Music-streaming service Grooveshark shuts down

From CNET: Controversial music-streaming service Grooveshark shuttered its service Thursday after settling a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by the major recording labels.

Escape Media, the parent company of Grooveshark, agreed to cease operations and surrender ownership of its website, mobile...

Amazon buys ClusterK, a firm that helps users buy cloud capacity cheap

From InfoWorld: Amazon has acquired ClusterK, a developer of software that helps companies run mission-critical applications on spare cloud compute capacity sold by Amazon Web Services.

A spokeswoman for AWS confirmed the acquisition, but did not provide further details.

Spot instances are spare...

Faulty taptic engines reportedly hinder Apple Watch production

From PC World: Apple Watch production has been hampered by defective components from a supplier, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

Taptic engines produced by one supplier, AAC Technologies, in Shenzhen, China, began to fail reliability tests after Apple ramped up watch production in...

Qualcomm's Jacobs: Samsung snub 'a good wake-up call'

From CNET: Qualcomm, the world's biggest maker of chips for mobile devices, is under a lot of pressure from its competitors these days.

It's seen its Snapdragon processor replaced by a Samsung-made chip in Samsung's flagship Galaxy S6 phones -- a switch that's costing Qualcomm hundreds of millions...

Twitter turns to Apple for help distributing its tweets

From InfoWorld: Soon, when you do a search on your iPhone for someone's contact info, a recent tweet from them might also pop up.

Twitter is working with Apple to incorporate Twitter content and accounts into Apple's Spotlight search feature, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo said during the company's...

Flaw in Realtek SDK for wireless chipsets exposes routers to hacking

From PC World: The software that controls wireless networking chipsets made by Realtek Semiconductor contains a critical vulnerability that could allow attackers to compromise home routers.

The flaw exists in a firmware component called miniigd that’s present in router models based on Realtek...

Samsung regains smartphone sales crown from Apple

From CNET: Samsung Electronics has recaptured its title as the world's top smartphone maker, according to new research released Tuesday.

The South Korean electronics giant shipped 83.2 million smartphones worldwide during the first quarter of 2015, capturing 24 percent of the smartphone market...

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