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| Harry Shum / The Official Microsoft Blog: |
Microsoft acquires SwiftKey, promises to continue developing its Android and iOS apps — Microsoft acquires SwiftKey in support of re-inventing productivity ambition — I'm pleased to announce that Microsoft has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SwiftKey, whose highly rated …
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| Financial Times: |
Microsoft acquires AI powered keyboard maker Swiftkey, sources say for about $250M — Microsoft in $250m artificial intelligence keyboards deal — Microsoft is paying around $250m to acquire London-based Swiftkey, maker of a predictive keyboard powered by artificial intelligence …
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Tweets: @amirmizroch and @ourielohayon
Thanks:@tim| Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon plans to open “300 to 400” brick-and-mortar bookstores, according to CEO of mall operator General Growth Properties — Amazon Plans Hundreds of Brick-and-Mortar Bookstores, Mall CEO Says — The Seattle company plans as many as 400 bookstores, according to the chief executive of General Growth Properties
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Tweets: @greenapplebooks, @mattmcgee, @biggreenbooks, @harrisonweber and @jasonlk
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Yahoo announces 15% staff cut, will close 5 overseas offices as part of “aggressive strategic plan”, $1.27B in quarterly revenue, up 1.5% YoY, beating estimates — Yahoo to lay off 15% of its workforce as part of ‘aggressive strategic plan’ — Yahoo (YHOO) announced plans today …
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| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Source: iPhone 7 will be similar in design to iPhone 6, but will have a flush rear camera, and no antenna bands on back — First Details on iPhone 7 Design: Flush Rear Camera, No Antenna Bands Across the Back — Apple's iPhone 7 isn't expected to launch until the usual September timeframe …
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| Travis Kalanick / Uber Global: |
Uber announces major rebranding with icons designed to reflect regional colors and patterns, as well as a new logotype — Celebrating Cities: A New Look and Feel for Uber — Have you ever looked at someone's hairstyle and thought “oh my, you peaked in the 1990s?” Well that's a bit how I feel about Uber's look today.
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Tweets: @samgellman, @twadhwa, @caseynewton, @nitashatiku, @chrismessina and @buttermilk1
| TechCrunch: |
Twitter now lets logged out mobile visitors see full conversations, not just individual tweets, brings the redesigned homepage to 23 new countries — Twitter Starts Taking Its Logged-Out Users Seriously — Twitter announced two updates today that should make it easier to use for logged-out users … | Pavel Alpeyev / Bloomberg Business: |
Nintendo quarterly profit down 36% as Wii U and 3DS sales drop; first smartphone game on track for March release — Oh No Mario: Nintendo Profit Dives as Buyers Await Mobile Games — Wii U, 3DS hardware sales languish despite Splatoon, Mario — President Kimishima affirms first smartphone game in March
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| Paul Thurrott / Thurrott.com: |
InFocus debuts Kangaroo Plus, its second pocket-sized PC for $169 with 4GB RAM, 64GB storage — Kangaroo Offers a More Powerful Version of its Amazing Mini-PC — As you may recall, I'm a big fan of the InFocus Kangaroo mini-PC, which offers amazing functional value and a low price.
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Caster Communications, Windows Central, SlashGear, Digital Trends, WMPoweruser and Liliputing. Tweets: @kangaroocc
| Matt Day / The Seattle Times: |
Microsoft recalls AC power cords for Surface Pro devices sold before March 15, 2015 — Microsoft recalls power cords for Surface tablets — The recall involves AC power cords sold before March that are used with several Surface Pro models. — Microsoft is recalling about 2.44 million …
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| Husain Sumra / MacRumors: |
Apple Acquired Firmware Security Company LegbaCore Last November — Apple acquired firmware security company LegbaCore in November 2015, according to security researcher Trammell Hudson, who revealed the acquisition in his presentation at the 32C3 conference in December.
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The Next Web, iMore, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, iPhone Hacks and Engadget
| Brendan Klinkenberg / BuzzFeed: |
Sources: YouTube working toward live 360-degree video broadcasting, meeting with camera manufacturers — YouTube Developing Live 360-Degree Video Capability — YouTube is developing the capability to livestream 360-degree video on its platform, BuzzFeed News has learned.
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Tweets: @marcsettle and @rustybrick
| Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
Anonymous App After School Raises $16.4 Million One Year After App Store Ban — What a difference a year can make. One year ago, anonymous messaging app After School was in the middle of a four-month-long ban from Apple's App Store for violating the company's safety guidelines.| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Kik adds branded GIFs to its messaging app, partners with Paramount and WWF initially, expects to add other brands within months — Messaging App Kik Begins Offering Branded GIFs — Brands, start your GIF engines. Kik, the chat app with over 275 million registered users …
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