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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Instagram Direct now combines ephemeral messages with permanent messages in the same threads; Facebook says Direct now has 375M MAUs, up from 300M in Nov. 2016 — After successfully cloning Snapchat Stories, Instagram is looking to one-up its competitor in chat with a reimagining …
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Instagram Blog, CNET, CNBC, International Business Times, Android Police, Android Central, The Next Web, BGR, TalkAndroid.com, 9to5Google, Engadget, SlashGear, Adweek, VentureBeat, and The Verge. Tweets: @petersontee. Thanks:@joshconstine
| Yahoo! Finance: |
Sources: Fitbit's first “proper” smartwatch and pair of Bluetooth headphones slated to arrive this fall after delays due to problems with GPS and waterproofing — Fitbit's (FIT) first “proper” smartwatch and first-ever pair of bluetooth headphones are due out this fall after a series … | Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Microsoft Word exploit that bypasses Windows safeguards has been sent to millions to push Dridex bank fraud malware — Blast could give a boost to Dridex, one of the Internet's worst bank fraud threats. — Booby-trapped documents exploiting a critical zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Word …
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Proofpoint, CSO, Network World, International Business Times, BBC, Naked Security, Tech Times, The Stack, BleepingComputer.com, SecurityWeek, and The Register. Tweets: @josephmenn
| Eileen Naughton / Google: |
Google reveals its pay methodology to defend compensation practices, says there's no gender pay gap, and its means of suggesting pay amount is “blind” to gender — Pay equity is a huge issue, not just for Silicon Valley companies, but across every industry in every country.| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Lyft confirms $600M in new funding at a $7.5B post-money valuation — Lyft has confirmed that it has raised a new round of funding, bringing in $600 million from a mix of new and existing investors. The latest investment places a $7.5 billion post-money valuation.
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Lyft Blog, Bloomberg, GeekWire, TechCrunch, Quartz, Reuters, and PE Hub Blog. Tweets: @business
| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Facebook's David Marcus clarifies that Messenger's business model focus is advertising and that Messenger is not taking a cut of payments on the platform — Messenger is focused on mobile advertising — just like the rest of Facebook. — When Facebook hired David Marcus …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
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| Lucia Moses / Digiday: |
Forbes, The New York Times, and other publishers abandon or scale back use of Facebook's Instant Articles due to lack of monetization — Facebook's Instant Article push is in danger of fizzling. — Many publishers are deeply unhappy with the monetization on these pages …
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Qualcomm responds to Apple suit over patent licensing and files countersuit including charge of limiting performance of Qualcomm modem chips in iPhone 7 — Qualcomm formally responded to a lawsuit from Apple on Monday, rejecting the iPhone maker's claims and launching its own countersuit.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft ends support for Windows Vista, more than 10 years after it arrived late to market and was met with widespread criticism — Vista support ends today — Microsoft is bidding farewell to Windows Vista, more than 10 years after it first debuted. Support for Windows Vista ends today …
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Security startup Synack, founded by former NSA analysts, raises $21.25M Series C led by Microsoft Ventures — Synack, a startup that combines software security tools with a network of white-hat hackers to help keep its customers secure, announced a $21.25 million Series C funding round today.
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Axios, Synack, VentureBeat, SiliconANGLE, PE Hub Blog, and Financial Times. Tweets: @danprimack. Thanks:@reliant_bryant
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
A look at Windows 10 Creators Update's best features: picture-in-picture, dynamic lock, Paint 3D, Night Light, better privacy controls, Inking in Windows photos — Microsoft has been testing its latest Windows 10 Creators Update in recent months, and it's now ready to roll out to existing machines.
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Windows Blog, Ars Technica, BetaNews, Yahoo! Finance, PC Advisor, Tom's Hardware, On MSFT, and Engadget
| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Deep-linking startup Branch raised $60M Series C from Andy Rubin's Playground Ventures — Branch, a startup making tools to enable developers to provide links between websites and apps, has raised a $60 million Series C round of funding from Andy Rubin's Playground Ventures, according to sources.
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SiliconANGLE, Silicon Valley Business …, GeekWire, Axios, and Axios
| Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land: |
Google's image search results for mobile web and the Android Search app now display “similar items” to purchase — Google's image search results on the mobile web and in the Android Search app are now showing “similar items” — i.e., if you're looking at “lifestyle” …
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Digital Trends, Google Webmaster Central Blog, Fortune, Search Engine Roundtable, 9to5Google, eWeek, Ubergizmo, The Verge, and Android Police
Tweets: @thenextcorner and @aaronwall
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Roku TV's new “More Ways to Watch” feature makes recommendations, by tracking what is viewed over inputs such as cable box and digital antenna — Roku today is rolling out a software updatethat's primarily filled with new features aimed at Roku TV owners - the portion of its business … | Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Slack launches in-message drop-down menus for third-party apps, starting with SurveyMonkey, To-Do Bot, and others — Slack doesn't appear to be showing any signs of slowing down when it comes to new users. The team chat app revealed that it has surpassed 5 million daily active users, a 1 million increase from six months ago.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
comScore: 53% of over 49M US homes with WiFi use at least one OTT video service, with Netflix reaching 75% of those homes, YouTube reaching 53%, and Amazon 33% — According to new data from comScore released this morning, more than half (53 percent) of Wi-Fi households in the U.S. are now using …
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BGR, GeekWire, comScore, Digital Trends, Fortune, The Tech Portal, and Mashable
| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Algoriddim brings djay Pro to Windows 10 using Microsoft's Bridge tool for iOS, includes iTunes and Spotify integration — Algoriddim has ported its popular djay Pro software from iOS to Windows 10 for the first time. djay Pro will still be developed on iOS and the Mac using …
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Windows Central, The Verge, Global, MSPoweruser, MusicRadar, On MSFT, Engadget, Ubergizmo, and Digital Trends
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Vivendi's Dailymotion plans major June relaunch, sidelining user videos to focus on premium news, sports, music, and entertainment content — Dailymotion is about to largely abandon its roots in user-generated content. — The video site, now majority owned by French media conglom Vivendi …
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Marketing Land, Billboard, and Tubefilter
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Piper Jaffray survey of 5.5K US teens finds 76% own an iPhone, and 81% expect their next phone to also come from Apple — The iPhone continues to be the most popular smartphone among teens, according to data gathered by investment firm Piper Jaffray in its most recent semiannual U.S. teen survey.
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Digital Trends, CNET, Computerworld, iPhone Hacks, Mashable, 9to5Mac, The Mac Observer, and Cult of Mac
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