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App Submissions On Google Play Now Reviewed By Staff, Will Include Age-Based Ratings — Google Play, Google's marketplace for Android applications which now reaches a billion people in over 190 countries, has historically differentiated itself from rival Apple by allowing developers … | Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Microsoft Band expanding to Amazon, Target and Best Buy, launching in UK, with increased supply — Microsoft will expand the availability of its Microsoft Band wearable device, boosting inventory at its own online and physical retail stores and offering the device through third-party retailers …
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Jury finds Apple did not infringe on Nokia-filed patents now owned by Conversant subsidiary Core Wireless — U.S. jury clears Apple of infringing wireless tech patents — (Reuters) - A federal jury in Texas on Monday said Apple Inc did not infringe five wireless technology patents owned …
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Chromecast can be controlled by select TV remotes; feature made possible by HDMI-CEC protocol — Chromecast now works with your TV's remote control — One of the most frequent complaints about Chromecast has been that it doesn't come with a remote control, requiring users to fiddle …
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Sources: Apple aiming to launch online TV service in September with about 25 channels, anchored by ABC, CBS, Fox — Apple in Talks to Launch Online TV Service — Service would have about 25 channels, anchored by broadcasters such as ABC, CBS and Fox — Shalini Ramachandran and Daisuke Wakabayashi
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Apple will offer Android switchers gift cards to trade-in rival smartphones for iPhones — Apple is preparing to launch another program to boost iPhone sales in its stores, a stated goal of CEO Tim Cook. — According to sources, Apple will soon introduce a new recycling and trade-in program …
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Nintendo Partners With DeNA To Bring Its Games And IP To Smartphones — Nintendo is finally bringing its games and characters to mobile after the company surprised the tech world with an alliance with Japanese mobile gaming firm DeNA. — The duo announced a collaboration that will see them jointly develop games for “smart devices.”
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| Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times: |
Etsy's Success Gives Rise to Problems of Credibility and Scale — Depending on whom you ask, Alicia Shaffer, owner of the hit Etsy store Three Bird Nest, is a runaway success story — or an emblem of everything that has gone wrong with the fast-growing online marketplace for handmade goods.| Steve Lohr / New York Times: |
IBM unveils developer tools and cloud-based data analysis services mining Twitter data — IBM Introduces Twitter-fueled Data Services for Business — When IBM announced its partnership with Twitter last October, the move seemed both promising and logical.
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Adobe unveils Document Cloud service with electronic signature support, launching April, to cost up to $15/month — Adobe takes another swing at DocuSign with new Document Cloud — Adobe's work productivity business is getting a subscription overhaul with the announcement today of the company's new Document Cloud.| Agam Shah / PC World: |
HSA 1.0 specifications announced, framework allows developers to write applications once and run it on multiple devices — HSA spec released, will share workloads among CPUs, GPUs — Raw horsepower has always been important measuring stick for performance of mobile devices and PCs …
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The new Steve Jobs documentary is an unforgiving look at tech's most complicated man — The day that Steve Jobs died, people around the world flocked to Apple Stores in a sort of spontaneous mass pilgrimage. They left letters and signs, holding up iPhones and iPads in tribute.
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