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| Adrian Weckler / Independent.ie: |
Tim Cook: Apple won't create ‘converged’ MacBook and iPad — ADRIAN WECKLER TWITTER — Apple will not create a “converged” MacBook and iPad, according to chief executive Tim Cook. — Google — Speaking to Independent.ie , Cook denied that the death of computers such as the Mac …
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| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
How Facebook is betting its future on artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and bringing Internet to 4B people not yet connected — Inside Mark Zuckerberg's Bold Plan For The Future Of Facebook — Facebook is firing on all cylinders. Now Mark Zuckerberg is looking to the decade ahead, from AI to VR to drones.
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| Fred Wilson / AVC: |
Fidelity's markdowns are another sign that for startups, access to capital from public market investors comes with the price of increased transparency — The Blurring Of The Public And Private Markets — Five or six years ago, as the USV team was discussing the evolution of late stage financings …
Tweets: @delrey, @reformedbroker, @modestproposal1 and @aweissman
| Jacob Demmitt / GeekWire: |
Microsoft and Code.org will use Minecraft to teach kids the basics of computer programming … Microsoft wants to turn kids' love of Minecraft into a love of computer programming through a partnership with Code.org, announced on Monday morning. — They've built a tutorial that students across … | Sarah Buhr / TechCrunch: |
Uber is testing a new feature for drivers to pick up riders headed in the same direction as them, in the Bay Area — Uber Drivers Can Now Pick Up Riders Headed In The Same Direction As Them — Going My Way? A new Uber feature allows drivers the ability to set a destination and pick up riders headed in that same direction.
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Uber Global, VatorNews, The Verge, The Next Web, Engadget, TIME, Tech Times, The Tech Portal and Wired. Tweets: @pierce
| Kyle Orland / Ars Technica: |
SteamOS gaming performs significantly worse than Windows, Ars analysis shows — Cross-platform 3D games face 21- to 58-percent frame rate dip on same hardware. — Since Valve started publicly talking about its own Linux-powered “Steam Boxes” about three years ago now …
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| Scott Webster / CNET: |
AT&T selling Microsoft Lumia 950, Samsung Galaxy View Nov 20 — The carrier will sell the first Windows 10 smartphone and the gargantuan tablet later this week.
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AT&T, AT&T, The Verge, The Next Web, Engadget, ZDNet, PCWorld, Microsoft Store, Digital Trends, PhoneDog.com, Phandroid, AndroidGuys, WinBeta, Thurrott.com, Droid Life, Pocketnow, PhoneDog.com, Inquirer, Ubergizmo, Windows Central, Thurrott.com, Neowin, Pocketnow and WinBeta. Tweets: @verge
| Wall Street Journal: |
Facebook allows Google to crawl and index public profiles, Pages, Groups, and Events from its mobile app — Google Gets Surprise Ally in Mobile-App Search Push: Facebook — Google's effort to keep its search engine relevant in a world of mobile apps just got a boost from a big rival.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Amazon Expands Launchpad, Its Product Hunt-Meets-Shopify-Shyp Rival, To The UK — Following on from last week's news that Amazon would expand its Pantry household items delivery service to the UK while also discounting new Prime memberships in the country, the e-commerce is now quietly adding another service …
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Ups Its Sticker Game As The First Paid Packs Arrive For Messenger — In a move that may seem trivial, but could be indicative of the future, you can now buy paid-for stickers for Facebook Messenger. Facebook itself isn't offering stickers directly, but it is working closely with a third-party …
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Digiday, iPhone Hacks, Ubergizmo and The Next Web
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Apple's quest for style and appearance comes at the cost of usability, particularly on iOS, according to former employees — How Apple Is Giving Design A Bad Name — For years, Apple followed user-centered principles. Then something went wrong. — Once upon a time … | Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab: |
Storyful is testing Slack integrations that let clients subscribe to news alerts within channels — How Storyful is turning Slack into an extension of its newswire — Usage of the messaging app Slack has exploded. The company says it has 1.25 million daily users, tenfold growth in just a year … Sponsor Posts
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