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Satya Nadella envisions a Microsoft that is more willing to favor big bets on new technologies over protecting legacy cash cows — Microsoft (Yes, Microsoft) Has a Far-Out Vision — Last June, in the basement of the Microsoft visitor center in Redmond, Wash., Todd Holmdahl …
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Thanks:@tonyimperati| Todd Holmdahl / Conversations: |
Microsoft details HoloLens: spatial sound, inertial measurement unit with accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, and Holographic Processing Unit — BUILD 2015: A closer look at the Microsoft HoloLens hardware — This week, at the Microsoft Build Developer Conference …
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We tried Microsoft HoloLens: This is going to be much bigger than Google Glass — We just tried the company's new hologram gadget HoloLens. — It was a demonstration that was equal parts really awesome and really weird. — We were struck right away by how different this device is from Google Glass.| Scott Flynn / Unity Technologies Blog: |
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Windows 10 won't launch on phones this summer — While Microsoft is planning to launch Windows 10 on PCs this summer, the phone part of the operating system will debut at a later date. Speaking at a media event at Build in San Francisco today, Microsoft's Joe Belfiore explained the company's plans for the launch of Windows 10.
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| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Grooveshark ceases operations as a result of settlement with major record companies, offers apology — Grooveshark, the Free Music Service That Used to Scare the Big Labels, Gives Up — Remember Grooveshark? — At one time, the music startup — which promised 35 million users they could … | Chris Kohler / Wired: |
Tweets viewed on the web can now embed playable emulations from Internet Archive's collection of classic MS-DOS games — Turns Out You Can Embed Playable MS-DOS Games in Tweets — Embedding playable DOS games into tweets? Why not? — The post Turns Out You Can Embed Playable MS-DOS Games in Tweets appeared first on WIRED.| Dan Primack / Fortune: |
Mobile news app Circa seeking a buyer after failing to secure a new round of venture funding — Exclusive: News app Circa is seeking a buyer — Mobile news app Circa is seeking a buyer after failing to secure a new round of venture capital funding, Fortune has learned.
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
IHS: 38mm Apple Watch Sport component and manufacturing costs are $83.70, about 24% of retail price — Apple Watch Sport Component Costs Estimated at $83.70, Which Won't Sit Well With Tim Cook — IHS iSuppli often tears down devices to estimate component costs, and today …
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| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
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| Ben Thompson / stratechery: |
A long-winded case for replacing Dick Costolo — Twitter Needs New Leadership — Yesterday Twitter released very disappointing quarterly results, with misses on both user and revenue growth. From the Wall Street Journal: … The symbolism of the leak was appropriate …
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See also Mediagazer| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Rocket Internet's Foodpanda Gobbles Up $100M More Led By Goldman Sachs — Less than two months after raising $110 million, Foodpanda — the Rocket Internet-backed food delivery service — is back at the table gobbling down an additional $100 million serving from investors.
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| John Callaham / Windows Central: |
The full SDK for the Microsoft Band is now available for developers — Microsoft has now released the full version of their SDK tools for the Microsoft Band, allowing Windows, Windows Phone, iOS, and Android app developers to start making full-featured third-party apps for the fitness wearable.
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| Bloomberg Business: |
Leaked Lyft presentation to investors reveals estimated $130M revenue in 2014; company spends $530 marketing per driver and 22 passengers in SF — Leaked Lyft Document Reveals a Costly Battle With Uber — The startup also describes its rival as having an “anti-social culture”
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Tweets: @mdudas, @mikeisaac, @lesliepicker, @ericnewcomer and @thestalwart
| Jeff Beck / Android Police: |
Custom Voice Actions Launch On Android, Allow You To Control Selected 3rd Party Apps — Over on the Android Developer's Google+ page an awesome new feature for Google's voice search was just announced. A small selection of applications will now open directly when using certain voice commands.| Wall Street Journal: |
Image sensors in iPhone 6 and Galaxy S6 generate as much as $20 per unit for Sony — How Sony Makes Money Off Apple's iPhone — Image sensors for Apple, Samsung fuel Japanese consumer-electronics giant's turnaround strategy — TOKYO—Sony Corp. lost the smartphone war but rings up a sale … Sponsor Posts
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