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| Amir Efrati / The Information: |
Source: Apple's Siri getting third-party apps, preparing a Siri SDK for release at WWDC, and the company is developing an Amazon Echo rival — Apple is upping its game in the field of intelligent assistants. After years of internal debate and discussion about how to do so …
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| Todd Sherman / The Twitter Blog: |
Twitter won't count photos, videos, @names in replies toward 140 characters “in the coming months”, will allow self-retweets, touts improved onboarding metrics — Over the past decade, the Tweet has evolved from a simple 140-character text message to a rich canvas …
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See also Mediagazer| Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: |
French government raids Google's Paris HQ as part of ongoing tax investigation seeking €1B+; company says it is working with authorities — Prosecutors follow up on complaint from France's tax authority — PARIS—Dozens of tax investigators swooped into Google's French headquarters …
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| Katie Roof / TechCrunch: |
Google brings new local search ads to Google Maps, will experiment with new formats like promoted pins; advertisers can now place bids for specific device types — Google's AdWords is getting a makeover. The search giant announced today that they have made several updates to make its advertising tools more suitable for mobile.| Joseph Menn / Reuters: |
Jon Callas, co-founder of Silent Circle, Blackphone, PGP Corp, was re-hired by Apple in May — Apple Inc (AAPL.O), which has resisted pressure from U.S. law enforcement to unlock encrypted iPhones, this month rehired a top expert in practical cryptography to bring more powerful security features to a wide range of consumer products.
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Google confirms the Nexus Player has been discontinued — Google has ceased direct sales of its Nexus Player set-top box. The hockey puck-shaped device, manufactured by Asus, has been unavailable from major third-party retailers like Best Buy for months. And after a brief Google Store restock …
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| Alex Heath / Tech Insider: |
Foursquare releases Marsbot, an app that offers personalized and location-based tips on where to eat and drink before you ask — Foursquare is dipping its toes into the world of bots. — The location discovery company has a new app called Marsbot, which bills itself as …
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| Steven Levy / Backchannel: |
A look at the design process behind Pebble Core: an untethered music-streaming accessory with two programmable buttons, GPS, and optional cable-less charging — The Pebble Core lives on your keychain. It plays music and tracks your run. But it won't give you the time of day.
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Samsung says no Android Wear devices are in development or being planned, citing better battery efficiency of Tizen OS — It was at Google I/O two years ago that Samsung announced its Gear Live smartwatch (now discontinued) running the Android Wear OS. Two years later the collaboration is over.
| Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg: |
Toyota to make strategic investment in Uber and team up on auto leasing program — Toyota Motor Corp. said it is making a strategic investment in Uber Technologies Inc. and will offer auto leases to the ride-hailing company's drivers. — Uber declined to disclose the size of the investment.
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| Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal: |
Some startup employees and shareholders invoke an obscure Delaware law to open up financials and value shares, as some firms push employees to waive that right — Delaware law is potentially valuable tool for employees and investors who now question their shares' worth
Tweets: @mims, @benthompson, @goldberglawdc and @conorsen
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Twilio ramps up mobile play with programmable SIMs for IoT and handsets with T-Mobile — Twilio stormed into the telecoms market several years ago with a set of services that turned core communications features once controlled by carriers, like text messages and phones numbers …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
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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Tweets: @markgurman and @markgurman
See also Mediagazer| Jacob Pramuk / CNBC: |
HP Enterprise announces spinoff of its enterprise services unit, which will merge with CSC, meets Q2 expectations with $12.71B in sales; stock up 8%+ — Hewlett Packard Enterprise on Tuesday reported earnings that met Wall Street's expectations and announced a spin-off of its enterprise services unit … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
VW invests $300M in Uber rival Gett in new ride-sharing partnership — The on-demand transportation service continues to heat up, and today the spotlight is shining on a New York startup whose business is based primarily in Europe. Gett, a cab-hailing startup with operations across some 60 cities …
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