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| Eran Megiddo / The Official Microsoft Blog: |
Microsoft confirms it has bought 6Wunderkinder, maker of the Wunderlist to-do list app — Welcome 6Wunderkinder! Microsoft acquires Wunderlist — What's better than completing that last important task on your to-do list? Doing so with a beautiful and useful productivity app.
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
First HomeKit-Compatible Products Launching Today, Led by Lutron, iHome and Elgato — Ahead of Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, several of the company's HomeKit partners are today announcing the availability of the first HomeKit-compatible products.
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| Sebastian Anthony / Ars Technica UK: |
Thunderbolt 3 embraces USB Type-C connector, doubles bandwidth to 40Gbps — Thunderbolt 3 integrates USB 3.1, optional 100W power delivery, 5K @ 60Hz display. — At Computex 2015, Intel has unveiled Thunderbolt 3. The headline feature: Thunderbolt 3 has changed connector from Mini DisplayPort to USB Type-C.
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| Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / ZDNet: |
Intel updates fifth-gen Core chips with Iris Pro graphics — Intel has revamped its fifth-generation Core lineup of silicon for desktops and mobile, adding an Iris Pro 6200 graphics chip to the CPUs. — Intel has revamped its fifth-generation Core lineup of silicon for desktops and mobile …
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| Josh Lowensohn / The Verge: |
SoundHound's new Hound voice search app handles complex queries faster than Siri, Cortana, and Google Voice Search — SoundHound's new voice search app makes Siri and Cortana look slow — Nearly a decade ago, SoundHound founder Keyvan Mohajer took an idea to a group of investors.
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| Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal: |
Facebook Opens Third Artificial-Intelligence Research Hub in Paris — Facebook is bolstering its artificial-intelligence expertise with a third center in Paris to help the social network better sift through photos, posts and videos shared by its 1.4 billion users.
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| Natt Garun / The Next Web: |
GameFly debuts a new video game streaming service exclusively on the Amazon Fire TV — The days of Blockbuster DVD-by-mail rental service may be far behind us, but GameFly is still trucking on with its game rental service. To keep up with the times, GameFly today launched a video game streaming service …
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| Takashi Mochizuki / Wall Street Journal: |
Nintendo denies Nikkei report that its next-generation console code-named NX will run Android — Will Nintendo's NX Adopt Android? Company Says ‘No’ — Nintendo Co. shot down a report that said it was planning on using the Android operating system to run its top secret next-generation console, which has been codenamed “NX.”
| Brian P. Rubin / ReadWrite: |
Wireless-charging standard groups A4WP and PMA make merger official — The Wireless Power Merger Is Official — Two of the three major wireless-charging standard groups—the Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP) and the Power Matters Alliance (PMA)—finally announced Monday that their plans to merge are official.
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| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Canary Smart Home Security System Locks Down $30 Million In Series B — Canary, the smart home monitoring system, has just closed on $30 million in Series B funding led by Walden Riverwood Ventures, with participation from Cota Capital, Khosla ventures, Flextronics, Two Sigma Ventures and WTI.
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| Kia Kokalitcheva / Fortune: |
Online education marketplace Udemy raises $65 million for international expansion — Following Google's announcement last week of its new skill-based degrees in partnership with Udacity, the interest in online education continues. On Tuesday, online course marketplace Udemy …
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| Craig Timberg / Washington Post: |
The vulnerable Border Gateway protocol, a quick-fix solution from 1989, still directs most internet traffic — Net of insecurity Part 2 — The long — life of a — quick ‘fix’ — Internet protocol from 1989 leaves data vulnerable to hijackers — The long life of a quick ‘fix’
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| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Sources: Apple's subscription TV service won't be announced at WWDC15 — Apple Subscription TV Service Won't Be Announced Next Week — Apple won't be announcing its much-anticipated subscription TV service next week at its Worldwide Developer Conference, according to several people with knowledge of the situation.
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Security app-maker Disconnect files antitrust complaint in EU alleging that Google abused its dominance in banning its Android app — App Maker Files EU Complaint Against Google, Alleging Abuse of Android Dominance — Privacy and security programmer Disconnect said Google pulled its app from Play Store
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| TechCrunch: |
Instagram Beefs Up Ads With App Install And Buy Buttons, Interest Targeting, API — Instagram is ready to make some serious money. After a year and half of format experiments and basic targeting, Instagram is giving advertisers much more powerful tools. Those include “Shop Now” …
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Re/code, New York Times and Instagram for Business
| Chad Bray / New York Times: |
Fitbit updates IPO filing, now seeks to raise $358.4M at $14-16 per share — Fitbit Says It Plans to Price I.P.O. at $14 to $16 a Share — Fitbit, the maker of wearable health-tracking devices, expects to price its initial public offering at $14 a share to $16 a share …
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TechCrunch, BBC, NASDAQ.com, MarketWatch, Bloomberg Business and TheStreet.com
| Rachel Metz / MIT Technology Review: |
Google's Project Loon head Mike Cassidy says RF used to connect balloons to one another, gimbal direction must be precise to enable sending of data across 80km — EmTech Digital: Project Loon Head Details How the Balloons Interact — Project Loon, Google's plan for Internet via floating balloons …
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| Ernesto / TorrentFreak: |
Pirate Bay Co-Founder Fredrik Neij Released From Prison — Fredrik Neij, one of The Pirate Bay's co-founders, was a key operator of the torrent site during its early years. — In 2012 Fredrik received a 10-month prison sentence for his involvement with the notorious site, which he initially avoided.Sponsor Posts
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