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Microsoft tweaks design of Outlook for iOS and Android, plans to merge Outlook and Sunrise apps — Microsoft's Outlook Mobile Apps Get More Polish—And Just A Dash Of Sunrise — When Microsoft introduced the first version of Outlook for iOS and Android last January, it was a very …
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple Stores to start selling new Apple TV on Friday — The new Apple TV went on pre-order via Apple's online store earlier this week, and priority deliveries will begin this Friday while standard shipments will begin arriving after this upcoming weekend. Now, we've learned that Apple … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Android Users Can Now Record And Publish Their Video Gameplay From The Google Play Games App — Google is doubling down on its investment in its Twitch competitor, YouTube Gaming, with today's launch of a new feature in its Google Play Games app that will allow users to record and share … | Wall Street Journal: |
IBM to buy Weather Co.'s digital and data assets, not its TV channel, in a deal source says valued over $2B — IBM Nearing Acquisition of Weather Co.'s Digital and Data Assets — Deal could be announced as early as Wednesday — International Business Machines Corp. is nearing a deal … | Electronic Frontier Foundation: |
US regulators grant exemptions to DMCA's DRM rules for jailbreaking, remixing DVDs and Blu-rays, preserving video games, researching and modifying car software — Victory for Users: Librarian of Congress Renews and Expands Protections for Fair Uses — The new rules for exemptions …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Snapchat Adds Slow-Mo, Fast-Forward, And Rewind Video Filters — Teenagers have short attention spans, but Snapchat's latest feature could keep them tuned in. Today Snapchat is introducing a new set of filters called “Speed Modifiers” for videos you shoot on iOS or Android.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft officially releases its Arrow Launcher for Android, a Microsoft Garage project — Microsoft Officially Unveils Its Arrow Launcher For Android — There are a number of ways to customize an Android smartphone, but one of the more unexpected tools to emerge earlier this year was Arrow …
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Amazon tests e-commerce for Fire TV, working on own shopping channel like QVC but that allows purchases directly from the screen, expected to roll out next year — Exclusive: Amazon brings e-commerce to Fire TV and prepares to launch its own shopping channel| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Yelp beats expectations with $143.6M in Q3 revenue, up 40% YoY, raised guidance, and transactions revenue of $12M, compared to $1.3M in Q3 2014 — Yelp Pops 7% After Hours On Q3 Revenue Beat Of $143.6M — Today following the bell, Yelp reported its third-quarter financial performance …
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Samsung's Galaxy View tablet weighs 5.84 pounds, has 2GB RAM, an 18.4-inch 1920x1080 display, and a kickstand that doubles as a handle — Samsung's 18.4-inch Galaxy View tablet is basically a portable TV — Samsung first teased the massive Galaxy View back in September at IFA …
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| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Facebook has given startups $250M in FbStart benefits, schedules F8 developer conference for April 12-13 — SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook announced that its global developer program FbStart is growing rapidly, with the number of participating startups rising by 61 percent in the past five months.
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Slack introduces group messages for up to nine people, private groups become private channels — Group Messages Come to Slack — We've all been there: you're late to your meeting with Judy and Tomiko and you need to quickly DM them at the same time to let them know.
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Oracle building new facility for Design Tech High School, a free public charter school, on its campus in Redwood City, slated to open fall 2017 — Oracle to build high school at its headquarters campus — REDWOOD CITY — Oracle said Tuesday it will build a home on its corporate campus …
| Glyn Moody / Ars Technica UK: |
Net neutrality: EU votes in favour of Internet fast lanes and slow lanes — MEPs confused by false claims, tired of the arguments, keen to conclude the file. — The European Parliament has passed the flawed flawed compromise text on net neutrality without including any of the amendments that would have closed serious loopholes.
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