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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.
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| 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.| 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.
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| 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 …
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| 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 …
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| Spencer Soper / Bloomberg Business: |
Amazon Opens Store on Alibaba's Tmall for Chinese Shoppers — Don't Miss Out — (Bloomberg) — Amazon.com Inc. has opened a store on Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s Tmall.com, seeking to reach Chinese shoppers as the Web retailer tries to expand in the world's second-biggest economy.
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Google: |
Gmail for iOS updated w/ share sheet support, ability to archive & reply to email via notifications — Google this morning has released a major update for Gmail on iOS. The update bumps the app to version 4.0 and packs a handful of new features. First off, Gmail on iOS now supports …
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| Kevin Rawlinson / BBC: |
European regulators delay plans to ban roaming charges until 2018; propose net neutrality rules allowing privileged access in some cases — Data roaming to stay, EU proposes — MEPs will consider proposals that data roaming charges in Europe should stay, among others
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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 …
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| Yuliya Chernova / Wall Street Journal: |
The Back Story of Meerkat: A Side Project That Took Off … At three in the morning on Tuesday, Eden Shochat, founding partner at Israeli venture firm Aleph, was awakened by a phone call, while in Washington, Ben Rubin, co-founder and chief executive of Aleph portfolio company Life On Air Inc. …
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| 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.
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| Nathan Ingraham / The Verge: |
Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, and hundreds of other companies file an amicus brief in the US Supreme Court for nationwide marriage equality — Apple, Facebook, Comcast, and hundreds of others ask Supreme Court for nationwide marriage equality — Marriage equality is actually good for business, so these companies claim
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