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April 3, 2015, 5:15 PM

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Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

AppleCare+ for Apple Watch: $999 for Edition, $79 for Watch, $59 for Sport — To go along with the premium $10,000 and up pricing of the 18-karat gold Apple Watch Edition, Apple will charge up to $999 for the Apple Watch Edition's AppleCare+ Protection Plan, 9to5Mac has learned.

Brendon Lynch / Microsoft on the Issues:

Microsoft's future browsers will not enable Do Not Track as the default setting, in a reversal of the company's policy with Internet Explorer 10 — An update on Microsoft's approach to Do Not Track — As industry standards evolve, how we implement those standards evolve as well.

More: TechCrunch, Computerworld, The Register, GeekWire, PandoDaily, BetaNews, Marketing Land, Web Browser, SC Magazine, VentureBeat, TrustedReviews, Business Insider, Windows Central, The Seattle Times, Neowin and Slashdot

Wall Street Journal:

Disney to invest $250M in fantasy sports site DraftKings, valuing company at $900M — Disney to Invest $250 Million in Fantasy Site DraftKings — Walt Disney Co. is investing $250 million in online fantasy sports business DraftKings Inc., valuing the company at roughly $900 million, people familiar with the matter say.

Tweets: @danprimack, @danprimack and @joebrennanjr. See also Mediagazer

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Pinterest Acquires Team From Hike Labs, Including Google Reader, Blogger Veteran Jason Shellen — Pinterest today scored two notable new hires with the acquisition of a small, two-person startup known as Hike Labs, which had been developing a mobile publishing application called Drafty.

More: ZDNet, VentureBeat, Re/code and Business Insider. Thanks:@jasoncosta

Cade Metz / Wired:

Mark Russinovich, Microsoft's Azure CTO, said in an off hand remark at a ChefCon panel discussion that an open source Windows is “definitely possible” — Microsoft: An Open Source Windows Is ‘Definitely Possible’ — Microsoft's software empire rests on Windows …

More: YouTube, BetaNews, PC World, Android Authority, CITEworld, ZDNet, CNET, VentureBeat, PandoDaily, Neowin, Windows Central, Ubergizmo, linux.com, Slashdot and InfoWorld

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Sling rebrands DishWorld as Sling International, offering 200 channels in 18 languages to US customers, starting at $15 per month — Dish Rebrands DishWorld as ‘Sling International’ Over-the-Top Service — Dish Network, the No. 2 satellite TV service in the U.S., announced that DishWorld …

More: Associated Press, Business Wire, Deadline, Wall Street Journal, WorldScreen.com and VideoInk. See also Mediagazer

Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:

A year after firestorm, DHS wants access to license-plate tracking system — The Department of Homeland Security is seeking bids from companies able to provide law enforcement officials with access to a national license-plate tracking system — a year after canceling a similar solicitation over privacy issues.

More: fbo.gov, Ars Technica, Federal Computer Week, TheTrucker.com, sputniknews.com, Newsmax, The Hill, The Week and Slashdot

Martin Beck / Marketing Land:

Report: ad spending on social networks grew 41% globally to $15.3B in 2014; Facebook accounted for $11.4B; Global MAUs for social networks reached 2B in 2014 — Facebook Accounted For 75% Of Social Ad Spending Globally In 2014 — The global social advertising market grew 41% to $15.3 billion in 2014 …

More: Strategy Analytics, The Next Web, WebProNews, USA Today and AdExchanger. Tweets: @lavrusik

Lora Kolodny / Wall Street Journal:

Ticket marketplace SeatGeek raises $62M Series C led by Technology Crossover Ventures — SeatGeek Scores $62 Million for Its Ticket-Selling App … Mobile marketplaces are a hot ticket for venture investors these days, and SeatGeek Inc. is the latest to raise a significant round …

More: TechCrunch, VatorNews, bizjournals, Digital Music News, VatorNews and iamWire. Tweets: @mdudas

Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch:

Sources: Shyp Is Raising $50 Million At A $250 Million Valuation — TechCrunch is hearing from several sources that on-demand shipping startup Shyp is raising around $50 million at a valuation of $250 million. — According to one of our sources, Kleiner Perkins may be leading the funding round.

More: bizjournals, iamWire, Business Insider and SiliconANGLE

Tweets: @joshconstine and @mdudas

Andy / TorrentFreak:

EMI granted summary judgement in Grooveshark copyright case, forcing proactive anti-piracy policy — Grooveshark Publishes Proactive Anti-Piracy Policy — Throughout Grooveshark's history the company has come to rely on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

More: Grooveshark Blog, Billboard, Plagiarism Today and hypebot

Eric Johnson / Re/code:

Gondola's dynamic pricing engine intelligently changes the price of game in-app purchases to maximize revenue — What Can the Video Game Business Learn From Airlines and Uber? — When you make a purchase in a free-to-play video game like Candy Crush Saga or Clash of Clans …

More: VentureBeat, The Next Web and Pocket Gamer.biz

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