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| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg Business: |
Apple has asked over a dozen artists for exclusive deals to promote Beats Music, which relaunches this summer at $9.99/month with family plan for $14.99 — Apple's New Beats Music Thinks Taylor Swift Will Make You Pay — Apple Inc. has asked Florence and the Machine and more than a dozen …
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
All Apple Watch models in US sold out as shipping times slip to minimum of 4 to 6 weeks; Watch AppleCare+ pricing ranges from $49 to $1.5K — Almost all Apple Watch models sold out, AppleCare+ pricing revealed (update: sold out!) — Update: All Apple Watch models in the US are now at minimum 4 …
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| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
A look at the Apple Watch shopping experience at Apple's Tokyo, Paris, and London pop-up stores; trying on the Watch Edition was not a luxurious experience — We went shopping for an Apple Watch in Tokyo, Paris, and London — The Apple Watch is available to order today …
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| Alistair Barr / Wall Street Journal: |
Four-person Google X team led by ex-Apple battery expert has been developing existing lithium-ion and newer solid-state thin film battery tech since 2012 — Google Gets Into Battery Arms Race — Research team working on projects to improve lithium-ion and solid-state batteries
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| Bloomberg Business: |
Nokia considers sale of HERE maps business, worth about $2.1B, to focus on networks division — Nokia Weighs Sale of Maps Business to Focus on Networks — Nokia Oyj is exploring the sale of its maps business as the Finnish equipment maker focuses on boosting growth at its wireless-network unit …
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| The Citizen Lab: |
Technical findings on China's Great Cannon and its similarities to the Great Firewall — China's Great Cannon — This post describes our analysis of China's “Great Cannon,” our term for an attack tool that we identify as separate from, but co-located with, the Great Firewall of China.
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| Rebecca Jeschke / Electronic Frontier Foundation: |
USPTO ruling invalidates key claims in infamous Personal Audio patent after EFF petition, curtailing the ability of patent trolls to threaten podcasters — EFF Busts Podcasting Patent, Invalidating Key Claims at Patent Office — Ruling from USPTO Invalidates All Claims Used to Threaten Podcasters
| Nicholas Carlson / Business Insider: |
Mike Kerns, senior vice president of the Yahoo homepage, has resigned — One of the first execs Marissa Mayer really trusted at Yahoo just quit the company — Mike Kerns, the Yahoo senior vice president in charge of Yahoo's homepage and other destinations, just quit the company, a source close to Kerns just told us.
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft's new Windows 10 mobile test build now includes Spartan browser, and new Mail, Calendar, Phone, and Messaging apps — Microsoft's new Windows 10 mobile test build now includes Spartan — Summary:Microsoft has delivered a second preview build of Windows 10 Mobile to testers …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Spotify nearing deal to raise $400M in round valuing the music-streaming service at $8.4B — Spotify Nears Deal to Raise $400 Million at $8.4 Billion Valuation — Goldman Sachs and Abu Dhabi's Sovereign Wealth Fund Have Invested — Spotify AB has headed back to the funding well for a seventh time …
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| Michael Crider / Android Police: |
Google cuts price for the Project Tango developer kit, its 3D mapping tablet, in half to $512 for some invitees, says it's opening up sales more broadly — Google Slashes Project Tango Price In Half For Some Invitees (Down To $512), Broader Sales May Be Coming Soon
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Many Apple stores not carrying 12-inch MacBook stock on launch day; online shipping times slip to 3-4 weeks — Many Apple Stores Not Carrying Retina MacBook Stock on Launch Day — A significant number of users have turned to Twitter and other social networks to voice their frustration … | Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
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| TechCrunch: |
Instacart Is Quietly Working With Third Parties To Outsource (Some Of) Its Deliveries — Instacart, the on-demand grocery delivery startup that is reportedly valued north of $2 billion, is growing fast in 15 markets throughout the country. As it seeks to meet that demand …
Tweets: @mdudas
| Tom Simonite / MIT Technology Review: |
IBM creates 100-person research group to work on Numenta, brain-inspired AI software from Palm Founder Jeff Hawkins — IBM Tests Mobile Computing Pioneer's Controversial Brain Algorithms — IBM is testing a contentious idea for making computers more intelligent by trying to copy mechanisms from the human brain.
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