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Microsoft launches Skype version 8.0 for desktop, with HD video, screen-sharing in calls, and improved chat, plans more features this summer like call recording — Skype's redesign launched last year was met with mixed reviews, but the company is forging ahead by rolling out a number …
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Skype Blogs, The Verge, The Verge, MacRumors, Digital Trends, Engadget, ZDNet, Paul Thurrott, Windows Central, 9to5Google, Petri, and Neowin
Tweets: @maryjofoley and @mattnavarra
| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Instapaper is becoming independent, says Pinterest, which bought the service a couple of years ago, has agreed to transfer ownership of it to a new company — Read-it-later and bookmarking service Instapaper announced today that it will once again be an independent operation.
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Instapaper, MacStories, The Verge, CNET, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @alexeheath, @ow, and @marcoarment
| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Roku unveils Roku TV Wireless Speakers that use company's Roku Connect platform to link-up with Roku-powered smart TVs over WiFi, coming in October for ~$200 — The first speakers to use the new Roku Connect platform are also Roku's first foray into the speaker market
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TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Business Wire, iMore, Axios, Digital Trends, Washington Post, Thurrott.com, KnowTechie, Engadget, TechSpot, Ars Technica, TechHive, and Investor's Business Daily. Tweets: @reckless
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Uber rolls out new features to improve pickups, like giving riders in US and Canada guaranteed pickup windows, offering a $10 credit if scheduled rides are late — Uber is aiming to perfect the art of the pick-up with three features it says minimize cancellations.
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Uber Newsroom, The Verge, Engadget, 9to5Google, Android Police, Mercury News, Cult of Mac, and MacRumors. Tweets: @joshconstine
| Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Uber is being investigated by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over gender discrimination, a probe which began last August — EEOC investigators have been seeking information related to hiring practices, pay disparity and other matters
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Engadget, BBC, Bloomberg, Telegraph, Ars Technica, Reuters, Axios, and Fortune. Tweets: @gregbensinger
| Kif Leswing / Business Insider: |
Ming-Chi Kuo report: Galaxy S10 to come in three sizes in 2019, with 5.8", 6.1", 6.4" screens; the larger two will have fingerprint sensors built into display — - Samsung's Galaxy S10 lineup is expected to be composed of three models when it launches next year, according to a well-known research analyst.
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MacRumors, Android Authority, Android and Me, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, and Cult of Mac. Thanks:@stevetweedie
| Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic: |
Some of the biggest meme accounts on Instagram have gone private in recent months as their owners say it's a new way to gain followers on a crowded platform — Over the past six months, some of Instagram's biggest meme pages—like Shithead Steve, with more than 2.5 million followers …
Tweets: @iankar_ and @thekarachikid
| Katherine Guo / China Money Network: |
Shanghai-based chip maker ASR Microelectronic raises $100M Series B co-led by IDG Capital, bringing the total raised to over $300M — Shanghai-based chip maker ASR Microelectronic has completed a US$100 million series B financing led by IDG Capital and Wanrong Hongtu Fund, the company announced today.| Justin Kan / atrium: |
Co-founder of Twitch and Justin.tv explains why he is not building another B2C firm and went the B2B route for his next startup, Atrium — The biggest technology companies in the world are typically consumer internet companies, like Amazon, Google, Apple, and Facebook, so it's easy for new entrepreneurs to be attracted to B2C.
Tweets: @hvpandya and @treehcapital
| Steven Scheer / Reuters: |
Salesforce to acquire Datorama, an Israeli cloud-based AI marketing platform; Israeli media says the deal was worth more than $800M — JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. sales and marketing software company Salesforce (CRM.N) said on Monday it signed an agreement to acquire Datorama … | Rob Price / INSIDER: |
Sources describe a dysfunctional culture at Meitu, a Chinese selfie app maker with 400M+ MAUs, with public shamings of staff, seemingly arbitrary firings, more — - Meitu is a hot Chinese selfie app maker with hundreds of millions of users — but some believe its global expansion has been plagued by dysfunction.
Tweets: @tprophet
| Jessica Guynn / USA Today: |
Facebook's diversity efforts fall short as just six African-American and ten Hispanic women serve as senior managers in the US, out of 769 such jobs — The global director of diversity at Facebook, Maxine Williams, says the company needs to invest in local communities in order to become more diverse.Sponsor Posts
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