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The Android N developer preview with split-screen multitasking, bundled notifications, improved Doze for better battery, more, available today as an OTA update — The Android N developer preview with split-screen multitasking is available today — Well, this was unexpected.
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| Jake Smith / ZDNet: |
Google drops Pixel C tablet from $500 to $349, following Android N developer release — Google gives its flagship tablet a substantial price cut for developers (or who claims to be one), following the release of a new developer version of Android on Wednesday.
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| Alex Heath / Tech Insider: |
Facebook buys popular selfie filter app Masquerade, will keep it operational as a stand-alone app, integrate its technology — Facebook just bought the popular face swapping app that's dominating the App Store right now — Get ready to see more silly selfies.
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Thanks:@alexeheath| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Google's DeepMind has defeated Go champion Lee Se-dol in first of five matches, a historic victory for AI — Google's DeepMind defeats legendary Go player Lee Se-dol in historic victory — A huge milestone has just been reached in the field of artificial intelligence: AlphaGo …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google joins Open Compute Project, which Facebook founded five years ago to help open source IT infrastructure hardware — Google joins the Open Compute Project — Google today announced that it is joining the Open Compute Project (OCP), a five-year-old project founded by Facebook … | Safia Samee Ali / NBC News: |
NBC News/WSJ poll: 47% of Americans say Apple should not write new code to bypass iPhone security for Department of Justice, 42% say it should — Americans Divided on Whether Apple Should Help FBI: NBC News/WSJ Poll — As the FBI and Apple continue to fight in court over whether … | Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Square beats estimates with revenue of $374M, up 49% YoY, gross payment volume of $10.2B, up 47% YoY, in first quarter as a public company — Square reports $374 million in revenue for its first quarter as a public company — Square ($SQ) has released its earnings results for the first quarter …
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| Globes Online: |
Replay Technologies acquired by Intel, sources say for $175M, one week after the multi-dimensional video tech startup raised $13.5M — Intel acquires Israeli co Replay Technologies for $175m — The Tel Aviv based startup has developed multi-dimensional video imaging technologies for sports TV coverage.
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Ars Technica, Intel Newsroom, USA Today, GeekWire, ZDNet, Business Insider, Tech Times, ValueWalk, Crowdfund Insider, OurCrowd, Haaretz, TechCrunch, TechSpot, SportTechie, Silicon Valley Business …, Wall Street Journal, Silicon Republic, Engadget, VentureBeat, Re/code, NoCamels News Flash and GeekTime
Tweets: @arstechnica and @shaig
| Katie Roof / TechCrunch: |
Box beats estimates with Q4 revenue of $85M, up 36% YoY, full-year revenue of $303M, up 40% YoY; stock up 11%+ after hours — Box soars 13% on earnings release — Cloud storage company Box reported fourth quarter earnings after the bell on Wednesday, sending the stock up 13% in after-hours trading.| Daniel Kahn Gillmor / American Civil Liberties Union: |
How the FBI can bypass auto-erasing without Apple's help by backing up part of the shooter's iPhone — One of the FBI's Major Claims in the iPhone Case Is Fraudulent — Does the FBI need to worry about the San Bernardino Shooter's iPhone self-erasing? — “We have enormous computing power … | Issie Lapowsky / Wired: |
The White House launches The Opportunity Project, opening local and federal datasets of nine cities including New York and San Francisco to developers — The White House Wants You to Build Tools to Improve Our Cities — A whole lot of valuable information is trapped in the antiquated databases …
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New York Times, The White House, Greenville News, Business Insider, Engadget, GCN, ResearchBuzz, Data.gov and CityLab. Tweets: @fredtrotter
| Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat: |
YouTube cofounder Steve Chen launches Nom, a livestreaming service that's Twitch for food shows — Ladies and gentlemen, start your mixers! — Trying to tap the growing popularity of live video streaming and online food communities, YouTube cofounder Steve Chen has unveiled Nom.| Sonam Joshi / Mashable: |
Facebook Lite data-efficient Android app passes 100M MAUs in 9 months, plans to add background video downloads, after adding low-res streaming last year — Facebook Lite is growing faster than Facebook app — Facebook Lite, the stripped-down version of the social networking app that was launched in 2015 …
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Facebook Code, Digital Trends, TechCrunch, Ubergizmo, Tech in Asia, The Next Web, SocialTimes and NDTV Gadgets360.com
Tweets: @kylesethgray, @nithin and @thomasnigro
| Eliot Brown / Wall Street Journal: |
WeWork has raised $430M in new round of financing to fuel a major push into Asia, giving the firm a valuation of about $16B — WeWork, the Communal Office Startup, Raises New Financing — With a valuation now at $16 billion, company plans a push into Asia
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Fortune and Business Insider. Tweets: @mdudas, @delrey, @antonyslumbers, @whatthebit and @modestproposal1
| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Air Transport Services Group will lease, operate 20 Boeing 767's for Amazon, issues warrants for Amazon to acquire up to 19.9% of ATSG shares over five years — Amazon has leased 20 Boeing 767s to carry out fulfillment services — Amazon has finalized a deal with Air Transport Services Group … | Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
Lightspeed Venture Partners has raised two new funds totaling $1.2B according to SEC filings — Lightspeed Venture Partners Raises $1.2 Billion — Lightspeed Venture Partners, the 16-year-old, Menlo Park-based early-stage venture firm, has raised two new funds totaling $1.2 billion, according to two new SEC filings.
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