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• Google offers cash to Europe's media

  27-04-2015 22:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Google pledges €150m to support news organisations' efforts to earn money from their online coverage.
  
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• Apple announces record results after sales surge in China

  27-04-2015 22:45
  
  Apple sells 61.2m iPhones in first three months of 2015 and brought in revenues of $58bn, but latest numbers do not include Apple Watch Continue reading...
  
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• Forget the watch: Apple's iPhones are still the main event

  27-04-2015 22:43
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The iPhone is still the engine behind Apple's phenomenal success, even as its new smartwatch has gotten much of the attention in recent weeks.
  
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• Microsoft phones infringe patents - U.S. Int'l Trade Commission judge

  27-04-2015 22:25
  
  By Andrew Chung NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp lost a round in a potentially costly patent battle when a U.S. International Trade Commission judge on Monday found that the software giant used InterDigital Inc's technology in its mobile phones without permission. The judge, Theodore Essex, said that Microsoft infringed two wireless cellular patents owned by InterDigital, a patent licensor, and said it would not be against the public interest to ban the Microsoft devices from being impor
  
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• Review: Updated: New Nintendo 3DS

  27-04-2015 22:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and designFor all the stuff it does well, Nintendo doesn't do itself many favours when it comes to communication. After the messy and confused messaging of the Wii U and the perhaps even more confusing 2DS, it's now gone and named its latest 3DS the New 3DS.And certainly by just looking at it, you wouldn't be able to tell much difference between it and its prior form. It's less of a problem for the serious gamers and Nintendo nuts, but for the parents who are out to buy their kid a
  
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• Microsoft phones infringe patents - U.S. International Trade Commission judge

  27-04-2015 21:28
  
  By Andrew Chung NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp lost a round in a potentially costly patent battle when a U.S. International Trade Commission judge on Monday found that the software giant used InterDigital Inc’s technology in its mobile phones without permission. The judge, Theodore Essex, said that Microsoft infringed two wireless cellular patents owned by InterDigital, a patent licensor, and said it would not be against the public interest to ban the Microsoft devices from import into th
  
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• Google admits mistakes with news outlets as it announces new partnership

  27-04-2015 21:22
  
  The Digital News Initiative is likely to be seen as an attempt for Google to improve its image after recently being accused of anti-competitive behaviour Continue reading...
  
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• ESPN suing Verizon over unbundling of its sports channel

  27-04-2015 21:04
  
  ESPN is suing Verizon in an escalating clash over how the popular sports channel is being sold in a discounted pay-TV package. The complaint filed Monday in New York's state Supreme Court alleges Verizon ...
  
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• Facebook launches video calling in Messenger app

  27-04-2015 20:42
  
  (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Monday it added a video-calling feature to its standalone Messenger app. The feature is currently available to users on iOS and Android operating systems, the company said. The company said users can video call their friends even if one of them is on Apple's iOS and the other on an Android device. Video calling has been launched in several countries including the United States, UK, Canada and France, the company said.
  
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• With Nasdaq at records, investors ask what's next for tech

  27-04-2015 19:24
  
  By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) - When the Nasdaq Composite last hit record highs during the dotcom era, fund manager Walter Price struggled with justifying paying 400 times a company's earnings for rapid growth. Instead, Price worries that the companies that have powered the 25 percent rally in the Nasdaq over the last year are likely to plateau. "What brought us here isn't likely going to keep pushing us forward," said Price, lead portfolio manager of the Wells Fargo Ad
  
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• Webbys haul of 10 awards for Vice Media

  27-04-2015 19:19
  
  Half of media company’s awards from public vote in contest known for recognising excellence on the internet Continue reading...
  
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• Review: Intel Compute Stick

  27-04-2015 19:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and designIntel's Compute Stick will certainly go down in history as the first complete personal computer that the Santa Clara company, better known for manufacturing processors, has shipped to end users. The firm has been dabbling with barebones kits and DIY products (like its NUCs) for ages, but this is the first time I can remember it shipping something that can be used out of the box (without having to add an OS, memory and storage). It will, as many other experts have commented
  
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• Principle CIO tells how large enterprises use cloud for agility and bursting

  27-04-2015 19:04 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Gary Scholten, CIO for Principle Financial Group, tells ZDNet the benefits and challenges of integrating IT with the cloud, including agility, cloud bursting, governance, vendor management, and more.
  
