Here s what s going on in tech.
Netflix is losing high-profile movies such as Hunger Games after Hulu signs contract with cable provider Epix. (In Netflix blog post, company says it s focusing on original content.)
Google announces new app that lets Android Wear smartwatches work with the iPhone.
Google reportedly shut down a secret Google Maps project called Google Here, apparently because Larry Page thought it was too invasive. That s according to Fortune.
The Wall Street Journal takes a look at how Apple s next iOS will allow ad blocking — in a threat to publishers and Google.
ICYMI:
- Citing previously undisclosed email, Reuters reports that Russia s Eugene Kaspersky, co-founder of Kaspersky Lab, one of the world s top security companies, urged his employees to antivirus software maker AVG.
- two security researchers who recently hacked a Jeep Cherokee.
- Google has , added to its sponsored results, that pairs home-service professionals with people who need repairs.
- In a over the weekend, Minecraft founder Markus Persson, who sold business to Microsoft for $2.5 billion, reveals he feels isolated and unhappy. In a today, Persson, aka Notch, said: fwiw, while there are articles about my depression because I had a bad day and vented on a trend I saw, I m sitting here having a nice day.
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