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| Richard Nieva / CNET: |
Google announces an Asus-made Chrome OS HDMI stick called Chromebit for less than $100 and new ARM Chromebook laptops from Hisense and Haier starting at $149 — Google pushes Chrome OS software, with or without Chromebooks — Google announces new Chromebook laptops and an intriguing …
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| Katherine Finnerty / The New York Times Company: |
NYT's Apple Watch app features custom one-sentence stories with images and bullet points; readers can use Handoff to continue reading on iPhone or iPad — The Times Rolls Out One-Sentence Stories on Apple Watch — The New York Times has developed a new form of storytelling to help readers catch up in seconds on Apple Watch.
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See also Mediagazer| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple now inviting all third-party developers to submit Watch apps to the App Store — Apple has now opened the floodgates and is letting all developers submit Watch apps to the App Store. This means any of the 1.2 million apps can now submit updates including Watch apps (using the WatchKit framework) … | Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Amazon's new Dash Button hardware offers instant orders for staple products; Prime members can request an invite to get the hardware for free — Amazon's New Dash Button Hardware Offers Instant Orders For Staple Products — Amazon has new hardware called the Dash Button that allows …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft's new Atom-based Surface 3, starting at $499, to hit in May — Summary:Microsoft's coming Surface 3, an Intel Atom x7-based Surface, is the new little sister to the Surface Pro 3. — Microsoft is adding a new Surface tablet to its line-up — one aimed at students …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Hands on with the Microsoft Surface 3: new 3:2 aspect ratio makes it more usable in portrait mode, no major performance issues in limited use — Microsoft's Surface 3 is a $499 tablet that could be a full Windows laptop — Microsoft is back with a brand new Surface 3 tablet, but this time things are a little different.
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| Abhimanyu Ghoshal / The Next Web: |
WhatsApp for Android now allows all users to make voice calls, iOS coming soon — If you've been wondering when, oh when, someone will ring you via WhatsApp so you'll get its new voice calling feature, you won't have to sit by the phone any longer. — Updating to WhatsApp version 2.12.5 via Google Play does the trick.| Samuel Gibbs / Guardian: |
Belgian data regulator finds Facebook tracks logged out, explicitly opted out, and unregistered users, thus breaching EU privacy law — Facebook ‘tracks all visitors, breaching EU law’ — Exclusive: Social network even sets a new cookie to track untracked EU users who have explicitly opted out of tracking, report says
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Galaxy S6 review: Samsung at its best with solid build quality, great specs, useful fingerprint sensor, and gorgeous 5.1 inch display; Edge not worth extra $100 — Samsung Galaxy S6 review — It's not ok to make a cheap-looking phone anymore. — Now that Apple is finally making big phones …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter Publicly Launches Curator, Its Real-Time Search And Filtering Tool For Media Outlets — Twitter this morning is publicly launching Curator, its new product that lets media organizations, publishers, and broadcasters identify, filter and display tweets and Vine videos on any screen in real-time.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook's new “Scrapbook” feature lets parents tag their children in photos, giving kids an official presence without full profiles — Facebook's New Photo “Scrapbook” Lets Parents Give Kids An Official Presence — For the first time, children under 13 are allowed to have an official presence on Facebook.
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| Erin Griffith / Fortune: |
Sprinklr raises $46 million to become latest billion-dollar unicorn — Sprinklr, a New York-based marketing startup, has raised $46 million in new funding from existing investors Intel Capital, Battery Ventures and Iconiq Capital. The round, which brings Sprinklr's total funding to $123.5 million …
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| Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code: |
Andreessen Horowitz invests another $52M in security startup Tanium at a $1.75B valuation, bringing the total invested by the VC firm to $142M — Andreessen Horowitz Invests Another $52 Million in Tanium at $1.75 Billion Valuation — Security and systems management startup Tanium said today … | Jeremy Hodges / Bloomberg Business: |
HP Sues Autonomy Co-Founder Lynch in U.K. for $5.1 Billion — (Bloomberg) — Hewlett-Packard Co. escalated its more than two-year-old battle with Michael Lynch, suing the Autonomy Corp. co-founder, as well as a former chief financial officer, for $5.1 billion.
| Brian X. Chen / New York Times: |
Verizon Wireless Customers Can Now Opt Out of ‘Supercookies’ — Verizon Wireless customers now have the ability to completely opt out of the phone carrier's controversial ad-targeting program that tagged users with undeletable tracking codes, which critics called “supercookies.”
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| Lizette Chapman / Wall Street Journal: |
Raptr raises $14M at a valuation of more than $170M in a round led by Accel Partners to record, edit, and share gameplay with other gamers — Raptr Launches Instagram for Gamers, Raises $14 Million to Expand Service … Raptr Inc. has 46 million gamers using its technology to optimize graphics and processing speeds on their PCs.
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| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Slack update adds new channel info panels, lets users pin files or messages — Slack just made it easier to find key files or comments in channels — Slack today announced that it has rolled out some potentially helpful new features for the channels within its team-communication app.
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Bitly closes its bulk link-shortening ‘bundles’ service, cites ‘abuse’ and lack of interest — Bitly, famous for its near-ubiquitous URL-shortening service, has revealed that it is “sunsetting” its bundles feature due to lack of uptake, a little over four years after launch.
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| Eileen Yu / ZDNet: |
Indian government mandates that all systems used by its public sector are deployed on open source software — Indian government mandates use of open source software — Summary:Country's Ministry of Communication and Information Technology releases new policy that makes it mandatory …
| Reuters: |
Most of RadioShack's 1,740 stores to be co-branded with Sprint and stay open, possibly saving 7,500 jobs — RadioShack co-branding of stores with Sprint wins court approval — (Reuters) - A plan to salvage RadioShack Corp's RSHCQ.PK business by co-branding most of its 1,740 surviving stores …
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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Infinit's New Mobile Apps Might Be The Best Way To Transfer Those Pesky HD Videos — French startup Infinit just released its mobile app for both iOS and Android. In addition to providing a simple way to send files to your friends and colleagues, it is now a full-fledged AirDrop replacement as well.Sponsor Posts
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