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Instagram's big redesign goes live with a colorful new icon, black-and-white app and more — Instagram's new icon is pink. Well, it's pink and purple and yellow and orange. It's definitely different. And that's not all the company has changed today. Instagram this morning is rolling …
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Google to ban ads for payday loans and other lending products from July 13 — Google has today announced an update to its AdWords terms and conditions that will ban advertising for some lending products on Google. — The update will go into effect on July 13 this year …
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| Sunrise: |
Microsoft will shut down Sunrise, the calendar app it bought last year, on August 31; team will work full-time on Outlook — As some of you might already know, we were acquired by Microsoft last year and have now moved on to work on Outlook for iOS and Android.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft removes the Wi-Fi Sense feature that shared network passwords with friends from Windows 10, cites low usage and demand — Microsoft is removing part of its controversial Wi-Fi Sense feature from Windows 10. “We have removed the Wi-Fi Sense feature that allows you to share Wi-Fi networks …
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| Barak Turovsky / Official Google Blog: |
Google Translate adds in-app translations on Android and offline mode on iOS — Of the 500 million+ people who use Google Translate, more than 9 in 10 live outside the U.S. We've talked with thousands of you in India, Indonesia, Brazil, and Thailand to learn what works and what doesn't …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook now lets you upload panoramas along with photos from 360 cameras for viewing as 360 Photos in News Feed and on Gear VR headsets; Gear VR hits 1M users — Those panoramas trapped on your phone will finally get a better viewing experience, both on News Feed and the Oculus-powered Samsung Gear VR.
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| Kelly Fiveash / Ars Technica UK: |
European Commission blocks Three-O2 carrier merger in UK, citing concerns over competition and higher prices — Commissioner Vestager kills takeover plan, citing significant UK competition concerns. — UK mobile operator Three's multi-billion pound bid to merge with O2 has been rejected by competition officials in Brussels.
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| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
WhatsApp releases desktop app for Windows and Mac users, available for Windows 8 and above and Mac OS X 10.9 and above — WhatsApp announced today that it has launched a native desktop app that's available for both Windows and Mac. The Facebook-owned company said that the app supports …
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| Michael Crider / Android Police: |
The Google Store Starts Selling Cardboard VR Viewers In Canada, The United Kingdom, France, And Germany — So you've yet to snag a free Google Cardboard VR headset from a trade show. Or a Star Wars promotion. Or a copy of the New York Times, or a late-night talk show host, or even a freakin' porn website.| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
GitHub unlimited private repos now cost $7/month for personal accounts and $9/month for organizations — Collaborative source-code repository software company GitHub is announcing changes to its pricing structure today. The company is now starting to let paying users maintain an unlimited number …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Mozilla relaunches Firefox Test Pilot to experiment with new features like side tabs — Mozilla is bringing back its Test Pilot program for Firefox. The idea behind Test Pilot is to allow users — and Mozilla's engineers — to test experimental browser features long before they arrive in the browser.
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| Davey Alba / Wired: |
YouTube tests letting users share and talk about videos in group message threads within the app, which others can be invited to join — We've all had it happen: You're talking with a friend, and the conversation turns to something that a YouTube video perfectly encapsulates.
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