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• Ofcom cracks down on hidden charges

  27-04-2015 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watchdog Ofcom reveals changes to charges for phone-in competitions and votes on TV and radio shows in "biggest overhaul of phone calls in more than a decade".
  
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• Review: Transformer Book T100 Chi review

  27-04-2015 18:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and designThe Transformer Book T100 Chi is one of several new Windows 8.1-powered convertibles by Asus. Outed at CES 2015 alongside the company's flagship 12.5-inch T300 Chi and 8.9-inch T90 Chi, the 10.1-inch T100 Chi aims for the sweet spot between portability and performance.Its predecessor, the Transformer Book T100, made an impression back in 2013 for being one of the first cheap Windows convertibles that could handle everyday computing tasks without buckling at the knees. Thes
  
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• The UK creative sector leads the world in talent – now it needs a strategy

  27-04-2015 18:00
  
  A plan that links culture, the creative industries and education would encourage economic growth and draw new talent from universities Continue reading...
  
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• How the cloud is enabling real-time data and IoT at Ford

  27-04-2015 17:45 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Ford's Global Future Mobility Manager Erica Klampfl explains how Ford is getting massive amounts of sensor data from its vehicles and is using the cloud to manage and process it.
  
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• Altera shareholder challenges company over Intel

  27-04-2015 17:11
  
  (Reuters) - TIG Advisors LLC, an investment firm that holds shares in Altera Corp, challenged the company's board director nomination on Monday over its refusal to engage with Intel Corp about a potential merger. TIG Advisors is the first shareholder to go on the record in a bid to put pressure Altera. It urged Altera's shareholders in a letter on Monday to vote against the company's lead independent director Michael Nevens at its annual meeting of stockholders scheduled on May 11
  
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• Google launches portal to buy patents

  27-04-2015 17:09
  
  (Reuters) - Google Inc said it would launch an experimental portal that allows interested patent holders to sell their patents to the company. Patent holders can tell Google about the patents they're willing to sell and the expected price through the portal, the company said on its blog. Google said it will let the submitters know of its interest in buying their patents by June 26 and expects to pay the sellers by late August.
  
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• Containers are a developer's dreamscape

  27-04-2015 16:43 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Virtual containers are secure, operating system-level user spaces that consume no more overhead than a standard application does. They are the ultimate developer's playground--the stuff of dreams.
  
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• Valve boss responds on 'mod' row

  27-04-2015 16:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Valve boss Gabe Newell has defended the company's decision to let developers of some game modifications or 'mods' charge for their creations.
  
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• China foreign website malfunction drives home Internet woes

  27-04-2015 16:15
  
  BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Internet users in China were unable to use a number of popular foreign websites on Monday, the latest in a series of challenges businesses and individuals have faced going online in the world's second-largest economy. Social media users first reported on Sunday that they were being sent to software website wpkg.org and travel website ptraveler.com when trying to access news websites like cnn.com, news portal yahoo.co.jp, and games website runescape.com, among ot
  
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• Investors challenge two-for-one vote regime at France's Orange

  27-04-2015 15:22
  
  An investment management company is seeking to prevent French telecommunications company Orange shifting to a system where long-term investors get two votes per share rather than one, a move that has failed in other high-profile cases. The firm, PhiTrust Active Investors, said it would put a resolution to Orange's May 27 annual shareholder meeting aimed at preventing the telecoms group conforming with a law designed by the government to encourage longer-term commitment to firms by investors
  
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• Smartphones pack huge batteries

  27-04-2015 15:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New smartphones from Lenovo and Acer feature much bigger batteries than is the norm for a handset.
  
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• Even hackers are concerned Obama's and Clinton's emails remain vulnerable

  27-04-2015 14:59
  
  Russian hackers infiltrating White House email system last year raises ‘red flag’ that Obama’s BlackBerry and Clinton’s ‘home brew’ system are also susceptible Continue reading...
  
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• VC cash for Europe's startups hits highest level since 2001

  27-04-2015 14:06 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Rocket Internet has led a bumper quarter for capital flowing into European companies.
  
