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| Eran Megiddo / The Official Microsoft Blog: |
Microsoft confirms it has bought 6Wunderkinder, maker of the Wunderlist to-do list app — Welcome 6Wunderkinder! Microsoft acquires Wunderlist — What's better than completing that last important task on your to-do list? Doing so with a beautiful and useful productivity app.
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| Amir Mizroch / Wall Street Journal: |
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
First HomeKit-Compatible Products Launching Today, Led by Lutron, iHome and Elgato — Ahead of Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, several of the company's HomeKit partners are today announcing the availability of the first HomeKit-compatible products.
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| Sebastian Anthony / Ars Technica UK: |
Thunderbolt 3 embraces USB Type-C connector, doubles bandwidth to 40Gbps — Thunderbolt 3 integrates USB 3.1, optional 100W power delivery, 5K @ 60Hz display. — At Computex 2015, Intel has unveiled Thunderbolt 3. The headline feature: Thunderbolt 3 has changed connector from Mini DisplayPort to USB Type-C.
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Thunderbolt Technology …, The Next Web, iMore, Gizmodo, The Verge, CNET, PCWorld, Cult of Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Mac, Mashable, AppleInsider, Geek.com, The Register, TechCrunch, iDownloadBlog.com, Wired.co.uk, SlashGear, TechSpot, MacRumors, Engadget and Seeking Alpha. Tweets: @tapbot_paul
| Josh Lowensohn / The Verge: |
SoundHound's new Hound voice search app handles complex queries faster than Siri, Cortana, and Google Voice Search — SoundHound's new voice search app makes Siri and Cortana look slow — Nearly a decade ago, SoundHound founder Keyvan Mohajer took an idea to a group of investors.| Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / ZDNet: |
Intel updates fifth-gen Core chips with Iris Pro graphics — Intel has revamped its fifth-generation Core lineup of silicon for desktops and mobile, adding an Iris Pro 6200 graphics chip to the CPUs. — Intel has revamped its fifth-generation Core lineup of silicon for desktops and mobile …
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Coming soon: Buyable Pins! — We're always looking for ways to help you go out and do the creative ideas you Pin—whether that's figuring out the ingredients for a new dish or installing an app to mix up your workouts. — Lots of you have said that you'd like to buy the things you discover on Pinterest, too.
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ReadWrite, TechCrunch, Pinterest for Business, Marketing Land, Macworld, New York Times, 9to5Mac, iMore, ZDNet, VentureBeat, Engadget, Business Insider, WebProNews, SocialTimes, The Geek Byte and SlashGear. Thanks:@malliegator
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Instagram Beefs Up Ads With App Install And Buy Buttons, Interest Targeting, API — Instagram is ready to make some serious money. After a year and half of format experiments and basic targeting, Instagram is giving advertisers much more powerful tools. Those include “Shop Now” …
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| Takashi Mochizuki / Wall Street Journal: |
Nintendo denies Nikkei report that its next-generation console code-named NX will run Android — Nintendo Nixes Android Rumors — Nintendo Co. shot down a report that said it was planning on using the Android operating system to run its top secret next-generation console, which has been codenamed “NX.”
| Natt Garun / The Next Web: |
GameFly debuts a new video game streaming service exclusively on the Amazon Fire TV — The days of Blockbuster DVD-by-mail rental service may be far behind us, but GameFly is still trucking on with its game rental service. To keep up with the times, GameFly today launched a video game streaming service …
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| Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal: |
Facebook Opens Third Artificial-Intelligence Research Hub in Paris — Facebook is bolstering its artificial-intelligence expertise with a third center in Paris to help the social network better sift through photos, posts and videos shared by its 1.4 billion users.
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Facebook, Wired, PCWorld, TechCrunch, BBC, Forbes, Fast Company, The Next Web, Fortune, Business Insider and VentureBeat. Tweets: @joshconstine
| Christian Zibreg / iDownloadBlog.com: |
Google Maps gains enhanced transit data with live arrivals for buses, metros, and subway systems in Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, UK, and Netherlands — Google Maps gains enhanced transit data with live arrivals for buses, metros and subway systems — According to a post …
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| Kia Kokalitcheva / Fortune: |
Online education marketplace Udemy raises $65 million for international expansion — Following Google's announcement last week of its new skill-based degrees in partnership with Udacity, the interest in online education continues. On Tuesday, online course marketplace Udemy …
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TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, silicontap.com, Xconomy, VentureBeat, PE Hub Blog and InfoWorld
| Craig Timberg / Washington Post: |
The vulnerable Border Gateway protocol, a quick-fix solution from 1989, still directs most internet traffic — Net of insecurity Part 2 — The long — life of a — quick ‘fix’ — Internet protocol from 1989 leaves data vulnerable to hijackers — The long life of a quick ‘fix’
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| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Vimeo Now Lets Creators Launch Their Own Subscription Video-On-Demand Channels — Video distribution platform Vimeo wants to provide new ways for creators to make more money from their content. A few years after launching a video on demand offering so creators could rent out or sell access to their videos … | Brian P. Rubin / ReadWrite: |
Wireless-charging standard groups A4WP and PMA make merger official — The Wireless Power Merger Is Official — Two of the three major wireless-charging standard groups—the Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP) and the Power Matters Alliance (PMA)—finally announced Monday that their plans to merge are official.
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| Chad Bray / New York Times: |
Fitbit updates IPO filing, now seeks to raise $358.4M at $14-16 per share — Fitbit Says It Plans to Price I.P.O. at $14 to $16 a Share — Fitbit, the maker of wearable health-tracking devices, expects to price its initial public offering at $14 a share to $16 a share …
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| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Canary Smart Home Security System Locks Down $30 Million In Series B — Canary, the smart home monitoring system, has just closed on $30 million in Series B funding led by Walden Riverwood Ventures, with participation from Cota Capital, Khosla ventures, Flextronics, Two Sigma Ventures and WTI.
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