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March 6, 2015, 1:15 AM

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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.

Roberto Baldwin / The Next Web:

WSJ: Google's carrier experiment could launch this month but only for Nexus 6 — That was quick. — The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google's experimental foray into becoming a wireless carrier could happen as quickly as the end of this month. But it wont be available for all phones.

More: Wall Street Journal, The Verge, Marketing Land, 9to5Google, SlashGear, VentureBeat, Business Insider, PhoneDog.com, Engadget, VentureBeat, Android Central and Seeking Alpha

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.

Ed Bott / ZDNet:

Oracle now bundles Ask toolbar adware with Java for Mac installations by default — Oracle extends its adware bundling to include Java for Macs — Summary:For years, Oracle has tormented Windows users by bundling adware with its Java installer for Windows PCs.

More: AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, iMore and Daring Fireball

Tweets: @malarkey and @edbott

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.

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Microsoft in surprise partnership with Google to improve Angular 2, the next version of Google's JavaScript web app framework — Microsoft And Google Collaborate On Angular 2 Framework, TypeScript Language — Here's a partnership that may come as a surprise to many …

More: MSDN Blogs, Somasegar's blog, Medium, InfoQ, The Next Web, SD Times and Visual Studio Magazine

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:

Stop the presses: HTTPS-crippling “FREAK” bug affects Windows after all — Microsoft advisory dramatically raises the number of vulnerable end-user devices. — Computers running all supported versions of Microsoft Windows are vulnerable to “FREAK,” a bug disclosed Monday that for more than a decade …

More: technet.microsoft.com, CNET, The Register, TechNet Blogs, WindowsITPro, Tom's Guide, Threatpost, The Register, Computerworld, WindowsITPro, RT and Graham Cluley

Jeremy Kirk / PC World:

VMware sued for alleged GPL license infractions — A Linux kernel developer is suing VMware in Germany, alleging the company has not complied with copyright terms for using open-source software. — Christoph Hellwig, who holds copyrights on portions of the Linux kernel …

More: Software Freedom …, Slashdot, Free Software Foundation, Mike Linksvayer, The Register and InfoWorld

Tweets: @privacydigest and @glynmoody

Leila Abboud / Reuters:

Shazam plans to add object recognition capabilities to its music ID app — Music app Shazam to add sights to sounds — (Reuters) - Shazam, the company behind the mobile phone app that enables its 100 million users to recognize music they hear, and buy the recordings …

More: The Next Web, SlashGear, Ubergizmo and The Verge

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, VatorNews, The Next Web, VentureBeat and TechCrunch. See also Mediagazer

Kellex / Droid Life:

Softcard to shut down its app on March 31, advises users to download Google Wallet — Softcard App Will Shut Down on March 31, Accounts Closed With It — Softcard, the failure of a mobile payment system created by Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile, that tried its hardest to kill Google Wallet …

More: PC World, CNET, Forbes, HotHardware.com News, ZDNet, 9to5Google, Pocketnow, The Verge, Engadget and The Next Web

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, CNET, Ubergizmo, Marketing Land, TheDomains.com, SocialTimes, Mashable, The Next Web and VentureBreak

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