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| Marco Arment / Marco.org: |
If users prioritize big-data AI services, like those offered by Google, Amazon, Facebook, then Apple will be in a position similar to BlackBerry was in 2007 — Before the iPhone, RIM's BlackBerry was the king of smartphones. They seemed unstoppable, because by most accounts …
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| Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed: |
Google plays catch-up at I/O, relying on its technological dominance to establish Home, Assistant, Allo, and Daydream as viable competitors in their markets — The search giant's annual developer conference revealed that Google is playing catch-up to its Big Tech competitors and it doesn't seem to care one bit.
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| Joshua Brustein / Bloomberg: |
Race to build VR cameras escalates as Google teams with IMAX and Yi Technology on new rigs — Google is working with new camera manufacturers IMAX and Yi Technology to ramp up production — One of the most impressive things Google unveiled at its developers conference last May was an odd, disc-shaped gadget called the Odyssey.| Sam Machkovech / Ars Technica: |
Microsoft announces five-year exclusive partnership with Chinese software publisher NetEase to bring Minecraft to PCs and smartphones in China — Long-awaited news serves as reminder of China's resistance to Western software. — When Microsoft opened its wallets in 2014 and traded $2.5 billion … | Monica Nickelsburg / GeekWire: |
Microsoft outlines new policies for dealing with terrorist content — The threat of terrorism has escalated the age-old battle between national security and individual rights — and technology companies are often caught in the crosshairs. — Apple's dispute with the FBI and WhatsApp's skirmishes …
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| Princeton Web Transparency & Accountability Project: |
Study of 1M top sites sheds light on techniques some firms use to track users: Canvas, Canvas-Font, AudioContext fingerprinting, local WebRTC IP discovery, more — During our January 2016 measurement of the top 1 million sites, our tool made over 90 million requests, assembling the largest dataset …
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| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
How OneCore, the modularized OS at the heart of Windows 10, fulfills Microsoft's quest to enable apps that work well across PCs, phones, tablets, Xbox, and more — Microsoft promised developers that Windows would run anywhere. This summer, it finally will.
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Nokiapoweruser, Softpedia News and Ars Technica UK
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| David Pierce / Wired: |
Inside Project Ara, Google's quest to create a modular smartphone — The building that houses Google's Advanced Technology and Products division offers a few subtle hints that something weird is going on inside. The pirate flags in the bathroom. The big sign reminding ATAP employees …
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Softpedia News, The Next Web, International Business Times, Fortune, Tech Times, The Verge, Engadget, SiliconANGLE, Phandroid, BuzzFeed, Pocket-lint, VentureBeat, TechnoBuffalo, 9to5Google, PhoneDog.com, Android Beat, The Verge, TechSpot, Droid Life, TalkAndroid.com, The Verge, Neowin, Tech Insider, Pocketnow, BGR, TechnoBuffalo, TechCrunch and Gizmodo
| Ina Fried / Recode: |
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Tech Times, Ubergizmo, ZDNet, Phandroid, The Next Web, The Register, The Verge, Android Authority and Droid Life. Tweets: @vladsavov
| Chris DiBona / Google for Education: |
Google launches Science Journal, an Android app that uses your phone's sensors to record experimental data including movement, light, and sound — We believe that anyone can be a maker. Making doesn't just mean coding or working with electronics. It can be building or cooking …
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The Next Web, Digital Trends, The Verge, Engadget, Android Police, BetaNews, Technabob, Gizmodo, SlashGear, Exploratorium Blog and Android Central
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| Tristan Harris: |
Ten ways tech products are designed to manipulate users to spur usage — Estimated reading time: 12 minutes. — I'm an expert on how technology hijacks our psychological vulnerabilities. That's why I spent the last three years as Google's Design Ethicist caring about how to design things …
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Boing Boing and Mike Industries. Tweets: @andy3martin, @randfish, @felixsalmon, @sonyaellenmann, @ibogost and @mikeindustries
| Rene Ritchie / iMore: |
Apple has pulled the iOS 9.3.2 update for 9.7-inch iPad Pro that was bricking some tablets and says it is working on a fix — Following the iOS 9.3.2 update, Apple is looking into ‘Error 56’, affecting a ‘small number’ of iPad customers. — Update: Apple has pulled the iOS 9.3.2 update …
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Apple, Tech Times, ZDNet, MacRumors, Business Insider, Ubergizmo, 9to5Mac, Ars Technica, Forbes, Mashable, TechnoBuffalo, Engadget, InvestorPlace, iPhone Hacks, iDownloadBlog.com, Neowin, The Tech Report and Daring Fireball. Tweets: @reneritchie
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Researchers demonstrate ability to pinpoint users of Grindr, other gay dating apps with “colluding” trilateration attack — A few days ago, I warned my wife that the experiment I was about to engage in was entirely non-sexual, lest she glance over my shoulder at my iPhone.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google and Levi's will launch touch-enabled jacket that lets you control music, maps, and more in spring 2017, the first consumer garment for Project Jacquard — At Google's I/O conference today, Google's Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) research unit offered an update …
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The Verge, ZDNet, Technabob, Tech Times, Fone Arena, BGR, 9to5Google, The Verge, AndroidHeadlines.com, Pocketnow, SiliconANGLE, MobileSyrup.com, Refinery29, Tech Insider, Mashable, Engadget, Forbes, Popular Science, Android Authority, Digital Trends, Android Central, Android Police, Droid Life, TechnoBuffalo, SlashGear, CIO.com, Business Insider, Tom's Guide, Liliputing, CNET, MediaPost, TechRadar.com, WWD, AndroidHeadlines.com, PhoneArena, The Next Web, VentureBeat, TechCrunch and Recode. Tweets: @neilcybart
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