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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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| Mark Bergen / Recode: |
Sources: Google's answer to Amazon Echo is code-named “Chirp” and expected to launch this year — ‘Okay, Google,’ your turn. — A product team at Google is working on a hardware device that would integrate Google's search and voice assistant technology, akin to the Amazon Echo, Recode has learned.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
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 Resnikoff / Digital Music News: |
Sources: Apple planning to end iTunes music downloads in the next 2 to 4 years — Apple is preparing to abandon music downloads. — Apple is now preparing to completely terminate music download offerings on the iTunes Store, with an aggressive, two-year termination timetable actively being considered and gaining favor.
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See also Mediagazer| 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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| 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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| Barak Turovsky / Official Google Blog: |
Google Translate now lets you translate with one tap inside any app on Android, brings offline mode to 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 …
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Tweets: @stevesi and @sundarpichai
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
uBeam's former VP of engineering argues in 20 blogs posts that the company's technology won't work, says original CTO and new CFO have left — uBeam could be vaporware, according to a blogger claiming to be uBeam's former VP of engineering. They accuse the startup of being unable to fulfill promises made about its technology.| 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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Tweets: @dianestand, @bankelele, @ianmckendry13, @arjanschutte, @charlesarthur, @jacksmithiv and @ajplus
| 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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| Chris Ziegler / The Verge: |
Car logs show Tesla owner crashed his Model S from outside the vehicle after triggering the autonomous Summon mode, which is currently in beta — A Utah man had his Model S autonomously crash into a parked trailer a couple weeks ago, which has kicked off an interesting back-and-forth between Tesla and the owner.| Nancy Scola / Politico: |
Sources: FTC officials inquiring again whether Google's abused its dominance in search — Federal Trade Commission officials are asking questions again about whether Google has abused its dominance in the Internet search market, a sign that the agency may be taking steps to reopen …
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