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Sources: Nokia plans a return to consumer phone market in 2016, also has virtual reality and other projects in the works — Nokia Plots 2016 Return to Phone Market — Four years ago, Stephen Elop, Nokia CEO at the time, described Nokia as a man at the edge of a burning platform.| Ashlee Vance / Bloomberg Business: |
Elon Musk had a deal to sell Tesla to Google in 2013, for about $6B, and another $5B in capital for factory expansions — Elon Musk Had a Deal to Sell Tesla to Google in 2013 — On the verge of bankruptcy, the company sought a savior in Larry Page — This story is excerpted and adapted …
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OnePlus One smartphone now available to buy globally for everyone without an invite — Open Sales for the OnePlus One, Forever — This week marks a very special anniversary for OnePlus. Exactly one year ago this Thursday, April 23rd, we announced the OnePlus One to the world.
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| Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch: |
Oscar Raises $145M At A $1.5B Valuation To Build A New Healthcare, Insurance Giant — Oscar, a company founded to rethink how a health insurer should look and act in the digital age and after the Obama administration's Affordable Care Act, is scaling up with a big $145 million round …
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Android Wear's Second Big Update Is Coming: Gestures, WiFi, And Better UI In The Next Few Weeks — Word around the rumor mill was that Android Wear was about to get a pretty big update — and sure enough, such an update is officially on the way. — Here's whats new... Wrist Flicking Gestures:| Mat Smith / Engadget: |
Sony launches flagship Xperia Z4 in Japan, with Snapdragon 810, 5.2" FHD display, 3GB RAM, and an image-stabilizing selfie camera — Sony's new flagship smartphone has an image-stabilizing selfie camera — Sony's unveiled its new smartphone in Japan, the Xperia Z4, and like you might tell … | Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
Russian hackers exploit Flash, Windows flaws to spy on diplomats — Summary:Recently discovered vulnerabilities are being used by the Russian APT28 group to spy on government targets and steal politically sensitive data. — Symantec — FireEye has detected the use of zero …
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| Maddie Stone / Gizmodo: |
Norway Will Be the First Country to Turn Off FM Radio in 2017 — Norway's Minister of Culture announced this week that a national FM-radio switch off will commence in 2017, allowing the country to complete its transition over to digital radio. It's the end of an era.| Brian Solomon / Forbes: |
Profile of Tanium, a startup valued at $1.75B whose technology helps half of the top 100 US corporations quickly identify and patch vulnerable devices — Meet Tanium, The Secret Cybersecurity Weapon Of Target, Visa And Amazon — A father-son duo came from out of nowhere with a more clever idea … | Paul Thurrott / Thurrott.com: |
Former Microsoft designer talks about original Windows Phone UX and mistakes the company made with Modern UI — Ex-Microsoft Designer Explains the Move Away from Metro — Windows Phone fans pining for the days of Metro panoramas and integrated experiences have had a tough couple of years …
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Chrome notifications now available on Android; eBay, Facebook, Pinterest, Product Hunt among early adopters of the feature — Your favorite websites can now send notifications to Chrome on Android — Support for push notifications was the most important feature in last week's Chrome 42 release … | Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft Announces Azure Service Fabric, A New Framework For Building Highly Scalable Cloud Services — Microsoft today announced Azure Service Fabric, a new Azure service that aims to make it easier for developers at startups and ISVs to create highly scalable cloud applications.
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