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MacBook Pro is a hybrid system where modified watchOS on ARM-based T1 securely runs Touch Bar, Apple Pay, Touch ID, and more, while Intel CPU handles macOS — When will Apple ship a MacBook with an ARM processor? This is a question that has been top of mind for observers of the company ever since …
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| Owen Williams / Charged Tech: |
Apple's latest Macbook Pros show the company is turning its back on its core customers — Last night's Apple event was bizarre—I had been anticipating this show for a while, mostly looking forward to being able to stop telling people not to buy a Mac, because everything was so outdated.
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Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg accuses Wix of copying WordPress for its mobile app, skirting GPL requirements of attribution and public release of code — Anyone who knows me knows that I like to try new things — phones, gadgets, apps. Last week I downloaded the new Wix (closed, proprietary, non-open-sourced, non-GPL) mobile app.
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| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Giphy announces tool to transfer Vines to Giphy, allowing users to share their Vines as GIFs — The death of Vine was perhaps not entirely unexpected, but it's sad nevertheless. Luckily, six-second videos are pretty easy to archive for posterity, and all-purpose GIF platform Giphy wants you to do just that.
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| Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
Mozilla announces Project Quantum, an effort to develop a faster browser engine that will power Firefox beginning in 2017 — Mozilla hopes to speed up its browser so much by the end of 2017 that the today's complex, interactive websites will feel completely different.
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| Jason Costa / GGV Capital: |
Comparing how Twitter and Slack managed their API ecosystems, and why Twitter, which let developers replicate core functionality, stumbled — Opening up an API is a big commitment, one that needs to be managed well over time in order to ensure a healthy and thriving ecosystem.Thanks:@jasoncosta
| David Pogue / Yahoo! Finance: |
GoPro Karma drone review: simple controller, easy to fly, comes with a detachable camera mount, but lacks autonomous features like collision avoidance — Over the years, people have attached GoPro (GPRO) cameras to everything. Thanks to an enormous variety of mounting brackets … | David Ruddock / Android Police: |
LG's mobile division lost $389M in Q3 on the back of poor G5 sales, its worst quarterly result in five years, reducing LG's overall profit by 61% — LG just released the company's Q3 2016 financial results, and while at large LG is still profitable, its mobile unit is turning into a truly massive drag on the greater business.| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Comma.ai cancels Comma One after receiving NHTSA letter asking for detailed information about the $1K self-driving kit — Renowned iPhone hacker turned entrepreneur George Hotz (aka geohot) has cancelled his autonomous driving startup's first official product, the Comma One aftermarket add …
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Vine struggled to monetize and compete with Instagram and Snapchat amid executive churn, while failing to find strategic benefits for Twitter — Closing the loop — The thing about Vine becoming the internet's premiere tool for making short-form videos is that it happened almost completely by accident.
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Mic, CNBC, Believe The Hype, WIRED UK, 512tech, Business Insider, New York Times, Recode, Android Authority, VatorNews, Vanity Fair, New York Magazine, Silicon Republic, The FADER, Slate, ABC News and InvestorPlace
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See also Mediagazer| Naomi Tajitsu / Reuters: |
Report: Toyota's investment fund has invested around $10M in car-sharing startup Getaround — Toyota Motor Corp on Friday said it has invested in U.S. car-sharing company Getaround, a move that comes as global automakers seek to shore up their presence in new technology sectors amid growing competition from transport startups.
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| Bloomberg: |
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