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| Terry Myerson / Windows Blog: |
Windows 10 Free Upgrade Available in 190 Countries Today — When we first unveiled Windows 10 in September, we outlined our plans for a new era of Windows. We wanted to create a Windows that empowered people and organizations to do great things. Our vision was one platform, one store …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft is working on streaming PC games to Xbox One — Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system debuts today, enabling Xbox One game streaming to PCs. While that's a neat feature for Xbox One owners, Microsoft is working on streaming PC games to Xbox One consoles too.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft execs speak about how they dealt with feedback for Windows 10, unifying platforms — The story of Windows 10 from inside Microsoft — Windows 10 has a lot to live up to. Microsoft has made a lot of promises about it. And oddly enough, we've heard most of them before, with Windows 8.| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
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| Facebook: |
Facebook Reports Second Quarter 2015 Results — Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) today reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2015. — “This was another strong quarter for our community,” said Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and CEO. “Engagement across our family …
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| Yahoo: |
Yahoo unveils an audioless video messaging app called Livetext, launching in US, UK, Canada, Germany, and France tomorrow — Yahoo Livetext - A New Way to Connect — We're all walking around with a device in our pockets, primarily to communicate with others.
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| Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch: |
Google Translate's App Now Instantly Translates Printed Text In 27 Languages — One of the most intense experiences you'll ever have is visiting a country that speaks a language different than yours. There's a host of tools you can use, but Google's Translate product has leapfrogged just about everything out there over the years.
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| Ariha Setalvad / The Verge: |
Facebook is testing out LinkedIn-style profile tags — Facebook seems to be taking a cue from LinkedIn and is early in the process of testing a new feature — profile tags. — Verge reader Luke M. alerted us to Facebook's new profile tags feature, and the company confirmed it was testing …
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| Wish Wu / TrendLabs Security Intelligence Blog: |
Android vulnerability silences phone and kills screen, affects Android 4.3 and above, and can be exploited by a malicious website or app — Trend Micro Discovers Vulnerability That Renders Android Devices Silent — We have discovered a vulnerability in Android that can render a phone apparently dead …
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| Brian Steinberg / Variety: |
CBS Will Live-Stream Super Bowl Ads In Big Move For Media Industry — TV's most memorable and most-watched commercials will no longer be relegated to the TV set. — For nearly half a century, the only way for the average consumer to see all the glitzy commercials that accompanied … | Jared Newman / TechHive: |
Amazon starts selling its Dash Buttons to all Prime members for $4.99 each — Amazon's crazy Dash Buttons on sale for all Prime members — Now, Prime members can press a physical button to get diapers, razor blades, and bottled water on demand. — Amazon is opening up Dash Button sales …
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| Katrina Brooker / Bloomberg Business: |
How Goldman Sachs Became a Tech-Investing Powerhouse — “They weren't coming just to get wasted,” says Mel Cavaricci—aka DJ Mel—recalling the crowd milling in front of his sound table at a party in March. It was at the height of the annual South by Southwest (SXSW) conference, held in Austin, Texas.
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| Bloomberg Business: |
Sources: Chinese hackers behind OPM and Anthem breaches have also hacked United Airlines, stole flight manifest data — China-Tied Hackers That Hit U.S. Said to Breach United Airlines … The hackers who stole data on tens of millions of U.S. insurance holders and government employees …
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| David Gasca / The Twitter Blog: |
Twitter launches native Windows 10 app that showcases tweets in live tiles from the Start menu — A whole new Twitter for Windows — Starting today, Windows users will have a new Twitter experience optimized especially for Windows 10. Announced last night, this Twitter app …
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| Jonathan Vanian / Fortune: |
Twilio raises $130M Series E led by Fidelity and T. Rowe Price, valuing it at over $1B — Twilio lands $130 million to make it easier to communicate via software — There's money to be had in the online communications marketplace. — San Francisco-based Twilio, a cloud-based communication …
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| Alex Rosenblat / Motherboard: |
Study shows that Uber's app for passengers doesn't reliably show the exact locations of drivers, likely as a side-effect of forecasting supply — Uber's Phantom Cabs — When Heather*, a driver who has been working for Uber for about eight months, opened up the passenger app a few weeks ago … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Sonos speakers now work with Microsoft's Groove music service — Microsoft rebranded its Xbox Music service to Groove earlier this month, and it officially launches today. While Sonos never supported Xbox Music, fans will be pleased to hear that Groove is now officially supported.
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