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Microsoft's two new SDKs allow porting of Android and iOS apps to Windows 10 as universal apps; web apps can now be packaged for the Windows Store — Huge news: Windows 10 can run reworked Android and iOS apps — After months of rumors, Microsoft is revealing its plans to get mobile apps on Windows 10 today.
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| MSDN: |
Livestream of Microsoft's Build 2015 keynote from San Francisco — LiveBuild 2015 — Keynote Presentation 10:30AM to 1:00PM Ask The Gu 1:02PM to 1:30PM with Scott Guthrie The Next Generation of Azure Compute Platform with Mark Russinovich 1:30PM to 2:30PM Learn about ways to integrate …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft launches a preview of Visual Studio Code, a free lightweight code editor for OS X, Linux, and Windows — Microsoft Launches Visual Studio Code, A Free Cross-Platform Code Editor For OS X, Linux And Windows — At its Build developer conference, Microsoft today announced the launch …
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Thanks:@alex| The Verge: |
Live from Microsoft's Build 2015 keynote — Here comes Windows 10 Event Updates 8:26:54 AM PDT Will we see Android apps on Windows 10 today? All will be explained. It's a long keynote of 2hrs 30 minutes, so stick with us. 8:26:32 AM PDT Will Project Spartan get a name today? Sure.
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| Owen Williams / The Next Web: |
Office 2016 will allow cross-platform integration of third party apps, like Uber ride reminders in Outlook — Microsoft shows off cross-platform integrations for Office 2016 — Today at BUILD, Microsoft showed off its new cross-platform integrations that developers can use to build apps that deeply embed inside Office.
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft Edge, formerly known as Project Spartan, will ship on all Windows 10 devices — Internet Explorer's successor, Project Spartan, is called Microsoft Edge — At its Build 2015 developer conference today, Microsoft announced Project Spartan will be called Microsoft Edge.
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft releases .NET Core preview for Mac and Linux — At its Build 2015 developer conference today, Microsoft took the first step toward a cross-platform version of .NET, the company's software framework that primarily runs on Windows: The company has released a preview of the .NET Core runtime distribution for Mac and Linux.| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft announces Azure SQL Data Warehouse and Azure Data Lake in preview — SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft today unveiled a couple of new services for working with data in its Azure public cloud and announced useful enhancements to its existing Azure SQL Database service at the Build conference today.
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| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Uber is in talks with over 400 merchants for a new same-day delivery program, plans to source inventory from local stores — Uber Is Quietly Testing A Massive Merchant Delivery Program — Uber is planning to launch a merchant delivery program that would allow online shoppers …
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GeekWire, Uber Blog, PandoDaily, The Verge, Digital Trends, TIME, Fone Arena, SiliconANGLE, MacNN, Engadget, PYMNTS.com, VatorNews, WebProNews, SlashGear, Business Insider, VentureBeat and Eater. Tweets: @chrismessina
| Reggie Ugwu / BuzzFeed: |
Instagram's @music account, its first official content vertical, will showcase popular and emerging artists — Instagram Launches Dedicated Music Channel @Music — The Facebook-owned social network's first category-specific vertical will showcase popular and emerging artists. — Jared Eberhardt / Instagram
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Instagram Blog, Engadget, The Next Web, The Verge, TechCrunch, EW.com, Reuters, Los Angeles Times, Billboard, SPIN, Pitchfork, hypebot and The FADER. Tweets: @dujkan. Thanks:@fwd. See also Mediagazer
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Google's new Password Alert Chrome extension combats phishing and risk from password reuse by warning users who enter their Google password at a non-Google site — Chrome Can Now Warn Users Who Type Gmail Passwords in Dumb Places — No matter how much Google does to harden its servers …
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| Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: |
Facebook warns EU that fragmented regulation may lead to fewer features rolling out in Europe — Facebook Warns European Privacy Regulators to Back Off — Facebook has a message for privacy regulators across Europe: You're endangering the EU. — Richard Allan, the Menlo Park …
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Piracy App Popcorn Time Ordered Blocked by U.K. Court — Popcorn Time — the piracy app that's as easy to use as Netflix — has been dealt a blow, although it's surely not fatal. — On Tuesday, a United Kingdom chancery court approved an order requiring major U.K. Internet service providers … | Deborah Gage / Wall Street Journal: |
Data Storage Startup Infinidat Raises $150 Million at $1.2 Billion Valuation … Infinidat Inc., a secretive young data storage company, has burst into public view with $150 million in new funding and a valuation of $1.2 billion, placing it among the most valuable privately held companies in the world.
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| Youkyung Lee / Associated Press: |
Samsung's profit sinks 39% hit by bigger iPhones — SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics Co. said its first-quarter net income plunged 39 percent as consumers switched to bigger iPhones, squeezing its profit from the mobile business to less than half from a year earlier.
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Twitter Reports First Quarter 2015 Results; Lowers Full-Year 2015 Expectations — SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - April 28, 2015 - Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2015, and outlined lower 2015 expectations.
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