Grooveshark ceases operations as a result of settlement with major record companies, offers apology
Grooveshark, the Free Music Service That Used to Scare the Big Labels, Gives Up — Remember Grooveshark? — At one time, the music startup — which promised 35 million users they could …
Unity announces full support for Microsoft HoloLens
Scott Flynn / Unity Technologies Blog :
Satya Nadella envisions a Microsoft that is more willing to favor big bets on new technologies over protecting legacy cash cows
Microsoft (Yes, Microsoft) Has a Far-Out Vision — Last June, in the basement of the Microsoft visitor center in Redmond, Wash., Todd Holmdahl …
Windows 10 won't launch on phones this summer
While Microsoft is planning to launch Windows 10 on PCs this summer, the phone part of the operating system will debut at a later date. Speaking at a media event at Build in San Francisco today, Micr...
Microsoft details HoloLens: spatial sound, inertial measurement unit with accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, and Holographic Processing Unit
BUILD 2015: A closer look at the Microsoft HoloLens hardware — This week, at the Microsoft Build Developer Conference …
IHS: 38mm Apple Watch Sport component and manufacturing costs are $83.70, about 24% of retail price
Juli Clover / MacRumors :
We tried Microsoft HoloLens: This is going to be much bigger than Google Glass
We just tried the company's new hologram gadget HoloLens. — It was a demonstration that was equal parts really awesome and really weird. — We were struck right away by how different this device is...
Tweets viewed on the web can now embed playable emulations from Internet Archive's collection of classic MS-DOS games
Turns Out You Can Embed Playable MS-DOS Games in Tweets — Embedding playable DOS games into tweets? Why not? — The post Turns Out You Can Embed Playable MS-DOS Games in Tweets appeared first on W...
House Committee passes USA Freedom Act, but kills amendment to prohibit NSA's internet mass surveillance and forced backdoors in devices
Expansive surveillance reform takes backseat to House politics — Congress is waving the white flag about moving forward with more expansive intelligence reform.
Uber's SOS button will send live GPS updates to police in India
Uber added an “SOS” button to its app in India following the alleged rape of a passenger last year, and today Uber has announced plans to start improving that button in a significant way. Starting in...
Teardown of Apple's S1 Watch chip reveals custom CPU, 512MB RAM, 8GB flash storage, components from ADI and IDT
Early Looks Inside Apple Watch's S1 Chip Confirm 512 MB RAM, Unexpected Suppliers — Since the Apple Watch's initial unveiling last September, Apple has touted the S1 chip …
Mumblehard spam botnet infects thousands of computers running Linux and FreeBSD OS
Spam-blasting malware infects thousands of Linux and FreeBSD servers — Sophisticated Mumblehard spamming malware flew under the radar for five years. — Several thousand computers running the Linux...
Mozilla wants to deprecate non-secure HTTP, will make proposals to W3C ‘soon’
Mozilla today announced its intent to phase out non-secure HTTP, and that it will be making some proposals to the W3C WebAppSec Working Group soon. Specifically, the company says it is committed to …
Spotify raises $350M at $8B valuation: Sources
Music streaming service Spotify raised $350 million in a new funding round, sources told CNBC. Before the recently raised cash, the company was valued at $8 billion. (Tweet this) Goldman Sachs' inst...
Custom Voice Actions Launch On Android, Allow You To Control Selected 3rd Party Apps
Looking for new, interesting ways … Stephen Hall / 9to5Google : New custom Google voice actions now rolling out with select partnered apps Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Roundtable : Google Now Custom...
Rocket Internet's Foodpanda Gobbles Up $100M More Led By Goldman Sachs
Less than two months after raising $110 million, Foodpanda — the Rocket Internet-backed food delivery service — is back at the table gobbling down an additional $100 million serving from investors.
Microsoft showcases face detection API with a web site that guesses your age based on a photo, which quickly goes viral
it's a lot of fun to play around with Alejandro Alba / NY Daily News : Microsoft launches How-Old.net to guess a person's age, Internet reacts Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch : How Old Do You Look? Microso...
A long-winded case for replacing Dick Costolo
the company, the service? Then set aside some time for: http://www.slate.com/... and: http://stratechery.com/... Josh Constine / @joshconstine : Twitter's growing set of problems, by @benthompson: Mo...
Microsoft confirms acquisition of N-Trig's digital pen technology
Jordan Novet / VentureBeat :
LinkedIn plunges 27% after hours on lower outlook after reporting Q1 revenue of $638M
Reem Nasr / CNBC :
Leaked Lyft presentation to investors reveals estimated $130M revenue in 2014; company spends $530 marketing per driver and 22 passengers in SF
Bloomberg Business :
HTC reports $1.4B revenue in Q1, a 25% increase YoY, but predicts decline in Q2
Don Reisinger / CNET :
The full SDK for the Microsoft Band is now available for developers
John Callaham / Windows Central :
Mobile news app Circa seeking a buyer after failing to secure a new round of venture funding
Dan Primack / Fortune :
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