verge, Mashable, MacRumors, TechCrunch, GSMArena Blog, PandoDaily, iPhone in Canada Blog, Fortune, CNET, Patently Apple and Ubergizmo

Sam Byford / The Verge:

How Huawei Watch, with its minimalist design and quality build, became a surprise hit at MWC — How a Chinese smartwatch became the surprise hit of Mobile World Congress — Huawei hopes to shake up the wearable world with its new Watch — Did you hear the one about the Chinese telecom giant …

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Martin Beck / Marketing Land:

Twitter Ads gets “partner audiences”, allowing advertisers to target users showing purchase intent off Twitter using data from Acxiom and Datalogix — Twitter Gives Advertisers Access To More Than 1,000 Big Data Target Audiences — With “partner audiences” provided by Acxiom and Datalogix …

More: The Twitter Blog, The Next Web, VentureBeat and TechCrunch

Matt Burns / TechCrunch:

Acer launches new CXI Chromebox with fourth-gen Intel Core i3, up to 8GB RAM, 4k monitor support, $350 for 4GB RAM, $400 for 8GB — Acer Outs A Pricey Chromebox With 8GB Of RAM, 4k Monitor Support — There are not many options for computers running the Chrome OS in desktop form.

More: BetaNews, PRWeb, 9to5Google, Maximum PC and SlashGear

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.

More: SD Times, OStatic blogs, eWeek, PC World, Gigaom and TechCrunch. Tweets: @rohitkhare

Ginny Marvin / Search Engine Land:

Google launches Compare for Auto Insurance, which compares car insurance rates from participating insurers like MetLife, in California — Official: Google Compare For Auto Insurance Launches — As expected, car insurance results on Google are getting a shake up as the company enters the lead generation game.

More: Inside AdWords, New York Times, PC Magazine, BetaNews, Android Police, PC World, Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, Business Insider, The Verge, The Next Web, 9to5Google, Socialnomics, Consumerist, Phandroid, Droid Life, USA Today and Lifehacker

Facebook:

Facebook warns page owners their like count may dip as it removes likes from inactive accounts — Making Page Likes More Meaningful — Businesses use Page audience data to understand what their followers care about. To make audience data even more meaningful for businesses …

More: VentureBeat, Marketing Land, CNET, TheDomains.com, Ubergizmo, Mashable, SocialTimes and The Next Web

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.

More: AppleInsider, PC Magazine, SocialTimes, tech.co, The Imgur Blog, GSMArena Blog, Electronista, Redmond Pie, TechnoBuffalo, CIO.com, Ubergizmo, TIME, Mashable, iMore, The Next Web, Silicon Republic, VentureBeat and TechCrunch

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