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| Tom Phillips / Eurogamer.net: |
Sources: Nintendo NX is a portable console that uses cartridges, has removable controllers and a TV dock — It also connects to your TV, and runs cartridges. — Nintendo's upcoming NX will be a portable, handheld console with detachable controllers, a number of sources have confirmed to Eurogamer.
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| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft launches Researcher and Editor in Word, Zoom in PowerPoint — Microsoft today is announcing new features that are coming to its Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook applications. — One new feature in Word, called Editor, is particularly notable because it will help users improve …
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Office Blogs, Macworld, SiliconANGLE, Office Blogs, AppleInsider, The Fire Hose, InfoWorld, Forbes, BetaNews, Windows Central, Ubergizmo, CNET, Softpedia News, gHacks Technology News, Business Insider, GeekWire, ZDNet, The Next Web, TechCrunch, Tech Times, WinBeta and MSPoweruser. Tweets: @marshallk
| Google Lat Long: |
Google Maps gets a cleaner look, highlights busy areas of interest with orange shading, changes color scheme to differentiate between natural/man-made objects — The real world is changing every second and Google Maps is changing with it. Most often these changes happen behind the scenes …
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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
BlackBerry announces $300 DTEK50 all-touchscreen Android smartphone with the hardware specifications and design of the Alcatel Idol 4 — BlackBerry has announced its second Android smartphone today, the DTEK50. The device, which shares hardware specifications and design with the Alcatel Idol 4 … | Sensor Tower App Marketing Blog: |
Pokémon Go hits 75M+ worldwide downloads, has launched in 32 markets and is top for App Store revenue in all of them — Niantic's smash hit Pokémon GO has barreled past another major lifetime milestone, having surpassed 50 million worldwide downloads on Google Play alone over the weekend.
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| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Verizon Q2 misses on declining sales of $30.5B, beats with EPS of $0.94 — Verizon yesterday announced a landmark deal to purchase Yahoo's core business for $4.83 billion, but judging from its just-released second quarter earnings report, the telecom giant continues to feel the pressure of declines in its legacy business.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Confirmed: Hailo sells 60% of company to Daimler as it merges with MyTaxi — Some more movement and consolidation is afoot in the on-demand transportation industry, specifically in Europe. Today, Hailo is announcing that it has sold 60% of its company to Mercedes-Benz owner Daimler …
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| Eliot Brown / Wall Street Journal: |
As it shores up city support for its Menlo Park headquarters expansion, Facebook pledges to build 1,500 units of housing for the general public — Social media giant pledges at least 1,500 units for general public, hoping to gain support for its expansion — Concerns about Silicon Valley's …
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| Alex Wagner / TmoNews: |
T-Mobile Binge On gets 16 new video services, including video content from Apple Music — Binge On is growing once again. — T-Mobile today added 16 more video providers to Binge On that customers with a 3GB or higher data plan can stream without touching their high-speed data allotment.
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| Bryan Bishop / The Verge: |
Vizio acquired by Chinese tech company LeEco for $2 billion — Chinese electronics firm LeEco is buying American TV manufacturer Vizio for $2 billion. The acquisition was announced during a press event this morning in Los Angeles, giving LeEco an instant foothold in the US television market.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Taboola buys video recommendation engine ConvertMedia for nearly $100M — Taboola, the startup behind the publishing widget that recommends more content at the end of articles online, has made an acquisition to expand its horizons beyond the written word: it has bought ConvertMedia … | Daisuke Wakabayashi / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Apple taps Bob Mansfield to oversee car project — Highly regarded executive helped bring to market many of Apple's signature products — Apple Inc. has tapped a highly-regarded senior executive who helped bring to market many of Apple's signature products to oversee …
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