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Amazon suffers glitches in both mobile app and desktop site as Prime Day kicks off, including shopping cart errors and endless loops when trying to get to deals — - Some users saw an error page featuring the “dogs of Amazon” and were never able to enter the site.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
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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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, VentureBeat, MacStories, CNET, The Verge, KnowTechie, and Neowin
Tweets: @alexeheath, @ow, and @marcoarment
| 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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New York Times, Engadget, Bloomberg, The Hill, TechCrunch, CNET, BBC, Ars Technica, Telegraph, TechSpot, Axios, Reuters, Mashable, and Fortune. Tweets: @gregbensinger
| 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, Engadget, The Verge, Android Police, 9to5Google, KnowTechie, Cult of Mac, Mercury News, and MacRumors. Tweets: @joshconstine
| 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, Roku Online Newsroom, Gizmodo, Axios, iMore, KnowTechie, Digital Trends, TechSpot, TechHive, Engadget, Thurrott.com, Washington Post, Investor's Business Daily, and Ars Technica. Tweets: @reckless
| 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, TechSpot, Android and Me, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, and Cult of Mac. Thanks:@stevetweedie
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Netflix reports Q2 membership growth of 5.2M, 1M less than forecast, and a profit of $384M, up from $65M last year; stock down 14% after hours — Video site blamed faulty internal forecasting, not business reasons like price increases — Netflix Inc. missed its own forecasts …
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netflixinvestor.com, TechCrunch, Business Insider, CNBC, Reuters, and Investor's Business Daily
Tweets: @pkafka, @lucas_shaw, @pkafka, and @benbajarin
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Israeli ride-hailing service Gett mulling an exit from US by selling Juno, the startup it acquired a little over a year ago for $200M — - Move would mark a retreat from its global expansion plans — Gett investor VW turns attention to fund its own mobility unit
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| Yimian Wu / China Money Network: |
7Net, an online exam grading service provider used for more than 20,000 students in China raises ~$30M Series B, as it looks to invest in AI and expand — Chinese online exam grading service provider 7Net has raised a RMB200 million (US$30 million) series B round from Sinovation Ventures and others.| 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
| 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 … Sponsor Posts
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