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Sources: Apple is backing Vital Signs, a six-episode scripted television series starring Dr. Dre, likely to be distributed via Apple Music — Dr. Dre Filming Apple's First Scripted Television Series (Exclusive) — ‘Vital Signs,’ the technology giant's inaugural original …
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Tweets: @snoodit, @mims, @pkafka and @shiraovide
See also Mediagazer| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
4-inch iPhone 5se & iPad Air 3 planned to go on sale March 18th — Apple is currently on target to start selling its next iPhone and iPad models the same week that the new products are introduced in March. Apple is currently planning to introduce a new 4-inch iPhone dubbed the “iPhone 5se” …
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Tech Insider, Redmond Pie, International Business Times, Pocket-lint, iDownloadBlog.com, PhoneDog.com, SlashGear, TechnoBuffalo, iPhone Hacks, The Next Web, App Advice, Engadget, Macworld, Pocketnow, MacRumors, AppleInsider, The Verge, iLounge, Cult of Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, iMore, Business Insider and MobileSyrup.com. Tweets: @bzamayo
| Anil Sabharwal / Google Photos Blog: |
Google to retire Picasa to focus on Google Photos: web albums will automatically migrate starting May 1, desktop app not supported as of March 15 — Moving on from Picasa — Since the launch of Google Photos, we've had a lot of questions around what this means for the future of Picasa.
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Re/code, TechCrunch, SiliconBeat, VentureBeat, The Verge, MacNN, Fortune, The Tech Portal, Lifehacker, TechnoBuffalo, 9to5Google, SlashGear, Droid Life, BetaNews, Android Police, gHacks Technology News, Phandroid, Thurrott.com, Pocket-lint, Digital Trends, The Register, Consumerist, Neowin, Google Developers, Engadget, Tech Times, MobileSyrup.com, WebProNews, ResearchBuzz and The Next Web. Tweets: @dannysullivan
| Matt Hamblen / Computerworld: |
AT&T preparing to test 5G technologies in Austin, Texas by the end of the year — AT&T to run field trials of 5G wireless in Austin this year — AT&T announced today it will being field trials of faster 5G wireless technology this summer in Austin, Texas.
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AT&T, Re/code, MacRumors, Engadget, USA Today, InvestorPlace, App Advice, iPhone Hacks, Business Insider, 9to5Mac, Tech Times, The Next Web, SlashGear, Wireless Week, Lighthouse News Daily and CNET
Tweets: @inafried and @ericssonradio
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Bug in Adobe Creative Cloud deletes Mac user data; Adobe stops pushing affected update and is working on a fix — Warning: Bug in Adobe Creative Cloud deletes Mac user data without warning — Adobe has stopped distribution of an update believed to be triggering the deletions.
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Help Desk, AppleInsider, backblaze.com, Macworld, MacRumors and iMore
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
YouTube Acquires BandPage For $8M To Attract Musicians With Money-Making Tools — YouTube wants to win the love of musicians by solving their biggest problem: how to turn popularity into cash. So today it announced it's acquired BandPage, a startup that helps artists show off and sell concert tickets …
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The BandPage Blog, Tubefilter, RAIN News, The Next Web, The Verge, Digital Music News, 9to5Google, hypebot, Engadget, Music Ally, VentureBeat and Tech Times
Tweets: @joshconstine, @joshconstine, @bryce, @mulligan, @joshconstine and @joshconstine
Thanks:@joshconstine. See also Mediagazer| Jason Jacobs / Runkeeper: |
Japanese sportswear company ASICS acquires Runkeeper — Runkeeper and ASICS are Joining Forces — I have some big news today! I am proud and excited to announce that Runkeeper has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by ASICS Corporation.
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ASICS US, VentureBeat, BetaNews, Ubergizmo, MacRumors, TechCrunch, iMore, Xconomy, ZDNet, iPhone in Canada Blog, Wired, 9to5Mac, Re/code, BetaBoston, SlashGear, Fone Arena, MobileSyrup.com, The Next Web, Digital Trends, Android Authority, Pocket-lint, Engadget and Guardian
Tweets: @marshallk, @jjacobs22, @johnfertitta, @robinwauters and @jjacobs22
Thanks:@sanatgersappa| Motherboard: |
UK police arrest teen hacker thought to be Cracka, who is allegedly behind CIA and FBI breaches — Teen Allegedly Behind CIA, FBI Breaches: 'They're Trying to Ruin My Life.' — The months-long series of hacks and pranks by a group of alleged teenage hackers on the US government …
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The Daily Dot, CNN, Business Insider, The Next Web, Security Affairs, The Verge and Office of Inadequate Security
Tweets: @kashhill, @anoncopwatch, @lorenzofb, @emptywheel, @taosecurity and @mims
| Kim Zetter / Wired: |
Security researchers spot re-used code, passwords, and obfuscation methods from Sony hack, indicating original hackers are still active — Evidence Suggests the Sony Hackers Are Alive and Well and Still Hacking — TENERIFE, Spain—The massive hack against Sony in late 2014 was sudden and loud.| Wall Street Journal: |
Facebook exploring counter speech tactics to discredit extremist speech, including giving up to $1K in ad credits and funding student competitions — Facebook Adds New Tool to Fight Terror: Counter Speech — Tuesday mornings, Monika Bickert and her team of content cops meet to discuss ways …
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Wired.co.uk, The Verge, TechWorm, VatorNews, Ubergizmo, The Stack, Fortune and Gizmodo UK
| Sean O'Kane / The Verge: |
Eddy Cue says Apple has 782M iCloud users and 11M+ Apple Music subs, and Craig Federighi addresses complaints of bugs in Apple apps on John Gruber's podcast — Apple Music now has over 11 million subscribers — Apple senior vice presidents Craig Federighi and Eddy Cue appeared on John Gruber's podcast …
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Daring Fireball, The Next Web, Pocketnow, CNET, AppleInsider, Ubergizmo, Business Insider, TechCrunch, Mashable, Digital Music News and TechnoBuffalo
Tweets: @fromedome, @mattrosoff and @benedictevans
See also Mediagazer| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
ISPs want “flexible” privacy rules that let them “innovate” with customer data — ISPs should be able to choose how they protect customer data, they tell FCC. — Broadband industry lobby groups urged the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday not to impose privacy rules that dictate …
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| Nellie Bowles / Guardian: |
Facebook India's managing director Kirthiga Reddy resigns — Move follows a disastrous week for Facebook during which its free internet service was blocked in India and a board member praised colonialism — Facebook India's managing director Kirthiga Reddy has announced she will be stepping …
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