Sources: US Justice Department lawyers leaning against Comcast merger with Time Warner Cable, could submit recommendation next week
U.S. Antitrust Lawyers Said to Be Leaning Against Comcast Merger — Staff attorneys at the Justice Department's antitrust division are nearing a recommendation …
Google makes Android for Work available for any device running Android 4.0 or higher
Google makes Android for Work available on nearly all Android devices — Google pushed Android for Work to its Play Store on Thursday, making the container technology it announced in February availab...
Microsoft's new Maps app comes to phones with latest Windows 10 Technical Preview build, with guided navigation features from HERE maps, traffic data from Bing
Navigate the World with Windows 10 Maps for Phone — Hello! I'm Aaron Butcher and I'm the Group Program Manager for the Maps Team …
After years of testing, Google has replaced the URL with the site name and breadcrumb trail in the mobile search snippets
Google Replaces A Site's URL In Search Results & Uses Its Site Name & Breadcrumb Path — Google announced they've begun replacing the URL within the search result snippet area …
Galaxy S6, S6 edge review: Exynos is SoC to beat in Android space for the next 6 months, battery life effectively the same as S5, camera comparable to iPhone
The Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 edge Review — As recently as the Galaxy S5, Samsung had a fundamentally different strategy from companies like HTC and Apple.
FTC to host workshop, asks public to comment on economic, competition, and consumer protection issues of the sharing economy
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MakerBot's new CEO Jonathan Jaglom lays off 20% of staff, about 100 people
MakerBot Just Laid Off 20 Percent of Its Staff — When MakerBot, the Brooklyn-based 3D printing company, became a subsidiary of 3D printing giant Stratasys, Inc. in 2013, everyone expected there woul...
Major Update to Office Sway Adds Focus Points, Interactive Charts and More
Office Sway received a major update today that adds image Focus Points, Accent highlighting, interactive charts, and easier document embeds to Microsoft's cloud-based app for dynamic, interactive web ...
Recently patched Windows flaw seen exploited in the wild for DDoS attacks; web servers of 70M sites at risk
Recently Patched Windows Flaw Exploited in the Wild for DoS Attacks — SANS Institute researchers advise system administrators to update their Windows operating systems as soon …
Microsoft supports many groups lobbying for regulatory action against Google in Europe and US
Microsoft, Once an Antitrust Target, Is Now Google's Regulatory Scold — BRUSSELS — Not long ago, Microsoft was the scourge of European antitrust regulators. — It was fined not once, not twice, not...
FCC to share shorter distance, higher frequency airwave spectrum with commercial users for free, with prioritized access sold via an auction system
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Profile of lawyer Shannon Liss-Riordan, who's suing Uber, Lyft, Homejoy, Postmates, and Caviar, alleging they misclassified workers as independent contractors
Meet the lawyer taking on Uber and the rest of the on-demand economy — Several years ago, Boston lawyer Shannon Liss-Riordan … Tweets: @mims . Thanks: @kashhill Tweets: Christopher Mims / @mims : Wh...
Google Says “Vast Majority” Of Ads On Its Platforms Will Be Encrypted By June 30
Google has been gradually moving all of its online services to HTTPS encryption — you may even remember the excitement wayyyy back in 2008, when Gmail switched to HTTPS. — In a blog post published t...
Microsoft to bring universal Office apps to Windows Phones in a test build before the end of April
Office on Windows Mark Hachman / PCWorld : Microsoft showed us the future of Office, and here are the 5 things it must improve Tom Warren / The Verge : Office for Windows 10 phones preview arrives lat...
Klout co-founder Joe Fernandez steps down as CEO about a year after firm's acquisition
Klout Founder Joe Fernandez Steps Down — Klout co-founder and CEO Joe Fernandez has stepped down from his role leading the social media influence startup that's now owned by Lithium Technologies. Tw...
Match.com's HTTP-only login page puts millions of passwords at risk
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Court-appointed monitor in ebooks antitrust case says Apple's cooperation has sharply declined
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Bing's image search on Android and iOS now provides smart suggestion bubbles with visual cues for refined searches
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YouTube competitor Vessel raises a $57.5M Series B round led by IVP, just weeks after launch
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Xiaomi CEO says company has invested in 20+ startups and plans to invest in a hundred more
Lei Jun: Xiaomi will invest in 100 more startups — This has been a big week for the Xiaomi ecosystem, as one of the companies in the Xiaomi fold just acquired Segway.
Amazon Shuts Down TestDrive, The Appstore Feature That Let You Try Apps Before Downloading
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Interview: Slack's Stewart Butterfield on the favorable fundraising climate and options for spending the $160M he recently raised
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French privacy watchdog received 260 Right to be Forgotten complaints last year and referred around 90 cases to Google
Jennifer Baker / The Register :
Universal credit card device Coin ships 350K units after year delay, some backers still must wait months
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