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| Régis Décamps / Gmail Blog: |
Gmail for Android updated with unified inbox view, conversation view for non-Gmail accounts, smarter search — All your mail, together in one place — These days, many of us have more than one email address. If you're a student, you may have one account for school, one for a campus group you lead, and one for your blog.
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| Ben Popper / The Verge: |
Jay-Z relaunches Tidal with $9.99/month standard and $19.99/month high-quality tiers, with top artists as co-owners — Jay Z relaunches Tidal with music's biggest artists as his co-owners — At a press conference in New York City this afternoon, Jay Z and a huge group of musical stars took …
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Tidal is dead on arrival because listeners are cheap, it lacks a critical mass of both users and musicians, and the market is crowded — Tidal — Now let me get this straight...piracy can be eradicated if artists just band together in the name of money? That's what this is all about, cash.
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| Josh Hudgins / Google Drive Blog: |
Google makes photos and videos from Google+ Photos available in Drive — Your photos and files, together in Drive — We take all kinds of photos, from pics of friends and family to snapshots of a scenic view. We also use photos for more practical purposes, like planning a wedding … | Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft rolls out first Windows 10 preview with ‘Spartan’ browser — Summary:Microsoft has released to testers a new Windows 10 Desktop preview build, the first to include the coming new ‘Project Spartan’ browser. — Microsoft is making available to its Windows Insiders testers … | New York Times: |
Two former federal agents charged for stealing bitcoin during Silk Road investigation — 2 Federal Agents in Silk Road Case Face Fraud Charges — Two former federal agents are expected to be arrested on Monday on charges of stealing money while working undercover on an investigation into Silk Road … | Nicole Perlroth / New York Times: |
Hollywood turns to new encryption tools, monitoring systems, and secure collaboration software after Sony hack — Secrecy on the Set: Hollywood Embraces Digital Security — SAN FRANCISCO — For years, Lulu Zezza has played one of the toughest roles in Hollywood.
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Facebook moves into its new 430,000-square-foot Menlo Park building designed by Frank Gehry — A First Look At Facebook's New Mothership, Designed By Frank Gehry — 2,800 people. One room. And a giant green roof. — This is the story of “MPK 20”—Facebook's new flagship building in its Menlo Park campus.
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| 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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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
DHS subpoenas Reddit for personal data on users involved with defunct dark-web marketplace Evolution — Feds Demand Reddit Identify Users of a Dark-Web Drug Forum — Over the last year, Reddit's “dark net markets” discussion forum has grown into one of the central fixtures of the online drug scene.
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| John Cook / GeekWire: |
IBM plans $5B Internet of Things push, lures The Weather Channel away from AWS … IBM is betting big on the Internet of Things — the idea that connected devices (everything from refrigerators to toasters to automobiles) will be able to provide real-time data that makes our lives easier.| Economist: |
Messaging services like Facebook Messenger, Slack, and WeChat could expand into platforms superseding even Android and iOS — The message is the medium — Messaging services are rapidly growing beyond online chat — “I PROPOSE, if and when found, to take him by his beastly neck … | Martyn Williams / PC World: |
US International Trade Commission to investigate Apple after it allegedly infringed Ericsson's LTE wireless technology patents — US trade body to investigate Apple after Ericsson complaints — The U.S. International Trade Commission has decided to investigate Apple after two complaints …
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