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April 6, 2015, 9:55 AM

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John Paczkowski / BuzzFeed:
New Apple TV Will Not Support 4K Video Streaming  —  And you probably won't care.  —  BuzzFeed Illustration  —  When Apple's next-generation Apple TV finally arrives at market later this year, it will bring a groaning board of new features to the company's dusty set-top box — as BuzzFeed News first reported.
Christopher Williams / Telegraph:
Preparing for its MVNO, Google in talks over a deal that lets Americans use the service abroad with no roaming fees on Hutchison Whampoa's networks  —  Google in talks with mobile operators for cheap overseas calls  —  It is understood that Google aims to create a global network that will cost …
Bonnie Cha / Re/code:
Roku Adds Voice Search, My Feed for Upcoming Movies  —  Starting today, Roku users will have new ways to search and discover content on their set-top boxes.  —  That's because the Silicon Valley-based company updated its line of media streaming devices and mobile apps to support voice search.
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TV Networks Put Subscriber Caps on Skinny Bundles and Streaming Video Services  —  2 Million Max Can Sign Up for Sling, Executive Says … Four International News Publishers Team Up for Programmatic Offering  —  Thinking about joining the ranks of cable cord-cutters and signing up for Sling TV?
Samantha Olson / Newsweek:
EchoPixel's medical visualization software transforms 2D MRI and CT scan images into interactive 3D holograms; has US FDA's approval  —  Bringing Virtual Anatomy to the Operating Room  —  Medicine has come a long way from its “let's-just-open-it-up-and-take-a- look” past.
Kanika Sikka / Reuters:
Plaintiffs withdraw antitrust case against Google over Android app bundling  —  Consumers withdraw U.S. lawsuit against Google over Android app limits  —  (Reuters) - Plaintiffs in an antitrust lawsuit against Google Inc (GOOGL.O) on Friday withdrew their case accusing the search engine company …
Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:
Review: Intel's upcoming $500 Core i7 NUC mini PC improves on performance of cheaper models  —  Mini-review: Intel's powered-up Core i7 Broadwell mini PC  —  28W chips give a nice CPU and GPU performance bump to the first Core i7 NUC.  —  Earlier this week, Intel sent us its latest variation of its growing line of NUC mini PCs.
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T.C. Sottek / The Verge:
Bill Gates: under Nadella, “Microsoft is better positioned than ever to lead” in computing  —  Read the letter Bill Gates sent to Microsoft employees for the company's 40th anniversary  —  On April 4th, 1975, Bill Gates and Paul Allen started a little company named Microsoft.

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