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February 2, 2015, 3:10 PM

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Kevin Dallas / Building Apps for Windows:
Windows 10 coming to Raspberry Pi 2, developers can use it for free  —  Windows 10 Coming to Raspberry Pi 2  —  This blog was written by Kevin Dallas, General Manager, Windows IoT Group.  —  Today the Raspberry Pi Foundation announced the retail availability of their new board, the Raspberry Pi 2.
Lester Haines / The Register:
Raspberry Pi 2 is 6x faster than its predecessor, features a quad-core SoC with 1GB of RAM, available today for $35  —  Turbocharged Raspberry Pi 2 unleashed: Global geekgasm likely  —  El Reg lays claws on surprise new quad core chipped fruity minicomputer
Dan Seifert / The Verge:
Pebble has now sold over 1 million smartwatches; new hardware and software are planned for this year  —  New hardware and software are planned for this year  —  While Google and Apple have been getting the lion's share of attention for smartwatches lately, indie darling Pebble …
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
Sony Sells MMO Publisher And EverQuest Creator Sony Online Entertainment  —  Sony has sold Sony Online Entertainment, the studio and publisher that created EverQuest (and, to a large extent, the modern MMO genre), in a deal that will see it owned by investment management firm Columbus Nova and rebranded as Daybreak.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Tinder Plus, The Paid Version Featuring An Undo Button And More, Arrives In U.S. Next Month  —  Tinder Plus, the long-awaited “premium” version of Tinder's service, offering features like an Undo button for errant swipes and a Passport option for searching outside your current geographic region …
Russell Brandom / The Verge:
Google, Microsoft, and Amazon pay maker of Adblock Plus to have their ads whitelisted  —  Google, Microsoft, and Amazon are paying to get around Adblock Plus  —  Some of the web's biggest companies have been paying to get around Adblock Plus, according to a new report from Financial Times.
Cordell Eddings / Bloomberg Business:
Apple Plans $5 Billion Bond Sale; Fourth Since 2013  —  Don't Miss Out — … (Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. is planning to sell $5 billion of bonds in the iPhone maker's fourth multi-billion dollar debt offering in the past two years as it preserves its overseas cash hoard, according a person with knowledge of the matter.
Martin Beck / Marketing Land:
Hashtags featured in 50% of Super Bowl ads; 4 Facebook mentions, 3 Twitter, 1 Snapchat  —  Super Bowl Commercials With Hashtags Slipped To 50% In 2015  —  Facebook is the most mentioned social network with four; Snapchat makes its debut.  —  Fifty percent of 2015 Super Bowl ads carried hashtags …

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