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Google's I/O keynote suggests Google is poised to surpass Apple when it comes to mobile design — Google's Quest For Complete Control Of Your Digital Life — Today's keynote suggests Google is poised to surpass Apple when it comes to mobile design. — Ninety minutes into today's Google …
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| Natt Garun / The Next Web: |
Everything Google announced at Google I/O 2015 in one handy list — That's a wrap on all things Google. In case you missed the keynote, here's a recap of all the highlights you may have missed. — Android M — Kicking off the keynote, Google Senior Vice President Sundar Pichai announced …
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| Selena Larson / The Daily Dot: |
Diversity in Google I/O keynote featuring women and people of color onstage raised the bar for other technology companies — On Google, Apple, and Silicon Valley's Homeric struggle with diversity — It's time we talk about our expectations—and think about why we continue to congratulate companies …
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| Samuel Gibbs / Guardian: |
iPhone text crash bug also works via Snapchat text chats and Twitter DMs or mentions — iPhone text crash bug hits Twitter and Snapchat — Unfixed iOS bug allows booby-trapped messages to break Snapchat text chat and can be sent via Twitter direct messages or mentions| Sébastien Page / iDownloadBlog.com: |
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Sources: Snapchat in the process of raising $650M in equity at $16B valuation — Snapchat stock sale values company at up to $16B — Snapchat is in the process of raising $650 million in equity, which would value the company at 16 billion, sources told CNBC.
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| Andy / TorrentFreak: |
Hola Better Internet sells users' bandwidth and resources to turn its VPN into a botnet — Hola VPN Sells Users' Bandwidth, Founder Confirms — Faced with increasing local website censorship and Internet services that restrict access depending on where a user is based … | Dave Morin / Path Blog: |
Path and Path Talk acquired by Daum Kakao; services to continue — A New Chapter for Path — In 2010 a small team of us set out to build a company focused on quality products that bring you a source of happiness, meaning, and connection. Five years later, Path continues to follow …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google SVP Sundar Pichai lays out his plan to deliver computing capabilities to billions through Project Loon and improve products through machine learning — Chasing the next billion with Sundar Pichai — Inside the mind of the man behind Google's most important products| Kyle Russell / TechCrunch: |
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| Reto Meier / Android Developers Blog: |
Google Play services 7.5 includes Smart Lock for Passwords, App Invites beta, Google Cast, Remote Display API, Google Fit, more — A Closer Look at Google Play services 7.5 — At Google I/O, we announced the rollout of Google Play services 7.5 that deliver new capabilities and optimizations to devices across the Android ecosystem.| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
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| David Pierce / Wired: |
With Project Jacquard, Google aims to bring touch sensors, haptic feedback, and more to fabric used for everything from jeans to car seats — Google Wants to Turn Everything Into a Wearable — If you want to understand a key piece of Google's vision for the future of the fashion …
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Apple Acquires Augmented Reality Company Metaio — Apple has acquired Metaio, an augmented reality startup that launched way back in 2003 as an offshoot of a project at Volkswagen. The company's site said it stopped taking new customers, and now a legal document shows Apple has bought it.
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Google's Places API for iOS exits beta, letting any developer add better location data to their apps — Two months after announcing its new Places API for mobile developers, Google has officially launched the iOS version out of beta. — Above: Lyft Location
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| Lizette Chapman / Wall Street Journal: |
Used car marketplace Beepi raising at least $300M at a valuation of more than $2B, a year after its Series B valued company at $200M — Beepi Is Raising a ‘Monster Round’ to Expand the Used-Car Marketplace — Beepi Inc. is raising at least $300 million in a funding round that would value … | Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
New 15-inch MacBook Pro is first MacBook to support 5K and 4096×2160 4K displays — New 15-inch is the first MacBook to support 5K displays, 4096×2160 4K — Apple's new 15-inch MacBook Pro is the first of Apple's notebooks to officially support single-stream 4K displays at a full resolution of 4096×2160 at 60Hz.
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| Ganesh T S / AnandTech: |
NVIDIA Shield Android TV review: gaming performance exceeds other set top boxes but media playback disappoints — The NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV Review: A Premium 4K Set Top Box — The battle for the living room is heating up with forays from multiple vendors.
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| Sean O'Kane / The Verge: |
Google announces Jump, an ecosystem for creating and sharing virtual reality content, includes camera rig, software, and YouTube-based player — Google Jump is an entire ecosystem for virtual reality filmmaking — Near the end of the opening keynote at Google's I/O developer conference … Sponsor Posts
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