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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Amazon expands Prime Video to 200+ countries excluding China, no additional cost for Prime members, $5.99/month in countries with no Prime subscription option — A month after it dropped major hints, Amazon has made its Prime Video service available in more than 200 countries worldwide bringing …
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See also Mediagazer| April Glaser / Recode: |
Uber debuts self driving cars in San Francisco today with two operators: one backup for driving and another to collect and analyze data in the passenger seat — With drivers behind the wheels. — Uber is bringing its self-driving technology to San Francisco.| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Twitter adds live video broadcast to its iOS and Android apps; Periscope will continue as a standalone app — Periscope down — Twitter released an update today that will let you broadcast live video from within its app for iOS and Android. The feature is “powered by” Periscope …
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Tweets: @darrenrovell, @kchaykowski, and @caseynewton
| Instagram Blog: |
Instagram introduces bookmarking for posts, letting users save them for later in a private tab — Starting today, you can save posts you'd like to revisit later. — Now you'll see a new bookmark icon underneath posts in your feed. Simply tap it to save a post to a new, private tab on your profile.
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| Brian Fung / Washington Post: |
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick and Tesla CEO Elon Musk taking on strategic advisory roles with Trump, will “meet with the president frequently” — The heads of Uber and Tesla are taking on strategic advisory roles with President-elect Donald Trump. — Travis Kalanick …
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The Trump-Pence …, GeekWire, CNNMoney, Engadget, SiliconBeat, Business Insider, Recode, The Verge, CNET, Fortune, Electrek, Mashable, SiliconValley.com, USA Today, and Mercury News
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| Kara Swisher / Recode: |
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| New York Times: |
Russian hackers gave reporters and bloggers access to documents on Democratic House Candidates from DCCC hack, trying to influence nearly a dozen House races — WASHINGTON — South Florida has long been a laboratory for some of the nation's roughest politics, with techniques … | New York Times: |
How Russia executed an effective, hard to trace-and-mitigate cyber offensive on the DNC, aided by an FBI response that lacked speed, urgency, comprehensiveness — WASHINGTON — When Special Agent Adrian Hawkins of the Federal Bureau of Investigation called the Democratic National Committee …
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See also Mediagazer| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Amazon begins Prime Air drone delivery trials in the UK, starting with two shoppers and expanding to a few dozen over time; first delivery took 13 minutes total — Amazon today announced that it has started a small private drone delivery trial in the UK. It's currently working …
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Tweets: @jeffbezos, @stevetweedie, and @jyarow
| Tony Romm / Politico: |
IBM announces plan to hire 25K new workers in the US over the next four years, including 6K the next year, and a $1B investment for training and development — IBM CEO Ginni Rometty announced Tuesday that her company would hire 25,000 new workers over the next four years …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple's standalone support app for accessing product docs, scheduling Genius Bar appointments, more, hits the US app Store, rolling out to more countries later — Apple's recently launched standalone support application is now hitting the U.S. App Store. The app, which had quietly debuted …
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App Store, Engadget, Business Insider, ValueWalk, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Verge, Cult of Mac, Ubergizmo, PhoneDog.com, MacRumors, iLounge, AppleInsider, iDownloadBlog.com, 9to5Mac, and Mashable. Tweets: @markgurman
| Windows Blog: |
Microsoft announces Cortana Devices SDK for OEMs, in private preview, and Cortana Skills Kit preview for developers to publish Bot Framework bots to Cortana — We believe that everyone deserves a personal assistant. One to help you cope as you battle to stay on top of everything, from work to your home life.
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple temporarily pulls 3.1.1 watchOS update after reports of it bricking some Series 2 Watch models — Following complaints that the new watchOS 3.1.1 update is bricking some Series 2 Apple Watch models, Apple has temporarily pulled the update. — watchOS 3.1.1 is no longer available …
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| Microsoft: |
Microsoft officially introduces Zo Chatbot, available on Kik now, coming to Facebook Messenger and Skype in future — Microsoft has been investing in the promise of artificial intelligence for more than 25 years — and this vision is coming to life with new chatbot Zo, Cortana Devices SDK and Skills Kit …
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Engadget, Skype Blogs, TechCrunch, The Verge, Neowin, Bot Framework Blog, docs.botframework.com, MSPoweruser, Windows Central, The Fire Hose, and Cortana Intelligence …. Tweets: @skype
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Google Drive for iOS updated with ability to back up contacts, calendar, and camera roll, to make switching from iPhone to Android easier — Google has updated its website that guides iPhone owners through the process of making the change to Android. But more importantly …
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| Oriana Schwindt / Variety: |
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