Accessory makers plan to tap Apple Watch's hidden port for battery straps, faster charging
One of the first companies to announce plans to make a battery strap for Apple Watch— allowing you to charge the device while on the go while continuing to wear it— has confirmed plans to tap …
Department of Justice looking closely at Apple as it pushes record labels to ditch free Spotify streaming ahead of Beats relaunch
Apple pushing music labels to kill free Spotify streaming ahead of Beats relaunch — The Department of Justice is looking closely into Apple's business practices …
Facebook opens up Internet.org to all developers following backlash in India from net neutrality proponents
Facebook opens up Internet.org to developers, hoping to pacify net neutrality critics — Chris Daniels, Facebook's VP for Internet.org, says Facebook isn't picking the web winners through the initiat...
Internet.org allows partnering telcos to track users, doesn't support secure connections
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Chuck Robbins named Cisco CEO; John Chambers to become executive chairman
John Chambers will step down from Cisco CSCO after 20 years at the helm. The company announced on Monday that Chuck Robbins, its senior vice president of worldwide field operations, will step into th...
Microsoft to add Windows Update for Business option for Windows 10 users
Summary:Microsoft is providing IT pros with more granular levels of control over how Windows 10 as a service will work. — Microsoft is continuing to flesh out the details as to how it will provide u...
Free Android apps secretly connect to thousands of user tracking and ad sites
The Truth About Smartphone Apps That Secretly Connect to User Tracking and Ad Sites — Security researchers have developed an automated system for detecting Android apps that secretly connect to ad s...
DoJ to reveal more about the government's use of secret cell phone tracking devices like “stingray” fake cell towers, launches review
U.S. Will Change Stance on Secret Phone Tracking — Justice Department will review more about the use of such devices and launch a review
Microsoft delivers public preview of Office 2016 for Windows desktops
Summary:A new test build of Microsoft's Office 2016 suite for Windows 7, 8 and 10 users is available, ahead of this fall's final release. — Microsoft is making available to the public a test build o...
Pinterest Developers Platform launches in beta to let whitelisted developers build apps that integrate data from users' Pins and Boards
At Long Last, Pinterest Is Opening Up To Developers — Pinterest is finally opening the doors for developers to access its information — a little bit, at least.
Twitter kills MS-Dos games embedded in tweets
Social network kills MS-Dos gaming fun, saying interactives and games breach its embedded cards terms of service — Faster than Ryu KOing Ken, Twitter has killed off the ability to play MS-Dos games ...
Joseph Lechleider, a Father of the DSL Internet Technology, Dies at 82
In the late 1980s, Joseph W. Lechleider came up with a clever solution to a puzzling technical problem, making it possible to bring high-speed Internet service to millions of households.
Record quarter for hardware crowdfunding: 128 projects raised $68.4M on Kickstarter and Indiegogo in Q1
The State Of Hardware Crowdfunding In Q1 — Editor's note: Matt Witheiler is a general partner at Flybridge Capital Partners. You can follow him on his blog.
Germany is investigating BND, its foreign intelligence agency, for helping NSA spy on public officials and companies
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Google's Dart language on Android aims for Java-free, 120 FPS apps
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How satellite data providers, volunteers online and on the ground cooperated to deliver updated OpenStreetMap maps to rescuers in Nepal faster than ever before
Robinson Meyer / The Atlantic : Tweets: @planetlabs Tweets: Planet Labs / @planetlabs : Incredible response: “In the past week volunteers have tripled the amount of mapping data in Nepal in #OpenStre...
Sources: Twitter was looking to acquire Mic in November, is interested in media companies supposedly to help it more quickly test its tools for publishers
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Profile of Matternet, whose upcoming commercial delivery drones will use proprietary cloud software to plan routes that avoid no-fly zones and obstacles
Clay Dillow / Fortune :
How companies like BuzzFeed, Vice, and Tastemade are aggressively expanding into online video, experimenting with the format to attract viewers and advertisers
Erin Griffith / Fortune : Tweets: @qkatie . See also Mediagazer Tweets: Katie Quinn / @qkatie : Thrilled to represent the exciting things @tastemade is doing in this @FortuneMagazine article: http://...
Demand for Artificial Intelligence experts grows at universities and tech firms like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft
Amir Mizroch / Wall Street Journal :
Google's corporate development VP Don Harrison on the company's approach to acquisitions, which helped them retain two-thirds of startup founders since 2006
Jillian D'Onfro / Business Insider : Tweets: @davidlee Tweets: David Lee / @davidlee : Good article on my good friend Don Harrison who buys companies for $goog #sycophant_tweet http://www.businessins...
Instacart's sustainability questioned as it rapidly expands, restructures deals with retailers
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times : Tweets: @fmanjoo Tweets: Farhad Manjoo / @fmanjoo : Retailers say that for now, paying @Instacart for new customers has been worth it. Me @nytimes http://www.nytimes....
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