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EU's three gripes with Android: What you need to know — Summary:Did you know there are really two main versions of Android? The one Google controls is under fire for potential antitrust practices. Here's why. — After five years of investigation, the European Commission (EC) …
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| Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac: |
Ahrendts memo: no Apple Watch in-store purchases until June, pre-orders start arriving this Friday; April 24th launch date removed from Apple's website — No Apple Watches in store until June, Ahrendts tells staff as April 24th date removed from website — Angela Ahrendts has told Apple Store staff … | Yahoo: |
Microsoft and Yahoo Agree to Amend Search Partnership — SUNNYVALE, Calif. & REDMOND, Wash.—(BUSINESS WIRE)— Today Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) announced that the companies amended their search partnership to improve the search experience, create value for advertisers …
| Howard Blume / Los Angeles Times: |
L.A. school district ditches iPad curriculum, seeks refund from Apple — The Los Angeles Unified School District has canceled further plans to use expensive curriculum that was part of a $1.3-billion effort to provide iPads to every student, teacher and campus administrator.
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| Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
Jawbone announces $199 Up4 fitness band with NFC for AmEx payments and mid-range $100 Up2 band — Jawbone's latest health bands: $99 Up2 & Up4 with AmEx payments — We're still waiting for Jawbone's long-delayed Up3 to start shipping next week, but that's not stopping it from debuting two new health bands today.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google Research launches handwriting input keyboard in Play Store, rendering text and emojis, supports 82 languages — Google Launches Handwriting Input For Text And Emoji On Android — Google Research today launched its latest project: Google Handwriting Input.| Kathleen Chaykowski / Forbes: |
Snapchat tries to poach Uber employees using a geolocation filter that appears near Uber's HQ showing an url for its jobs page — Snapchat Sneakily Uses Its Own App To Poach Uber Engineers — Uber Technologies and Snapchat are among the world's most valuable startups and have raised billions of dollars between them.
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| Neil Hughes / AppleInsider: |
KGI's Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple makes “last-minute decision” to use TSMC for 30% of A9 chip orders for next iPhone — Apple makes ‘last-minute decision’ to use TSMC for 30% of ‘A9’ chip orders for next iPhone — Facing poor yield rates from chipmaker GlobalFoundries …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Cyanogen partners with Microsoft to bundle, create native integrations of Bing, Skype, OneDrive, OneNote, Outlook, and Office on Cyanogen OS — Microsoft will bundle its apps on Cyanogen's Android OS — Rumors of a Microsoft and Cyanogen partnership have been making the rounds recently …
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Facebook tests “sidebar status” feature in mobile apps, similar to AIM's away message — Facebook brings back the away message in a new mobile experiment — In the late 1990s and early 2000s, before Facebook created the world's first billion-person social network, many of us stayed in touch through instant messaging.
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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
European online banking startup Number26 raises $10.6M in Series A led by Peter Thiel's Valar Ventures — Number26 Grabs $10.6 Million To Bring Its Bank Of The Future To Everyone — It feels like Number26 opened its doors yesterday, but the young startup just raised a $10.6 million Series A round …
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MacBook teardown: terraced battery fully glued to body, CPU/RAM/flash storage soldered to logic board, 1/10 repairability score — Retina Macbook 2015 Teardown — Teardown — Teardowns provide a look inside a device and should not be used as disassembly instructions. — Featured Guide
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| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Netflix stock up over 10% after beating estimates for new subscribers: 2.3M in US, and 2.6M non-US; Q1 revenue of $1.57B — Netflix Adds 4.9M New Members In Q1, Sending Shares Up More Than 10% — Following the bell today, Netflix reported its first quarter financial performance …
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| Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land: |
Bing Reaches 20 Percent Search Market Share Milestone In US — Bing has hit 20 percent market share in the US according to new data from comScore. The slow and steady gains resulting in today's milestone have come mostly at the expense of Search Alliance partner Yahoo.
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Virginia e-voting systems relied on weak hard-coded passwords, trivial Wi-Fi security, unpatched OS — Meet the e-voting machine so easy to hack, it will take your breath away — Virginia decertifies device that used weak passwords and wasn't updated in 10 years.| Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land: |
Google Maps loophole lets man add verified listing for “Edward's Snow Den” inside White House — How A Long-Standing Google Maps Loophole Let This Man Put Edward Snowden In The White House — Does the name Bryan Seely ring a bell? He's the guy last year who managed …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
KGI estimates over 2.3M Apple Watch pre-orders, 85% Sport, less than 1% Edition. Run rate pegged at 2-3M/month — KGI estimates over 2.3M Apple Watch pre-orders, 85% Sport, — In a new report from KGI's Ming-Chi Kuo, the very analyst with an impressive track record estimates …
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Ola, Uber's rival in India, closes $400M Series E led by DST Global as it looks to expand its network to over 200 cities — Ola, Uber's Big Rival In India, Raises $400M To Grow To 200 Cities This Year — Ola, the largest rival to Uber in India, has announced that it has raised …
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VentureBeat, Tech in Asia, Tnooz and MediaNama
| Rachel King / ZDNet: |
Etsy prices IPO at $16 per share, giving the company a valuation of approximately $1.8B — Etsy makes it official, prices IPO at $16 per share — Summary:The company once known as “Indieco, Inc.” has stressed its business strategy is rooted in community and customer service since launching in 2005.
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