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Reddit launches its first official apps for iOS and Android — Reddit's long-awaited native mobile applications - the first-ever to be built by the company in-house - have now launched. Available today for both iOS and Android, the new Reddit app will not only serve as the official means …
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| Jungah Lee / Bloomberg: |
Samsung forecasts solid Q1 earnings due to strong Galaxy S7 sales, helped by an early debut and lower pricing — Samsung Rewrites Playbook to Juice Galaxy S7 Sales — Estimates of S7 sales raised to 9 million units from 7 million — S7 expected to sell triple the amount of S6 in same period| CNNMoney: |
FBI officially confirms the 3rd-party hacking tool it used does not work with the iPhone 5s or later iPhones — FBI director: We bought ‘a tool’ to hack terrorist's iPhone — FBI Director James Comey said Wednesday that the government had purchased “a tool” from a private party in order … | Joon Ian Wong / Quartz: |
A dozen WiFi-connected trucks from Volvo and Daimler completed an autonomous trip across Europe, driving in a tight “platoon” to improve fuel efficiency, safety — A fleet of trucks just drove themselves across Europe — About a dozen trucks from major manufacturers like Volvo …
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In his annual shareholder letter, Jeff Bezos reveals AWS is on track to reach $10B in annual sales, defends Amazon's working culture, and more — Jeff Bezos Calls Amazon ‘Best Place In The World To Fail’ In Shareholder Letter — In his annual shareholder letter, which was unveiled on Tuesday …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon expands its same-day Prime delivery service from 16 to 27 US metro regions — Amazon brings same-day delivery to nearly a dozen more U.S. metros — Amazon's same-day delivery service is today seeing a notable expansion here in the U.S. The online retailer announced this morning …
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| Lucas Mearian / Computerworld: |
Report: Sales of desktop 3D printers up 69.7% in last year, 3D printing industry grew 25.9% to $5.1B in sales — Sales of desktop 3D printers explode, growing nearly 70% — Sales of desktop 3D printers, the majority of which are still purchased by companies and schools, skyrocketed last year to the tune of a 69.7% increase.
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| Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
Yahoo's sale “book”, circulated among prospective buyers, reveals expected 2016 revenue dropping 15%, earnings by 20%, and its pricey bet on mobile voice search — Secrets of the Yahoo Sale ‘Book’ Reveal Financial Meltdown and Big Bet on Mobile Voice Search| Michelle Castillo / CNBC: |
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Kantar report: iOS market share fell for the first time in urban China since August 2014, a 3.2% drop between February 2015 and February 2016 — Android OS Share in China Gets Boost from New Year's Sales — The latest smartphone OS data from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech …
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| Thomas Fox-Brewster / Forbes: |
A look at the software and methods used to distribute 11M documents, totaling 2.6TB, of the Panama Papers to 100+ publications and about 400 journalists — From Encrypted Drives To Amazon's Cloud — The Amazing Flight Of The Panama Papers — It was an epic haul.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
A detailed look at the components making up the $3K Microsoft HoloLens Development Edition — Inside Microsoft's HoloLens — When I tried Microsoft's HoloLens headset last year, security guards lined the walls of a hotel, and I had to stash all my belongings in a locker before I even set foot near it.| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Chrome Canary implements native push notifications on Mac, but feature is not enabled by default; support for merged tabs on Chrome for Android is removed — Google testing Chrome notifications in Mac OS X notification center, removed merged tabs on Android
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Laptop Mag, The Next Web, TechSpot, Tech Times, SlashGear, MacRumors, The Verge, Digital Trends, AppleInsider, Geeky Gadgets, Engadget and 9to5Mac
| Thomas Fox-Brewster / Forbes: |
Hacking Team, known for selling spyware to authoritarian regimes, has its license to sell software outside Europe revoked by Italian government — Hacking Team In Trouble Again — Loses License To Sell Malware Outside Europe — Less than a year after it was hacked, its emails leaked all over the Web …
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