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| Harry Shum / The Official Microsoft Blog: |
Microsoft acquires SwiftKey, promises to continue developing its Android and iOS apps — Microsoft acquires SwiftKey in support of re-inventing productivity ambition — I'm pleased to announce that Microsoft has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SwiftKey, whose highly rated …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Microsoft paid $250M for SwiftKey, maker of an AI-powered predictive keyboard for smartphones and tablets — Microsoft in $250m artificial intelligence keyboards deal — Microsoft is paying around $250m to acquire London-based Swiftkey, maker of a predictive keyboard powered …
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Thanks:@tim| Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon plans to open “300 to 400” brick-and-mortar bookstores, according to CEO of mall operator General Growth Properties — Amazon Plans Hundreds of Brick-and-Mortar Bookstores, Mall CEO Says — The Seattle company plans as many as 400 bookstores, according to the chief executive of General Growth Properties
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| Lauren Goode / The Verge: |
Fitbit launches Alta, a fashionable bracelet-like activity tracker, for $130, shipping in March — Fitbit puts fashion first with Alta, its newest activity tracker — Fitbit's unveiling of the new, not-exactly-attractive Blaze fitness watch last month was met with mixed reactions and a sinking stock price.
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Amazon is adding Alexa to the original Fire TV and Fire TV Stick — Amazon brought Alexa to the TV with its second-generation Fire TV set-top box, and now, a few months later, the company is also doing the same for owners of its original box. Starting today and continuing “over the next few weeks …
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
eBay tells security firm it has no plans to fix bug that lets attackers bypass restrictions on auction pages and run custom JavaScript — eBay has no plans to fix “severe” bug that allows malware distribution — Clever “JSF**K” technique allows hackers to bypass eBay block of JavaScript.
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Comcast says gigabit cable Internet service launching in Atlanta, Nashville early this year, with Chicago, Detroit, and Miami in following months — Comcast 2Gbps fiber available to 18M homes; gigabit cable coming soon — Atlanta and Nashville get gigabit cable first; Chicago, Detroit, and Miami next.| Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
Anonymous messaging app After School raises $16.4M led by Accomplice one year after it was banned from the App Store — Anonymous App After School Raises $16.4 Million One Year After App Store Ban — What a difference a year can make. One year ago, anonymous messaging app After School … | Jillian D'Onfro / Business Insider: |
Google's search chief Amit Singhal retires, to be replaced by AI manager John Giannandrea — Google's search chief is retiring — Google's search chief Amit Singhal is retiring, the company announced this morning. — He'll be replaced by current AI manager John Giannandrea.| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Torrents Time lets anyone launch their own web version of Popcorn Time — Popcorn Time, an app for streaming video torrents, just got a new web version: Popcorn Time Online. Unlike other attempts to bring Popcorn Time into the browser, this one is powered by a tool called Torrents Time …
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| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Yahoo announces 15% staff cut, will close 5 overseas offices as part of “aggressive strategic plan”, $1.27B in quarterly revenue, up 1.5% YoY, beating estimates — Yahoo to lay off 15% of its workforce as part of ‘aggressive strategic plan’ — Yahoo (YHOO) announced plans today … | Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Source: iPhone 7 will be similar in design to iPhone 6, but will have a flush rear camera, and no antenna bands on back — First Details on iPhone 7 Design: Flush Rear Camera, No Antenna Bands Across the Back — Apple's iPhone 7 isn't expected to launch until the usual September timeframe …
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
HTC Cards $101M Loss In Q4 2015, Its Third Successive Quarter In The Red — HTC's (financial) struggle is real. The Taiwanese tech firm endured another rough quarter of business after it posted a NT$3.4 billion ($101 million) net loss for Q4 2015. Total revenue came in at NT$25.7 billion …
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| Yimou Lee / Reuters: |
Lenovo Q3: revenue falls 8% to $12.9B, net profits rise to $300M, beating estimates — Lenovo's disappointing quarterly revenue knocks shares down 11 percent — China's Lenovo Group Ltd (0992.HK) reported a forecast-beating third-quarter net profit on Wednesday, but a disappointing drop …
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| Husain Sumra / MacRumors: |
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