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EU Commission fines Google €2.42B for abusing search engine dominance by promoting its own shopping service, gives 90 days to end conduct or face penalties — The European Commission has fined Google €2.42 billion for breaching EU antitrust rules.
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Google says it “respectfully disagrees” with the EU Commission's decision and will review it in detail as it considers an appeal — When you shop online, you want to find the products you're looking for quickly and easily. And advertisers want to promote those same products.
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Cyberattack hits Russia's top oil producer Rosneft, several Ukrainian banks and companies including the state power distributor, and Ukraine's main airport — Russia's top oil producer Rosneft (ROSN.MM) said a large-scale cyber attack hit its servers on Tuesday and computer systems at some banks …
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple has acquired eye-tracking firm SensoMotoric Instruments, documents show — Apple has almost certainly acquired German computer vision company SensoMotoric Instruments, a provider of eye tracking glasses and systems, based on evidence compiled by MacRumors.
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Cloudflare launches an app development platform, Cloudflare Apps, and announces $100M Cloudflare Development Fund for startups — Cloudflare launched a brand new app development platform today called Cloudflare Apps, and announced the $100 million Cloudflare Developer Fund, started by its investors to back some of the better ideas.
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| Tess Townsend / Recode: |
In a new partnership with Microsoft, Box will start offering storage on Azure while its salespeople will pitch Azure to customers — The two companies now have a co-selling agreement. — Box and Microsoft are going to start working together in a new area: Sales.
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Sources: Sprint enters into exclusive talks with Charter and Comcast on wireless deal, merger discussions with T-Mobile put on hold — Sprint has entered into exclusive talks with Charter Communications and Comcast, as the cable companies explore a deal that could bolster their plans …
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| Jem Aswad / Variety: |
Tim Westergren steps down as Pandora CEO, CFO Naveen Chopra takes over in interim — Senior Music Editor @jemaswad — After a flurry of rumors beginning Sunday that Pandora cofounder Tim Westergren would step down as CEO, the company made the announcement officially on Tuesday morning.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
iOS 11 to display blue status bar more prominently and detail which apps are actively using location data — Apple's new mobile operating systemiOS 11, which ships to the public in September, will give users a better understanding over how apps are using their location data.| Jennings Brown / Gizmodo: |
Zillow sends cease and desist letter to architectural criticism blog McMansion Hell for using its images for parody — Real estate aggregator site Zillow has sent a cease and desist letter to the creator of McMansion Hell, the most popular lampooner of suburban ticky-tacky monstrosities.
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Drive.ai raises $50M Series B led by NEA for retrofit kits to bring self-driving to existing fleets — Self-driving technology startup Drive.ai has raised a $50 million Series B funding round, led by NEA and with participation from GGV and previous investors, including Series A lead Northern Light.
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| Monica Nickelsburg / GeekWire: |
Amazon rolls out Alexa intercom function, letting users “drop in” on Echo speakers remotely from another Echo device or the Alexa smartphone app — Amazon is taking a big step forward in its quest to turn Alexa into the operating system for the home.
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| Jessica Davies / Digiday: |
Facebook video ad viewability rates range from 20% to 30%, far below the industry average, according to nine agency execs who started using third-party auditors — Facebook's metrics woes may be far from over. — After fessing up to a string of measurement errors over the past six months …
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Impressive first glimpses of simple ARKit apps, like a virtual measuring tape, suggest Apple is closer to delivering AR to masses than Google's Tango — Google's Tango is about the future whereas Apple's ARKit is about the present — Apple has often been accused of acting like it invented things …
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