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• Children's app review: Monster Mingle

  27-04-2015 13:56
  
  Developer Cowly Owl’s creative iOS app will delight pre-school kids as they explore its colourful world of customisable beastiesMonsters under the bed aren’t, generally, much fun for children. Monsters on a nearby tablet or smartphone? That’s more like it. And that’s exactly what kids get with a new app called Monster Mingle.This iPhone and iPad app is the work of British developer Chris O’Shea, whose previous apps as Cowly Owl include Makego, Little Digits – Finger Counting and Dino
  
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• Ebay boss on Google EU antitrust case: 'We are a strong commerce competitor'

  27-04-2015 13:49
  
  Google cited Ebay as part of ‘a ton of competition’ in the online shopping world, and chief executive John Donahoe agreesEbay chief executive John Donahoe has spoken out over the EU antitrust investigation into Google, agreeing with the search giant’s claim that his company is a strong competitor for it in the online shopping sector.Donahoe’s comments have been seen as backing for Google over the antitrust investigation launched against it by the European Commission. “Yes ... We are a
  
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• How to get more text on Snapchat

  27-04-2015 13:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Get even more creative with your Snapchats with this easy iPhone hack
  
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• Silk Road 'link' to six drug deaths

  27-04-2015 13:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Six people who died from overdoses bought their drugs via the Silk Road marketplace, claims the US government.
  
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• Why is buying an Apple Watch such a massive fuss?

  27-04-2015 13:15
  
  You can’t actually purchase an Apple Watch in an Apple Store, only in a few high-end boutique shops. And the resulting experience is a pretty awkward oneBuying an Apple Watch is a strange experience. At least in the opening few months, it’s tricky to even do at all: you can’t simply walk into a shop with £300 and walk out with a watch. Instead, at least in Apple Stores, you book an appointment, arrive for a 15-minute “fitting”, and, at the end of it all, walk over to an iPad to o
  
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• Woman denied $41.8m jackpot payout

  27-04-2015 12:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 90-year-old woman is denied a $41.8m (£27.6m) penny slot machine bonus after the casino blames it on a computer error.
  
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• Google Glass 'version two' really is on the way

  27-04-2015 12:40 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Google is working on a more user-friendly version of Glass with Italian eyewear company Luxottica.
  
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• Jay Z: My App Has Been Smeared By Big Firms

  27-04-2015 12:20
  
  Jay Z claims big companies are "spending millions on a smear campaign" against his new music streaming service Tidal. The app - which promises to pay a 75% royalty rate to artists - has slipped out of the top 700 Apple store apps while rival Spotify has soared. The rapper took to Twitter to defend his service, which is co-owned by artists including Kanye West, Madonna, Jack White and Daft Punk. There are many big companies that are spending millions on a smear campaign.
  
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• EE approaches 10m 4G mobile phone customers

  27-04-2015 11:57
  
  Telecoms group, which is being taken over by BT for £12bn, attributes success to double-speed 4G internet Continue reading...
  
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• Why Europe needs a digital regulator

  27-04-2015 11:55
  
  Citizens, governments and technology startups deserve a regulator to keep the monopolistic instincts of the Googles, Facebooks, Amazons and Apples at bayDigital monopolies are growing fast. Investors demand nothing less. But shouldn’t we, as citizens, demand something, too? Shouldn’t we have some recourse if Facebook decides to manipulate an election, or Google disappears a favourite firm from its all-important rankings?Continue reading...
  
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• YouTube backs digital star Stampy's new Minecraft show Wonder Quest

  27-04-2015 11:37
  
  British gamer Joseph Garrett is blending education and entertainment in scripted show, produced with a little help from his ‘superstar’ friendsJoseph Garrett isn’t famous. He’s a gamer and video producer in his mid twenties, who leads a quiet life well away from the tabloid spotlight.His alter-ego, though, is a superstar. Albeit one more likely to be spotted falling off a physically-impossible tower of beds in Minecraft than papped falling out of a nightclub. Related: Minecraft YouTube v
  
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• Thousands of iOS apps left open to snooping thanks to SSL bug

  27-04-2015 11:17 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  iOS developers are being urged to update their apps to use the latest version of a library that fixes a security flaw that leaves their apps exposed to man-in-the-middle attacks.
  
