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Leaked documents show second-generation Chromecast has backdrop feeds, improved Wi-Fi, “Fast Play”, and may launch later this month — Exclusive: This is the 2nd gen. Chromecast w/ backdrop feeds, better WiFi, ‘Fast Play,’ more — According to internal documents that 9to5Google has obtained …
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Google set to announce this month that Spotify will gain Chromecast support alongside new device — Exclusive: Google and Spotify launching Chromecast support later this month — While Chromecast has long supported Google Play Music, Netflix, Pandora, and other subscription services … | Andy Mitchell / Facebook Media: |
Facebook launches Signal, a discovery and curation tool for journalists to find and embed content from Facebook and Instagram — Introducing Signal for Facebook and Instagram — We've heard from journalists that they want an easy way to make Facebook a more vital part of their newsgathering …
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Amazon Chooses MediaTek Chip for Fire TV Over Qualcomm — Taiwanese company is Qualcomm's main rival in mobile phones — Qualcomm has been seeking to expand the use of its chips — Amazon.com Inc. chose a processor from MediaTek Inc. for the newest version of its Fire TV streaming box …
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iPad Mini 4 teardown: 2048x1536 LED-backlit display, single-cell 5,124 mAh battery, 2GB RAM; smaller form factor with the power of an iPad Air 2 — iPad Mini 4 Teardown — Teardown — Teardowns provide a look inside a device and should not be used as disassembly instructions. — Featured Guide
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Apple will ask Supreme Court to hear its ebooks price-fixing case — Defying the expectations and desires of some—who thought it might be time to move on—Apple AAPL will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a federal judge's finding that it conspired to fix the prices of ebooks … | Tom Simonite / MIT Technology Review: |
Facebook to start using browsing data from Like and Share buttons in its ad targeting system next month, opt-out setting available — Facebook's Like Buttons Will Soon Track Your Web Browsing to Target Ads — Facebook's “Like” buttons have been logging data on our browsing for years …
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Researchers release Anonize for iOS and Android, designed to enable cryptographically anonymous surveys — New Crypto Tool Makes Anonymous Surveys Truly Anonymous — At the end of a semester teaching an undergraduate math course a few years ago, Cornell Tech researcher … | Susan Decker / Bloomberg Business: |
Federal appeals court rules Apple was entitled to block Samsung from using Apple's patented slide-to-unlock, autocorrect, and quicklinks features — Apple Wins Ruling to Force Samsung to Change Products — Apple Inc. won an appeals court ruling that may force Samsung Electronics Co … | Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Google's Project Zero team finds address space layout randomization offers less protection against Stagefright than Google PR claims — Google's own researchers challenge key Android security talking point — No, address randomization defense does not protect against stagefright exploits.| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Sources: VR startup Jaunt expected to announce $50M+ Series C funding as early as next week — Virtual Reality Startup Jaunt Raises Massive New Round of Funding (Exclusive) — Virtual reality startup Jaunt is about to announce a massive Series C round of financing, Variety has learned.| Pete Rizzo / CoinDesk: |
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission defines Bitcoin and other virtual currencies as commodities — CFTC Ruling Defines Bitcoin and Digital Currencies as Commodities — The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued its first action against an unregistered bitcoin …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
GitLab Raises $4M Series A Round From Khosla Ventures For Its Open Source Collaboration Platform — GitLab, the open source Git-based collaboration platform for developers, today announced that it has raised $4 million in Series A funding from Khosla Ventures.
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