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| Walt Mossberg / The Verge: |
Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge review: great build quality, design, and cameras, but software bloat and clumsy Edge settings undermine the experience — Mossberg: Samsung's new Galaxy S7 phones are beautiful — Welcome to Mossberg, a weekly commentary and reviews column on The Verge and Re/code …
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| Andrew Martonik / Android Central: |
Samsung Galaxy S7 edge: great screen and camera, new features like always on display and scrolling screenshot, edge screen software better but still a gimmick — Samsung Galaxy S7 edge review: Bigger and better in almost every way — The Galaxy S7 edge isn't about gimmicks — it's about being a really great phone.
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| Spencer Ackerman / Guardian: |
FBI applies FISA-approved changes to its rules for accessing NSA data on US citizens; specifics remain classified — FBI quietly changes its privacy rules for accessing NSA data on Americans — Exclusive: Classified revisions accepted by secret Fisa court affect NSA data involving Americans …
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| Erin Griffith / Fortune: |
Behind Dick Costolo's and Jack Dorsey's efforts to fix Twitter — Fixing Twitter — How the media-juggernaut-turned-train- wreck is getting back on track after a rough two years. — In late January the Tweeps needed a kumbaya moment, and Jack Dorsey knew exactly how to give it to them.| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Shorts, from the makers of Highlight, lets you swipe through camera roll photos to quickly share in bulk — Shorts is an insane social camera roll from the makers of Highlight — Even in an era when social networks are constantly pushing us to share more of ourselves, Paul Davison's projects stand out for their pushiness.
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| Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal: |
Millennial news site Mic acquires Hyper, mobile app that aggregates video content into magazine format — Mic Acquires Mobile Video App Hyper — Millennial-focused Web publisher looks to curate top video content each day — Many digital media companies are focused on distributing content …
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| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
Microsoft joins the Eclipse foundation, open sources some of its plugins — The Eclipse Foundation, the organization that oversees development of the Eclipse development environment, has a new member: Microsoft announced Tuesday that it is joining so that it can more easily collaborate with the Eclipse community.
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| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Amazon launches its first live show, Style Code Live, a QVC-like web show — Amazon's first live show is QVC for the YouTube generation — Now that Amazon has its own private fashion labels, it's launching its its first ever live TV show called Style Code Live.
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| Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post: |
Sources: Tim Cook, Larry Page, Sean Parker, Elon Musk, top Republicans and others meet secretly during AEI World Forum to discuss stopping Trump — At Secretive Meeting, Tech CEOs And Top Republicans Commiserate, Plot To Stop Trump — Karl Rove shared focus group findings that give hope to the GOP establishment.
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Thanks:@ijosegutierrez. See also Mediagazer| Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
Pinterest opens up its ads manager tools to smaller and medium-sized businesses — Pinterest today is releasing a set of new advertising management tools that were previously unavailable for smaller businesses as its portfolio of advertising products — and revenue potential — continues to grow.| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Yik Yak asks users to create user names for their posts but still allows posting anonymously — Yik Yak asks users to create user names in a step away from anonymity — Yik Yak, the anonymous social network popular on college campuses, is asking users to create user names.| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Android Marshmallow hits 2.3% adoption in March, up from 1.2% in February — Marshmallow barely crawls past 2% adoption in March Android distribution numbers — Last month, Marshmallow finally reached a full percentage point in the Android distribution numbers.
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| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
Home Depot settles lawsuit for $19.5M+ over 2014 data breach that affected 50M+ cardholders — Home Depot settles consumer lawsuit over big 2014 data breach — Home Depot Inc (HD.N) agreed to pay at least $19.5 million to compensate U.S. consumers harmed by a 2014 data breach affecting more than 50 million cardholders.
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| Brian Mastroianni / CBS News: |
Peeple, a Yelp-like app that lets you recommend other people, launches on iOS; recommendations won't go live on users' profile without their permission — Peeple, the notorious “Yelp for people” app, arrives — It generated controversy and criticism when word of it first broke back in October …
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| Cecilia Kang / New York Times: |
FCC's Lifeline program overhaul proposal will include $9.25 a month subsidy on broadband fees for low-income households — F.C.C. Fine-Tunes Plan to Subsidize Internet Access — WASHINGTON — People who do not have regular access to the Internet can fall behind in school, at work and in other everyday tasks.
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Following YouTube Red, video subscription service Vessel goes ad-free for paying subscribers — Vessel, the video subscription startup headed by former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar, announced this week that it's moving in a new direction in terms of the advertising displayed on its service.| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Truecaller app gets a dialer and new smarts as the company phases out standalone Truedialer app — Truecaller has announced plans to merge two of its flagship apps into one as part of the Swedish startup's efforts to create the ultimate phone call management app.Sponsor Posts
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