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Google Assistant now works with 5,000 smart home devices, up from 1,500 in January, and adds support for Dish Hopper, Logitech Harmony remotes, and more — With Google's developer conference right around the corner, the search giant wants you to know that its digital assistant is quite proficient at controlling the smart home.| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google Assistant on Wear OS to get smart suggestions for follow-up questions, spoken replies, and Assistant Actions enabling Assistant app support on Wear OS — In recent weeks, Wear OS has undergone a lot of notable developments from the rebrand to the Android P Developer Preview.
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| Monica Nickelsburg / GeekWire: |
Amazon abruptly halts construction of new office in Seattle as it escalates fight over proposed city council tax on large companies to build affordable housing — Amazon is pausing construction on a new office tower at its Seattle headquarters and may put one of its biggest future office spaces …
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| The Guardian: |
Xiaomi partners with UK's Three to bring its phone to the UK and other European countries, after initially selling phones in Spain in November — 'China's Apple' turns focus to west and is set to raise $10bn on Hong Kong stock exchange — The Smartphone maker Xiaomi will begin selling … | Peggy Sito / South China Morning Post: |
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google opens up Advanced Protection Program, which secures Google services via physical unlock keys, to Apple's native apps like Mail, Calendar, and Contacts — Last October, Google launched its Advanced Protection Program for users who want to ensure the highest degree of protection …
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| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
Amazon says there are now 40K Alexa Skills, up from 25K in December and 10K in February 2017, and makes in-skill purchases generally available in the US — [Photos: Rahul Chakraborty/Unsplash; geralt/Pixabay] — Just six months after Amazon revealed the AI-infused Alexa service …
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Amazon Developer Services, Engadget, TechCrunch, ZDNet, GeekWire, CNET, Amazon Developer Services, Digital Trends, Peter Krasilovsky …, VentureBeat, TechHive, The Verge, Voicebot, AFTVnews, SlashGear, and Seeking Alpha. Tweets: @rycrist. Thanks:@mariedomingo
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Podcasting app Pocket Casts has been acquired by a collective that includes NPR and will continue to operate as a joint venture — One of the best podcast apps just got bought by some of the biggest podcast producers — Pocket Casts, widely considered to be one of the best mobile apps …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google says it has started rolling out Google Pay on the web, available through desktop and mobile browsers, including iOS — Since Google Pay launched as the company's unified payment solution in February, it has added a number of new features with more on the roadmap.| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Microsoft announces Microsoft Audience Network, an AI-based platform for advertisers that uses data from Bing, Outlook, Skype, and others to target audiences — Microsoft, which has quietly built a $6.9 billion/year advertising business through its Bing search engine, will attempt to expand …
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Some of the 200+ cities Amazon rejected for its HQ2 have begun to make changes based on feedback given by Amazon during rejection phone calls — After the retail giant told cities why they didn't become finalists for its second headquarters, some started making changes
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Lucidworks, which uses big data and AI to build search infrastructure for businesses, raises $50M growth round; it lists Reddit, Uber, and FT among clients — Lucidworks, a company that meshes big data with artificial intelligence (AI) to help companies build smart search-based applications …
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French startup Station raises $3.25M seed round, led by Accel, for its enterprise browser that brings various web apps businesses are using into a single portal — French SaaS startup Station, which is setting out to build a web browser for the workplace, has raised $3.25 million in a seed round of funding led by Accel.| Laura Stevens / Wall Street Journal: |
Online survey and job postings suggest Amazon is working to predict how clothes will fit, a long-standing hurdle for online fashion retailers — The online retail giant is inviting people to New York to measure them with a 3-D body scanner — Amazon.com Inc. AMZN .21% wants to understand … | Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
Online wedding registry company Zola raises $100M Series D led by Comcast Ventures with participation from NBCUniversal and Goldman Sachs — Zola, a fast-growing company that invites newly engaged couples to register their guests, shop from 600 different brands, and create customizable checklists …
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Bloomberg, PR Newswire, New York Times, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and FinSMEs
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| Brian Barrett / Wired: |
Moviepass resurrects $10 “unlimited” subscription, letting people see a movie a day, and CEO says company is committed to keeping the plan; $8 option remains — SOME GOOD NEWS for once: After a two-week hiatus, the MoviePass unlimited subscription—the one that lets you see a movie a day … | New York Times: |
Filing shows executives at Cambridge Analytica and SCL Group, along with the Mercer family, have moved to create a new firm, Emerdata, possibly for “rebranding” — The embattled political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica announced on Wednesday that it would cease most operations …
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Tweets: @oneunderscore__, @rvawonk, @leahmcelrath, and @rmac18
| Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
SoundHound raises $100M from strategic investors including Tencent, Daimler, Hyundai, and others to grow its Houndify voice AI platform — As SoundHound looks to leverage its ten-plus years of experience and data to create a voice recognition tool that companies can bake into any platform … | Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Stack Overflow for Teams launches as a new private section on the public website that lets any group use the Q&A platform internally — Stack Overflow today launched Stack Overflow for Teams, a new private section on the public website for developers looking for answers to work-specific questions.
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Joel on Software, GeekWire, and Stack Overflow Blog
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Cybersecurity startup Carbon Black increases its IPO range from $15-$17 to $17-$19/share, would raise up to $152M and have a $1.5B valuation if successful — Carbon Black, which provides endpoint security software to large enterprises, raised the proposed deal size for its upcoming IPO on Wednesday.| Nellie Bowles / New York Times: |
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