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Apple wants TV networks to handle infrastructure and costs of streaming for its video service — Apple Asks TV Programmers to Supply Their Own Streams for Apple's TV Service — Apple wants the TV guys to provide their shows for its proposed streaming video service.
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Google's ARC now runs Android apps on Chrome OS, Windows, Mac, and Linux — “App Runtime for Chrome” takes a big step toward making Android a universal binary. — The ARC Welder is a Chrome app that makes Chrome apps. It shows up in the app list.| Aaron Smith / Pew Internet: |
Survey: 64% of US adults own a smartphone, 10% of whom do not have broadband at home — U.S. Smartphone Use in 2015 — The traditional notion of “going online” often evokes images of a desktop or laptop computer with a full complement of features, such as a large screen, mouse, keyboard …
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European Commission seeks permission to publish confidentially filed antitrust complaints from shopping, local, and travel firms against Google — EU Lays Groundwork for Antitrust Charges Against Google — Regulator seeks permission to publish complaints against Internet giant in long-running probe
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook's Newest App Riff Lets Friends Add Clips To Collaborative Videos — You could start the next Harlem Shake-style crowdsourced video phenomenon with Facebook's new app Riff, out today worldwide in 15 languages on iOS and Android. — Shoot a video of up to 20 seconds in Riff …
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Firefox 37 enables opportunistic encryption by default, encrypts HTTP connections over TLS — New Firefox version says “might as well” to encrypting all Web traffic — Ready or not, “opportunistic encryption” goes live. (Some configuration required.) — Developers of the Firefox browser … | Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple + IBM add 8 new enterprise iOS apps, first for industrial products & healthcare industries — Apple CEO Tim Cook with IBM CEO Ginni Rometty — Through its MobileFirst for iOS initiative, Apple and IBM have added 8 new enterprise apps for designed exclusively for iPhone and iPad.
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| Alistair Barr / Wall Street Journal: |
Google increases funding for its mobile-focused research group, Advanced Technology and Projects, will unveil new projects in May — Google Lab Puts a Time Limit on Innovations — Mobile-focused projects get two years to prove themselves; hiring mostly outside experts
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Sling TV will offer HBO for $15/month by April 12 as part of Dish and Turner distribution deal — Sling TV's Service For Cord Cutters Will Offer HBO Starting This Month — Sling TV, Dish's new over-the-top service designed for cord cutters, announced today that it will become …
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| Cyrus Lee / ZDNet: |
Apple's trade-in program meets lukewarm response in China — Summary:Apple is not generous in recycling its own products in China as the US giant offers roughly half of the reclaiming prices offered by private shops, Chinese consumers complain. — With the Cupertino-based technology giant extending …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Windows 10's new Music and Video apps finally drop the Xbox naming — Microsoft appears to be moving away from its Xbox Music and Xbox Video branding. Two new Music and Video apps for Windows 10 have debuted today, and they both drop the Xbox brand in favor of simplified names.
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| Owen Williams / The Next Web: |
N64 and Nintendo DS games available on Wii U Virtual Console from today — Nintendo has announced that it's bringing Nintendo 64 and DS games to the Wii U via its virtual console service beginning today. — The virtual game service will allow you to configure your Wii U controller …
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