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HoloLens Hands-On: How We Built An App For Microsoft's Augmented Reality Headset — Microsoft's HoloLens is no joke. We've now tried the company's latest revision of its unreleased augmented reality headset and even built an app for it. The new hardware, which Microsoft also showcased during …
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New HoloLens hardware impresses with spatial sound but suffers from narrow field of vision, lacks the immersive experience of the bulkier demo unit from January — Hands-On with (a Near Final) Microsoft HoloLens — If you've been following the news from Build this week … | Nick Wingfield / New York Times: |
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Thanks:@tonyimperati| Jacob Pramuk / CNBC: |
Spotify raises $350M at $8B valuation: Sources — Music streaming service Spotify raised $350 million in a new funding round, sources told CNBC. Before the recently raised cash, the company was valued at $8 billion. (Tweet this) Goldman Sachs' institutional clients took part in the fundraising, sources added.| Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Facebook offering 100% of revenue to publishers for hosted media if they sell ads, 70% if Facebook sells ads — Facebook Offers to Let Publishers Keep Revenue From Certain Ads — Publishers currently post links to content but mobile device speed frustrating users| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Comcast offers 2Gbps service in Chattanooga, having lost its suit to prevent municipal fiber expansion — Comcast brings fiber to city that it sued 7 years ago to stop fiber rollout — Comcast offers 2Gbps in Chattanooga, where it lost bid to squash competition.| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
After nearly 5-year hiatus, WikiLeaks relaunches its secrets submission system in beta — WikiLeaks Finally Brings Back Its Submission System for Your Secrets — It's taken close to half a decade. But WikiLeaks is back in the business of accepting truly anonymous leaks.
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Apple confirms tattoo issue with Apple Watch in updated support document — Apple has confirmed reports of problems using the Apple Watch on tattooed wrists. The company has quietly updated a support page on the heart-rate functionality. … Apple Watch owners on Reddit and Twitter …
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Tinder jumped from #969 to #26 in iOS app revenue rankings following the rollout of Tinder Plus and stayed in top 100 throughout March — Tinder Sees Huge Jump In App Revenue Rankings, Courtesy Of Tinder Plus — Dating app Tinder's move into the subscription business seems to be paying off.| Michael Cooney / Network World: |
FAA's new air traffic system ERAM, with 2M lines of code, doubles the number of flights that can be tracked in US airspace — FAA: 2 million lines of code process new air traffic system — Just completed ERAM system almost doubles the number of flights that can be tracked in US airspace
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Ex-Goldman Sachs programmer found guilty of stealing computer code in split verdict three years after first conviction was reversed — Ex-Goldman Programmer Found Guilty — For the second time in five years, Sergey Aleynikov was convicted on charges of stealing confidential computer trading code …
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Amazon Web Services piloting new Tesla Energy stackable batteries to supplement datacenter power capacity — Amazon Piloting Tesla Batteries to Power Cloud Data Center — Amazon Web Services is piloting Tesla's new stackable battery units to supplement data center power capacity in its US West region.Sponsor Posts
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