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Microsoft acquires SwiftKey, promises to continue developing its Android and iOS apps — Microsoft acquires SwiftKey in support of re-inventing productivity ambition — I'm pleased to announce that Microsoft has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SwiftKey, whose highly rated …
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Google's search chief Amit Singhal retires, to be replaced by AI manager John Giannandrea — Google's search chief is retiring — Google's search chief, Amit Singhal, is retiring, he announced Wednesday morning. — He has been at Google for 15 years and will be leaving the company …
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Google Fiber begins rolling out free internet to select public housing in Kansas City and will expand the initiative to all Fiber cities — Google begins rolling out free internet to public housing in Fiber cities — After making preliminary moves to do this last year …
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Adblock Fast, a plugin for Samsung's browser, removed from Google Play days after launching because it “interferes” with third-party apps — Adblock Fast disappears from Google Play days after launch — Over the weekend, Samsung added support for content-blocking plugins …
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| Nicole Lee / Engadget: |
Pebble adds custom messages, Pebble Health watch face and API, new low power mode, more — One of the benefits of owning a Pebble smartwatch is that the company is continually adding new features to the e-ink smartwatch, thus improving it over time. Today, the company has announced a slew … | Farhad Manjoo / New York Times: |
Dropbox execs say it has plenty of money in the bank, hired 500 people in 2015, 75 so far in 2016, adds 10M users per month and 25K business users quarterly — Dropbox May Not Be LeBron James, but It Is Still in the Game — There are no obvious signs of distress at the lavish San Francisco headquarters …
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| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
Sources: Amazon plans more physical stores, including retail stores that aren't bookstores, but has no immediate plans for 300-400 stores — Meet the Guy Behind Amazon's Secret Retail Store Plans — The man behind the Kindle is leading Amazon's project to create the retail stores of the future.
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
eBay tells security firm it has no plans to fix bug that lets attackers bypass restrictions on auction pages and run custom JavaScript — eBay has no plans to fix “severe” bug that allows malware distribution — Clever “JSF**K” technique allows hackers to bypass eBay block of JavaScript.
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Cisco says it agrees to pay $1.4B for Jasper, a platform to connect Internet-of-Things devices — Cisco To Buy Jasper Technologies For $1.4 Billion — Cisco announced today it was buying Jasper Technologies, developers of an Internet of Things cloud platform for $1.4 billion.| Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider: |
Apple ordered to pay $625M to VirnetX after court finds FaceTime, VPN, iMessage infringed patents — Apple ordered to pay $625M in revived VirnetX patent trial — A federal jury on Wednesday found Apple guilty of willfully infringing on four VirnetX patents, awarding …
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Amazon is adding Alexa to the original Fire TV and Fire TV Stick — Amazon brought Alexa to the TV with its second-generation Fire TV set-top box, and now, a few months later, the company is also doing the same for owners of its original box. Starting today and continuing “over the next few weeks …
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Fitbit launches Alta, a fashionable bracelet-like activity tracker, for $130, shipping in March — Fitbit puts fashion first with Alta, its newest activity tracker — Fitbit's unveiling of the new, not-exactly-attractive Blaze fitness watch last month was met with mixed reactions and a sinking stock price.| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
HTC Cards $101M Loss In Q4 2015, Its Third Successive Quarter In The Red — HTC's (financial) struggle is real. The Taiwanese tech firm endured another rough quarter of business after it posted a NT$3.4 billion ($101 million) net loss for Q4 2015. Total revenue came in at NT$25.7 billion …
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| Pete Rizzo / CoinDesk: |
Blockstream raises $55M Series A to develop interoperable blockchain tech — Blockstream Raises $55 Million to Build Out Bitcoin's Blockchain — Blockstream has raised $55m in Series A funding to continue its work expanding the bitcoin code base for commercial use.
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