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Sponsored post: Think big. Solve tomorrow Think Big Mar 10 2015, 5:55am PDT Are you a Data Engineer that has mentored and led software teams to victory? Can you manage clients to success? Do you want a bigger platform to speak from? Or are you a Data Scientist that thrives by helping your team execute data science solutions that deliver client value? Do […] Read More » About Gigaom Gigaom Management Mar 9 2015, 5:57pm PDT A brief note on our company Gigaom recently became unable to pay its creditors in full at this time. As a result, the company is working with its creditors that have rights to all of the company’s assets as their collateral. All operations have ceased. We […] Read More » Fear, food and the internet of things at SXSW Stacey Higginbotham Mar 9 2015, 4:19pm PDT Unfortunate timing means I’ll miss a huge chunk of this year’s South by Southwest Interactive festival happening in my hometown of Austin, Texas this year. I’m both saddened a bit relieved since it is my 14th year attending the festival, and it will be a nice […] Read More » Apple’s take on the smartwatch: Elegant evolution Kevin C. Tofel Mar 9 2015, 3:30pm PDT After attending the “Spring Forward” event to get all of the remaining Apple Watch details and then getting some hands-on time with the device, I walked away with mixed emotions. On the one hand, debuted a polished product that was very responsive in my use. On […] Read More » Apple Pay on the wrist: How Apple’s watch gets around the ID problem Kevin Fitchard Mar 9 2015, 3:10pm PDT Apple only gave a fleeting demo of how contactless payments would work on its new Apple Watch at its Spring Forward event on Monday, but it was an impressive one. You select a card from Passbook in the watch interface and then tap the wearable device […] Read More » All you need to know about HBO’s new HBO Now streaming service Janko Roettgers Mar 9 2015, 2:57pm PDT HBO Now is almost here: HBO officially announced plans to launch its online-only streaming service dubbed HBO Now during Apple’s spring event Monday, and promptly managed to confuse everyone with an exclusive that isn’t quite exclusive and a price that’s not set in stone. Time to […] Read More » New York Times’ 5-year fight with patent troll may cost millions Jeff John Roberts Mar 9 2015, 12:20pm PDT Even as belt-tightening has led the New York Times to close sections and shed reporters, the Gray Lady is spending large sums on legal bills to fight a patent troll that claims to own the rights to sending internet links via text message. The Times has been fighting the case […] Read More » Snapchat CEO meets with Saudi investor Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Mathew Ingram Mar 9 2015, 11:59am PDT Saudi Arabian billionaire tech investor Prince Alwaleed got the rumor mill going when he put out a statement saying he met with the CEO of Snapchat and the two discussed co-operating on a potential business deal Read More » Apple Watch ranges in price from $349 to over $10,000; on sale April 24 Kif Leswing Mar 9 2015, 11:35am PDT Apple answered questions about its first smartwatch at a media event in San Francisco on Monday and now we’ve got some answers on how much Apple Watch will cost and when you can buy one. Apple Watch pricing depends on which size you get. The 38-mm Apple Watch Sport […] Read More » Apple has tripled the number of stores accepting Pay in 5 months Kevin Fitchard Mar 9 2015, 11:13am PDT Apple Pay is accepted by 700,000 retailer locations in the U.S., and the iPhone-embedded payment service now loads cards from 2,500 card issuing banks, CEO Tim Cook revealed at the kick off of Apple’s Spring Forward Event on Monday. That’s pretty astonishing growth considering Apple was […] Read More » Apple launches ResearchKit to bring your data to medical research Stacey Higginbotham Mar 9 2015, 10:55am PDT We’re finally getting to some of the promise of connected health with the launch of ResearchKit, a framework announced at the Apple event Monday that allows medical researchers to take advantage of the data gathered by the iPhone to help advance their own diagnostics or studies […] Read More » Apple debuts a thin, fanless MacBook that comes in gold Kif Leswing Mar 9 2015, 10:52am PDT Although most of the attention at Apple’s special event on Monday will be on the Apple Watch, the company still had a little treat for Mac fans. As expected, Apple launched a 12-inch MacBook on Monday, and it will cost $1,299 or more when it starts shipping on […] Read More » HBO officially announces April launch of HBO Now at Apple event Janko Roettgers Mar 9 2015, 10:12am PDT HBO CEO Richard Plepler took to the stage at the Apple Watch event Monday to officially announce the launch of HBO Now, which will debut April in time for the fifth season premiere of Game of Thrones. Apple will be the official launch partner of HBO […] Read More » See Tesla’s massive battery factory under construction Katie Fehrenbacher Mar 9 2015, 8:22am PDT Tesla is moving incredibly fast getting its massive battery factory built, and plans to have batteries made there as early as 2016 for its Model S and Model X cars. Showing off how much has already been built at the site, Tesla investor Steve Jurvetson of […] Read More » Solar-powered plane takes off for round-the-world flight Barb Darrow Mar 9 2015, 7:09am PDT Two pilots aboard a solar-powered aircraft took off at 7:12 a.m. local time from Abu Dhabi for the first leg of what they hope will be the first complete solar-powered circumnavigation flight. If all goes well, Solar Impulse-2 should take about 12 hours to reach Oman (a […] Read More » MIT wishes it could deliver acceptance letters via drone Barb Darrow Mar 9 2015, 6:19am PDT MIT wants prospective students to know that it’s fully aboard the drone bandwagon, parlaying an army of delivery drones (and computer-generated imagery) for a tongue-in-cheek admissions video, complete with Wagnerian orchestration. MIT sends acceptance letters to its next class of freshmen on Pi Day, aka March 14, or […] Read More » Germany pushes for widespread end-to-end email encryption David Meyer Mar 9 2015, 4:13am PDT The biggest webmail providers in Germany will soon encourage their customers to use full-blown end-to-end email encryption. The providers, including Deutsche Telekom and United Internet, will next month roll out a browser plugin that’s supposed to make traditionally laborious PGP technology easier to use – and […] Read More » How I manage my creative process on an 11-inch MacBook Air Mark Crump Mar 8 2015, 12:00pm PDT Last week, I waxed poetic about the largest iPhone Apple makes, the iPhone 6 Plus. If I told you a week later that I bought a new MacBook, you’d be forgiven for thinking I would write an article about how much I missed the Texas-sized 17-inch […] Read More » How to run Linux in a window inside Chrome OS Kevin C. Tofel Mar 8 2015, 7:29am PDT Thanks to a handy set of scripts, you’ve long been able to install an instance of Linux on a Chromebook and switch between the two platforms with a simple keypress. What if you could run Linux inside the Chrome OS environment in its own window, though? […] Read More » The future of industrial IoT might be wearables Cormac Foster Mar 8 2015, 6:00am PDT We all know IoT is going to be huge, and as with most technology, the industrial IoT will eventually eclipse its consumer equivalent. But it is certainly in no rush. From smart socks to smart homes, consumer tech is flying off the shelves, but industrial IoT […] Read More »