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Apple Watch arrives in seven more countries on June 26, some models to start selling in retail stores in two weeks — Apple Watch Arrives in Seven More Countries June 26 — Sales in Apple Retail Stores to Begin in Two Weeks — Apple® today announced Apple Watch™ will be available in Italy …
| Brian X. Chen / New York Times: |
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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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
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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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| 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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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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| Mark Harris / Guardian: |
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 … | 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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| 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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| 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.| 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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| 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.| Molly McHugh / Wired: |
Mac app Unicorns lets you plug in your phone or tablet and live-stream what's on its screen — New Livestream App Lets Strangers Watch You Use Your Phone — The success of Periscope and Meerkat shows livestreaming offers something beyond the practical intent of the technology.
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