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Sources: Samsung to release Galaxy S8 next year with bezel-less wraparound OLED display and a virtual home button — March release said to face potential delay on testing — Company needs a hit product after exploding Note 7 debacle — Samsung Electronics Co. will create an all-screen front …
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| Satya Nadella / LinkedIn: |
Microsoft closes LinkedIn acquisition, will pursue specific integration scenarios like LinkedIn identity in Office, notifications within Windows, and more — Today is an exciting day, one I've been looking forward to since June. It marks the close of the agreement for Microsoft …
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| Nick Wingfield / New York Times: |
To avoid the mistakes of the past, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has asked LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner to continue running the company, which brings 10K new staff — SEATTLE — Microsoft announced on Thursday that it had completed its $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn, the social network for professionals.| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Microsoft will use emulation tech to allow Windows 10 on ARM to run x86 Win32 apps through partnership with Qualcomm — Microsoft will again seek to expand the reach of its Windows PC operating system to devices running mobile-oriented ARM processors, through a partnership with Qualcomm announced tonight …
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| Mehedi Hassan / MSPoweruser: |
Microsoft partners with Intel on Project Evo, which adds “far-field speech communications” to devices, potentially paving the way for an Amazon Echo competitor — Microsoft today announced a major new feature coming to Windows 10: Project EVO. Project EVO will be Microsoft's …
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| Paul Thurrott / Thurrott.com: |
Microsoft and Intel announce plans to bring advanced security features, mixed reality, and new gaming capabilities to PCs through Project Evo — At its WinHEC 2016 opening keynote in Shenzhen, China Thursday morning, Microsoft announced a new collaboration with longtime partner Intel aimed …
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| Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
Shigeru Miyamoto explains why Mario runs on his own in Super Mario Run, launching next week on iPhone, and says the game will introduce new players to Nintendo — The creator of Mario on how smartphones will introduce new players to Nintendo — In 2004, Nintendo released …
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Tweets: @odnetnin, @a_webster, and @gartenberg
| Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
Super Mario Run hands-on: looks and feels like a classic Mario game with simplified controls for mobile — Mario goes where you go — A week ahead of the release Nintendo's first true smartphone game, Super Mario Run, we had a chance to spend a half-hour with the portable platformer.
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Engadget, CNET, BGR, BGR, Metro.co.uk, The Pocket Gamer Podcast, Recombu, and Macworld UK. Tweets: @verge
| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Uber updates community guidelines specifying how riders could lose access to its service; the guidelines were previously only spelled out for drivers — Uber updated its Community Guidelines Thursday, and now the term “community” is more accurately applied, because for the first time …
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WPP CEO Martin Sorell says the ad firm will spend $70M on Snapchat this year, versus $5.5B on Google, up from $4B a year ago, and $1.75B on Facebook — Facebook may have issues with measurement, but they don't appear to be hampering the social media giant's advertising growth.| Bloomberg: |
Facebook investor lawsuit alleges Marc Andreessen aided Zuckerberg's interests instead of shareholders'; documents show Zuck interested in government service — Earlier this year, Facebook Inc.'s Mark Zuckerberg came to his shareholders with a big question: would they approve …
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Thanks:@notjenniferyu| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Source: Spotify backs away from SoundCloud acquisition after months of talks to focus on IPO — The digital music marriage that many wanted to happen, isn't happening after all. Spotify has given up on its latest effort to buy SoundCloud following months of talks between the two … | Laura Jones / Windows Blog: |
Microsoft refreshes the design of its Cortana app and brings it to the UK, available now on Android and “in a few weeks” on iOS — Coming to the UK: — The Cortana Android and iOS apps are coming to the UK, extending the functionality of your Cortana on Windows 10 …
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TechCrunch, Engadget, The Fire Hose, The Verge, Windows Central, Silicon Valley Business …, On MSFT, Neowin, and MSPoweruser. Tweets: @dcseifert
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google will now let select developers create pre-approved “conversation actions” for Google Home, with all developers getting access “early next year” — Actions for the Google Assistant are coming early next year — Google is announcing today that it's ready … | Andrea Wong / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple parks much of its foreign earnings tax-free in US via US bond purchases; filings show Treasury Dept. paid Apple $600M+ in interest over 5 years — Over the years, Apple Inc. has become the poster child for U.S. multinationals accused of sheltering overseas profits to avoid the IRS.
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Tweets: @amirmizroch, @technology, @zachmider, and @ranimolla
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Used car marketplace Beepi shutting down operations outside of California, laying off 180 staff, merging with Fair.com — After going through nearly $150 million in funding, peer-to-peer used-car marketplace Beepi.comis shifting gears. TechCrunch has learned and confirmed that the startup …
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
HTC launches internal Vive Studios with 50+ employees to create VR content, debuts first VR game Arcade Saga — HTC has one of the flagship virtual reality headsets with the HTC Vive, and now it is creating first-party content for that platform. The Taiwanese company is announcing today …
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The Verge, Engadget, TechCrunch, CNET, PR Newswire, PC Magazine, CNET, and Polygon
| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Bluetooth SIG adopts Bluetooth 5 spec with 2x speed, 4x range, and 8x broadcast message capacity, arriving in devices within 2-6 months — Bluetooth is about to become a lot less hassle-prone. The wireless standard's Special Interest Group has officially adopted the Bluetooth 5 spec …
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TechCrunch, Inquirer, Tom's Guide, Mashable, MacRumors, AndroidGuys, iPhone Hacks, Softpedia News, 9to5Mac, Ubergizmo, The Next Web, and Daring Fireball. Tweets: @brianroemmele
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