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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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Tweets: @reckless and @nytimesbusiness
| Cade Metz / Wired: |
Mark Zuckerberg talks about Facebook's future: Messenger bots, AI, live video, virtual reality, and open sourcing key technologies — How Will Zuckerberg Rule the World? By Giving Facebook's Tech Away — When Mark Zuckerberg took his first steps, his parents marked the date in a good old fashioned baby book.
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Bloomberg, International Business Times, Refinery29, The Verge, The Next Web, Re/code, BuzzFeed, PCWorld, New York Times, Computerworld, USA Today, Newsweek, VentureBeat, Digital Trends, ZDNet and Gizmodo. Tweets: @caseyjohnston
| Blair Hanley Frank / PCWorld: |
Facebook launches Account Kit, offering new analytics and login tools for developers, allowing users to sign up or log in to apps with just a phone number — Facebook helps developers with new analytics and login tools — Soon, developers will be able to see what their users do for a living
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Facebook Developers, Softpedia News, Computerworld, VentureBeat and The Verge. Tweets: @shiraovide
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook announces Rights Manager to help video creators combat freebooting; content owners can apply for access beginning today — Facebook launches video Rights Manager to combat freebooting — There's an epidemic of stolen videos on Facebook. Business Pages rip videos from YouTube …
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Tweets: @joshconstine and @mikeisaac
| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
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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Tweets: @johnpaczkowski, @mikeisaac, @marshallk and @lexnfx
| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Amazon launches Kindle Oasis for $290, with a leather case increasing battery life to 20 months standby time, available for pre-order today, ships April 27th — 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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Tweets: @dannysullivan and @dannysullivan
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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 … | Guardian: |
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| 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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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook launches Messenger platform with chatbots — Facebook will now allow businesses to deliver automated customer support, e-commerce guidance, content and interactive experiences through chatbots. By providing utility through its huge developer and business ecosystem …
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ABC News, New York Times, SiliconANGLE, BGR, ClickZ, Forbes, Inquirer, Tech in Asia, MediaNama, Pocket-lint, NPR, Fone Arena, The Verge, salesforce.com, Softpedia News, The Next Web, Re/code, The Startup, Facebook, Fortune, GeekWire, Mashable, Android Police, AppAdvice.com Latest, SocialTimes, eWeek, Marketing Land, Neowin, Social Media Today, Re/code, The Register, internetretailer.com, 9to5Mac, The Huffington Post, iPhone Hacks, VentureBeat and The Verge. Tweets: @jbruin. Thanks:@joshconstine
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
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| Jessi Hempel / Wired: |
| 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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