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Facebook Messenger makes sharing Dropbox files easier, photos and videos will appear directly in chat window, other files can be accessed via Dropbox mobile app — Facebook Messenger makes sharing Dropbox files easier — If you're on Facebook Messenger, you likely already …
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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Leaked images reveal Amazon's new Kindle is called Kindle Oasis and has a one-handed design that is significantly lighter than Paperwhite and Voyage models — Get ready for the new Kindle — Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos teased a new Kindle device for this week.
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The Verge, Motherboard, Liliputing, Global, The Next Web, TechSpot, Neowin, SiliconANGLE, Daily Mail, The Digital Reader, iPhone in Canada Blog, Pocket-lint, Fortune, TechnoBuffalo, Pocketnow, Gizmodo, Investor's Business Daily, HotHardware, TrustedReviews, International Business Times, GeekWire, Tech Insider, Business Insider and SlashGear. Tweets: @marcoarment
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Gartner: global PC shipments fell 9.6% YoY in Q1, the first quarter below 65M units since 2007; Asus, Apple the only companies in top 5 to increase shipments — Gartner: Global PC shipments fell 9.6% in Q1 2016, the first quarter below 65 million units since 2007 — No surprise here: The PC market started 2016 off poorly.
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Gartner, IDC, iMore, Softpedia News, SlashGear, Neowin, MacRumors, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, WinBeta, Re/code, Tech Trader Daily, ZDNet, Bloomberg and The Register. Tweets: @bryanbma
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Alibaba takes a controlling stake in Rocket Internet's e-commerce platform Lazada for $1B, valuing it at $1.5B — Alibaba Expands in Southeast Asia With $1 Billion Lazada Deal — Control of Lazada adds operations in 6 Southeast Asia markets — Alibaba buying stock from Rocket Internet, Tesco, Kinnevik
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Business Wire, TechCrunch, Reuters, Tech in Asia, Rocket Internet press releases, kinnevik.se, Fortune, Wall Street Journal, Channel NewsAsia and Bloomberg. Tweets: @jonrussell
| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Lytro's Cinema 755-megapixel light field camera offers 40K resolution at 300 FPS, could make green screens obsolete; rental packages start at $125K — Lytro's 755 megapixel Cinema light field camera is going to kill the green screen — Lytro is taking its rich, volumetric 3D camera capture technology into the world of TV and film.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Lady Gaga's startup, Backplane, backed by several high-profile investors, sells assets after struggling to raise more money — Lady Gaga's startup Backplane burns out and sells assets — “Why do you need money from me when you have every great investor on earth?”
Tweets: @joshconstine, @joshconstine and @joshconstine
| Martin Bryant / The Next Web: |
Periscope tests letting you sketch on top of your live video streams, says it's rolling out the feature to everyone in a few weeks — Periscope tests letting you draw on top of your live video streams — The current beta version of Twitter's video streaming app Periscope includes a feature …
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TechRadar, The Verge, Pocket-lint, Ubergizmo, Digital Trends, WebProNews, iDownloadBlog.com and Engadget. Tweets: @mattnavarra
| Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac: |
KGI forecasts Apple Watch shipments will fall 25% year-on-year, be below 7.5M units vs. 10.6M in 2015 — A KGI investment note seen by 9to5Mac suggests that Apple Watch shipments will fall by more than 25% this year. The note estimates 2015 sales at 10.6M units, and predicts that full-year shipments …
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Tweets: @benedictevans and @stevekovach
| David Byttow: |
Why anonymous apps fade: they're entertainment products of waning novelty, and don't foster community — The Inherent Problem with Anonymous Apps — Vanity Fair and TechCrunch recently reported that Yik Yak is in trouble, a company that raised over $70 million dollars and valued at around $400 million.
Tweets: @rrhoover, @nubikay, @jcolman and @harrymccracken
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
A look at how Microsoft is building out its bot platform, and the roles of its research, developer experience, applications and services, and search units — Inside Microsoft's build-a-bot strategy — Microsoft Research, its Developer Experience team and its Applications and Services Group … | Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Accel raised $500M for Accel London V, a fund focused on Series A and B investments in Europe and Israel — Venture firm Accel just raised a new $500 million European fund — Accel is on a roll. Shortly after announcing a $500 million seed fund and a $1.5 billion growth fund …
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| Stephen Hall / 9to5Google: |
Google launches “Voice Access” app in beta, letting you control your Android device with your voice, using commands like “click next” and “open Chrome” — Google launches ‘Voice Access’ app in beta, lets you control your phone with your voice
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Digital Trends, Business Insider, Android Police, TalkAndroid.com, SiliconANGLE, Greenbot, PhoneDog.com, The Verge, Marketing Land, Pocketnow, VentureBeat and Android Central
Tweets: @akwyz, @rob_dodson and @mrkevinbarton
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