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• EE revenue down as BT takeover looms

  27-04-2015 10:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  EE, the UK's biggest mobile operator, saw its operating revenue fall 1.1% to £1.469m in the first quarter.
  
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• VIDEO: Star Wars fans launch X-wing flight

  27-04-2015 10:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two amateur astronomers have launched a model of a Star Wars 'X-wing' vehicle into the stratosphere.
  
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• Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 introduces co-op campaign and cyber-soldiers

  27-04-2015 10:24
  
  Developer Treyarch promises to modernise the Call of Duty experience with open environments and a ‘specialist’ soldier system for multiplayerCall of Duty is not going “open world” – not yet. But with Black Ops 3, the third title in the covert war spin-off series, it is taking a small step in that direction. As leaked by Call of Duty (CoD) news site CharlieIntel on Friday, this year’s CoD instalment will feature a four-player co-operative campaign mode, allowing friends to take on the
  
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• Review: HGST Touro S 1TB

  27-04-2015 09:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and performanceWD acquired storage firm HGST a few years ago and although both companies are kept separate, there's a deliberate strategy to prevent products from both companies from overlapping. So WD ends up selling mostly storage solutions for the consumer, OEM and SMB markets, with HGST focusing on the B2B and enterprise side.Amongst all this is an oddity – the Touro range which comprises of desktop and mobile external hard disk drives, which is technically an HGST brand but i
  
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• Jay Z says Tidal is doing 'just fine'

  27-04-2015 09:37
  
  The rapper and mogul defends the streaming service’s turbulent start, asking followers to ‘give us a chance to grow & get better’ Continue reading...
  
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• The game that takes on the Nazis: 'I wanted to show Poland's heroism'

  27-04-2015 09:00
  
  Seven Days of Westerplatte is a passion project highlighting Polish resistance in the second world war – despite its creator being born 44 years after it finishedOn 1 September, 1939, the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein opened fire on the Polish military depot at Westerplatte. The attack marked the beginning of Hitler’s invasion of Poland, and with it the second world war.For the small Polish garrison, the odds seemed overwhelming. Just 209 men found themselves besieged by over 3,000 Ge
  
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• Canon first-quarter profit falls 29 percent as compact camera sales slump

  27-04-2015 08:42
  
  By Thomas Wilson TOKYO (Reuters) - Canon Inc on Monday said net profit fell 28.7 percent in its first quarter, falling short of analyst estimates, as the Japanese company faced slumping sales of digital compact cameras. Profit was 33.93 billion yen (187.88 million pounds) in January-March, compared with the 53.64 billion yen average estimate of 5 analysts according to Thomson Reuters data. "Sales volume for low-end (digital camera) models declined due to the ongoing contraction of the marke
  
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• ​Tata invests in Xiaomi's Indian business

  27-04-2015 08:29 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Business tycoon Ratan Tata has become Xiaomi's first Indian investor, injecting an undisclosed amount into the Chinese company's Indian business.
  
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• ACCC warns site-blocking Bill may be used to 'intimidate' VPN users

  27-04-2015 08:19 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Rod Sims has warned against rights holders 'inappropriately' threatening to block services that grant Australians access to geoblocked services like Hulu and HBO Now.
  
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• Canon first-quarter net profit falls 28.7 percent, misses estimates

  27-04-2015 08:15
  
  TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Canon Inc on Monday said net profit fell 28.7 percent in its first quarter, falling short of analyst estimates, as the company faced slumping sales of digital compact cameras. Profit was 33.93 billion yen (187.88 million pounds) in January-March, compared with the 53.64 billion yen average estimate of 5 analysts according to Thomson Reuters data. Shares of Canon closed 0.7 percent higher ahead of the earnings release, versus a 0.2 percent fall in the broader market
  
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• Google says Chinese Great Cannon shows need to encrypt web

  27-04-2015 08:10 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  The large DDoS attack on GitHub and Greatfire that occurred over March and April would not have been possible with encrypted web traffic, Google has said.
  
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• Azure Striker Gunvolt/Mighty Gunvolt review – a retro action rollercoaster

  27-04-2015 08:00
  
  A superb modern take on the side-scrolling platformer Continue reading...
  
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