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Sources: new Apple TV hardware will not be announced at WWDC — Apple to Unveil Tool Kit for Watch App Developers — SAN FRANCISCO — When Apple began selling the Apple Watch in April, Phillip Ryu did not rush to create an app for the gadget. Because the device has limited animation …
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Chris Sacca offers 8,500 words of criticism and advice for Twitter, says he's not an activist investor — What Twitter Can Be. — Disclaimers: 1) This is a very long read. Thinking about a company and using its product obsessively for nine years straight will do that to you. 2) My funds and I own a lot of Twitter stock.
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| Ryan Knutson / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Dish in early stage merger talks with T-Mobile US; combined company likely to have Charlie Ergen as chairman, John Legere as CEO — Dish Network in Merger Talks With T-Mobile US — Dish, T-Mobile Have Agreed Charlie Ergen Would Be Chairman, John Legere CEO| Erin Griffith / Fortune: |
How Facebook quadrupled its video traffic in one year to 4B video streams per day, and is reshaping advertising — How Facebook's video-traffic explosion is shaking up the advertising world — Cenk Uygur can pinpoint the day he realized that Facebook FB video was going to rewrite his business model.
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NASA and Verizon team up in $500K project to develop technology to monitor civilian and commercial drone use via cell tower, tests expected to begin in summer — Nasa and Verizon plan to monitor US drone network from phone towers — Exclusive: Federal agency is developing technology … | Micah Singleton / The Verge: |
Tidal introduces new Mac and Windows apps, 50% student discount, ticket feature, and improved search and social features as Apple readies new competing service — Jay Z's music service has new apps, concert tickets, and a lot to prove — Jay Z called me.| J.K. Trotter / Gawker: |
Twitter revokes API access for Sunlight Foundation's Politwhoops site, which showed politicians' deleted tweets, cites violation of developer agreement — Twitter Just Killed Politwoops — A Twitter spokesperson just provided the following statement to Gawker regarding the apparent suspension …
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New Zealand court rules Kim Dotcom need not forfeit NZ-based assets to US government — Kim Dotcom gets to keep his millions, cars, and jet skis, for now — New Zealand court rules that US legal theory in civil forfeiture case doesn't apply. — A New Zealand court has found in favor …
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| Amir Mizroch / Wall Street Journal: |
New London VC firm Felix Capital raises $120M to fund fashion, luxury, beauty, and well-being tech startups in Europe — Latest London VC Fund to Focus on Fashion, Luxury Tech — London-based entrepreneur Frederic Court has raised a $120 million fund for new European startups …
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Fantastical calendar app lands on the Apple Watch with full Reminders support — When Apple Watch and Watch OS 1.0 shipped in April, the definite omission of an Apple Reminders app on the platform was particularly surprising to me. The Apple Watch User Guide even highlights the app's absence:
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| Shawn Schroter / Wall Street Journal: |
Japan's Rakuten to raise up to $1.5B in new share offering to fund future acquisitions — Rakuten Plans to Raise Cash for Future Acquisitions — Japanese e-commerce giant plans to raise up to $1.5 billion from a new share offering — TOKYO— Rakuten Inc. said Thursday that it plans …
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Dell is bringing the borderless Infinity display to its 15-inch XPS laptop — The delightfully borderless Infinity display that Dell introduced on the XPS 13 this year is moving up in size class. As part of a sneak preview of upcoming Windows 10 hardware here at Computex Taipei, Microsoft showed the new Dell XPS 15.
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Synaptics announces SmartBar, a technology that adds capacitive touch to the spacebar — Synaptics adds capacitive touch to your spacebar, because why not? — “SmartBar” tech and fingerprint readers for PC mice shown off at Computex. — Synaptics thinks your spacebar is “underutilized … | Farhad Manjoo / New York Times: |
Spotify's sorting of tunes by moods and activities instead of rigid genres expands discovery but produces one-hit wonders — Spotify Sees a Future Where Music Genres Don't Really Matter — In the last few weeks, my two children, ages 4 and 2, have suddenly become obsessed with Simon and Garfunkel.| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Sources: DST Global Led Mobile Shopping App Wish's $500M Round — DST Global, Yuri Milner's late stage VC fund, took the lead on the purported $500 million financing round invested in Wish, the mobile shopping app, according to people familiar with the matter.Thanks:@atechmemefan
| Patrick McGreevy / Los Angeles Times: |
California Senate OKs requiring warrants to search smartphones, tablets — The state Senate on Wednesday approved a bill that would require law enforcement in California to obtain a search warrant or wiretap order before searching a person's smartphone, laptop or other electronic device …
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