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Sources: Nest is working on a cheaper sub-$200 thermostat with individual room control, a home security alarm system, and a digital doorbell — Nest, the pioneer of the iPhone-like digital thermostat, is readying several new products in its quest to modernize the home. — by
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Microsoft partners with Qualcomm and Cavium to develop Windows for servers using ARM processors, has been testing it in Azure for search, storage, more — The software maker seeks to cut costs in its Azure cloud business by developing new hardware — Microsoft Corp. is committing … | Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
Google announces it has bought Kaggle, a platform with ~500K data scientists, which hosts data science and machine learning competitions and has raised $12.75M — Google today said it is acquiring Kaggle, an online service that hosts data science and machine learning competitions …
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Instacart raises $400M, valuing the firm at $3.4B, led by Sequoia Capital with participation from a16z, Khosla Ventures, Thrive Capital, KPCB, more — The online grocery delivery startup is looking to pinch pennies, starting with bottle deposit fees. — by — Apoorva Mehta is thinking a lot about bottle deposits.
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| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Facebook launches Facebook 360, a hub for 360-degree photos and videos available only on Samsung Gear VR — Facebook has devoted major resources and billions of dollars to virtual reality, but there has been a pretty clear line between what happens in the main Facebook app and what happens on the Oculus Rift and Gear VR.
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Pinterest acquires Jelly Industries, maker of anonymous Q&A service Jelly; co-founder Biz Stone says it's unclear if Jelly will be integrated or remain separate — Ben Finkel and I co-founded Jelly four years ago to create a human powered search engine.
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Mozilla debuts Firefox 52 with WebAssembly, a new standard that lets web apps run in a browser at “near-native” speeds, disables all NPAPI plugins except Flash — New version of Firefox should run complex apps much faster in the browser, but dropping support for some plug-ins could be an issue for Google Hangout fans.
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| Nathan Ingraham / Engadget: |
Vimeo now supports 360-degree video on web and mobile, with monoscopic or stereoscopic modes, on Google Daydream, Samsung's Gear VR, and Zeiss VR One — Virtual reality hardware wouldn't be anywhere without content to play on it — that's why so many big video companies … | Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Microsoft announces general availability of Visual Studio 2017, which focuses on multi-platform development and is more modular, says new IDE is faster to use — Microsoft this morning released Visual Studio 2017, the latest version of its integrated development environment …
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Thanks:@johnhcook| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Google launches first original podcast City Soundtracks, a guide to the musical highlights of different cities, available on Play Music and iTunes — Google Play Music has today launched its first original podcast, City Soundtracks. Available on Google's streaming service (and on iTunes! …
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CNN launches a VR news unit, CNNVR, which will cover major news events and produce VR livestreams — The Cable News Network is going virtual. CNN has announced the launch of a new immersive journalism unit called CNNVR that will produce videos and live streams of major news events, along with a weekly virtual reality experience.| Oriana Schwindt / Variety: |
BBC Worldwide and ITV's joint streaming service, BritBox, launches in the US for $7/month, available on web, Apple TV, iPhone, iPad, and Android devices — BritBox, the streaming child of British media giants BBC Worldwide and ITV, has officially launched stateside.Sponsor Posts
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