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Apple confirms that it has acquired GPS startup Coherent Navigation — Apple Acquires Coherent Navigation, a GPS Start-Up — For many of the largest Silicon Valley technology companies, location software undergirds numerous applications and features in their products. — For Apple, it has been a game of catch-up.
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple preps Apple TV SDK, “TVKit”, and Apple Watch updates like “Find my Watch” feature, irregular heart beat notifications, 3rd-party watch face complications — Apple readies first significant Apple Watch updates, ‘TVKit’ SDK for Apple TV
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| John Paul Titlow / Fast Company: |
Inside InnerTube, Google's three year old project to overhaul YouTube's internal development platform, recommendation engine, and search — TO TAKE ON HBO AND NETFLIX, YOUTUBE HAD TO REWIRE ITSELF — The war over our eyeballs is heating up, and that's mostly a good thing for people who like to look at screens.| Andrew Chung / Reuters: |
U.S. appeals court reverses part of Apple's $930 million verdict vs Samsung — A U.S. appeals court on Monday reversed part of the $930 million verdict that Apple Inc (AAPL.O) won in 2012 against Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS), saying the iPhone maker's trade dress could not be protected.| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Chinese Taxi App Yidao Yongche Hints At Deal With Uber — Uber appears to be on the cusp of a deal with a rival ride-sharing app in China that could boost its presence in the country. — Yidao Yongche, one of the companies that pioneered an Uber Black-like limousine service in China …
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Techcircle.in, Bloomberg Business and Reuters
| Brett LoGiurato / Fusion: |
Politicians are using Snapchat to attract young supporters ahead of the 2016 election, presenting a challenge to regulators — Snapchat is going to be huge in 2016 — and regulators have no idea how to handle it — As he gears up for a presidential run, former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley held … | Brian Merchant / Motherboard: |
Interview: MakerBot CEO Jonathan Jaglom discusses recent layoffs, retail store closures, future roadmap, more — Remaking MakerBot — MakerBot Industries is the public face of 3D printing. And whenever the public face of a nascent, closely-watched consumer technology undergoes …
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| Orr Hirschauge / Wall Street Journal: |
China's Baidu invests in content recommendation platform Taboola, sources say around $20-30M — Baidu Invests in Content-Recommendation Company Taboola — Chinese Internet giant Baidu Inc. said it is partnering with Taboola Inc. to bring Taboola's content-recommendation platform to China.
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| Tom Dotan / The Information: |
Facebook is in active talks with game developers about games for Messenger app platform — With Messenger Apps Sluggish, Facebook Eyeing Games — The first suite of apps that Facebook announced for Messenger were all for lightweight communication: sending people emojis, sound clips, gifs and the like.
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
LG's G4 Flagship Smartphone Begins To Go On Sale Worldwide — LG revealed the G4, its newest flagship device, in April, and now the 5.5-inch screen device is rolling out for sale across the world. — Already on sale in its native Korea first, of course, the G4 will land in Hong Kong, before coming to Turkey, Russia and Singapore.
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LG Newsroom, Engadget, TIME, Gizmodo, The Next Web, AndroidGuys, Droid Life, BetaNews, Neowin, PhoneDog.com and Tech Times
| Owen Bowcott / Guardian: |
UK quietly amends law to give intelligence and law enforcement officers immunity from prosecution for hacking — Intelligence officers given immunity from hacking laws, tribunal told — Legislative changes exempting law enforcement officers from ban on breaking into people's digital devices … Sponsor Posts
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