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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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Nokia licenses brand and IP to new company HMD Global to sell Android phones and tablets 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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| David Streitfeld / New York Times: |
Sources: Google Home, Google's voice-activated Amazon Echo competitor, will be unveiled at I/O and ship this fall — SAN FRANCISCO — Google will introduce its much-anticipated entry into the voice-activated home device market on Wednesday, according to people who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
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| Jessica Guynn / USA Today: |
Report: Google introducing software tools at I/O to help developers build chat bots that run in messaging apps, in strategy similar to Microsoft's — SAN FRANCISCO — Google is creating tools for software developers to build chat bots that run inside messaging apps such as Facebook Messenger …
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Thanks:@steverubel| 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 … | 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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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Uber debuts Trip Tracker so you can view a family member's ride in real-time — Uber today announced a new tool that will allow family members and other loved ones to track each others' trips using its service. Called simply “Trip Tracker,” the addition is a feature connected to Uber's Family Profiles … | Steve Dent / Engadget: |
IBM researchers find a way to store 3 bits in a phase-change memory cell, paving the way for memory technology with DRAM-like speed and a cost closer to flash — Flash storage is too slow for your device's main memory, but RAM is expensive and volatile. Thanks to a breakthrough from IBM … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Sources: iTunes 12.4, released on Monday, addresses widely reported music deletion issue — Apple rolled out a new version of iTunes this week which introduced an updated design, including modified navigation and the return of the left sidebar. However, under the hood … | Lance Whitney / CNET: |
T-Mobile adds NBC, Spotify, Google Play Music, Tidal, other streaming services to Binge On — Customers of T-Mobile can now stream more than 80 video services without chewing up their cellular data. — by , Lance Whitney — T-Mobile is bent on retaining subscribers and winning …
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