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Facebook copying Snapchat's features reduces the competition to just who has the stronger network, illustrating how monopolies are bad for innovation — The shamelessness was breathtaking. — Having told a few jokes, summarized his manifesto, and acknowledged the victim of the so-called …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft makes its Wunderlist successor, To-Do, available in preview as part of Office 365; Wunderlist will “eventually” be retired — Microsoft's ‘Project Cheshire,’ the successor to its Wunderlist to-do app, is now in public preview for many Office 365 users on a variety of devices.
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Tweets: @caseynewton, @ryan, @winobs, @mehedih_, @wunderlist, and @officenews
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Facebook debuts 360 Capture SDK to make high-quality VR and 360-degree video capture easier for creators — Facebook today is launching a new developer toolkit that will make it easier for users to capture and share their personal experiences in VR, be it a moment in an Oculus Rift game …
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Facebook updates its Surround 360 camera lineup with two models: larger x24 and smaller x6, both capable of shooting 8K video, with pricing and availability TBD — The freedom of VR with the fidelity of real life — Facebook today announced the second generation of its Surround 360 video camera design …
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| Richard Nieva / CNET: |
Inside Building 8, Facebook's moonshot lab working on a brain interface that translates thoughts into words and a project to use skin vibrations to “hear” words — The social network finally unveils what its secretive Building 8 hardware lab has been working on for the past year.
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Google: |
KGI: Samsung's Note 8 to have dual 12MP/13MP camera with 3x optical zoom, that is “much better than that of iPhone 7 Plus, and likely match that of OLED iPhone” — Reliable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is out today with a pair of new investor notes concerning Samsung.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Spotify brings its half-price student tier to 33 new countries, including Australia, Canada, France, Japan, and New Zealand — Hot on the heels of Pandora's public launch of its on-demand streaming service, Pandora Premium, rival Spotify is looking to make its service more appealing …
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Twitch expands viewer subscriptions with $9.99/month and $24.99/month tiers, now an opt-in beta for partners — Confirming an earlier leak, the Amazon-owned live streaming service Twitch is today announcing an expanded lineup of subscription offerings, which introduces two new levels beyond the original $4.99 per month plan.
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| Tom Phillips / Eurogamer.net: |
Sources: Nintendo to launch a mini version of its SNES console in time for Christmas 2017, after the success of its mini NES console — Major factor for NES mini discontinuation. — Nintendo will follow up its smash hit NES microconsole with a mini version of the SNES, sources close to the company have confirmed to Eurogamer.
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Tweets: @mgsiegler, @eurogamer, @dystify, @jasoninquires, @martinsfp, @mbdamiani, and @maneauleau
| Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters: |
Amazon brings its Amazon Lex platform out of preview, letting developers build chat features into apps — Amazon.com Inc's chief technology officer is working toward a day when people can control almost any piece of software with their voice. — The company on Wednesday rolled …
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| Tony Romm / Recode: |
Amazon, Facebook, Google, Snap, and 150+ more file brief in federal court arguing against Trump's revised travel ban — Amazon, Facebook, Google and Snap are among those filing. — Amazon, Facebook, Google, Snap and more than 150 other tech companies told a federal court in Virginia today …
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Trump's newly signed executive order to reform H-1B visas may make outsourcing less viable but could bring more educated and better paid tech workers to US — SAN FRANCISCO — H-1B visa holders could get a lot more expensive and a lot better educated under a new executive order signed … | Katie Roof / TechCrunch: |
eBay reports Q1 2017 revenue of $2.22B, vs $2.21B expected, up 4% YoY, on gross merchandise volume of $20.9B, up 2% YoY — EBay reported first quarter results after the bell on Wednesday. — The company posted an adjusted 49 cents per share, when Wall Street was forecasting 48 cents.
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