us-hotdailynews: 2015-04-24 U.S. Technology

Microsoft profit slips less than projected
Houston Chronicle
This Jan. 21, 2015 photo shows Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaking at an event demonstrating new features of its flagship operating system Windows at the company's headquarters in Redmond, Wash. Microsoft will report earnings Thursday April 23, ...

Microsoft profit, revenue beats Wall Street view; shares up   Reuters
Microsoft Q3 Profits Beat Estimates   MediaPost Communications
Microsoft beats Q3 estimates, but profits decline on strong dollar, weak PCs   Ars Technica
Computerworld
Sacramento Bee
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UPDATE 1-Low-key launch as Apple Watch finally goes on sale
Reuters
(Updates with watches on sale in Tokyo, changes dateline). By Teppei Kasai. TOKYO, April 24 (Reuters) - The Apple Watch launched globally on Friday with a small queue of Japanese tech-addicts lining up in Tokyo for Apple Inc's first wearable gadget, but ...

New Apple guide and videos explain the Watch's interface quirks   The Verge
Apple Watch app store debuts with more than 3000 apps   VentureBeat
The Only U.S. Store with Apple Watch   Fox Business
CNET
Economic Times
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Cablevision Offers Packages Aimed at Cord-Cutters
Wall Street Journal
Cablevision Systems Corp. CVC 5.43 % is pitching new packages aimed at cord-cutters that combine broadband service with a free digital antenna to pick up local television signals. The move by the New York cable operator is meant to appeal to consumers ...

Cablevision cuts lowest Internet-only price, adds antenna   U-T San Diego
Cablevision rolls out products for 'cord cutters'   Newsday

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Wired

Samsung Redesigns Its VR Headset to Fit the Galaxy S6
Wired
If you've wanted to get in on the smartphone-powered VR game without using a relatively ginormous Samsung Galaxy Note 4, your day has come. Samsung has released pricing and availability info about its new Gear VR headset that's compatible with ...

Samsung hints next smartwatch will be round   Yonhap News
Galaxy S6 Edge review   Inquirer
Cost of Galaxy's battle against iPhone on the rise   Arab News
International Business Times UK
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Twitter Highlights lures lazy users with friends' activity
SlashGear
Twitter has rolled out Highlights, a new feature aiming at summarizing some of the peaks from your timeline that you might have otherwise missed. The new tool automatically cooks up a summary of the most interesting things the people you're following are ...

How to enable Twitter's new Highlights feature on Android   CNET
Not on Twitter 24/7? Highlights curates what you may have missed   Mashable
Twitter 'Highlights' Helps Android Users Catch Up on Tweets   PC Magazine
Bloomberg
The Verge
VentureBeat
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Djay wants you to DJ an entire party from the Apple Watch
The Verge
Algoriddim considers its app Djay to be one of the tools that helped prove iPads could be used for more than browsing the web. "With the iPad app, everyone was saying, 'Oh the iPad is only consumption, you can only read on it, you can't do anything creative ...

Djay for Apple Watch puts decks on your wrist   Engadget
Djay for Apple Watch Lets You Mix Tracks on Your Wrist, Djay Pro for Mac Gains ...   Mac Rumors
Djay for Apple Watch lets you DJ from your wrist   TechnoBuffalo
AppAdvice
Your EDM
Product Reviews
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CNET

Acer unleashes a pair of budget tablets
CNET
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Acer Adds New Tablets, Features To Iconia 10 And Iconia 8 Series   Tom's Hardware
Acer's building an Android gaming tablet to go with its Predator PCs   Engadget
Acer Announces The Iconia Tab 10 Tablet With A Full-HD Screen Starting At $299!   Android Headlines - Android News
AndroidGuys
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PCWorld

Ubuntu 15.04 'Vivid Vervet' released: Revamped (again) menus, systemd ...
PCWorld
Ubuntu 15.04, code-named Vivid Vervet, launches today and it's bringing the controversial systemd project along with it. That's just one of many changes inside Vivid Vervet, however. The latest release of Ubuntu also features re-revamped menus, some ...

Ubuntu 15.04 Released, Debian 8.0 Coming   OStatic (blog)
Onward With systemd: Ubuntu 15.04 'Vivid Vervet' Released   Techgage

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