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Sources: Apple Pay coming to mobile websites, will be available to Safari users on iPad and iPhone with Touch ID this year — Apple Pay Coming to Mobile Websites Before Holiday Shopping Season — Apple Pay is finally ready to move beyond apps. — Apple has been telling potential partners … | Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Sources: Google building Periscope-like live streaming app YouTube Connect for iOS and Android — Google is building YouTube Connect, a live streaming app to take on Periscope — Google has quietly been building a new live streaming app called YouTube Connect, VentureBeat has learned.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google debuts Cloud Machine Learning Platform to assist in developing pre-trained machine learning models and building new models from scratch — Google launches new machine learning platform — Google today announced a new machine learning platform for developers at its NEXT Google Cloud Platform user conference in San Francisco.
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Sony forms mobile gaming firm ForwardWorks to make PlayStation games for iOS and Android devices in Asia — Sony announces plans to make PlayStation games for iOS and Android — It looks like Sony will follow Nintendo's cue and focus on mobile gaming. The company announced today … | Steve Kovach / Tech Insider: |
Pebble lays off 40 employees, about 25% of staff, blames tough fundraising climate, has raised $26M over last 8 months on top of $20M Kickstarter campaign — Smartwatch company Pebble is laying off 25% of its staff — Pebble, the buzzy startup credited for being one of the first companies …
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Thanks:@alexeheath| AppleInsider: |
Apple's iPhone SE and 9.7-inch iPad Pro now available for preorder in 13 territories — As previously announced, Apple on Thursday activated online preorder sales for its new 4-inch iPhone SE and 9.7-inch iPad Pro in 13 territories, including key markets in North America, Europe and Asia.
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| Farhad Manjoo / New York Times: |
Rising prices, declining service, and shifting business models signal that other on-demand companies can't duplicate Uber's unique success — The Uber Model, It Turns Out, Doesn't Translate — In San Francisco, as in most cities, parking is an expensive daily grind that saps the soul.
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| Itika Sharma Punit / Quartz: |
Uber sues India competitor Ola, alleges it booked over 400K fake rides from 90K spam accounts, seeks $7.4M in damages — Uber sues Ola for allegedly using the same dirty tricks Uber was accused of using on Lyft and Gett — The race in the Indian taxi app business may have entered a second—and more intense—lap.| Karissa Bell / Mashable: |
Facebook impersonation tool is now live in 75% of the world, alerting users when their names and profile pictures are being used by someone else — Facebook is testing a feature that alerts you if someone is impersonating your account — Facebook is working on a new tool to help stem one source of harassment on its platform.| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Apple is selling Microsoft Office 365 as an accessory for the iPad Pro — Apple wants the iPad Pro to replace Windows, and to convince customers it's bringing in a familiar face or two: Microsoft's Office Suite. As part of the ordering process for the new iPad Pro, buyers are given the option … | Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Report: Apple is developing at least six cloud infrastructure projects, driven partly by the suspicion that servers from third parties can be compromised — Report: Apple developing at least 6 cloud infrastructure projects incl. servers to prevent snooping
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| Kwame Opam / The Verge: |
Pornhub launches new channel devoted to VR porn, offers free 180-degree, 360-degree content — Pornhub launches a new channel devoted to VR porn — Pornhub, one of the largest porn sites online, has just launched a new section devoted to VR porn. The company is partnering …
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