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Google opens VR division, to be headed by VP of Product Management Clay Bavor; apps division now under SVP Diane Greene, head of enterprise operations — Google Opens Virtual Reality Division, Apps Move to Enterprise Unit — As Facebook and Microsoft have plowed ahead with virtual reality, Google has looked like it's behind.| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Google I/O 2016 to be held May 18-20 at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View — Google's I/O 2016 conference announced for May 18th-20th — Google CEO Sundar Pichai just announced that the company's annual I/O developer's conference has been scheduled for May 18th through the 20th.| Graham Spencer / MacStories: |
VLC Now Available for Apple TV: Our First Impressions — VLC is now available for the Apple TV. Just like every other version of VLC, the Apple TV version aims to play video files and streams in “their native formats without conversions”. Felix Kühne, lead iOS developer for VLC, writes on his blog:| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Skype to add group video calling on iOS, Android, and Windows 10 Mobile, currently in beta — Skype adds mobile group video calling on iOS, Android, and Windows 10 Mobile — Skype is celebrating the tenth anniversary of its free video calling feature with the addition of mobile group video calling … | Samit Sarkar / Polygon: |
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Uber updates its API with Trip Experiences, a way for 3rd party apps to serve content, ads to its users during their trips with their permission — Uber wants to feed you all kinds of content during your next ride — Uber, realizing it had hundreds of millions of people in its back seats … | Roberto Baldwin / Engadget: |
Periscope streams will now play directly in Twitter timelines on iOS — 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 … | Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings Announces $100M Philanthropic Education Fund — Reed Hastings took to Facebook Tuesday to announce that he would be personally funding a new $100 million philanthropic fund, focusing exclusively on education-related projects and organizations.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Spotify And Genius Team To Stream The Backstory On Music Tracks — Spotify, the popular music streaming app with 75 million users, wants to ramp up its profile as a platform for more than just music listening. And to that end, it has linked up with Genius, the startup that annotates music lyrics … | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard: |
Group that hacked CIA Director John Brennan's AOL account has now allegedly hacked Director of National Intelligence James Clapper's phone, Internet, email — Teen Who Hacked CIA Email Is Back to Prank US Spy Chief — One of the “teenage hackers” who broke into the CIA director's AOL email account … | Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researchers find older versions of Fortinet's firewall software allow remote access using a hard-coded password; company says issue resolved via patch in 2014 — Et tu, Fortinet? Hard-coded password raises new backdoor eavesdropping fears — Discovery comes a month after competitor Juniper disclosed unauthorized code.| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Lyft partners with National MedTrans Network and announces 3rd-party web app, Concierge, to cater to seniors without smartphones; pilot program in NYC — Lyft Announces Partnership To Help Seniors Without Smartphones Get Around — Ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft have always …
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Streamline payment collections in Singapore with PayNow and GrabPay — Under the “Smart Nation” initiative, Singapore is making a transformation towards cashless and quick payment options.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Salesforce data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.
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