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iOS 9.3 beta adds multi-user support, only for schools, adds Apple School Manager service, updated Classroom app, Night Shift mode that emits less blue light — iOS 9.3 brings multi-user mode to iPads, along with more features and fixes — Multi-user mode is targeted toward schools, first beta is out today.
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
tvOS 9.2 beta adds Podcasts app, folders, Bluetooth keyboard support, new app switcher, more — Photos: With tvOS 9.2, Apple TV adds Podcasts app, Folders, Bluetooth keyboard support, new app switcher and more — With the new Apple TV tvOS 9.2 beta, Apple has added a whole host of new features to the tvOS platform.
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| Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Amazon will release smaller, portable, cheaper Echo in the coming weeks — Amazon to Release Portable Version of Echo Speaker in Coming Weeks — New voice-activated speaker will be smaller, cheaper than Echo — Amazon.com Inc. is doubling down on voice-controlled hardware … | Justin Jouvenal / Washington Post: |
Some police forces score citizens' threat level with Intrado's Beware software based on your medical, criminal history, and social media posts — The new way police are surveilling you: Calculating your threat ‘score’ — FRESNO, Calif. — While officers raced to a recent 911 call …
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Tinder says it calculates a desirability rating for all users based on swipe data, used internally to facilitate better matches — I Found Out My Secret Internal Tinder Rating And Now I Wish I Hadn't — The dating app uses data to give every user a desirability rating.
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| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Grindr sells 60% stake to Chinese gaming company Beijing Kunlun Tech at a $155M valuation — Grindr Sells Stake to Chinese Company — Grindr, the popular dating and social networking app for gay men, has found itself a match. — The company on Monday said it had sold a majority stake …
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| Roberto Baldwin / Engadget: |
Live Periscope feeds will show up on Twitter for iOS — Like GIFs and Vines before it, Periscope streams will now show up and play directly in the Twitter timeline on iOS. If you happen to miss the live stream, replays will also autoplay when you see the original tweet.
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| John Legere / T-Mobile Issues & Insights Blog: |
T-Mobile CEO John Legere apologizes to EFF in an open letter, says company absolutely supports net neutrality, and Binge On is beneficial to consumers — Open Letter to Consumers about Binge On — Wow. What a week it has been out there about Binge On!
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| Murad Ahmed / Financial Times: |
UK-based travel search site Skyscanner raised $192M, at what sources say was $1.6B valuation — Fundraising values Skyscanner at $1.6bn — Skyscanner has received nearly $192m from new investors, in a move that sees the Edinburgh-based online travel site enter the small club of British ‘unicorns’ … | Andrew J . Hawkins / The Verge: |
Transit tech company TransLoc will test Uber integration in its public transportation app Rider — Uber wants you to hail a ride to that faraway bus stop — Transit technology company TransLoc announced Monday it was teaming up with Uber to “bridge the gap” between trains, buses, and app-based car services.
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| Eva Dou / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Xiaomi missed 2015 sales target of 80M smartphones, is under pressure to justify $46B valuation — China's Xiaomi Under Pressure to Prove Value to Investors — Once the world's most valuable technology startup, the smartphone maker is now facing strain of expectation
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Business Insider, SiliconANGLE, 9to5Google and Android Authority
| Jay Greene / The Seattle Times: |
Amazon is expected to acquire the remaining 75% stake in Colis Privé, a French package delivery company, early this year — Amazon poised to take on UPS, FedEx in delivery business — Amazon's full acquisition of a French package-delivery company, expected soon …
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