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Nintendo CEO talks about plans for smartphone games, says most will be developed in-house — Exclusive: Nintendo CEO Reveals Plans for Smartphones — It's official: Mario, Donkey Kong and Zelda will appear on smartphones and tablets at last—and that's just the start.
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Apple Store retail plan for Watch: 15-minute appointments, at least 10 try-on stations, some employees dedicated to assisting Edition buyers — Apple Store retail plan for Watch: 15 min. appointments, 10+ try-on stations, Experts for Edition — Apple will introduce several major initiatives … | Bloomberg Business: |
Google, Intel and TAG Heuer Partner on Luxury Smartwatch — Watch industry, consider yourself warned — Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer is creating a smartwatch in partnership with American technology firm Google. The watch is an attempt to compete with devices by consumer-electronics makers, particularly the much-hyped watch by Apple.| CBS News: |
Target agrees to $10M settlement in class-action suit for 2013 data breach, up to $10K/person — Target agrees to pay $10 million to data breach victims — MINNEAPOLIS — Target has agreed to pay $10 million under a proposed settlement in a class-action lawsuit stemming from a massive 2013 data breach …
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Alibaba's Jack Ma shows off new ‘pay with a selfie’ technology — New facial recognition software is intended to buttress the fast-growing mobile-payments business. One thing is for sure - it's better than having to remember another password. Alibaba Group Holdings BABA .11% founder …
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Slack launches app for Windows 7 and above — Press the Start Button: Slack for Windows Has Arrived — Every week, hundreds of thousands of people all around the world sign into Slack from a web browser on Windows. Each of them is (we imagine) yearning for something more.
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The Verge, The Next Web and VentureBeat
| Rich Lander / MSDN Blogs: |
MSBuild Engine is now Open Source on GitHub — Today we are pleased to announce that MSBuild is now available on GitHub and we are contributing it to the .NET Foundation! The Microsoft Build Engine (MSBuild) is a platform for building applications. By invoking msbuild.exe on your project …
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Opera Buys SurfEasy To Add Secure VPN Services To Its Browser Software — Opera, makers of a suite of software for browsing the web on mobile and desktop devices used by some 350 million consumers, has made another acquisition to build out the services it offers to users.
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| Adrian Wan / South China Morning Post: |
Yahoo to close Beijing research center, its only office in China, and to lay off 350+ employees — Yahoo to close Beijing research centre as company seeks to downsize — US internet giant Yahoo will close its research and development centre in Beijing as the firm seeks to consolidate some jobs into fewer offices....| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
French Government Starts Blocking Websites With Views The Gov't Doesn't Like — We had been noting, in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks in France, how the country that then held a giant “free speech” rally appeared to be, instead, focusing on cracking down on free speech at every opportunity.
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The Intercept, VICE News and Yahoo
| Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica: |
Leap launches private luxury commuter bus line in San Francisco with Wi-Fi, USB ports, food, and drinks — A $6 commute with Wi-Fi, USB ports, and coconut water — San Francisco-based Leap aims to create a comfortable lounge, on wheels. — SAN FRANCISCO—In a city replete with not only local buses … | Telis Demos / Wall Street Journal: |
Ad tech firm AppNexus acquires rival Yieldex for $100M+ in cash-and-stock deal — AppNexus Buys Yieldex for $100 Million … Two New York-based startups are merging, with potential IPO ramifications. AppNexus Inc., the automated online advertising technology firm, is acquiring rival Yieldex, the companies are set to announce.
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SiliconANGLE, AppNexus Presse, PerformanceIN, bizjournals, Adotas and The Drum. Tweets: @joshk
| Federico Viticci / MacStories: |
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.
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Business Insider, TechCrunch, SlashGear, MacRumors, iDownloadBlog.com, App Advice, App Advice, 9to5Mac and iPhone Hacks. Tweets: @viticci
| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
Amazon Will Shut Down Amazon Webstore, Its Competitor to Shopify and Bigcommerce — Amazon has started telling online merchants that it plans to shut down its Amazon Webstore business, which helps small and midsize retailers create and run their own online shop, according to sources.
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