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Sources: FBI did not use Cellebrite to crack San Bernardino iPhone, paid hackers for undisclosed software flaw that was used to create hardware to crack PIN — FBI paid professional hackers one-time fee to crack San Bernardino iPhone — The FBI cracked a San Bernardino terrorist's phone …
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| Rich McCormick / The Verge: |
Google Calendar launches Goals feature on iOS and Android, which automatically schedules your self-improvement activities into gaps in your calendar — Google Calendar's new Goals will help find you time for self-improvement — Google Calendar turns 10 this year, but the service isn't ready …
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Amazon announces $290 Kindle Oasis, its thinnest Kindle to date, which comes with leather case that extends battery life; pre-orders open today, ships April 27 — Amazon's Kindle Oasis is the funkiest e-reader it's ever made — Amazon's philosophy with the Kindle line has been consistent …
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Facebook unveils Surround 360, a 17-lens, 3D VR camera, will open-source hardware designs and specs this summer; materials to build will cost $30K — This is Facebook's gorgeous, open-source 360-degree video camera — Hoping to dramatically increase the amount of 360-degree video on its platform …
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| Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal: |
Sling TV debuts $20/month streaming package featuring Fox channels and streaming on up to three devices simultaneously — Sling TV Launches New Multi-Stream Version With Fox Channels — New $20-a-month option won't have the Disney channels that are available in single-stream package| Ian Hardy / MobileSyrup.com: |
Logitech acquires Jaybird for about $50M in cash and $45M in potential earn-outs to expand into wireless audio wearables market — Logitech acquires Jaybird for $50 million (USD) in cash — Earlier this year ZAGG agreed to purchase Mophie for over $100 million.| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
USB-IF announces new USB Type-C authentication spec so devices can verify certification status of accessories to avoid damage from rogue cables — A software fix for dangerous USB-C cables is coming — Now that it's becoming clear to everybody that it's distressingly easy to accidentally buy … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Snapchat launches feature that lets you pin emoji to moving objects in videos; rolling out on Android today, coming soon to iOS — Snapchat augments reality with 3D Stickers — Today Snapchat revealed its new 3D stickers that can be pinned to objects in a video and stick with them no matter how they or your camera move.| Kareem Anderson / WinBeta: |
Marmalade Core, a cross-platform C++ SDK, lets developers create games across iOS, Android, and Windows 10 — Cross-platform games made easy with Microsoft's Marmalade Platform — During its developer conference, Microsoft traditionally announces new features or tools with a brief demo …
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| Reuters: |
Alibaba, Ant Financial invest $1.25 billion in China online food-delivery firm Ele.me — Chinese online food-delivery service company Ele.me has raised $1.25 billion from Alibaba Group Holding and its Internet finance arm Ant Financial, Ele.me and Alibaba said in separate statements on Wednesday.
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Guardian analysis of 70M comments since 2006 finds that of the top 10 most abused writers, eight are women, two are black men — The dark side of Guardian comments — Hear from three of those writers, explore the data and help us host better conversations online| Wall Street Journal: |
Twitter struggles to delete ISIS accounts, removing 26K suspected accounts in March while ISIS supporters created 21K — Twitter and Islamic State Deadlock on Social Media Battlefield — The terror group's online footprint has shrunk in crackdown aided by global hackers …
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