Apple to launch new Apple TV set top box at WWDC with A8 chip, increased storage, enabling App Store, Siri, and HomeKit integration
New Apple TV Set Top Will Debut This Summer With App Store, Siri — Apple intends to show the device off at its annual World Wide Developers Conference in June
Apple Stops Supporting Windows 7 in Boot Camp on New MacBook Pro, MacBook Air Models
Apple's newly refreshed MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro models no longer support running Windows 7 with Boot Camp, according to Apple's Boot Camp support document. Boot Camp on the new notebooks ...
Apple provides a peek into its Watch fitness testing facility, reveals it collected more than 18K hours of health and fitness data in testing
Transcript for Inside Apple's Top Secret Health Lab for Apple Watch — You're about to get an exclusive look at a lab in one of the most famously secretive companies on Earth, apple.
Amazon's working on storefront called Unlocked to offer paid apps for free; no launch date set
Amazon ‘Unlocked’ Will Give Away Paid Apps For Free — Amazon has been working hard to build up the popularity of its Android-based Appstore with consumers and developers …
New “On-Body Detection” Smart Lock Mode In Android Seems To Be Hitting Some Devices
If a tipster's screenshots are to be believed (and I think in this case, they are to be believed), Google is testing and / or rolling out a new smart lock mode called on-body detection.
Pebble pledges $1 million to crowdfund development of Pebble Time smartstraps
Andrew Hayward / stuff.tv : … Closing in on US$20 million (£13.5 million) with more than a week left to go, the Kickstarter campaign for the Pebble Time is still going strong. And Pebble hopes to pu...
Facebook testing app that provides info on callers and automatically blocks calls from commonly blocked numbers on Android
Facebook Appears To Be Testing A Dialer And Caller ID App For Android, And It's Called... Phone — Facebook, that company that is constantly trying to confuse …
At Pwn2Own, researchers exploit fully patched versions of Firefox, Chrome, IE 11, and Safari, while payouts total $557K
HP Awards $240K for Firefox, IE, Chrome and Safari Exploits — On March 19, the second day of the Hewlett-Packard Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) sponsored Pwn2Own hacking challenge …
Windows 10 to make the Secure Boot alt-OS lock out a reality
Windows 10 hardware must support Secure Boot and won't have to let you turn it off. — Those of you with long memories will recall a barrage of complaints in the run up to Windows 8's launch that con...
Support for The Pirate Party reaches 23.9% in Iceland, making it the most popular political party in the country
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Sources: Meerkat raises a $12M Series B led by Greylock at a $40M pre-money valuation
LIVE NOW| Meerkat Raises $12M From Greylock At A $40M Valuation — If you're reading TechCrunch right now (you are, by the way), chances are you have at least heard of Meerkat.
Market saturation, rising monthly fees, lack of innovation, and broadband expansion make cable TV's decline inevitable in the US
Peak Cable — Paying for TV has been a curious consumer phenomenon. There was a time when TV was free to consumers. It was delivered as a broadcast …
Chrome extension Ugly Mail identifies which of your Gmail emails are being monitored using pixel tracking
A Clever Way to Tell Which of Your Emails Are Being Tracked — While you've likely never heard of companies like Yeswear, Bananatag, and Streak, they almost certainly know a good deal about you.
UN Women Says It Has No Plans To Collaborate With Uber On Job Creation
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US Customs facial recognition pilot program at Dulles airport raises privacy concerns
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard :
BlackBerry launches encrypted enterprise messaging service BBM Protected for iOS and Android
Alan F. / PhoneArena :
Google's Places API for Android and iOS lets app developers use place names instead of coordinates
Jen Kovnats Harrington / Google Geo Developers Blog :
Tinder brings on former eBay exec Chris Payne to replace co-founder Sean Rad as CEO
Tinder has replaced CEO Sean Rad … Josh Wolford / WebProNews : Tinder Has a New CEO: Ex-eBay Exec Chris Payne Seeking Alpha : IAC's Tinder names ex-eBay exec CEO Jordan Crook / TechCrunch : Former eBa...
Tesla's self-driving cars coming to US within 3 months, with autopilot enabled only on major roads; regulatory questions remain
Walden takes up spectrum policy — A fee-shifting-friendly Democrat? Tjfang / CBS San Francisco : Tesla Addresses ‘Range Anxiety’ Of Its Electric Cars With Software Update Dan Van Winkle / The Mary Sue...
Pinterest Explains How “Pinnability” Drives Its Non-Chronological Home Feed
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Microsoft says upgrading a pirated copy to Windows 10 will not result in a supported, “Genuine” license; Reuters report based on misinterpreted quote
Paul Thurrott / Thurrott.com :
Sheryl Sandberg and Marc Andreessen provide two day board training for women and minorities
Stephanie Mehta / Bloomberg Business :
Apple opens iTunes Radio inventory to automated ad buying through iAd, includes granular targeting but emphasizes customer privacy
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