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Sources: Alphabet, Facebook, Microsoft, and at least one more tech firm to file joint amicus brief supporting Apple; Twitter to also back Apple in FBI fight — Tech Companies to Unite in Support of Apple — Google, Facebook and Microsoft among the companies that will back Apple in its iPhone fight with the U.S. government
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Tweets: @johnpaczkowski, @jim_gresham, @johnpaczkowski, @gassee and @kurtwagner8
| The Seattle Times: |
Microsoft President Brad Smith says the company “wholeheartedly” supports Apple in FBI case, will file amicus brief next week — Microsoft takes Apple's side in iPhone dispute with FBI — Microsoft is “wholeheartedly” siding with Apple in its battle with the FBI over unlocking a terrorist's iPhone.
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Tweets: @alexisohanian, @jeremiahlee, @bluechoochoo, @caseyliss, @nightline and @pablod
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| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple to launch 9.7-inch iPad Pro, not Air 3; Smart Keyboard & Apple Pencil support likely — Apple will further differentiate the next-generation 9.7-inch iPad from its predecessor by making it part of the new iPad Pro line, according to sources. Much like the MacBook Pro comes in 13-inch …
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Tweets: @stroughtonsmith, @viticci and @johnwilson
| Facebook: |
Facebook rolling out live video streaming to Android in US, expanding to over 30 countries on iOS — Bringing Facebook Live to Android and More Countries — Facebook Live enables you to share your experiences and perspectives in real time, with the people who matter to you …
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VentureBeat, 9to5Mac, 9to5Google, TechCrunch, The Verge, The Next Web, Engadget, Tech Insider, Mashable, Pocketnow, Fone Arena, SlashGear, WebProNews, Android Central and Associated Press. Tweets: @nubikay. See also Mediagazer
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft cancels Project Astoria for porting Android apps to Windows 10, still working on tools for porting iOS and Win32 apps — Microsoft: Our Android Windows 10 bridge is dead, but iOS, Win32 ones moving ahead — Microsoft's iOS bridge will be the only Microsoft toolkit …
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Tweets: @gcaughey and @tomverhoeff
| Jason Koebler / Motherboard: |
Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Lila Tretikov resigns amid concerns foundation wasn't transparent about plans for a search engine — Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Resigns Amid a Community Revolt — Many Wikipedia editors finally got what they wanted Thursday.
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| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
Samsung announces 256GB NAND flash chips for phones and tablets that use the faster Universal Flash Storage 2.0 interface — Samsung is making fast flash chips for 256GB phones and tablets — The UFS 2.0 interface will provide speed similar to today's SATA SSDs for PCs.
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Samsung Newsroom, Tech Times and Neowin
| Klint Finley / Wired: |
Following Facebook, Google and Microsoft, Yahoo open sources its AI engine, CaffeOnSpark — Don't Laugh: Yahoo's Open Source AI Has a Secret Weapon — Yet another tech giant is sharing its artificial intelligence know-how with the world. Today Yahoo published the source code …
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SiliconANGLE, Opptrends, GitHub, Hadoop at Yahoo and VentureBeat
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Officially Launches Canvas Ads That Load Full-Screen Rich Media Pages In-App — Instant Articles, meet Instant Ads. Facebook wants to give advertisers an immersive way to reach people without making them leave the social network. So today it officially launched its ad Canvas for all advertisers.
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Facebook, Wired, Jon Loomer Digital, International Business Times, TechSpot, Social Media Today, SlashGear, AdExchanger, Marketing Land, SocialTimes, Forbes, WebProNews and The Next Web
Tweets: @codeblue87, @jackmarshall and @joshconstine
Thanks:@joshconstine| Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal: |
Snapchat teams up with Nielsen to measure video ad reach for Live Stories and Discover, also signs deal with ad tech firms Innovid and Sizmek — Snapchat Enlists Nielsen to Track Ad Campaigns — Move should please ad buyers, who have been clamoring for more data from fast-growing mobile app
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Nielsen, Fortune, Adweek, Marketing Land and Business Insider. Tweets: @taylor_soper. See also Mediagazer
| Charlie Savage / New York Times: |
Sources: Obama administration set to permit NSA to share its raw surveillance information with other US intelligence agencies — Obama Administration Set to Expand Sharing of Data That N.S.A. Intercepts — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is on the verge of permitting … | Kristen V. Brown / Fusion: |
Airbnb admits it removed roughly 1,500 NYC listings controlled by commercial operators before releasing data to regulators — Airbnb admits that it purged 1,500 unflattering New York listings right before data release — In a pair of letters sent to state legislators and Airbnb users in New York …
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Bloomberg Business, Bloomberg Business, The Next Web, The Verge, New York Daily News, Curbed NY - All, Fortune, DNAinfo New York, Business Insider and Skift
Tweets: @mheadd, @kristenvbrown, @ahla and @ellenhuet
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