David Besbris no longer running Google+, replaced by longtime VP of Product Bradley Horowitz
Bradley Horowitz Is Now Running Google+ — More changes afoot at Google+. TechCrunch has learned, and now confirmed with Google, that David Besbris has left his role as the head of the company's soc...
Tim Cook says Apple Watch will be available outside U.S. in April
Speaking at the Berlin flagship Apple Store last week, Apple CEO Tim Cook told employees that the Apple Watch will not be exclusive to the United States in April, according to employees in attendance.
Google+ divided into Photos and Streams, with new boss
Google's social network gets a new leader in Brad Horowitz, and likely will see the Hangouts communication service stand alone, too. — BARCELONA — Google is taking another pass at energizing its Goo...
Sundar Pichai: Google Will Give Details Of Its U.S. Mobile Network ‘In The Coming Months’
While Google continues to build out “cell towers in the sky” in the form of balloons and solar-powered airplanes, it's also gearing up to launch an experimental mobile network in the U.S. Today …
Microsoft's Lumia 640 and Lumia 640 XL are budget phones with free Office 365
Microsoft is looking to Office to tempt consumers to buy a Windows phone. At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona today, the software maker is unveiling two new low-cost Lumia smartphones complete with...
PayPal to Pay $280 Million for Paydiant, the Startup Behind Walmart's Apple Pay Competitor
PayPal isn't giving up on payments in brick-and-mortar stores. — The eBay payment unit plans to acquire Paydiant, a payments startup that licenses a technology platform used by big retail chains …
On its 20th anniversary, Marissa Mayer talks about turning around Yahoo
On Yahoo's 20th Anniversary, its CEO presents a progress report on how she's turning around—and maybe transforming—an Internet icon — It is sunset in Sunnyvale, but Marissa Mayer's day is far from o...
T-Mobile will launch LTE in the Wi-Fi airwaves in 2016
T-Mobile came up short compared to Verizon and AT&T in the last 4G spectrum auction, but it looks like it's found another source of airwaves, and these won't cost it anything. At Mobile World Congres...
HP to acquire Aruba Networks in a deal valued at $3B to bolster wireless networking capability
HP confirms Aruba Networks purchase, eyes bulked up networking unit — Summary:The deal, valued at $3 billion and $2.7 billion net of debt and cash, gives HP more heft to tackle campus networks and w...
MWC 2015: Cyanogen announces Qualcomm partnership and company rebranding
Summary:Cyanogen made a couple of announcements at MWC today. One is a partnership to reach more people with Cyanogen OS and the other focuses on the company's look.
Sony announces Xperia Z4 tablet with a 10-inch 2K display launching globally in June
Sony's VAIO replacement is the ultrathin Xperia Z4 Tablet — Announced at Mobile World Congress a year ago, the 10-inch Xperia Z2 Tablet remains one of the thinnest and lightest tablets around …
Qualcomm announces Spandragon Sense ID fingerprint sensor, uses ultrasound to scan 3D images
Qualcomm's new fingerprint sensor should be better than Touch ID — Ever since the iPhone 5S came out in 2013, Apple has had one feature no one could match: Touch ID.
Android Pay Is Real, And Will Give Developers The Reins As An API
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India's Ola Buys Smaller Rival TaxiForSure For $200M To Put Pressure On Uber
Ola, the SoftBank-backed competitor to Uber, has dished out $200 million to buy smaller rival TaxiForSure in what looks like being the first of a number of consolidation moves in India's taxi-hailing ...
Xiaomi Introduces A GoPro-Style Action Camera That Costs Just $64
Xiaomi is back with another reminder that it doesn't just make phones. (Despite dethroning Samsung as China's top smartphone company in 2014.) Xiaomi's latest device is a GoPro-like camera which, as...
