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| Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post: |
Apple, Google, and leading cryptologists urge President Obama in letter to reject backdoors in smartphones and other devices — Tech giants urge Obama to resist ‘backdoors’ into encrypted communications — Tech behemoths including Apple and Google and leading cryptologists …
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| Rich McCormick / The Verge: |
Apple releases new $1,999 27-inch Retina iMac and 15-inch MacBook Pro with Force Touch trackpad — Apple releases cheaper Retina iMac and 15-inch MacBook Pro with Force Touch — Apple is starting to bring the price down on its 5K Retina iMac, releasing a new version today that sells …
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| Daisuke Wakabayashi / Wall Street Journal: |
After nearly a decade of research, Apple shelved plans over a year ago for the TV set that Carl Icahn expects it to release in 2016 — Behind Apple's Move to Shelve TV Plans — Apple had dropped its TV plans, but investor Carl Icahn sees the firm entering the market next year
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See also Mediagazer| Jana Messerschmidt / The Twitter Blog: |
Twitter and Google partner to bring more tweets into Google search results, rolling out on mobile in the US today and desktop soon — A new way to discover Tweets — We're excited to team up with Google to bring Twitter's unique, real-time content to Google's search results.| AccessNow: |
Advocacy organizations from 31 countries say Facebook's Internet.org violates net neutrality, security, privacy, and threatens freedom of expression — Open Letter to Mark Zuckerberg Regarding Internet.org, Net Neutrality, Privacy, and Security — We, the undersigned …
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Tweets: @joshconstine, @colorofchange and @accessnow
| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Tim Cook: Apple Watch in stores ‘by June’, in talks for Apple Pay in China — During his trip last week across China, Apple CEO Tim Cook held a meeting at Apple's China headquarters with several employees in attendance, according to sources with knowledge of the briefing.| Alex Kantrowitz / AdAge: |
Inside Google's secret anti-fraud team battling the bots that siphon billions of digital ad dollars — Inside Google's Secret War Against Ad Fraud — Cable News Wars Rage as New Players Join the Battle — In a conference room nine floors above London's St. Giles High Street …
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Thanks:@kantrowitz. See also Mediagazer| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft rolls out touch-first test versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint for Android phones; devices must run KitKat 4.4.x or higher, have at least 1GB RAM — Microsoft rolls out touch-first Office apps preview for Android phones — Summary:Microsoft is rolling out test versions of its standalone … | Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Apple releases first official Lightning Dock for $39; compatible with iPhone 5, 5c, 5s, iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, and 5th-generation iPod touch — Apple Now Sells A Lightning Dock For Your iPhone — Apple has finally done what many had long hoped it would - released an official dock …
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| Micah Singleton / The Verge: |
Contract between Sony Music and Spotify shows how streaming rates are calculated plus yearly advances and most-favored-nation clause for Sony Music — This was Sony Music's contract with Spotify — Over the last year the music industry has been in flux as artists, labels …
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Tweets: @eriqgardner and @jimcarrollotr
See also Mediagazer| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
MixRadio, the streaming music service sold by Microsoft to Line last year, launches iOS and Android apps — MixRadio Finally Brings Its Music Service To iOS And Android — MixRadio, the radio music service that was transferred from Nokia to Microsoft and then bought by messaging app company Line … | Stacey Higginbotham / Fortune: |
Meraki founders raise $25M led by Andreessen Horowitz for IoT sensor startup Samsara — Meraki founders score $25 million from Andreessen Horowitz for sensor startup — Two founders who helped big companies get a handle on their Wi-Fi networks and later sold their startup to Cisco for $1.2 billion …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Twilio Launches IP Messaging, New Conference Call Services And High-Volume SMS Tools — Twilio is kicking off its Signal conference today and — unsurprisingly — the company is announcing a slew of new services for developers that use its voice, video and messaging platform.
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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Basis fitness tracker adds limited titanium edition, shares data with Apple Health and Google Fit — Basis now links its fitness data with Apple Health and Google Fit — Of all the fitness tracking wearables out there, Basis' Peak might be one of the most comprehensive.
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TechCrunch, AppleInsider, The Next Web, Gizmodo, PCWorld, VentureBeat, Engadget and Wearable Tech Insider
| Antuan Goodwin / CNET: |
Automatic smart driving monitor now connects your car to over 20 apps — Today, Automatic launches its new App Gallery of third-party apps and rolls out the second-generation of its OBD-II adapter.
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| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
WordPress parent Automattic acquires WooCommerce, maker of a popular e-commerce WordPress plugin, sources say for more than $30M — WordPress Parent Automattic Buys WooCommerce, a Shopping Tool for Web Publishers — Last year Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, raised $160 million.
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| Dylan Tweney / VentureBeat: |
Consumer groups update FTC complaint against Google to include allegations of adult content on YouTube Kids — Google's ‘kid-friendly’ app YouTube Kids shows some very grown-up videos — Two consumer groups have found some pretty appallingly adult content in Google's ostensibly child-friendly video app, YouTube Kids.| Drew FitzGerald / Wall Street Journal: |
Airbnb rolls out support for professional property managers in some markets, moving further from its roots as it faces increasing regulation — Airbnb Moves Into Professional Vacation Rentals — Home-sharing company says offering will be limited to some markets, service initially| Sean O'Kane / The Verge: |
RealNetworks launches photo and video-sharing app RealTimes aimed at parents, offers storage, creates slideshows — RealNetworks enters the crowded photo backup market with a new app — One glance at the RealNetworks logo is all it takes to spark flashbacks to episodes of endless buffering.| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
LG Reveals Phablet And Budget Versions Of Its Flagship G4 Smartphone — LG's G4, the company newest flagship smartphone, went on sales across the first parts of the world yesterday, and today the Korean company added two variants of the device to the mix. — The G4 Stylus is a 5.7-inch version … | Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
YotaPhone 2 U.S. preorders open on Indiegogo starting at $500 with an August delivery — Russian mobile broadband provider and smartphone manufacturer Yota has finally revealed the U.S. pricing and preorder details for the second version of its smartphone, the YotaPhone 2, six months after its European launch.
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| Harrison Weber / VentureBeat: |
Pandora acquires Techstars-backed music analytics company Next Big Sound — Today Pandora announced that it's acquired Next Big Sound, a six-year-old analytics service targeting the music industry. — Next Big Sound's existing service will continue to operate as normal, inside Pandora.Sponsor Posts
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