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Google I/O 2016 keynote live stream — #IO16 starts today at 10am PT. Tune in to watch the keynote live| The Verge: |
Google I/O 2016 keynote liveblog — N stands for New, among other things. This year at Google IO, we're fully expecting virtual reality to take center stage — but something tells us Sundar Pichai has some other tricks up his sleeve
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Google announces Google Home, an always-listening small speaker to compete with Amazon Echo, coming out later this year, price unknown — For the past year and a half, the tech world has been recovering from Amazon's surprise announcement of the Echo. Now, Google is finally doing what everybody wanted it to do: release a competitor.
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Google announces Allo, a messaging app with smart replies to image and text messages, Google Assistant, Incognito mode, available this summer for iOS, Android — Google is announcing a new messaging app today. It's called Allo and its main feature is a Google assistant that's built right in.
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| Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
Google unveils Google Assistant, a conversational virtual assistant that's a big upgrade to Google Now — Google today said it was unveiling a virtual assistant tool at its annual Google I/O developer conference in Mountain View called Google Assistant. — This appears to be similar …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Google announces Duo, a one-on-one HD video-calling app, coming to iOS and Android later this summer — Some have criticised Google for falling behind when it comes to social networking and new communications services, but the company is how working hard to catch up.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft selling feature phone business to Foxconn subsidiary FIH Mobile for $350M, to transfer 4.5K employees — Microsoft is selling its feature phone business to FIH Mobile, a subsidiary of Foxconn, for $350 million. The deal will see 4,500 employees transfer over to Foxconn's subsidiary …
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Tweets: @nokia, @benedictevans and @zpower
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Nokia-branded phones and tablets returning to market as HMD Global acquires rights to Nokia brand and IP to sell new device made by Foxconn's FIH Mobile — Espoo, Finland - Nokia has announced plans that will see the Nokia brand return to the mobile phone and tablet markets on a global basis.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
117M LinkedIn user emails and passwords from 2012 hack offered for sale on dark web marketplace; LinkedIn is contacting affected users — A LinkedIn hack from back in 2012 is still causing problems for its users. The company announced this morning that another data set from the hack …
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Tweets: @jasonlk and @lorenzofb
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
iOS 9.3.2 update bricking some 9.7-inch iPad Pro devices with “Error 56” message, Apple looking into the issue — iOS 9.3.2 is causing problems for some 9.7-inch iPad Pro owners, with multiple MacRumors readers and Twitter users reporting issues shortly after installing the update over the air.
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| Apple: |
Apple announces new iOS app design and development accelerator in Bengaluru, to open in early 2017 — First-of-its-kind Center to Support Developers Creating Innovative Mobile Apps in India — Apple® today announced a new initiative to support engineering talent and accelerate growth in India's iOS developer community.
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| Valentina Palladino / Ars Technica: |
Fitbit acquires “wearable payment assets” from Coin including key personnel and IP; Coin products to no longer be sold; existing Coin 2.0 cards will still work — “No plans” for integration into products in 2016, but 2017 is a whole new year. — Fitbit devices are known …
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Welcome-Coin Blog, Fitbit, Inc., TechCrunch, AppleInsider, Android Police, Welcome-Coin Blog, The Verge, Windows Central and Engadget. Tweets: @neilcybart
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