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Sources: YouTube's ad-free subscription service coming in the next few months for around $10/month, will offer offline viewing, creators required to join — YouTube's paid subscription offering takes shape — and it's almost here — YouTube's forthcoming paid subscription offering …
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Zynga founder and chairman Mark Pincus returns as CEO, replacing Don Mattrick — Mark Pincus, Zynga's Founder, Returns as C.E.O. — When Mark Pincus hired a new executive to run Zynga, the online games company he founded, he tweeted a message calling the executive, Don Mattrick, an “Internet treasure.”| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
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| Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: |
Apple Watch review: stylish and a great fitness tracker, but first-gen hardware and frustrating software make it difficult to recommend — What the Apple Watch Does Best: Make You Look Good — Apple isn't just selling some wrist-worn computer, it's selling good looks and coolness, too
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Facebook launches a standalone website for Messenger at Messenger.com for users who want a dedicated desktop messaging experience — Facebook Launches Messenger for Web Browsers — Facebook is bringing Messenger, its standalone messaging tool, to the Web.
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| Jeff Carlson / Macworld: |
Review: Photos for OS X is faster than iPhoto but less powerful than Aperture — AT A GLANCE — Last June, Apple announced the impending retirement of iPhoto and Aperture in favor of Photos for OS X, a new application it demonstrated briefly at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC).
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| Ronald Grover / TheStreet.com: |
Sources: Disney pressures Apple to carry more of its channels on rumored TV streaming service, Apple wants fewer channels to keep cost of service down — Disney Presses Apple to Carry More Channels on Internet TV Service — NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Apple (AAPL - Get Report) and Walt Disney …
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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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Twitter retires Discover and Activity features for iOS and Android users, moves Trends tool to search page — 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.
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| Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
Apple Quietly Bought Dryft, A Keyboard App — Apple quietly bought Dryft, a startup that develops keyboard apps — an acquisition that appears to have occurred last year — TechCrunch has learned. — The acquisition seemed to be confirmed by Randy Marsden's LinkedIn profile, which lists him as joining Apple last September.| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft to add virtualized containers, Nano Server mode to Windows Server 2016 — Summary:Microsoft confirms it will have a Nano Server mode in Windows Server 2016, along with new Hyper-V containerization technology. — Although the second test build of Windows Server 2016 isn't coming until May … | Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
Twitter is not currently a takeover target; recent rumors fueled by management instability, slowing growth, vulnerable single-class stock structure — Get Used to More Twitter Takeover Rumors — At the beginning of this year, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo was rumored to be stepping down immediately (he didn't).| Ina Fried / Re/code: |
Xiaomi beats its own flash sale record with 2M phones and thousands of accessories sold in 12 hours, generating $355M in revenue — Xiaomi Sells $335 Million Worth of Phones in 12 Hours — Fast-growing Chinese phone maker Xiaomi said Wednesday that it broke its own flash-sale record …
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| 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.”
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| Ben Popper / The Verge: |
DJI's new Phantom 3 drones start at $999, feature visual positioning, GLONASS support, bundled Lightbridge video streaming, 4K camera option — DJI updates our favorite line of drones with the new Phantom 3 — DJI created the Kleenex of consumer drones with its Phantom line of quadcopters.
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| Richard Lai / Engadget: |
Intel demos its latest RealSense depth-sensing camera, small enough for a 6-inch smartphone — Intel's made a tinier, longer-range depth camera for phones — Intel's been a huge backer of gesture control plus 3D scanning, and so far it's managed to integrate its RealSense technology into select desktops …
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Pew: 71% of teens use Facebook, down from 77% in 2012, but still the most used social network — What Teen Problem? Facebook Still Dominates Among Teenagers. — In October 2013, now-former Facebook CFO David Ebersman said on an earnings call that the company had seen …
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Periscope update improves stream discovery, adds “follower only” mode to limit comments to people you follow — Periscope Tries To Fix Discovery And Comment Noise — Periscope got so big so fast that it became hard to find friends' broadcasts, or make sense of the rapid-fire comments on popular streams.Sponsor Posts
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