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Schiller says MacBook Pro lacks an SD card reader because it's a “cumbersome” slot best left to wireless transfers, but 3.5mm jack is needed for “pro machines” — Lots of people were furious when Apple killed off the headphone jack in its latest iPhone, the iPhone 7.
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Microsoft Teams is available today in preview for Office 365 commercial customers in 181 countries, with general availability in Q1 2017 — Today's post was written by Kirk Koenigsbauer, corporate vice president for the Office team. — Today, at an event in New York City …
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See also Mediagazer| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft launches Microsoft Teams, its Slack competitor that comes with Office 365; app integrates with all Office programs, SharePoint, PowerBI, more — At an event in New York City today, Microsoft officially launched its Microsoft Teams competitor to Slack.
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft says it has no plans for a free or consumer version of Teams; cheapest option for access is Office 365 Business Essentials at $5 per user per month — Microsoft today launched a preview of Microsoft Teams, an obvious Slack competitor (even Slack thinks so). The big difference?
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook beats in Q3 2016 with revenue of $7.01B vs $6.92B expected, as MAUs grow 16% YoY to 1.79B and DAUs rise 17% YoY to 1.18B in September — Facebook had a wildly successful Q3, earning $7.01 billion in revenue and $1.09 EPS. That's off of from 1.79 billion monthly users … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook says its desktop ad revenue growth doubled to 18% YoY, largely due to thwarting of ad blockers, with desktop ad sales reaching $1.1B in Q3 — Facebook's recentworkaround for Adblock Plus and other ad blockers is already earning it money. On today's blockbuster Q3 earnings call … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
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See also Mediagazer| Lauren Goode / The Verge: |
Uber streamlines app by grouping car types into a few categories, making pricing and ETA clearer, better predicting users' destinations before app loads, more — But it also added a lot of clutter — by Lauren Goode and Andrew J . — Uber is rolling out a major redesign of its app today — the most significant update since 2012.
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| Cromwell Schubarth / Silicon Valley Business Journal: |
Marvell Technology to cut about 900 jobs, nearly 17% of its workforce, and sell off non-core assets in an effort to reduce costs by about $190M a year — Marvell Technology Group said Wednesday that is will cut about 900 jobs and sell off non-core assets in an effort to bring its costs down by about $190 million a year.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitch starts selling its own video ads in partners' live streams via SureStream, its new video technology, and says the ads bypass adblockers — Twitch, the Amazon-owned video streaming platform which is today used by over 2 million broadcasters, announced today its plans to begin selling video ads in its partners' live streams.| Sijia Jiang / Reuters: |
Lenovo Q2 profit of $157M beats estimates thanks to a property sale of $206M; revenue falls 8% to $11.2B — China's Lenovo Group Ltd (0992.HK), the world's largest personal computer (PC) manufacturer by shipments, on Thursday said it returned to profit in its second fiscal quarter …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
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