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Apple Music's new student membership option discounts the service by 50% — Amid news that Apple Music is getting a makeover come this summer, Apple today launched a new plan to boost subscribers to its streaming music service and competitor to Spotify, SoundCloud, Tidal and others.
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Qualcomm issues fix for 5 year old Android security flaw that exposes SMS, call history; Android versions prior to 4.3 mostly affected — Critical Qualcomm security bug leaves many phones open to attack — Fix still isn't available for most users, and many will probably never get it.| James Pinkstone / Vellum: |
Composer claims Apple deleted 122GB of music from his laptop and replaced some songs with more widely available versions after he subscribed to Apple Music — Apple Stole My Music. No, Seriously. — “The software is functioning as intended,” said Amber.
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Android N splits MediaServer into distinct pieces, each with access to only a specific subsystem, to prevent Stagefright-like exploits — Android N splits up mediaserver to prevent future Stagefrights — The Stagefright security exploit definitely sent the Android world in a tumble.
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Mary Lou Jepsen, Facebook executive director of engineering and head of display tech at Oculus, resigns to work on curing diseases using MRI, wearables — Facebook loses Mary Lou Jepsen, key player in VR push — Departure comes amid explosion in interest in taking headset-wearing users to computer-generated environments| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Didi Kuaidi, Uber's China rival, close to raising $2B at a valuation of about $25B — Uber's China Rival ‘Close to Raising $2 Billion in New Funding’ — Funding said to exceed previous $1.5 billion target on demand — Didi said to be valued at about $25 billion by investors| Rich McCormick / The Verge: |
Google and Honeywell resolve patent dispute over Nest's thermostats — Google and multinational manufacturer Honeywell have resolved their long-running patent dispute over the thermostats produced by Nest Labs, the two companies announced today. Honeywell first filed a patent infringement suit …
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Pocket adds Like and Repost functions to the Recommendations feed in its iOS and Android apps — There's a lot to ♥ in your new Recommended feed! — A few months ago, we introduced the ability to follow your friends and incredible curators on Pocket to see what they're recommending.
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Developers can now sell paid Windows 10 apps to organizations in bulk through the Windows Store for Business — Sell apps to organizations through Windows Store for Business — Windows Store for Business is a web-based portal that IT decision makers, purchasers and administrators use to find …
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| Lauren Gensler / Forbes: |
Yelp Q1 revenue up 34% YoY to $158.6M, beating estimates; shares up 18% — Yelp's Solid Quarterly Results Push Stock Higher — Yelp's getting a good review for its latest quarter. — The local business ratings and reviews site beat Wall Street estimates on both the top and bottom line during … | Tess Stynes / Wall Street Journal: |
FireEye CEO Dave DeWalt to step down, will be replaced by president Kevin Mandia as company posts earnings short of expectations — FireEye Names Mandia as CEO, Loss Widens — Revenue is at low end of its expectations, and the cybersecurity company cut its sales view for the year
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GM, Lyft to begin testing fleet of self-driving electric taxis on public roads within a year — GM, Lyft to Test Self-Driving Electric Taxis — Move aimed at fighting off Silicon Valley giants amid a reshaping auto industry — General Motors Co. and Lyft Inc. will begin testing a fleet …
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| Aaron Ricadela / Bloomberg: |
SAP partners with Apple, will create iOS apps and SDK for its HANA Cloud Platform — Apple and SAP to Develop iPhone, iPad Apps for Businesses — Development kit will let SAP users write native iOS apps — SAP to build its own software for health care and industry
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