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KGI: Apple to release MacBook Pros with Touch ID and an OLED touch bar replacing function keys above keyboard in Q4, plus a 13-inch MacBook model — According to a new note from reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo at KGI Securities and corroborated by our sources, Apple plans to introduce …
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| Colin Stretch / Facebook: |
Facebook responds to GOP Sen. Thune on Trending Topics, says investigation found no systematic bias, cannot rule out unintentional bias, plans improvements — Last week we met with Chairman of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee John Thune to describe our investigation in response …
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Starting in September, Netflix will be exclusive US pay TV home for new releases from Disney, Marvel, Lucasfilm, and Pixar — Summertime = Movies. Well, on Netflix, anytime = movies...but we do see about a 20% increase in movie watching by our members in the US around Memorial Day weekend.| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook's Continuous Live Video removes 90 min. limit on streams, but does not allow for replay or rewind, lets broadcasters target viewers by location and age — Live mobile video is evolving beyond selfie-stream rants and citizen journalism. Facebook will now allow non-stop …
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Google plans to bring password-free logins to Android apps by year-end via Project Abacus — Google's plan to eliminate passwords in favor of systems that take into account a combination of signals - like your typing patterns, your walking patterns, your current location, and more … | Ben Gilbert / Tech Insider: |
Former employees describe what went wrong with Disney's video game initiative: strong aversion to risk and little understanding of the game industry — The world's largest entertainment company doesn't make its own video games anymore. — Disney — the folks behind “Star Wars,” Mickey Mouse … | Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Apple, Microsoft and Google hold 23% of all U.S. corporate cash outside the finance sector — Apple, Microsoft and Google are the top three cash-rich U.S. companies across all sectors of business, not including banks and other financial institutions — holding a combined $391 billion in cash … | Jason Del Rey / Recode: |
Amazon stops honoring partial refunds on items that drop in price after purchase, except TVs, amid entry of startups like Earny that track item prices — Except for TVs. — The company that prides itself on customer centricity may have just alienated some customers.
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Samsung's rugged Galaxy S7 Active, available in June from AT&T, to have microSD slot, 4GB of RAM, and 4000mAh battery, 15% larger than last year's model — EXCLUSIVE: — Samsung and AT&T are poised to release their ruggedized version of the flagship Galaxy S7 smartphone, the Galaxy S7 Active.| Emanuel Maiberg / Motherboard: |
Libre VR, creator of Revive tool used to play Oculus games on Vive headsets, circumvents Oculus' new DRM in under 24 hours, making it easier to pirate games — It's been a little bit over a day since Oculus started rolling out new DRM for its software, but it's already backfired, making pirating the company's games easier than ever.
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| Tim Ingham / Music Business Worldwide: |
Filing shows in 2015 Spotify had $2.18B in revenue, losses of $194M, and 98% year-over-year ad revenue increase to $219M — Spotify brought in a whopping $2.18bn (€1.95bn) in revenues in 2015, growing its income by 80% in the year. — Net losses stood at a painful $194m (€173.1m) …
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See also Mediagazer| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
eBay buys Spain's Ticketbis for $165M to expand StubHub into Europe, Latin America, Asia — While EBay continues to build out its core marketplace for physical goods, it's also investing to expand its other businesses and brands, too. Today the company announced that it has acquired Ticketbis …
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