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Apple Watch in-store preview and online only pre-order begin Friday — Apple Watch In-Store Preview & Online Pre-Order Begin Friday — Available for Purchase Online April 24 — Apple Watch™, Apple's most personal device yet, will be available for preview and pre-order on Friday, April 10.
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| LinkedIn Newsroom: |
LinkedIn to acquire online learning firm Lynda.com in a deal valued at $1.5B — LinkedIn to Acquire lynda.com — lynda.com's high-quality content provides opportunity for members to easily gain the professional skills they need to get hired and advance their careers. — LinkedIn Corporate Communications Team
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| Ryan Roslansky / Official LinkedIn Blog: |
Welcome to the LinkedIn Family, lynda.com! — Many people don't know that I started my first company when I was a freshman in college. I didn't know the first thing about designing a website and relied on a Lynda Weinman web graphics book to get my site up and running.
| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
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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| 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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| Lisa Fleisher / Wall Street Journal: |
Admitting Tracking ‘Bug’, Facebook Defends European Privacy Practices — Facebook Inc. pushed back on Thursday against some accusations from Belgian scholars that the social network trampled over its users' privacy rights - but admitted that the academics found a “bug” that mistakenly tracked people …
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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.”
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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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| 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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| Richard Lai / Engadget: |
Intel shows 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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| Bloomberg Business: |
Kik Interactive Said to Explore Sale or Corporate Investment — Kik Interactive Inc., which makes a messaging application popular with young teens, is exploring a sale, people with knowledge of the matter said. — The company hired Qatalyst Partners to set up conversations with potential acquirers …
| Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
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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| 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).| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 8.3 expands iPhone WiFi Calls to Sprint in the U.S., EE in the U.K. — In addition to adding a slew of more diverse Emojis and several bug fixes, iOS 8.3 has expanded the iPhone's WiFi calling feature to a pair of new carriers: Sprint in the United States and EE in the United Kingdom.
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Amazon files first-ever suit over fake product reviews, alleges Calif. man sold fraudulent praise … Amazon has filed suit against the alleged operator of several sites that offer Amazon sellers the ability to purchase fake 4- and 5-star customer reviews of their products.| Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss / Reuters: |
Bitcoin exchange Coinsetter acquires Cavirtex, the Canadian trading platform that recently shut down due to security breach — Bitcoin exchange Coinsetter acquires Canadian platform — (Reuters) - Coinsetter, a New York-based bitcoin exchange that targets institutional and professional traders …
| 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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