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Apple invites media to event on March 21 at 10AM PT at its Cupertino campus, where it's expected to announce iPhone SE and a new iPad — Apple sends out invitations for a new iPhone event on March 21 — Apple sent out invitations for an event on March 21 where it's expected to announce a new iPhone called the iPhone SE.
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| Krystian Kolondra / Opera Desktop: |
Opera introduces native ad-blocking feature to its browser, claims it is about 45% faster than Chrome with AdBlock Plus extension — Introducing native ad-blocking feature for faster browsing — If there were no bloated ads, some top websites would load up to 90% faster.
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| Brent Lang / Variety: |
Sources: The Screening Room, backed by Sean Parker, pitches film industry on service that would offer $50 home movie rentals on theatrical release day — Studios, Exhibitors Consider Revolutionary Plan for Day-and-Date Movies at Home (EXCLUSIVE) — Tech moguls Sean Parker …
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See also Mediagazer| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Nest launches family accounts and Home/Away feature that will use phones' locations to tell when house is empty — Nest can now use your phone to tell when you've left the house — Nest's products are about to get better at telling when you're out of the house and when you're about to come back home.
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| Nicholas Deleon / Motherboard: |
MIT researchers develop Polaris, a software framework that they say can make web pages load up to 34% faster — MIT May Have Just Given the Web a Huge Speed Boost — An open source tool may help tame the hobbled mess of autoplaying videos and advertising trackers that is the modern web.
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| Tom Wheeler / The Huffington Post: |
FCC chairman Tom Wheeler proposes rules that would force ISPs to ask your permission before sharing personal data with some outside parties — It's Your Data: Empowering Consumers to Protect Online Privacy — It's the age of anywhere, anytime Internet connectivity — do you know where your information is?| Yoree Koh / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Twitter offering additional restricted stock and cash bonuses to employees companywide to stem talent drain — Twitter Bets on Payouts to Rein In Talent Flight — Social media company offers additional restricted stock and cash bonuses to employees
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| Mat Smith / Engadget: |
Sonos announces layoffs, greater focus on voice technology and paid streaming music services — Sonos has announced that it will be “letting go of some employees,”; part of reshaping the company in a new direction. In an (admittedly vague) blog post, CEO John Macfarlane doesn't say exactly …
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See also Mediagazer| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
YouTube Gaming expands to several new markets, adds 60fps playback, DVR mode, and pop-out player support to Android — YouTube Gaming expands to new markets, improves its browsing and viewing experience on mobile — YouTube Gaming, the video network's dedicated application for streaming …
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| Jacob Pramuk / CNBC: |
In new filing, DOJ accuses Apple of “false” rhetoric, deliberately raising technological barriers that prevent execution of warrant, calls court order “modest” — Justice Department accuses Apple of ‘false,’ ‘corrosive’ rhetoric in FBI dispute — This is a breaking news story.
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
On-demand massage service Soothe raises $35M from Riverside Company — Soothe raises $35M to bring you massages on demand — The massage industry is getting a rubdown. Soothe has raised $35 million to bring on-demand massages to the masses. — It's one more example of how an on-demand app service …
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| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Messaging app Cola, which uses interactive text message Bubbles to expand functionality, publicly launches on iOS — Cola launches its app for smarter, more interactive text messages — Do you sometimes get the feeling that you're having a looooooong text conversation to accomplish some fairly simple planning?
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