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| Daisuke Wakabayashi / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Apple is working on adding cell-network connectivity, faster processor to its next-generation Watch — Apple's Watch Outpaced the iPhone in First Year — Despite sizable sales, Apple's latest product has challenges to overcome — Apple Inc. sold twice as many Watches as iPhones in each device's debut year.
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Microsoft releases Word Flow keyboard for iPhone with one-handed mode, custom backgrounds — Microsoft is bringing its predictive Windows Phone keyboard, called Word Flow, to the iPhone. The third-party keyboard is now available for free in the US App Store.| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Chrome OS source code hints that the Google Play Store and “over a million” Android apps could be coming to Chrome OS — It looks like the Play Store is headed to Chrome OS with “millions” of apps — Google Play integration clues pop up in the source code and on users' devices.
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| John Herrman / New York Times: |
Vox Media launches gadget blog Circuit Breaker as a section of The Verge, but with Facebook as its primary distribution platform — Vox Media Tries Something Old on Something New — Vox Media, the ambitious online news start-up that runs Vox, a politics site; SB Nation, a network of sports sites …
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See also Mediagazer| Thomas Fox-Brewster / Forbes: |
BeautifulPeople.com Leaks Very Private Data of 1.1 Million ‘Elite’ Daters — And It's All For Sale — Sexual preference. Relationship status. Income. Address. These are just some details applicants for the controversial dating site BeautifulPeople.com are asked to supply …
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| Jim Finkle / Reuters: |
Researchers: cybercriminals used malware to subvert the SWIFT interbank messaging network and steal $81M from Bangladesh's central bank; SWIFT releases patch — Bangladesh Bank hackers compromised SWIFT software, warning issued — The attackers who stole $81 million from the Bangladesh …
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| CNET: |
New Roku Streaming Stick review: fast, cheap at $50, “private listening” via Bluetooth is a great value, but WiFi-only, no 4K support — Small is beautiful (and fast) — If you think there must be some benefit to the larger size of a device like the Roku 2, let me disabuse you of that notion.
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Sirin Labs says it raised $72M to launch Solarin, a $10K+ Android-based, privacy-focused “Rolls-Royce of smartphones”, alongside retail store in London this May — Sirin Labs nabs $72M to build the Rolls-Royce of smartphones: ‘Solarin’ goes on sale in May
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| Leena Rao / Fortune: |
COO Vishal Makhijani appointed Udacity's CEO; Sebastian Thrun steps down, but will remain president and chairman — Sebastian Thrun Steps Down As Udacity's CEO — Udacity's founder Sebastian Thrun is stepping down as chief executive officer, the company announced on Friday.
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Udacity, SiliconBeat, EdSurge, Silicon Valley Business …, VentureBeat and EdSurge
| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard: |
DARPA seeks encrypted comms app with blockchain infrastructure, message repudiation, self-deleting messages, more in Small Business Technology Transfer request — DARPA Is Looking For The Perfect Encryption App, and It's Willing to Pay — While the FBI keeps crying wolf about the dangerous dark future … | Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Smart industrial sensors startup Helium raises $20M Series B led by GV — Helium raises $20 million for smart industrial sensors — Helium has raised $20 million in a new round of funding for its smart industrial sensor business. The San Francisco company has also created a new sensor …
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PCWorld, Business Wire, Helium, Fortune, Forbes, FinSMEs and silicontap.com
| Ben Lang / Road to VR: |
HTC Vive app arrives on iOS, lets you receive phone calls and text message notifications while using the Vive headset — ‘HTC Vive’ App Returns to iOS to Keep You (Somewhat) Connected to Your iPhone Inside the Vive — While we first saw the HTC Vive iOS app appear at the end of March …
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