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Microsoft is working on 5.2" and 5.7" Lumia phones with QHD displays, 20mpx cameras, 3GB of RAM and other high-end specs, to launch this fall — Exclusive: Microsoft has two high-end Lumias coming this year [Specs] — Good news, Windows Phone fans! Microsoft apparently … | Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Internet.org opens to developers, but high-bandwith services like VoIP and video aren't allowed — Facebook's free Internet for the poor leaves out high-bandwidth sites — Facebook opens platform after criticism, but no VoIP, video, and file transfers. — Facebook's Internet.org …
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Facebook opens up Internet.org to all developers following backlash in India from net neutrality proponents — Facebook opens up Internet.org to developers, hoping to pacify net neutrality critics — Chris Daniels, Facebook's VP for Internet.org, says Facebook isn't picking the web winners through the initiative.
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TechCrunch, BBC, iMore, Wired, The Verge, The Daily Dot, Facebook Newsroom, Telecom Trends, Wall Street Journal, The Hill, CIO.com, Engadget, BGR India, The Economic Times and Hindustan Times. Tweets: @verge
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| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Accessory makers plan to tap Apple Watch's hidden port for battery straps, faster charging — One of the first companies to announce plans to make a battery strap for Apple Watch— allowing you to charge the device while on the go while continuing to wear it— has confirmed plans to tap …
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iMore, BGR, Engadget, AppleInsider, VentureBeat, PC Magazine, Popular Mechanics, Pocket-lint, Gizmodo, bizjournals, MacRumors, The Verge, ValueWalk, Tech Times, Mashable, MacRumors, Business Insider, Cult of Mac, Geek.com, Wearable Tech Insider, Gizmodo, TechnoBuffalo, The Next Web, SlashGear, InvestorPlace, App Advice, ZDNet, Gotta Be Mobile, The Loop, Ubergizmo, GSMArena Blog and PhoneArena. Thanks:@benlovejoy
| Julie Bort / Business Insider: |
Chuck Robbins' appointment as Cisco CEO is a surprise to many inside and outside the company — Cisco's new CEO choice is a shocker — Cisco has announced that its next CEO will be Chuck Robbins, a 17-year Cisco veteran who was leading the company's global sales and partner team.
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Microsoft delivers public preview of Office 2016 for Windows desktops — Summary:A new test build of Microsoft's Office 2016 suite for Windows 7, 8 and 10 users is available, ahead of this fall's final release. — Microsoft is making available to the public a test build of its Office 2016 desktop suite for Windows desktops.| Yevgeniy Sverdlik / Data Center Knowledge: |
Docker-competitor CoreOS spins off its App Container project into a separate foundation with Google, VMware, Red Hat, and Apcera support — CoreOS Gives Up Control of Non-Docker Linux Container Standard — Taking a major step forward in its quest to drive a Linux container standard that's …
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| Micah Singleton / The Verge: |
Department of Justice looking closely at Apple as it pushes record labels to ditch free Spotify streaming ahead of Beats relaunch — Apple pushing music labels to kill free Spotify streaming ahead of Beats relaunch — The Department of Justice is looking closely into Apple's business practices …
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Google rolls out Collections, a Pinterest-like feature for curated sets of Google+ posts — Google+ Collections Feature Begins Its Rollout — It seems that while Google hasn't actually released the official announcement yet (it's expected this morning), the Collections feature we've heard …
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The Verge, Android Authority, Engadget, PandoDaily, 9to5Google, Google Plus Daily, The Next Web, PhoneDog.com, VentureBeat, Pocket-lint, Google Plus Daily and Phandroid. Tweets: @cisco_mobile. Thanks:@aashutoshvatsa
| Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
Pinterest Developers Platform launches in beta to let whitelisted developers build apps that integrate data from users' Pins and Boards — At Long Last, Pinterest Is Opening Up To Developers — Pinterest is finally opening the doors for developers to access its information — a little bit, at least.
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Thanks:@jamiefavazza| MIT Technology Review: |
Free Android apps secretly connect to thousands of user tracking and ad sites — The Truth About Smartphone Apps That Secretly Connect to User Tracking and Ad Sites — Security researchers have developed an automated system for detecting Android apps that secretly connect to ad sites and user tracking sites.
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It's a Gadget, Gizmodo, PandoDaily, ZDNet, PC Magazine, Tech Times, BetaNews, Slashdot, ITworld.com, BGR, SlashGear and Engadget
| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
Google acquires startup behind Timeful, a popular iOS time-management app — With Timeful Acquisition, Google Aims To Supercharge Its Apps' Time-Management Smarts — When time-management startup Timeful launched its iOS app last July, it faced a basic challenge.
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Android Authority, VentureBeat, BetaNews, The Next Web, ZDNet, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, MacStories, PhoneDog.com and iPhone in Canada Blog. Tweets: @chrissyfarr. Thanks:@harrymccracken
| Lucy Vernasco / Motherboard: |
Behind the plan to replace Internet's aging TCP/IP architecture with Named Data Networking — The Mission To Save The Internet By Rewiring It From The Name Up — While most of us have been binge-streaming or strapping computers to our bodies or wrapping our heads around the ins and outs … | Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft to add Windows Update for Business option for Windows 10 users — Summary:Microsoft is providing IT pros with more granular levels of control over how Windows 10 as a service will work. — Microsoft is continuing to flesh out the details as to how it will provide users …
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Blogging Windows, PCWorld, eWeek, Computerworld, The Official Microsoft Blog, ExtremeTech, The Verge, GeekWire and Windows Central. Tweets: @maryjofoley
| Samuel Gibbs / Guardian: |
Twitter kills MS-Dos games embedded in tweets — Social network kills MS-Dos gaming fun, saying interactives and games breach its embedded cards terms of service — Faster than Ryu KOing Ken, Twitter has killed off the ability to play MS-Dos games in tweets.
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