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Schmidt: Google Glass is a long-term project put under Fadell to “make it ready for users” and is a big, fundamental platform for Google — Google Isn't Giving Up on Glass, Eric Schmidt Says — Google is sticking with its controversial Glass Internet-connected eyewear …
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| Miguel Helft / Forbes: |
How Cyanogen got started and its plans to disrupt Android, including upcoming first Cyanogen OS phone without Google apps from Blu — Meet Cyanogen, The Startup That Wants To Steal Android From Google — It's a little hard to take Kirt McMaster seriously at first.
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Thanks:@bupbin| Ina Fried / Re/code: |
Cyanogen Raises $80 Million With Backing From Twitter, Telefonica and Rupert Murdoch — After months of passing around the hat, open Android startup Cyanogen said Monday it has closed an $80 million funding round that includes backing from a number of strategic investors.
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| Nicole Lee / Engadget: |
Instagram reveals Layout, its own photo collage app — If you've ever seen a collage in your Instagram feed, it was likely created by one of several third-party apps — Diptic and Framatic are a couple that spring to mind — that let you arrange multiple photos in a variety of grids.
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| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
Square Introduces Square Cash for Businesses, With a Low 1.5 Percent Processing Fee — Five years ago, Square introduced a sleek card reader to the small-business world that made it easy for everyone from taxi drivers to craft sellers to coffee shop owners to accept credit card payments for the first time.| Peggy Johnson / The Official Microsoft Blog: |
Microsoft partners with Dell, Pegatron and 8 regional OEMs to preinstall Office and Skype on Android devices; expands partnership with Samsung to tablets — Microsoft expands partnerships with leading device manufacturers — When I joined Microsoft last September, it was evident I joined …
| Tim Peterson / AdAge: |
Twitter Starts Testing Autoplay Videos in iPhone, iPad Apps — Social Network Tries Two-Pronged Approach To Take on YouTube, Facebook — Why Taco Bell's Social Media Blackout Was a Brilliant Campaign — Facebook isn't the only social network looking to take on Google's YouTube.| Steven Levy / Backchannel: |
With interviews from Cook, Ive, others, Becoming Steve Jobs is opposite of Isaacson's bio, providing rounded image of Jobs and contextualizing bad behavior — The War Over Who Steve Jobs Was — Walter Isaacson's official biography of Apple's genius leader is being challenged by a new book supported by Jobs's inner circle.
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| Ben Woods / The Next Web: |
Twitter partnering with Foursquare to let you tag specific locations in tweets — Twitter users will soon be able to specify and tag locations pulled from Foursquare's database thanks to a tie-up between the two companies. — The deal gives Twitter access to Foursquare's full location database …
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| Owen Williams / The Next Web: |
Twitch accounts were compromised, passwords are being reset for everyone — Uh oh, game streaming service Twitch has posted a short notice to its blog warning that there “may have been” some unauthorized access to some Twitch user information. — The company says all passwords have been reset along with stream keys.
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The Official Twitch Blog and VentureBeat
| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Asus Transformer Book T300 Chi review: thick bezel, small trackpad, 6 hour battery life, and awkward to use as a tablet — Asus Transformer Book T300 Chi review — Take a look at the side profile of your laptop. Chances are, it's anywhere from a half an inch to an inch thick …
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| Eduard Kovacs / SecurityWeek: |
Cisco IP Phones Vulnerable to Eavesdropping — Some of the IP phones designed by Cisco for small businesses are plagued by a vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to eavesdrop on conversations and make phone calls from affected devices, the company revealed last week.
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