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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple eyes March 15 event for iPhone 5se, iPad Air 3 & Apple Watch updates — Apple is currently aiming to unveil the new 4-inch the iPhone 5se, the iPad Air 3, and new Apple Watch band options at an event on Tuesday, March 15th, according to sources. We previously reported that Apple …
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
T-Mobile has fastest US 4G network, closely followed by Verizon, with AT&T and Sprint lagging behind, says crowdsourced mobile data company OpenSignal — T-Mobile is fastest U.S. 4G network, according to crowdsourced mobile data company OpenSignal — A new report from OpenSignal shines …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
AR Startup Magic Leap Raises $793.5M Series C At $4.5B Valuation Led By Alibaba — Magic Leap has been successful in keeping a lot of its technology under wraps — the augmented and virtual reality technology company has yet to release a product — but its fundraising has been an open secret.
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| Sam Machkovech / Ars Technica: |
YouTube stars Fine Brothers kill plans to trademark the word “react” and license their videos' “format” after backlash — Fine Bros back down, rescind trademark claim on the word “react” — This is as much of React World as you're likely to see after the “react video” … | Mark Scott / New York Times: |
US, Europe reach safe harbor data deal, includes ombudsman in State Dept. for quick response to grievances; privacy rights advocates may file legal challenges — U.S. and Europe in ‘Safe Harbor’ Data Deal, but Legal Fight May Await — European officials on Tuesday agreed to a deal …
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| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Gmail now has more than 1B active users, up from 900M in May 2015 — Gmail now has more than 1 billion active users — Gmail, Google's email service, now has more than 1 billion active users, Google chief executive Sundar Pichai said during today's Alphabet (GOOG) earnings call.
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| Federico Viticci / MacStories: |
Review of popular email client Airmail that launched on iPhone with iCloud Sync, filters, snooze, third-party app integrations, and more for $4.99 — Airmail for iPhone Review: Power User Email — If you want to drive an average tech nerd crazy, try to talk about email clients.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
SoundCloud Gets Its Own Radio Feature With Launch Of “Stations” On iOS And Android — With opportune timing, given Apple's decision to put its curated iTunes Radio stations behind a paywall, music streaming service SoundCloud today launched its own take on continuous, lean-back listening with the debut of “Stations.”
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| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
WhatsApp passes 1B monthly active users, says 42B messages and 1.6B photos are shared daily, and users send 250M videos every day — WhatsApp passes 1 billion monthly active users — WhatsApp has joined a growing club of services that can now count having more than 1 billion monthly active users …
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| Claire Reilly / CNET: |
Instagram begins publishing 28-part thriller series, Shield 5, posting 15-second clips on its Instagram page daily throughout February — 28 'Grams: Instagram launches serial thriller, 15 seconds at a time — Indie cinema is moving onto your phone with the new 28-part serial thriller …
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NPD: 13.4M fitness trackers were sold in the US in 2015, up from 7.2M in 2014, totaling $1.46B in sales, up from $692M the previous year — The Apple Watch didn't slow down sales of fitness trackers last year — Spending on wearable devices in the US nearly doubled in 2015 from 2014 … | Jeremy Kirk / PCWorld: |
FireEye acquires automated response platform provider Invotas — FireEye acquires Invotas for faster incident response — Invotas' platform consolidates information from many security products — FireEye said Monday it has acquired Invotas, a company that develops a platform …
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| Dee Lockett / Vulture: |
Recording Industry Association of America starts counting on-demand streaming audio and video toward certifying albums as gold or platinum sellers — The RIAA Finally Bows to Streaming, Making 17 Artists' Albums Go Gold and Platinum — This is huge. — Call it the Anti effect, or just call it getting hip to the times.Sponsor Posts
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