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| Jamal Eason / Android Developers Blog: |
Google reveals Android M, version 6.0, is named Marshmallow; SDK and final preview released — Develop a sweet spot for Marshmallow: Official Android 6.0 SDK & Final M Preview — By Jamal Eason, Product Manager, Android — Whether you like them straight out of the bag …
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| Carl Elkin / Google Green Blog: |
Google launches Project Sunroof, a tool that uses Google Maps data to estimate your roof's solar energy potential — Project Sunroof: mapping the planet's solar energy potential, one rooftop at a time — The cost of solar power is at a record low. A typical solar home can save hundreds …
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| Mic Wright / The Next Web: |
Facebook tests Medium-like appearance for Notes — Facebook Notes revamp set to battle Medium and Twitter — Facebook Notes has been one of the sprawling social network's least looked after features. It has sat there for years largely unloved and useless, like Facebook's appendix …
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| John Cook / GeekWire: |
Full memo: Jeff Bezos responds to brutal New York Times story, says it doesn't represent the Amazon he leads — The cruel and back-stabbing environment described by The New York Times in a recent report on the workplace culture at Amazon.com has struck a nerve with Jeff Bezos …
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Thanks:@taylor_soper. See also Mediagazer| John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal: |
IRS says cyberattacks more extensive than previously reported, with more than 300K taxpayer accounts potentially affected — IRS Says Cyberattacks More Extensive Than Previously Reported — The Internal Revenue Service said identity thieves' penetration of one of its computer databases … | Maya Kosoff / Business Insider: |
Latest Uber iOS app update splits UberEATS food delivery service into its own section — How Uber's latest update could pose a major threat to GrubHub — A new update to Uber's app completely changes the way it looks, and puts a huge emphasis on food delivery.
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| Ina Fried / Re/code: |
Google Delays Test of Project Ara, Its Modular Smartphone, Until 2016 — Google confirmed on Monday that it is delaying until 2016 the first test of Project Ara, its take on a modular smartphone made up of components that connect in Lego-like fashion. — Google had been planning a test launch for later this year in Puerto Rico.
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| Samuel Gibbs / Guardian: |
FAA says technical issues with Virginia air traffic control computer system undergoing software update caused 492 flight delays and 476 cancellations — Software upgrade grounds hundreds of flights over US east coast — FAA says ‘technical issues’ with an air traffic control computer undergoing …
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| Serena Ng / Wall Street Journal: |
Liberty Interactive, owner of home shopping TV network QVC, to acquire online retailer Zulily for $2.4B in stock and cash deal — QVC to Acquire Online Shopping Site Zulily for $2.4 Billion — The owner of home shopping network QVC is acquiring five-year-old Internet retailer Zulily for $2.4 billion in cash and stock.
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Mozilla's Android Webmaker app launches out of beta to help anyone create content for the Web — Mozilla has officially launched its Android Webmaker app, two months after it first rolled out in beta. — First launched as a web-based program more than three years ago …
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| Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Comcast will offer content creators 70% of ad revenue on its new Watchable platform, more than Facebook and YouTube — Comcast's ‘Watchable’ Streaming Portal to Give Creators a Bigger Cut of Ad Revenue — Comcast is offering Web content partners for its new … | Ryan Knutson / Wall Street Journal: |
Sprint to abandon two year-contracts by end of 2015; announces iPhone Forever leasing plan for iPhones priced from $22/month — Sprint to Abandon Two-Year Contracts — Two-year contracts are disappearing from the U.S. wireless industry.Sprint Corp. said Monday it is doing away … Sponsor Posts
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