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Microsoft will offer free upgrades to Windows 10 even for PCs with non-genuine copies of Windows, to tackle piracy — Microsoft tackles China piracy with free upgrade to Windows 10 — (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is making its biggest push into the heavily pirated Chinese consumer computing market …
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Microsoft announces Windows 10 will launch this summer in 190 countries and 111 languages, partners with Xiaomi to test the OS on Mi 4 devices — Windows 10 Launching This Summer in 190 Countries and 111 Languages — Today at the renewed Windows Hardware Engineering Community (WinHEC) …
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Tim Cook on Apple's Future: Everything Can Change Except Values — Tim Cook: Steve felt that most people live in a small box. They think they can't influence or change things a lot. I think he would probably call that a limited life. And more than anybody I've ever met, Steve never accepted that.
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| Nathan Ingraham / The Verge: |
Sony's PlayStation Vue streaming TV service launches today in NYC, Chicago, and Philadelphia, starts at $50/month with about 50 channels including CBS, Fox, NBC — Sony's PlayStation Vue streaming TV service launches today in New York City, Chicago, and Philadelphia
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Dark Web's top drug market, Evolution, vanishes overnight, in what appears to be a $12M scam — Dark Web's ‘Evolution Market’ Vanishes — The Evolution Market, an online black market that sells everything contraband — from marijuana, heroin and ecstasy to stolen identities … | Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
Former Facebook employee Chia Hong sues company for sex discrimination, sexual harassment, represented by law firm representing Ellen Pao in KPCB suit — Former Facebook Employee Sues for Sex Discrimination, Harassment — A former Facebook employee is suing the company for a number of claims … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Shuddle Raises $9.6M For Its Uber-Style Service For Kids And Seniors — As Uber continues to extend is well-funded tentacles into ever-more categories of transportation, a startup focusing on children and elderly people has raised some money of its own to compete.
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After Six Months of Rejections, Launcher Returns to the App Store — When Greg Gardner, an independent developer based in San Francisco, released Launcher for iOS last year, he didn't think his handy utility would make headlines around tech blogs and push other developers to approach widgets for iOS 8 differently.| Darren Pauli / The Register: |
Cisco shipping products to vacant properties to hide customers' identities, foiling NSA interdiction — Cisco posts kit to empty houses to dodge NSA chop shops — Kit sent to SmallCo of Nowheresville to avoid NSA interception profiles — Cisco will ship boxes to vacant addresses …
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| Tricia Duryee / GeekWire: |
For coffee delivery, Starbucks will use Postmates in Seattle and baristas in New York City — At the Starbucks annual shareholder meeting today, the company plans to unveil new details of its highly anticipated delivery service launching in the second half of this year in Seattle and New York City.| Astro Teller / Backchannel: |
Google X head Astro Teller on origin of Google X, Project Loon, Glass, self-driving cars, Project Wing, and failure — How to Make Moonshots — Astro Teller says that at Google[x], failure is indeed an option. So is changing the world. … Closing keynote of South by Southwest
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
UK Chancellor confirms new “Google tax” on diverted profits will come into effect April 1, pledges £600M to improve broadband — UK Chancellor Says “Google Tax” On Diverted Profits Will Come Into Effect Next Month — UK Chancellor George Osborne today confirmed that a new tax dubbed the …
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Xbox Music can now play music stored in OneDrive — Want to listen to your personal music collection through Xbox Music? Microsoft has just unveiled its take on an online music locker, allowing people to store their personal music files in OneDrive and then listen to them over on Xbox Music.Sponsor Posts
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