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Apple Watch launches in Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, the UK and the US April 24, pre-orders begin April 10 — Apple Watch Available in Nine Countries on April 24 — Apple® today announced that Apple Watch™, its most personal device yet …
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| John Paczkowski / BuzzFeed: |
The Apple Watch Isn't A Watch, It's An iPhone Sales Engine — The biggest news about Apple's Watch today may be how many iPhones it's going to sell. — Apple CEO Tim Cook talks about the new Apple Watch during an Apple event on Monday, March 9, 2015, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)| Roberto Baldwin / The Next Web: |
Apple Watch prices for 38mm and 42mm sizes: Sport starts at $349 and $399, stainless steel Watch at $549 and $599, and Edition at $10,000 — Apple Watch available on April 24 starting at $349 with 18 hour battery life — After introducing the Apple Watch at the iPhone event in September …
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Apple Watch hands-on: looks and feels great but complicated to use and not immediately intuitive — Hands-on with a (working) Apple Watch — After months of anticipation, we've finally gotten to play with a working Apple Watch. The hardware is virtually the same as we saw back in September …
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| Om Malik: |
Om Malik confirms Gigaom, the pioneering tech news site he founded, is shutting down — A statement about Gigaom — Gigaom is winding down and its assets are now controlled by the company's lenders. It is not how you want the story of a company you founded to end.
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See also Mediagazer| Gigaom: |
Gigaom, unable to pay creditors in full, ceases all operations, does not currently intend to file for bankruptcy — About Gigaom — Gigaom recently became unable to pay its creditors in full at this time. As a result, the company is working with its creditors that have rights to all of the company's assets as their collateral.
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See also Mediagazer| The Intercept: |
New Snowden leaks show a multi-year CIA effort to break the security of Apple's iPhone and iPads — The CIA Campaign to Steal Apple's Secrets — RESEARCHERS WORKING with the Central Intelligence Agency have conducted a multi-year, sustained effort to break the security of Apple's iPhones and iPads …
Tweets: @mattblaze, @csoghoian, @evacide, @jeremyscahill, @csoghoian and @csoghoian
| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Hands On With The All-New Ultra Thin MacBook With Retina Display — Apple's newest MacBook is clearly designed to set the stage for all Apple notebooks to come - it has a dramatically thin body, which measures only 13.1 mm deep at its thickest point, and a 12-inch display with a very small surrounding bezel.
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| Jeremy Horwitz / 9to5Mac: |
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Tweets: @sama, @paulg, @joshuatopolsky, @nichcarlson, @dcseifert and @tim_stevens
| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
Apple releases iOS 8.2 today with Apple Watch support and plenty of bug fixes — The Health App gets particular attention, but lots of other bugs make the list. — SAN FRANCISCO—iOS 8.2 has been in development for several months now, and today Apple is formally releasing the update to the public.| Liam Tung / CSO Online: |
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| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
HBO CEO approached Apple about HBO Now deal, calls the plan “additive” and not an inducement to cut pay-TV cord — Apple's HBO Now Deal Has Been in the Works for a Year — The Apple-HBO deal announced today was set in motion a year ago. — In the spring of 2014 …
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| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
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See also Mediagazer| Edgar Alvarez / Engadget: |
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| TechCrunch: |
Ellen Pao testifies in gender discrimination case, talks about her affair with Ajit Nazre, his retaliation, HR policies, a missed Twitter opportunity, more — Ellen Pao “Owns The Room” — Kleiner Perkins' legendary venture investor John Doerr testified last week that Ellen Pao needed to … | Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
Facebook to shut down FriendFeed on April 9, five years after acquiring the service — Facebook Officially Shuts the Door on FriendFeed — RIP, FriendFeed. — Facebook is shutting down the News Feed-like social network it acquired back in 2009, according to a blog post.
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FriendFeed Blog, VentureBeat, VatorNews, SlashGear, Bloggers Blog, SiliconANGLE and The Next Web
Tweets: @louisgray, @kfury, @krynsky, @hornokplease, @digiphile and @paul_kinlan
| Andrew Chung / Reuters: |
Former Google exec Lee confirmed to lead U.S. patent office — (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed former Google Inc executive Michelle Lee to head the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, a position that has been vacant for more than two years. — President Barack Obama's choice … | Glenn Peoples / Billboard: |
Sources: Apple backs down in effort to offer $7.99/month rate for its upcoming subscription music service as labels reject pricing below $9.99/month — Fight Between Apple and Spotify Could Change Digital Music; Labels Said to Reject Pricing Below $9.99 — A renewed focus on the value …
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Wired.co.uk, AppleInsider, The Verge, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacRumors, App Advice, Business Insider and iMore. Tweets: @sterlewine
| Owen Williams / The Next Web: |
Apple announces ResearchKit to help medical researchers collect data — At Apple's March event today, the company announced ResearchKit, a software framework that allows medical researchers to get data directly from iPhone users. — The company said that users can sign up to participate …
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Wired, Apple, TechCrunch, Tech Times, Techvibes Global News, ReadWrite, ZDNet, Ars Technica and Engadget
Tweets: @laurengoode, @marcoarment, @thenextweb, @bajarin and @joshuatopolsky
| Michael Steeber / 9to5Mac: |
| Alyson Shontell / Business Insider: |
Source: Twitter closes deal to acquire live streaming startup Periscope, which is still in closed beta — Twitter quietly bought a video startup that hasn't launched yet, Periscope — Last month, Twitter acquired a startup that hasn't launched yet, Periscope, which is building an app for streaming video from your phone.
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