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| Tamar Yehoshua / Official Google Blog: |
Google reveals new logo — Google's look, evolved — So why are we doing this now? Once upon a time, Google was one destination that you reached from one device: a desktop PC. These days, people interact with Google products across many different platforms, apps and devices—sometimes all in a single day.
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Google's new logo ditches serif look, is no longer just a static mark but an animated figure — Google's New Logo Is Its Biggest Update In 16 Years — You will very soon notice that Google has a new logo that's sleeker, brighter, and for the first time, animated. And then, you probably won't notice it at all.
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| Brandon Hill / HotHardware.com News: |
Intel unveils Skylake Y, U, H, and S CPU series for desktops, notebooks, convertibles, and compute sticks — Intel Unleashes Onslaught Of Skylake CPUs For Next Gen Notebooks, Convertibles And Compute Sticks — When it comes to Intel's Skylake processors, we've already got you covered things … | Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
The Intel Skylake Mobile and Desktop Launch, with Architecture Analysis — Intel's 6th Generation of its Core product line, Skylake, is officially launching today. We previously saw the performance of the two high end Skylake-K 91W processors, but that was limited in detail as well as product.| Nick Bilton / Vanity Fair: |
Observations of notable investors as they confront the seemingly ubiquitous signs of a tech bubble — Is Silicon Valley in Another Bubble . . . and What Could Burst It? — With the tech industry awash in cash and 100 “unicorn” start-ups now valued at $1 billion or more, Silicon Valley can't escape the question.| Kyle Stock / Bloomberg Business: |
Car shopping service Shift raises $50M led by Goldman Sachs to expand service across US as it challenges Craigslist, CarMax, traditional dealers — This Startup Drives Used Cars Right to Your Door — Shift brings other people's cars to your driveway. Will it be the end of the used-car lot?
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google says it will penalize mobile pages with app install ads covering a “significant amount of content” — Google Will Soon Start Punishing Mobile Sites That Use Annoying App Install Ads — There's nothing wrong with app install ads, but too often now, you click on a mobile search result … | Colin Lecher / The Verge: |
US district judge in San Francisco grants California Uber drivers class action status in lawsuit against the company — Judge grants California Uber drivers class action status in lawsuit — A US District Judge in San Francisco has ruled that a lawsuit brought by Uber drivers may continue …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Amazon, Cisco, Google, Intel, Microsoft, Mozilla, and Netflix launch Alliance for Open Media to develop next-generation of royalty-free video formats — Amazon, Netflix, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla And Others Partner To Create Next-Gen Video Format — Amazon, Cisco, Google, Intel … | John Koller / PlayStation.Blog: |
PS4 v3.0 update to include gameplay streaming to YouTube, increased online storage, more; beta starts today — PS4 System Software 3.00 Features Detailed, Beta Starts Today — We've been busy preparing our next major system software update for PS4, version 3.00 (codename: Kenshin).
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla will drop RC4 encryption in Chrome, Edge, IE, and Firefox next year — Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla all made the same announcement today: They will drop support for the RC4 cipher in their respective browsers. Chrome, Edge, Internet Explorer …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Feedly's news reader gets “Shared Collections” and collaboration features, including improved search, Slack integration, and shared tags — Feedly's News Reader Gets Business-Friendly With “Shared Collections,” Team Collaboration Features — Before Google decided … | Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Sales automation startup Apptus raises $108M Series C at a valuation of more than $1B — Sales automation startup Apptus raises $108 million — Apptus is backed by Salesforce Ventures and makes a platform for configuring the quote-to-cash process. — Apptus, a maker of quote …
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| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
Branch founder Josh Miller becomes the White House's first Director of Product after leaving Facebook — Josh Miller Leaves Facebook For The White House — Once an entrepreneur has sold his or her company and logged the required time with the acquiring outfit, he or she typically sets …
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joshm.co, Quartz, VatorNews, Fortune, Federal Computer Week, The Hill, Mashable, VentureBeat, FedScoop and Engadget
| Julie Bort / Business Insider: |
Microsoft partners with VMware on Project A2, focusing on desktop virtualization and easier Windows 10 rollout for businesses — Microsoft just buried the hatchet with another one of its huge rivals: VMware — The kinder, softer, we-love-everybody Microsoft under CEO Satya Nadella's helm just struck again.
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SiliconANGLE, The Register and BrianMadden.com
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Instagram Direct's 85M Users Can Now Reply With Photos In Snapchat-Style Visual Convos — Instagram Direct felt half-baked when the in-app chat feature launched without the ability to send photo replies in December 2013. Still, the private group messaging feature built an audience …
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Instagram Blog, The Verge, PCWorld, MobileSyrup.com, Simply Measured, VentureBeat, 9to5Mac, The Next Web, MacRumors and Android Police. Tweets: @mgsiegler
| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
Yummly Raises $15 Million At $100M Valuation For Its Recipe Recommendation And Food Delivery Business — Yummly, the online recipe recommendation and food delivery service has raised $15 million in a new round of funding led by Bauer Venture Partners that values the company at $100 million.
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PE Hub Blog, VentureBeat, bizjournals and FinSMEs
| Joe Mullin / Ars Technica: |
Popcorn Time lawsuits continue as 16 are sued for watching Survivor — App that makes piracy easy has become a target for one Oregon lawyer. — The “Popcorn Time” app was launched in 2014 as a kind of “BitTorrent for dummies” with a simple Netflix-style interface for viewing movies.
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