Senate blocks USA Freedom Act and extensions to key provisions of Patriot Act, will reconvene May 31, just hours before expiration
Senate blocks extension of Patriot Act provisions — WASHINGTON - Three key sections of the Patriot Act are set to expire on June 1 unless the Senate resolves …
Sources: Microsoft offered to pay $55B for Salesforce, but Marc Benioff wanted $70B; talks ended in early May
Microsoft, Salesforce talks fizzled over price: Sources — Microsoft and Salesforce.com had significant talks earlier this spring about a purchase of Salesforce by Microsoft …
Google Maps rolls out traffic alerts and alternate routes
Memorial Day is just around the corner and for some, nay many, that means a lot of traveling. And when traveling is involved, especially by land, then headaches and tempers caused by traffic are as w...
Amazon sends out invites to Etsy sellers for new “Handmade” marketplace
Amazon Targets Etsy With ‘Handmade’ Marketplace — E-commerce giant sends invite to Etsy sellers touting handcrafted-goods marketplace — Having vanquished scores of brick-and-mortar retailers, Amaz...
Florida Agency Classifies Uber Driver As Employee, Says He Is Eligible For Unemployment
The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity says former Uber driver Darrin McGillis was an employee of the company — not an independent contractor. — BuzzFeed News
Oculus founder Palmer Lucky sued by former employer Total Recall Technologies for allegedly using confidential info from 2011-2012 job to build Oculus Rift
Founder of Facebook's Oculus hit with lawsuit — The founder of virtual reality glasses maker Oculus VR Inc …
Inside the labs where Netflix tests the latest TVs for its Recommended TV program
Inside the labs where Netflix is trying to make televisions suck less — In a nondescript room in the center of Netflix's headquarters, you can walk into a small, paper white chamber called the Shu.
Paypal's One Touch payment service now works with e-commerce platform Bigcommerce and in native mobile apps without Paypal's app installed
PayPal's Instant Checkout “One Touch” Now Works With Bigcommerce, No Longer Requires PayPal's App — PayPal's instant checkout service called OneTouch …
New OneNote plug-ins include Wordpress for turning notes into blog posts, Equil for organizing digital-pen notes, and cloudHQ for syncing to 3rd party services
OneNote welcomes three new partners—cloudHQ, Equil and WordPress — Just over a year ago we launched the OneNote partner ecosystem …
Food delivery startup Munchery closing $85M funding round led by SherpaVentures and Menlo Ventures that would value it at $300M
Munchery Valued at About $300 Million Amid Food Fight — Munchery is the latest food-delivery startup to raise cash from hungry venture capitalists.
Sources: Snapchat is investing in maker of shopping app Spring
Snapchat Is Investing in Shopping App Spring — Another day, another messaging app that wants to explore e-commerce. — Snapchat, the popular messaging app that is also dabbling in media, is investi...
Pebble Time shipments begin on May 27, and all orders from Kickstarter will ship by mid-June despite rumored financial woes
Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac :
Leaked app shows Microsoft testing Office Now personal assistant, expected to come to iOS, Windows, and Android
Office Now: Microsoft's Office personal assistant coming to iOS, Android and Windows — Three months ago, during a Reddit AMA, Bill Gates said that he was working …
iOS 9 and OS X 10.11 to bring quality focus, smaller apps, legacy iPhone/iPad support, and better security with new Trusted Wi-Fi and Rootless features
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac :
Microsoft is working on a cross-device cloud clipboard called OneClip
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet :
Fontinalis Partners, co-founded by Ford executive chairman William Clay Ford Jr., invests in Lyft's Series E
Johana Bhuiyan / BuzzFeed :
Spy summit attended by Apple, Google, Vodafone, head of GCHQ, other intel notables tackled questions like “Are we being misled by the term ‘mass surveillance’?”
Ryan Gallagher / The Intercept :
Researchers build a new Tor client called Astoria, say it is significantly better at avoiding attacks to deanonymize users
Patrick Howell O'Neill / The Daily Dot :
After $25 Firefox OS phones fail to get traction, Mozilla will explore implementing Android app compatibility in future versions with focus on a few key apps
and Itself Nate Swanner / The Next Web : Firefox OS may soon add native Android apps, drop low-end pricing Thanks: @jenguevin
Uber is dodging compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act by claiming it's a technology company, not a transportation service
Nina Strochlic / The Daily Beast :
Sources: Samsung's media unit, responsible for Milk Music, Milk Video, and Milk VR, lays off up to 15% of staff
Janko Roettgers / Variety :
Messaging app firm Line is testing a $2/month standalone music streaming app in Thailand
even if it is just $2 http://tcrn.ch/1ejJKW7 Jon Russell / @jonrussell : Line needs to diversify $$ beyond games & show it can make $$ from outside of Japan — hence this $2/month music app http://tcrn...
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