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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Google's Pixel and Pixel XL unveiled with 5-inch 1080p and 5.5-inch Quad HD display, no camera bump, Daydream VR support, Google Assistant integration, more — The future of Android is here — Following an absolute deluge of pre-event leaks and revelations, Google's new Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones are now finally official.
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| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Google announces $79 Daydream VR headset, Daydream View, which works with select Android phones including Pixel — Google's VR future looks pretty comfy. — Today at its October hardware/software/everything event, the company showed off its latest VR initiatives including a Daydream headset.
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| Raymond Wong / Mashable: |
Google's Pixel handsets come with free unlimited storage for photos of up to 16 megapixel resolution and videos up to full HD resolution, via Google Photos — So Google just announced its new Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones. On paper, they look like they tick off all the boxes … | Nicole Nguyen / BuzzFeed: |
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| Brian Rakowski / The Keyword: |
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| Kevin McLaughlin / The Information: |
Google hires David Foster, who was previously leading device development teams at Amazon's Lab126; source says he will lead development of smartphones at Google — David Foster, who helped develop the Amazon Kindle and Kindle Fire tablet, joined Google on Monday as vice president …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Google designs Pixel handsets in-house, sources components, cuts supply-chain deals, manages distribution, and makes accessories; Android division kept separate — Bloomberg Anywhere Remote LoginBloomberg Anywhere Login — New handsets debut marks commitment to $400 billion market
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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Google announces Chromecast Ultra with 4K, HDR, and Dolby Vision Support, which is 1.8x faster than Chromecast 2 and ships in November for $69 — Same Chromecast, more pixels. — SAN FRANCISCO—As part of an avalanche of Google products being released today, an upgraded Chromecast has just been unveiled.
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| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Google unveils $129 Google Wi-Fi modular router, with packs of three available for $299; pre-orders open in November, will ship in December — At a press event in San Francisco today, Google announced a completely new product, the Google Wifi router. The introduction comes a few weeks …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
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| Joseph Menn / Reuters: |
Sources: last year Yahoo built a custom system to search all of its users' incoming emails for US intel, in compliance with a classified US government directive — Yahoo Inc last year secretly built a custom software program to search all of its customers' incoming emails for specific information provided …
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| Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider: |
Apple Pay launches in Russia with partners Sberbank and Mastercard, now available in ten countries — Russia became the latest major market to gain access to Apple Pay on Tuesday, with iPhone, Apple Watch and iPad owners in the region now able to use the service at participating retailers.
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Reuters, TASS, iMore, Digital Trends, ZDNet, metrobankonline.co.uk, The Verge, iPhone in Canada Blog, CNBC, Cult of Mac, SlashGear, Mashable, 9to5Mac, MacRumors and Patently Apple. Tweets: @brianroemmele. Thanks:@mikeycampbell81
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Yahoo rebrands its main mobile app as Yahoo Newsroom, a personalized news app that lets users share links to stories — Yahoo's homepage used to be the place where web users started their day, reading the top headlines, sports scores, stock updates, and other news. On mobile, that's no longer always the case.
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| Jason Del Rey / Recode: |
Criteo is paying $250 million to buy e-commerce ad firm HookLogic — Like Google product listing ads, but for e-commerce sites. — HookLogic, a startup that helps consumer brands place ads on e-commerce sites, has agreed to sell for $250 million to publicly traded ad-tech firm Criteo.
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Marketing Land, Criteo Blog, Adweek, AdExchanger, internetretailer.com, The Drum and MediaPost
| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
WhatsApp update brings emojis, ability to write and draw on photos, videos, and adds screen flash for front-facing photos, available on Android today, iOS soon — Emojis, anyone? — WhatsApp launched a handful of new photo editing features Monday, including the ability to draw on pictures …
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