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21:07 07.03.2016

Dodocase’s SmartVR is an ultra-portable Cardboard viewer that’s actually durable

Within the next month, a pair of the most highly hyped VR headsets are getting ready to launch. The Oculus Rift and HTC Vive are both expensive, powerful pieces of hardware that will likely see adoption among gamers and evangelists of the platform but are not necessarily systems that will be overtly accessible to the average consumer. When it comes to getting VR content in front of the eyes… Read More... →

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21:04 07.03.2016

You can now Skype in Office Online and OneDrive

Microsoft-owned Skype today announced new integrations of its messaging and calling capabilities inside more Microsoft services: specifically Office Online (that includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote Online) and OneDrive. “This creates a natural, collaborative experience where you can co-edit a document right alongside a chat so that the chat is in context of the topic […]... →

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21:00 07.03.2016

UpLabs thinks designers and developers should hang out more

UpLabs is a community-powered marketplace that lets designers and developers share ready-to-ship UI resources — like login boxes and payment forms — to build apps and sites. Originally from France, founders Matt Aussaguel and Guillemette Dejean moved to the U.S. after finding their way into Y Combinator’s Winter 2016 class. They had long felt that existing… Read More... →

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20:50 07.03.2016

You can now use Skype from OneDrive and Office Online

Skype announced today further integrations into Microsoft’s suite of online tools, with news that access to the communications app is now available while working in Office Online and OneDrive. This is an expansion of the earlier announcement from this past October, which then introduced the ability to use Skype voice and video from Office Online and Outlook.com. Starting now, Microsoft… Read More... →

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20:40 07.03.2016

Microsoft now plans March Windows 10 Mobile rollout

EXCLUSIVE: February has come and gone without the highly-anticipated Windows 10 Mobile upgrade for legacy Lumia handsets. In an email to partners, seen by VentureBeat, Microsoft is now targeting a release this month, to occur after the regular monthly service updates for the two Windows 10-powered handsets already on the market, the Lumia 950 and 950 […]... →

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20:30 07.03.2016

Blizzard confirms: Overwatch launches May 24 with a ‘head-start period’ on May 3 for preorders

Blizzard’s next big game is coming this spring. Overwatch, a team-based shooter that we’re excited about, launches for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on May 24. This will bring colorful, fast-paced gunplay to gamers across all three platforms. But you don’t have to wait until the end of May to get into the action […]... →

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20:30 07.03.2016

Supercell hits 100M daily players with just four mobile games

Supercell chief executive Ilkka Paananen announced today on Twitter that the Finnish company has hit 100 million daily active players who play its four games. That is a huge accomplishment, considering the company has just 180 employees. Supercell has four releases on the top-grossing list of the highest-ranking 35 games, a rare feat that companies that […]... →

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20:10 07.03.2016

Dropbox passes 500 million users

Dropbox today announced a new milestone: Half a billion users. The company has thus added 100 million users over the last nine months — Dropbox passed the 400 million user milestone in June 2015. More to follow... →

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20:06 07.03.2016

Funding Daily: Data management startup Zaloni raises $7.5 million

Data insight and management startup Zaloni announced today that it has closed a $7.5 million series A round led by Sierra Ventures. Based in Durham, North Carolina, the startup said it will use the funds to further develop Zaloni’s software and its data lake management solution. Managing director of Sierra Ventures, Mark Fernandes, will join Zaloni’s […]... →

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20:01 07.03.2016

E3’s organizer says that its show isn’t dead yet

At least four major video game publishers have dropped out of the show floor for the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the giant gaming extravaganza held each year in Los Angeles in June. This likely forces the Entertainment Software Association, the trade group that organizes E3, to do some soul-searching about how to make E3 booths […]... →

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20:01 07.03.2016

Facebook gives Messenger a Material Design makeover on Android

Confirming reports from earlier this year, which spoke of a forthcoming revamp of the Facebook Messenger application for Android devices, Facebook today began rolling out a new, Material Design-styled version of Messenger on Android to all users worldwide. The updated application now features a bright blue navigation bar at the top of the screen with buttons to access chat, groups, settings… Read More... →

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20:00 07.03.2016

This startup just got $4 million to get you to eat more bugs

Gross? Well, that gross idea just pulled in a $4 million Series A round from AccellFoods, existing investor Collaborative Fund and a bunch of angels including Nas and Tim Ferris. The team behind the creepy crawlies as food company previously raised $1.6 million, adding up to $5.6 million in total financing thus far. It’s the sort of weird approach that is often celebrated in startup land. Read More... →

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19:49 07.03.2016

What if Facebook forgot Donald Trump?

This year, more money will be spent on political ads – $11.4 billion – than ever before. According to Borrell Associates around $1 billion of that will be spent on digital media, and half of that on social media. Compare that digital media spend to the $22.25 million spent in 2008, and you’ll see a 5,000 percent increase. But forget ad spend for a second. Think about… Read More... →

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19:17 07.03.2016

Apple loses e-books price-fixing appeal in Supreme Court

Apple looks to have come to the end of the road in a long running legal saga involving allegations of an e-books price inflating conspiracy. Read More... →

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19:02 07.03.2016

Apple to pay $450 million as U.S. Supreme Court rejects e-books price-fixing appeal

WASHINGTON (By Lawrence Hurley, Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Apple Inc’s challenge to an appellate court decision that it conspired with five publishers to increase e-book prices, meaning it will have to pay $450 million as part of a settlement. The court’s decision not to hear the case leaves […]... →

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19:01 07.03.2016

Investments in VR/AR have already hit $1.1 billion in 2016

Augmented reality and virtual reality have been the subject of a lot of hype from proponents who advocate its inevitability as a mainstream platform. With over $1.1 billion invested in the space in the last two months according to Digi-Capital, it seems that the growing class of VR/AR evangelists includes investors. Now, $793.5 million of this sum was a single Series C in the augmented… Read More... →

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19:00 07.03.2016

AR/VR investments hit $1.1B in first two months of 2016, already beating last year’s total

Augmented reality and virtual reality investment reached $1.1 billion in the first 2 months of this year, according to tech advisor Digi-Capital. That figure is impressive because it beats the $686 million in AR/VR investments for all of 2015, and this is the first time that AR/VR investment has topped a billion dollars in any […]... →

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19:00 07.03.2016

Why TechHire needs to continue with the next U.S. president

We’re now a year into the White House’s TechHire initiative to help more Americans qualify for better, higher-paying tech jobs regardless of their pedigree. The verdict so far? TechHire has seen solid traction, but evaluating this effort through a short-term lens misses the point of its grand ambitions. Read More... →

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18:59 07.03.2016

World first: Watch the live stream of pitches from inside a Royal Palace today

A couple of years ago The Duke Of York in England launched his Pitch@Palace events which have become a regular, and respected fixture in the London startup scene. Today, for the first time ever, anyone will be able to watch their Startup Pitch event being broadcast live from St James’s Palace in London. As far as we know, this is a world first. Here’s the live stream:… Read More... →

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18:49 07.03.2016

Apple has shut down the first fully-functional Mac OS X ransomware

Apple has shut down what appears to have been the first, fully-functional ransomware targeting Mac computers. This particular form of cyber threat involves malware that encrypts the data on your personal computer so you can no longer access it. Afterwards, the hackers request that you pay them in a hard-to-trace digital currency – in this case, bitcoin – in order to for you… Read More... →

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