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Samsung Electronics to acquire US cloud services firm Joyent; Joyent to retain name and top management, will be integrated into Samsung's mobile division — Acquisition of Joyent shows device maker is pushing to beef up software and services — SEOUL— Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday …
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| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
Microsoft Boosts Its Chatbot Future By Acquiring Wand Labs — The startup, which ties together an array of services through a conversational interface, will help build out Satya Nadella's vision. — On Monday, Microsoft made headlines by plunking down $26 billion for LinkedIn.
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| Davey Alba / Wired: |
Facebook Messenger's home tab on mobile now organizes the app into recent messages, favorites, active users, messages awaiting a response, and birthdays — Facebook wants to make Messenger the app to anchor a post-app Internet that lets you do everything within a chat. Need an Uber?| Peter Rubin / Wired: |
Lucasfilm's ILMxLAB and Magic Leap partner to produce mixed-reality Star Wars content — You're used to C-3PO being diplomatic and prissy, wringing his droid hands over any and every little setback. You're used to him sticking close to R2-D2. What you're probably not used to, though …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Airbnb secures $1B debt facility from JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Bank of America, and Morgan Stanley — Airbnb Inc. secured a $1 billion debt facility from some of the largest U.S. banks to help the home-sharing company develop new services and fund growth initiatives, people familiar with the matter said.
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Apple confirms iPad can be used as a hub for HomeKit — Apple's update for HomeKit may make the Apple TV even more important, with its addition of remote access to control things from afar, but it turns out you don't actually need the set-top box. In an ideal setup - and certainly …
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200+ page dossier on Donald Trump allegedly authored by Democratic strategist Warren Flood leaks a day after Washington Post reported the DNC had been hacked — A 200+ page document that appears to be a Democratic anti-Trump playbook compiled by the Democratic National Committee …
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Tweets: @redsteeze, @gawker, @trevortimm and @pierre
| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
Pro-ISIS hacker pleads guilty after stealing names of over 1,000 US military personnel — The 20-year-old has admitted pilfering the data before sending it along to ISIS members. — An ISIS supporter has admitted to stealing identifiable information of roughly 1,300 members of the US military … | Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Periscope go-live broadcast button available to all in Twitter's iOS and Android apps — Want to livestream for your Twitter audience? You don't have to switch apps to get started. As promised, Twitter's Periscope button is now available to everyone using its Android and iOS apps.
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| Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal: |
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative makes its first investment, leading $24M Series B round in Andela, a company that trains software developers in Africa — Chan Zuckerberg Initiative makes its first investment in company that trains developers in Africa — Facebook Inc. founder Mark Zuckerberg's … | Alex Johnson / NBC News: |
“Spam King” Sanford Wallace is sentenced to 30 months in prison and a $100K+ fine for bombarding over 550K Facebook users — Sanford Wallace, the self-proclaimed “spam king” who has bedeviled Web users since the dawn of the public Internet two decades ago, has been sentenced …
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Tweets: @jstrauss and @malexjohnson
Thanks:@ravichandrans25| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
“Deleting” pre-loaded iOS apps removes them from the homescreen and deletes associated user data but the application binary remains on the device — One of the most talked about features in Apple's upcoming iOS 10 is the ability to delete many of the apps that come pre-loaded on your iPhone or iPad.
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