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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Apple Watch is the nicest smartwatch yet, but it has performance issues with apps and locations services, and it costs more than rivals — Apple Watch: the definitive review — The Apple Watch is an extraordinarily small and personal device. It is designed to participate in nearly every moment …
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| Farhad Manjoo / New York Times: |
Apple Watch has a steep learning curve but can be a life-changer after apps are streamlined and initial bugs are fixed — Apple Watch Bliss, but Only After a Steep Learning Curve — It took three days — three long, often confusing and frustrating days — for me to fall for the Apple Watch.
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| Joshua Topolsky / Bloomberg Business: |
Apple Watch Review: You'll Want One, but You Don't Need One … I'm in a meeting with 14 people, in mid-sentence, when I feel a tap-tap-tap on my wrist. I stop talking, tilt my head, and whip my arm aggressively into view to see the source of the agitation.
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| Katherine Boehret / Re/code: |
Facebook launches a standalone web site for Messenger at Messenger.com, intended for users who want to message without other Facebook distractions — How Other Smartwatches Stack Up to Apple Watch — Smartwatches are quickly evolving from geeky, ugly devices into user-friendly, stylish wrist computers.| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple releases iOS 8.3, including new emojis with diversity, new Siri languages, more — Following the release of OS X 10.10.3 to the public, Apple has also released iOS 8.3 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The update, which has been in beta for several months, brings over 300 new emojis …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple Releases OS X Yosemite 10.10.3 With Photos for OS X App, Emoji Updates — As expected, Apple today released OS X Yosemite 10.10.3, the first significant feature-rich update the operating system has received. OS X 10.10.3 was first seeded to developers in February, and was provided to public beta testers in March.
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| Xbox Wire: |
TV on Xbox Gets More Versatile with Over-the-Air Tuner for the U.S. and Canada — At Xbox, we're committed to delivering amazing new gaming and entertainment experiences, and part of that commitment includes giving you the best TV-viewing options, in one place, never more than one step away from your gaming.| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft's ‘Redstone’: An update to Windows 10 due in 2016 — Summary:Microsoft is working on two updates to the Windows 10 core, codenamed ‘Redstone,’ that are targeted to arrive in 2016, sources say. — There's a new Windows codename on the roadmap: “Redstone.”| John Callaham / Windows Central: |
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| Andrew Nusca / Fortune: |
Fortune hires six former Gigaom reporters to double down on its technology coverage — Fortune bulks up on technology coverage, hires 6 Gigaom veterans — When technology industry executives visit Fortune's New York City headquarters, one of the things I enjoy most is when they inevitably slow …
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FCC fines AT&T $25M for failing to protect personal information, including SSNs, of customers — F.C.C. Fines AT&T $25 Million for Privacy Breach — The Federal Communications Commission announced on Wednesday a $25 million fine against AT&T for failing to protect the personal information …
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| Rebecca Jeschke / Electronic Frontier Foundation: |
Human Rights Watch files suit against the DEA for collecting records of international calls made from US — Human Rights Watch Sues DEA Over Bulk Collection of Americans' Telephone Records — EFF Lawsuit Challenges Drug Enforcement Administration Surveillance of International Call Records
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| Brad Heath / USA Today: |
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| Chris Crum / WebProNews: |
Twitter confirms it's experimenting with a new search interface with more filtering options — Twitter Confirms It's Messing With Its Search Experience — While covering Google's closure of Google Moderator earlier, I searched Twitter on the desktop to see what people were saying about it … | Philip Rucker / Washington Post: |
Hillary Clinton hires Stephanie Hannon, Google's director of product management for civic innovation and social impact, as campaign's chief technology officer — Hillary Clinton hires Google executive to be chief technology officer — Hillary Rodham Clinton has hired a longtime Google executive …
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| Megan Geuss / Ars Technica: |
Microsoft applies to be a Money Services Business and for money transmitter licenses in all 50 states, paves the way for payment platform — “Microsoft Payments” may join Apple, Android, Samsung in pay platforms — Windows 10 for phones supports Host Card Emulation, licensing makes it official.
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| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Domo raises $200M Series D valuing company at $2B, launches real-time business intelligence platform after five years of development — With Another $200M In The Bank, Josh James Finally Takes The Wraps Off Business Analytics Startup Domo — It's rare that a company can hire 600 employees …
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| Gabor Cselle / The Twitter Blog: |
Twitter retires Discover feature for iOS, Android users and moves Trends tool to search feature — Updating trends on mobile — Trends are a great way to find out what people are talking about on Twitter at a given moment and at a single glance. Starting today, we're making some updates …
| Blair Hanley Frank / GeekWire: |
Oyster takes aim at Amazon with new e-book store, lands all ‘Big Five’ publishers … Oyster launched a new version of its e-book platform today that puts it in even closer competition with Amazon. The New York-based startup introduced its own e-book store to augment its existing Netflix-esque e-book subscription service.| Matt Weinberger / Business Insider: |
The rise and fall of OpenStack startups as venture capital investments in the space dries up — Investors were once tripping over themselves to get into a hot technology called OpenStack. What happened? — Once upon a time, venture capitalists were tripping over themselves to invest …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Genius now lets you annotate any web page without its owner having to change any code — Genius Now Lets You Annotate Any Web Page, Not Just Rap — Rap Genius was just the first step to fulfilling Marc Andreessen's Netscape dream of letting people annotate the whole Internet.| Mic Wright / The Next Web: |
Popcorn Time launches on iOS through an external installer — Popcorn Time's launched on iOS and that's a big problem for Apple and Netflix — Torrent-streaming platform Popcorn Time has been causing headaches for the movie and TV industries ever since it emerged early last year.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Sprinklr Buys Get Satisfaction To Add Customer Feedback To Its Social Media Platform — Sprinklr, the social media management company that vaulted into the “unicorn club” last month after it raised $46m on a $1b+ valuation, is making an acquisition to expand into a new area, customer feedback.
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| CNN: |
Russian hackers accessed sensitive White House information, including real-time details of president's schedule, via compromised State Department system — How the U.S. thinks Russians hacked the White House — Washington (CNN)Russian hackers behind the damaging cyber intrusion …
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