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Developers earned $20B from App Store in 2016, up 40% from 2015; January 1, 2017 saw biggest ever single day sales of $240M — Cupertino, California — Apple today announced that the App Store welcomed 2017 with its busiest single day ever on New Year's Day, capping a record-breaking holiday season …
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Nvidia debuts $200 4K Shield TV with built in Google Assistant, and Nvidia Spot, a mic device to offer always-on listening, coming later this year for $50 — Nvidia has a new Shield streaming device that has 4K streaming capability, with built-in streaming support for 4K content via Netflix and other services.
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Nvidia partners with Audi to bring a self-driving AI car to market by 2020 — Nvidia announced several new partners for its efforts to bring autonomous cars to public roads in a production capacity today, but the biggest by far was Audi. Nvidia is working with the carmaker to bring its AI driving tech …
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| Sascha Prueter / Google: |
Google Assistant coming to TVs running Android 6.0+ in “coming months”, and to Android Wear 2.0 and Android-powered in-car infotainment systems “over time” — When we announced the Google Assistant, we said that we wanted to help you get things done across a number of different places, contexts and situations.
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Dell debuts 32-inch 8K 7680x4320 monitor, giving 280ppi, on sale March 23 for $4,999 — The 32-inch Dell UP3218K has more than 33 megapixels and a billion colors — If CES is a preview of the future, then give me more of this particular flavor. Dell today announces a new 32-inch …
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Amazon says it will open a 4,000-square-foot bookstore in Manhattan's Time Warner Center in New York in spring — Online retailing giant Amazon.com Inc. plans to open its first New York City bookstore in Manhattan's Time Warner Center, the company said late Wednesday.
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| Ashley Cullins / Hollywood Reporter: |
Snapchat accused of misleading investors to drive up its IPO in ex-employee lawsuit; company says the claims have no merit — An ex-Snapchat employee says he was fired just weeks after the company poached him from Facebook and is being blackballed. Snap says his claims have no merit.| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Amazon Prime members can use Alexa to reorder meals they've had in the past from Amazon Restaurants in LA, SF, Seattle, more — But you can only order dishes you've had in the past — We're only five days into 2017, but Amazon is on a tear with new updates and support for its digital assistant Alexa.
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Google updates Calendar to integrate with Google Fit and Apple Health to help users reach fitness goals — With Goals, Google launched a new Google Calendar feature last year that allowed you to easily schedule and track certain goals you set for yourself.
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| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Sources: details from Mark Zuckerberg's candid weekly Q&A sessions almost never leak because staffers fear reprisal, such as firings and peer pressure — The CEO opens up to 16,000 employees once a week. Why don't you hear more about it? — On a Friday afternoon in July 2015 …
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Tweets: @kantrowitz, @perlberg, @hoofnagle, @beltzner, and @arjunkharpal
See also Mediagazer| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
New PCs at CES prove the industry remains exciting: 2-in-1s like Dell's updated XPS 13, desktops like ASUS' VivoPC X, and new laptops like LG's Gram 14 — All the potential and possibilities of the modern Windows machine — It's a fascinating time to purchase a PC.
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The Next Web, Digital Trends, Windows Central, Gizmodo, and Gotta Be Mobile. Tweets: @nickstatt
| Politico: |
At least five publishing partners say they had no advance notice Medium would stop selling its native ad unit “Promoted Stories” — On Wednesday, Medium co-founder Evan Williams announced in a blog post that the publishing platform would abandon its strategy to sell native advertising …
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See also Mediagazer| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
Slack makes investments in 11 new bot makers as part of Slack Fund, including startups that integrate Salesforce, improve search, more — Slack announced today that it has invested in nearly a dozen new bot startups to bolster its Slack App Directory. — The team collaboration chat app …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
ASUS unveils ZenBook 3 Deluxe with 14-inch 1080p display, three USB-C ports, i7 Kaby Lake CPU, up to 16GB RAM and 1TB SSD, available in May starting at $1,699 — Asus unveiled its original ZenBook 3 back at Computex last year that looked like a Windows-powered MacBook …
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| Chris Velazco / Engadget: |
Samsung re-enters gaming with 15.6" and 17.3" Notebook Odysseys, with up to 32GB RAM and good portability, shipping this Feb. from $1,200 — Samsung makes perfectly nice PCs and all, but it's been years since we've seen it try to court the gamer market with a rig of their own.
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