6" Alcatel Hero 2+ comes with CyanogenMod, octacore Mediatek CPU, available for $299 unlocked in US this spring
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Sources: social news reader Prismatic on the block, with Microsoft the front runner in buying it; Apple and Yahoo have also expressed serious interest
Microsoft Wants To Buy Social News Reader Prismatic — Microsoft has been busy snatching up startups to fill out its mobile apps portfolio …
Samsung announces updated Gear VR headset for Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge
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Cybersecurity company Veracode files for IPO, plans to go public in May
Exclusive: Veracode files for IPO — Cybersecurity company Veracode is planning to go public in May, Fortune has learned. — The Burlington, Mass.-based company already has filed confidential IPO do...
The state of Linux gaming in the SteamOS era
After 14 months in beta, where does Valve's new platform push stand? — For decades after Linux's early '90s debut, even the hardest of hardcore boosters for the open source operating system had to a...
Livestream's Broadcaster mini is a $295 HDMI dongle capable of streaming 1080p video
Livestream Revamps Its Hardware Lineup With Smaller, Cheaper Broadcaster Mini — Livestream is planning to make it even easier and more affordable to (you guessed it) livestream video with the launch...
Samsung bundles Microsoft apps on its new Galaxy S6
Samsung is bundling at least three Microsoft apps on its new Android-powered Galaxy S6 device. While the move seems unusual, it comes just weeks after Microsoft and Samsung ended a bitter Android roy...
Netherlands' NXP Semiconductors to acquire Austin-based chip maker Freescale in an $11.8B deal
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Silent Circle reveals secure Blackphone 2 phone, Blackphone+ tablet
Mobile World Steve Dent / Engadget : Blackphone launches a new phone, tablet and privacy platform Gerald Lynch / Gizmodo : Blackphone 2 Is Probably the World's Most Secure Smartphone Russell Brandom /...
Meerkat for iOS lets you live stream video to your Twitter followers
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Alcatel's flagship Idol 3 smartphones feature mid-range specs at low cost, will be available unlocked in the US this spring starting at just $200
Dan Seifert / The Verge :
Lenovo launches sub-$200 tablets, Android-based Tab 2 A8 and A10, and Windows-based MIIX 300
Nicole Lee / Engadget :
SanDisk announces 200GB microSD card, 32GB Dual USB Drive with reversible Type-C connector, 128GB iXpand Flash Drive with Lightning connector
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HP's Spectre x360 is a 13-inch Broadwell-powered convertible laptop with up to 12.5 hours of battery life, available today from $899
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge :
Apple's latest ads feature photos from iPhone users, highlighting camera quality
Apple: … This is a gorgeous gallery … Owen Williams / The Next Web : Apple's new ad campaign shows the only camera you need is the one in your pocket Jake Smith / iDownloadBlog.com : Apple showcases '...
How Small Bitcoin Miners Lose on the Crypto-Currency Boom-Bust Cycle
a Bitcoin martyr. We're bleeding out.” http://www.newrepublic.com/... pic.twitter.com/F7wIjwS3qa Steve Randy Waldman / @interfluidity : A good cryptocurrency skeptopiece, which is becoming a genre I ...
HTC One M9 hands-on: excels in design, improved specs, may look too much like its predecessor
Chris Hall / Pocket-lint :
BlackBerry plans to expand cross-platform offerings, may license features like its software keyboard and BlackBerry Hub to other device makers
Ina Fried / Re/code :
Why Silicon Valley is the new revolving door for Obama staffers
that's great for former WH aides, but tech rivals hate it, @ceciliakang @eilperin http://wapo.st/1G0Ct8w Brian Fung / @b_fung : If a Republican wins in 2016 and tech winds up losing its policy edge, t...
MediaTek Unveils CrossMount Platform Designed To Make Smartphones, Home Devices Operate As One
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How The Huffington Post, Fusion, Mashable, NPR, Philly.com, and The Verge are using Snapchat
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Disadvantages of staying private for tech companies: difficulty raising additional capital, onerous liquidation preferences
Felix Salmon / Fusion : Tweets: @mickwe Tweets: Mick Weinstein / @mickwe : Re. @felixsalmon post on high val rounds http://fusion.net/... why would an IPO be considered a liquidity event for prefere...
Withings' Activite and Activite Pop watches are now Android-friendly
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