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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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| Chao Wang / Pinterest: |
Pinterest to launch Buyable Pins in US to let you buy pinned products without leaving the app — Coming soon: Buyable Pins! — We're always looking for ways to help you go out and do the creative ideas you Pin—whether that's figuring out the ingredients for a new dish or installing an app to mix up your workouts.
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ReadWrite, TechCrunch, USA Today, The Daily Dot, Macworld, iMore, CNBC, POPSUGAR, Tech Times, Search Engine Journal, App Advice, ZDNet, VentureBeat, SocialTimes, Engadget, Cult of Mac, The Geek Byte, WebProNews and SlashGear. Thanks:@malliegator
| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Pinterest doesn't plan on taking a cut of retailers transactions with Buyable Pins, will instead make money promoting the pins — Pinterest Brings E-Commerce to Social Bookmarking With a Buy Button — Pinterest, the online social bookmarking site, has long claimed to be a way to help people discover new things in the real world.
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| Spencer Soper / Bloomberg Business: |
Amazon offers free shipping to all customers on small goods without requiring a minimum order — Amazon Debuts Free Shipping on Small Goods Without Minimum Order — Not just for Prime members — Amazon.com Inc. is introducing free shipping on thousands of popular, smaller items …
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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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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft WiFi to offer ‘hassle-free Internet’ for Windows, Mac, Android, iOS, Windows Phone; available first to Skype WiFi subs, organizations with Office 360 — Microsoft WiFi will offer ‘hassle-free Internet’ to Windows, Mac, Android, iOS, and Windows Phone users
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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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| 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.| Takashi Mochizuki / Wall Street Journal: |
Nintendo denies Nikkei report that its next-generation console code-named NX will run Android — Nintendo Nixes Android Rumors — 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.”
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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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Thunderbolt Technology …, The Next Web, iMore, Gizmodo, The Verge, CNET, PCWorld, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Register, Mashable, TechCrunch, iDownloadBlog.com, Geek.com, Wired.co.uk, Cult of Mac, Seeking Alpha, SlashGear, MacRumors, TechSpot and Engadget. Tweets: @tapbot_paul
| 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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| 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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Facebook, Wired, BBC, Forbes, Fast Company, The Next Web, Fortune, Business Insider, PCWorld, VentureBeat, TechCrunch and SlashGear. Tweets: @joshconstine
| Christian Zibreg / iDownloadBlog.com: |
Google Maps gains enhanced transit data with live arrivals for buses, metros, and subway systems in Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, UK, and Netherlands — Google Maps gains enhanced transit data with live arrivals for buses, metros and subway systems — According to a post …
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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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| National Journal: |
Senate passes the USA Freedom Act to restore and revise some Patriot Act spying provisions, ending bulk collection of US call metadata — Senate Passes Major NSA Reform Bill — The USA Freedom Act, which will restore but reform the expired Patriot Act's spy authorities …
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Wired, TechCrunch, New York Times, VentureBeat, The Next Web, The Verge, Ars Technica, PCWorld, Guardian and Techdirt
| 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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