en-ug-hotdailynews: 2015-03-28 Uganda Technology

Facebook, Twitter Up Offerings
Investor's Business Daily
9 At its developers conference, Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) unveiled its Messenger Platform and said businesses and consumers will be able to chat via Messenger. The company also hinted at a '15 release for its Oculus virtual reality headset. Twitter ...

Facebook reveals the logic behind its forced Messenger split   ITworld
Did Messenger just make Facebook cool for teens again? Not quite.   Mashable
Facebook Uses Messenger To Reach The Lucrative App Economy   STGIST
Daily Mail
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REM

WhatsApp Web for PC on Chrome, Firefox and Opera except Internet Explorer
REM
WhatsApp Web for PC on Chrome, Firefox and Opera except Internet Explorer WhatsApp for web has been one of the leading new services that the company has rolled out in the last few months. Many users have been taking advantage of this service and are ...

Whatsapp and Facebook Conquer Hearts   AllAfrica.com

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Wired

Slack gets hacked, adds two-factor authentication
TechnoBuffalo
Slack, the popular workplace messaging service that's growing by leaps and bounds, shared some slightly disconcerting news on Friday afternoon. The company suffered a pretty serious hack earlier this year and is implementing new security features to ...

Slack Announced it got Hacked Sometime in February   Apex Tribune
Slack's security breach may be worse than it's letting on   Gurdon Times

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Facebook test flies solar-powered drones over the UK in attempt to increase ...
The Independent
A pilotless plane with a wingspan bigger than a Boeing 737 but weighing less than a car has been tested over the UK by Facebook. Founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg announced the test flights as part of plans to increase internet around the world.
Facebook drones the size of jets will beam internet to billions   The Times (subscription)
At F8, Facebook gives new peek at its Aquila solar-powered Internet drones   Christian Science Monitor
Facebook Tests Solar-Powered Internet Drones, Wider Than a Jumbo Jet   Newsweek
CNET
Gizmodo
Irish Examiner
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Google, Johnson & Johnson team up to build robot surgeons
MiamiHerald.com
Google is teaming up with Johnson & Johnson to build robots that can help surgeons in the operating room. The alliance announced this week dovetails with two of Google's initiatives beyond its main business of Internet search and advertising. Google has ...

Google teams with J&J on robotic surgery   The Malaysian Insider
Google teams with Johnson & Johnson to improve robot surgeon vision   Mashable
Google, Johnson & Johnson to partner on surgical robot technology   Apple Insider
Science World Report
Chicago Inno
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Google fails in bid to halt lawsuit on privacy
Irish Examiner
Google lost an appellate court bid to block a UK lawsuit filed by a group of internet users who say the world's biggest search engine violated their privacy rights. A three-judge panel said “misuse of private information should now be recognised as” causing ...

Google can be sued for invading British iPhone users privacy, court rules   mirror.co.uk
Google loses ruling in Safari tracking case   CNET
British web users can sue Google for secret tracking: court   New York Daily News
PCWorld
SlashGear
ZDNet
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Nintendo delays the release of the Wii U's 'Zelda' game
Los Angeles Times
Nintendo's Wii U take on “The Legend of Zelda” is no longer due this year. (Nintendo). Early footage of the Wii U's take on “The Legend of Zelda” franchise has wowed fans, showing the game's hero, Link, riding off into the wilderness on a horse and then ...

Nintendo delays the Legend of Zelda Wii U beyond 2015   Financial Post
'The Legend of Zelda' for Wii U delayed   Entertainment Weekly (blog)
The Legend of Zelda Wii U won't be released in 2015   Warp Zoned
Ubergizmo (blog)
Gamer Headlines
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