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Google Now adds over 40 new cards, fed by data from 30+ third-party apps like Airbnb, eBay, and Lyft — ‘Google Now’ Will Suck In Outside App Data — Google Inc. doesn't want to lose its perch atop the search market, and it's looking to the likes of Airbnb, eBay , Lyft and a couple dozen other companies to help it do just that.
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Verizon Wireless to Allow Complete Opt Out of Mobile ‘Supercookies’ — Verizon Wireless, which has been under fire by privacy advocates since late last year, has decided to make a major revision to its mobile ad-targeting program. Users who do not want to be tracked with an identifier …
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| Josh Lowensohn / The Verge: |
Dropcam CEO leaves Nest; founding VP of technology goes to Twitter — Two high-level employees at Nest have departed the company this week, The Verge has learned. Sources say that Nest's vice president of technology Yoky Matsuoka, as well as Greg Duffy who co-founded Dropcam, are no longer with the company.
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Google's 3D mapping technology, Project Tango, graduates from the Advanced Technology and Projects group — Google spins out Project Tango from its Advanced Technology and Projects group — At the moment, it's not quite clear what's happening to Project Tango, Google's ambitious plan … | Ryan Whitwam / Android Police: |
HTC Admits It Will Miss 90-Day Lollipop Upgrade Window For One M7 And M8 — HTC promised to get Android 5.0 Lollipop through the approval process and out to the HTC One M7 and M8 in the US no later than 90 days after release. US product manager Mo Versi even officially started the timer when Lollipop was delivered by Google.
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| Amit Chowdhry / Forbes: |
Google Earth Pro now available for free, down from $399 a year — Google Earth Pro Is Now Available For Free — Today Google has announced that Google Earth Pro is now available for free. Google Earth Pro used to cost $399 per year. Google Earth is a geospatial software application …
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| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Vine Kids, a separate app tailored for kids with child-friendly Vines, is available now on iOS — Vine Introduces Vine Kids — Vine is today introducing a new layer of the service called Vine Kids. It's meant to be a safe, kid-friendly space for a younger audience to play around with the app and watch vines.
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| Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter: |
Snapchat's first original web series debuts tomorrow in Discover, with episodes available for 24 hours — Sasha Spielberg, Emily Goldwyn to Star in Snapchat Web Series (Exclusive) — Snapchat is making a web series. — Literally Can't Even comes from writers Sasha Spielberg and Emily Goldwyn …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
AOL To Lay Off About 150 People, Mostly In Sales; Folding Joystiq, TUAW Into Engadget — Some more details are emerging around AOL's reorganization plans. Sources tell us that the company will lay off around 150 people, with the majority in sales. As part of it, AOL is also consolidating some websites.
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Tweets: @sliwinski, @reckless, @miketrose and @harrymccracken
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You can now order Postmates delivery from your web browser — Unlike, say, food delivery services like Seamless or Peapod, Postmates delivers almost everything, from a slice of pizza to an iPhone case or a medical prescription. — A user can order an item if it's in stock at participating stores …
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| Ross Miller / The Verge: |
Associated Press now writes 3K stories per quarter on US earning reports after teaming with Automated Insights, plans to expand globally — AP's ‘robot journalists’ are writing their own stories now — Minutes after Apple released its record-breaking quarterly earnings this week … | Wesley Yin-Poole / Eurogamer.net: |
Sega to offer 300 staff voluntary retirement as it focuses on smartphone and PC online games — Sega of America office moving out of San Francisco. — Sega will offer a sizeable number of staff voluntary retirement. — In a note issued today, the Japanese game company warned around 300 employees …
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