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February 15, 2016, 9:15 AM

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Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Immersion files a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple over 3D Touch, Force Touch, Taptic Engine and other haptic feedback technologies  —  Haptic Feedback Company Immersion Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Apple  —  Immersion, a company that develops and licenses haptic touch …
Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
How Facebook and Google dominate digital advertising, and why other tech companies struggle  —  The Reality of Missing Out  —  When it comes to ad-supported services, pundits everywhere are fond of the adage “If you're not the customer you're the product”.
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M. Mitchell Waldrop / Nature:
Semiconductor industry roadmap to abandon pursuit of Moore's law for the first time as computing becomes increasingly mobile  —  The chips are down for Moore's law  —  The semiconductor industry will soon abandon its pursuit of Moore's law.  Now things could get a lot more interesting.
Ron Miller / TechCrunch:
AWS Bolsters High Performance Computing Offering With NICE Acquisition  —  AWS attempted to enhance its high performance computing offering today when it purchased NICE, an Italian software and services company for an undisclosed price.  —  NICE provides a set of tools and technologies …
Ben Rosen / BuzzFeed:
How one teen and her friends use Snapchat, replying to 40 snaps in under a minute, getting scores of 100K+ in 45 days, burning tens of gigabytes of data a month  —  My Little Sister Taught Me How To “Snapchat Like The Teens” … TRENDING  —  I'm 29 years old, and I've been on Snapchat for about a year now.
William Herkewitz / Popular Mechanics:
MyShake Android app uses your phone's accelerometer to detect earthquakes and automatically warn scientists  —  With “MyShake” App, Your Phone Feels Earthquakes and Automatically Warns Scientists  —  And MyShake won't kill your battery life, either.  —  Your newest app hums away …
Fitz Tepper / TechCrunch:
Tidal Tops U.S. App Store After Landing Exclusive Rights To Kanye's New Album  —  After scoring exclusive streaming rights to Kanye's new album, The Life of Pablo, Tidal has taken over the number one spot on the U.S. App Store. … The album, which went live yesterday …
Jon Russell / TechCrunch:
Indian e-commerce firm Snapdeal raises $200M round led by Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan  —  Snapdeal Raises $200M More To Fuel Up For India's Ongoing E-Commerce Battle  —  Snapdeal, India's second largest e-commerce site, has pulled in $200 million in new funding via an investment led …

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