Music streaming service Pandora managed to continue gaining users at a steady rate, amid escalated competition.

Pandora recently hit a major milestone by racking up 200 million registered users in the United States. It took the popular music streaming service nearly six years to gain 100 million users, but it managed to double its user base to 200 million in just two years.

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PlayJam, the company behind Android-based gaming console GameStick, has postponed the shipping date for the console by around two months.

The company announced that it would start shipping the GameStick console to backers in June this year, rather than the previously announced launch window of April.

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Internet search giant Google is reportedly trying to acquire messaging app Whatapp in a bid to strengthen its unified communications tools & services.

Citing an inside source, tech blog Digital Trends reported that Google is ready to pay $1 billion for the popular app, but WhatsApp is playing hardball by demanding a higher amount.

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By getting one million people on trampolines and make them bounce, Horsham folk are this month being asked to sign up to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust.

The National Get Britain Bouncing Day will fall on June 27 and clubs, schools and people are being asked to participate in `Get Britain Bouncing' during Cystic Fibrosis Week.

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V8 Supercars, which organizes V8 Supercars races across the globe, has migrated from Microsoft Exchange 2003 to the software giant's cloud-based Office 365 suite.

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Developers at PostgreSQL open-source database have urged users of its version 9. x to immediately upgrade their software to the latest.

PostgreSQL yesterday announced the release of updates fixing a "high-exposure" security hole in versions 9.0 and later of the software. The company also rolled out updates for versions 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, and 9.2.

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`Pong' will reach unprecedented scale later this month when a version of the gaming classic of the seventies will be launched on a 29-storey building in Philadelphia.

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Maple Valley will suddenly take a quantum leap from a bedroom community to Seattle's twin city, City Manager David Johnston said.

Situated in the King County of Washington, Maple Valley has enjoyed a significant growth over the past few years, but as per Johnston prediction, the city will soon take a bigger leap.

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Cupertino, Calif.-based tech giant Apple has reportedly plans to use an "A7" processor manufactured on a smaller 20-nanometer (20nm) process in its devices next year.

Citing details from Taiwanese Economic Daily News, Japanese blog Macotakara yesterday also reported that Apple's so-called next-generation A7 processor would be built by TSMC.

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Google Inc recently bagged FTC Technology Achievement Award for its idea to fight annoying robocalls that instigate nearly 200,000 complaints to the FTC each month; but many are arguing that the Internet firm's idea is pretty passé.

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