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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 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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Google says strong net neutrality rules won't affect its investment in Fiber, opposing stance of Comcast, Verizon, others — Google: Strong net neutrality rules won't hurt the future rollout of Google Fiber — After announcing a major expansion of its high-speed Internet service … | James Kendrick / ZDNet: |
Amazon Echo update adds Pandora, iTunes, and Spotify voice control — Summary:Alexa, Amazon's two-pound assistant in the room, now does more with music services, improves speed and accuracy. — The Amazon Echo that I found to be a perfect 10 just got even better, as an update adds useful new features and improvements.| 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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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
BT plans to provide 500Mbps broadband to most UK homes by 2025, deployment to start 2016 — U.K. Telco BT Sets Out ‘500Mbps’ Broadband Plan By 2025 — As the U.K.'s political parties sweat their policy wonks to come up with voter-friendly manifestos ahead of the General Election in May … | Shreyas Gandhe / Neowin: |
Windows 10 for Enterprise will not be a free upgrade, will offer a servicing plan that excludes feature updates to increase stability — Windows 10 for Enterprise is not free in the first year and other changes announced — Businesses switching to Windows 10 for Enterprise won't be getting …
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| Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter: |
Snapchat's first original web series debuts Saturday 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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| Johana Bhuiyan / BuzzFeed: |
Suits Seek To Force Lyft And Uber To Treat Drivers As Employees — A group of drivers have filed suits in San Francisco federal court against Lyft and Uber. The drivers contend that they are misclassified as independent contractors and should be treated and classified as employees of the companies.| 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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| Rex Santus / Mashable: |
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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| 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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