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Google launches Allo messaging app with Smart Reply and Google Assistant for iOS and Android — If you're going to unveil a new messaging app, it had better do something unique. At this point, finding a place amongst entrenched options like Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and iMessage is not an easy task.
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Google backs off on previously announced Allo privacy feature, will store all non-incognito messages by default — The app will log conversations by default after all — When Allo was announced at Google's I/O conference earlier this year, the messaging app was presented as a step forward for privacy.
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Sources: Apple in talks with UK luxury carmaker and F1 team owner McLaren for a full takeover or strategic investment; McLaren's valuation is said to be £1B+ — Apple has approached McLaren Technology Group, the British supercar engineer and Formula One team owner, about a potential acquisition … | Benjamin Zhang / Business Insider: |
McLaren statement on Apple report: “there's no takeover, no strategic investment” — On Wednesday, the FT reported that Apple approached McLaren over a potential takeover or strategic investment. However, McLaren has officially denied any takeover claims.| New York Times: |
Sources: Apple in talks to acquire Lit Motors, an SF startup that makes a self-balancing motorbike; Apple has previously hired several Lit Motors engineers — Apple, which laid off dozens of employees from its secretive car project this month, is increasingly seeking help from outside companies with expertise in vehicles.
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| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Twitter will live stream Bloomberg's coverage of all three presidential debates, split revenue from ads displayed during pre-debate and post-debate coverage — Hillary versus Trump, live on Twitter. — When Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump square off in their first nationally televised presidential debate …
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Tumblr adds support for Live Photos on the web, open-sources tool for other developers — Tumblr today is bringing Live Photos to the web version of its service, while also rolling out tools that will allow other web developers to do the same. The company has released an open source JavaScript library … | Brian Barrett / Wired: |
Developers behind Dark Sky app launch new free weather site with web-specific features like detailed microclimates, weather at different altitudes, more — If you use Dark Sky as their weather app of choice—or just happen to enjoy gloriously rendered maps of weather movement …
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| Matthew Hughes / The Next Web: |
Researchers find North Korea has only 28 TLDs on .kp domain after misconfigured nameservers allowed TL;DR project to obtain all the top-level DNS data — North Korea is the most repressive, secretive state in the world. There's no free press, no independent media, and scarce few people have access to the Internet.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Instagram rolls out a “Save Draft” feature to all users — Following tests earlier this year, Instagram today confirmed it's rolling out a “Save Draft” feature to all users. This addition means you're now able to begin working on a post, then save a copy of your changes to be completed later.
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| Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat: |
Google has seen a growing number of fines and penalties from international regulators since 2014, including France, the EU, Russia, Indonesia, and others — The company known as Google continues to find itself under scrutiny from a growing number of international regulators.| Micah Singleton / The Verge: |
Standard International launches One Night, a same-day booking app, initially for select hotels in New York and Los Angeles — You won't find any major chain hotels in this app — HotelTonight or Expedia may be able to get you a room in a Hilton or Westin at the last minute …
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| Jason Snell / Six Colors: |
macOS Sierra's Optimized Storage iCloud syncing for Desktop and Documents folders is buggy and may not suit everyone's workflow — So that's it for the era of the big X. Version 10.12 of the operating system that runs the Mac is here, and with it, a new/old name: macOS.
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