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April 4, 2015, 5:45 PM

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Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
OnePlus's Android Lollipop-based ROM, OxygenOS, is available to download now  —  A little later than expected, OnePlus has finally launched its much-anticipated Android Lollipop-based operating system, OxygenOS, for its One smartphone.  —  The China-based mobile phone manufacturer …
Dan Frommer / Quartz:
The number of daily Periscope streams settles near Meerkat's level after explosive launch week  —  The Meerkat-Periscope live-streaming race is neck-and-neck after a crazy week  —  The rise of two strikingly similar mobile live-video streaming apps—Meerkat and Periscope—has recently provided a thrilling little competition.
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Alissa Walker / Gizmodo:
Apple demonstrates how to use Apple Watch with new guided tour videos  —  Your Best Apple Watch Glimpse Yet In Four Official Videos  —  Will the Apple Watch be so radically different we won't understand how to use it at first?  Perhaps so: Apple has produced a series of videos …
iFixit:
Teardown of the HTC One M9: streamlined design makes some parts more accessible, but battery is buried, and display would be very hard to repair  —  HTC One M9 Teardown  —  Teardown  —  Teardowns provide a look inside a device and should not be used as disassembly instructions.  —  Featured Guide
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.
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 …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Dropbox Is Testing An Online Note-Taking Service With “Project Composer”  —  It appears that Dropbox is bringing back HackPad, the collaborative documents service the company acquired a year ago.  The Y Combinator-backed startup had grown to become a popular tool for taking quick notes at conferences …

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