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Leaked documents show second-gen Chromecast has new backdrop feeds, improved Wi-Fi, “Fast Play”, to be announced September 29 — Exclusive: This is the 2nd gen. Chromecast w/ backdrop feeds, better WiFi, ‘Fast Play,’ more — According to internal documents that 9to5Google has obtained … | Stephen Hall / 9to5Google: |
Google set to announce this month that Spotify will gain Chromecast support alongside new device — Exclusive: Google and Spotify launching Chromecast support later this month — While Chromecast has long supported Google Play Music, Netflix, Pandora, and other subscription services … | iFixit: |
iPad Mini 4 teardown: 2048x1536 LED-backlit display, single-cell 5,124 mAh battery, 2GB RAM; smaller form factor with the power of an iPad Air 2 — iPad Mini 4 Teardown — Everyone knows that Fall is the season for Apples, and they're finally starting to drop.| Mark Harris / Guardian: |
Documents show Apple held discussions with California DMV for self-driving car; Project Titan gets an Engineering Program Manager — Apple meets California officials to discuss self-driving car — The meeting in California, which is developing regulations for driverless vehicles …
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Facebook launches Signal, a discovery and curation tool for journalists to find and embed content from Facebook and Instagram — Introducing Signal for Facebook and Instagram — We've heard from journalists that they want an easy way to make Facebook a more vital part of their newsgathering …
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Researchers release Anonize for iOS and Android, designed to enable cryptographically anonymous surveys — New Crypto Tool Makes Anonymous Surveys Truly Anonymous — At the end of a semester teaching an undergraduate math course a few years ago, Cornell Tech researcher … | Tom Simonite / MIT Technology Review: |
Facebook to start using browsing data from Like and Share buttons in its ad targeting system next month, opt-out setting available — Facebook's Like Buttons Will Soon Track Your Web Browsing to Target Ads — Facebook's “Like” buttons have been logging data on our browsing for years …
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Snapchat signs one-year deal with NFL, will curate Live Stories including league and fan content; both Snapchat and NFL will sell ads and split revenue — Snapchat Inks NFL Deal to Bring Football Into Its Live Stories — Are you ready for some football? Snapchat is!| Jessica Guynn / USA Today: |
Microsoft to spend $70 mln to boost computer science in schools — SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft will invest $75 million over the next three years in initiatives to increase access to computer science education for youth. — Microsoft's Satya Nadella made the announcement during his keynote speech …
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| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Sources: VR startup Jaunt expected to announce $50M+ Series C funding as early as next week — Virtual Reality Startup Jaunt Raises Massive New Round of Funding (Exclusive) — Virtual reality startup Jaunt is about to announce a massive Series C round of financing, Variety has learned.| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Adobe reports better-than-expected Q3 earnings of $174.5M, revenue of $1.22B on subscription growth amid exec changes — Adobe's Q3 shines, Creative Cloud hits 5.3 million subs amid exec changes — Adobe's Creative Cloud hits its stride and the Marketing Cloud also delivers as the company's outlook and third quarter were strong.| Queenie Wong / SiliconBeat: |
Facebook opens its first office in Thailand, says 34M Thais use the service — Facebook opens first office in Thailand — Facebook is opening its first Thailand office, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg said on Thursday. — About 34 million Thais use Facebook and post three times …
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