Apple Watch revenues could be dominated by relatively low-volume, high-priced Edition model
Thinking About the Split in Apple Watch Sales by Model — Lorraine Luk and Daisuke Wakabayashi, reporting today for the WSJ, “Apple Orders More Than 5 Million Watches for Initial Run”:
Source: Snapchat is in advanced discussions on a new funding round valuing the company between $16B and $19B
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Patent troll claims to own Bluetooth, scores $15.7M verdict against Samsung
Big patent trolls see court wins, twice in two weeks. Will it matter for reform? — Gordon Bremer didn't invent Bluetooth 2.0. In fact, as he admitted on the stand last week in an East Texas federa...
HTTP/2, the first major change to HTTP in 16 years, has been finalized
Today, the next major version of HTTP took a big step toward becoming a reality; it's been officially finalized and now moves towards being fully standardized. — According to a blog by Mark Nottingh...
UK banks RBS and NatWest add Apple's Touch ID logins to their mobile apps
Banks to allow account access using fingerprint tech — Apple's TouchID, now to be used to access banking apps, was criticised after hackers managed to breach it — Two banks are allowing their cust...
Yandex asks Russian antitrust authorities to probe Google over bundling of Android with Google services (including search)
This just in: Yandex, the ‘Google of Russia’ …
US carriers still stink at unlocking phones, analysis finds
Sprint is especially bad, while Verizon is the most customer-friendly. — A consumer rights activist who led the charge against restrictions on phone unlocking has graded the four major US carriers a...
Upcoming Modern Family episode was shot entirely on iPhones, iPads, and MacBook Pros
Modern Family's new episode never leaves the screen of a MacBook Pro — ‘Connection Lost’ feels like a half-hour Apple commercial — but it actually works — MacBooks and iPhones pop up in movies …
Qualcomm's new Snapdragon chips bring high-end features to midrange SoCs
New Snapdragon 600-series SoCs are the first to use ARM's new Cortex A72 CPU. — High-end processors are normally the most interesting ones. They've got all the coolest features, the best performanc...
Raspberry Pi 2 Review: A $35 Computer Can Do a Heck of a Lot
An open-source computer that encourages you to look inside — The small, bare-bones Raspberry Pi 2, meant to encourage children and adults to build and engage more with computers, does more than you ...
Facebook is working on virtual reality versions of its apps
Facebook is building versions of its apps in virtual reality, according to Chris Cox, the company's head of product. Speaking at Recode's Code Media conference in Dan Point, CA, Cox told interviewer ...
Samsung, with its bloated product line and hierarchical structure, struggles to lead in design
Why Samsung Design Stinks — Kevin Lee calls it “Steve Jobs Syndrome.” As the former head of product strategy and user experience design at Samsung Design America, Lee watched …
Microsoft debuts its Azure Machine Learning service with support for Python, R languages and a preview of its Hadoop-based HDInsight tool that runs on Linux
Microsoft embraces Python, Linux in new big data tools — Continuing its quest to make Microsoft Azure comfy for the non-Windows world …
How the NBA became the first major sport to embrace VR
Will intimate access make it more than a gimmick? — Last week, Samsung announced more details about how its partnership with the NBA is bringing the courtside experience to the Gear VR, starting wit...
Hulu introduces Watchlist, an automated queue that predicts what users are likely to watch
Today, we are excited to introduce Watchlist … Sarah Perez / TechCrunch : Hulu Replaces Its Queue With “Watchlist,” A Smarter, More Personalized View Of Your Favorite Shows Jessica Klein / VideoInk : ...
Sony three-year plan to focus on PlayStation and camera sensors; company may exit smartphone and TV markets
Startups push back on his business argument Ben Popper / The Verge : Sony will spin off its audio and video business as it searches for profitablity Paul Mozur / New York Times : Sony Aims for Huge Le...
Apple Pay expansion in China hindered by revenue share issues with Union Pay, Alipay and banks, government regulations
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IBM to invest $1B over 5 years in storage software, introduces centralized storage management tool
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Apple wins a patent for iPhone headset similar to Samsung Gear VR
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Trial for Ellen Pao's gender discrimination case against Kleiner Perkins begins this week
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VLC 3.0 will come with Chromecast support across multiple devices
Rik Henderson / Pocket-lint :
WorldRemit Raises $100M To Take On Western Union In Money Transfers
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BlackBerry claims Ryan Seacrest's Typo 2 keyboard infringes patents and trade dress in another lawsuit
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Pushbullet now allows messaging to WhatsApp, Google Hangouts, Telegram, Facebook Messenger and Line services from your desktop
Pushbullet is quietly becoming a universal interface for messaging apps and services: http://gigaom.com/... Kevin C. Tofel / @kevinctofel : Pushbullet is quietly becoming a universal message app inter...
Microsoft to allow developers to turn retail Xbox Ones into dev kits by summer and open the platform to more universal apps in November; SDK preview in May
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Amazon's One-Hour Delivery Service Goes Live Across Manhattan
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Unnamed Internet firm and telecom firm represented by EFF file amicus brief in support of Twitter's lawsuit over NSL gag orders
Julian Hattem / The Hill :
TransferWise Launches Money-Transfer Service in the U.S.
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Xiaomi Edged Out Samsung As China's Top Smartphone Vendor In 2014, Says IDC
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Zillow closes $2.5 billion acquisition of Trulia, plans to cut 350 staffers
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