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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
The Android N developer preview with split-screen multitasking, bundled notifications, improved Doze for better battery, more, available today as an OTA update — The Android N developer preview with split-screen multitasking is available today — Well, this was unexpected.
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Android Developers Blog, Hiroshi Lockheimer, ZDNet, ZDNet, Android Authority, The Register, TechCrunch, Engadget, Android Police, TIME, Laptop Mag, BetaNews, CNET, ProgrammableWeb.com, Redmond Pie, Lifehacker, 9to5Google, CNET, Xperia Blog, ValueWalk, Fortune, InfoWorld, Re/code, Android Police, Tech Insider, AndroidGuys, MobileSyrup.com, Android Police, TmoNews, Android News, Rumours …, Android and Me, Android Central, Paul Thurrott, TechnoBuffalo, The Next Web, TechSpot, Neowin, SlashGear, Android Police, Gizmo Times and Mashable. Tweets: @dannysullivan
| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Google discounts Pixel C tablets by 25% for limited time but leaves keyboard at full price, following Android N developer release, promo only applies in US — Google is selling the Pixel C for $375 to anyone who says they're a developer — Google is offering a big discount on its Pixel C tablet …
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| Alex Heath / Tech Insider: |
Facebook buys popular selfie filter app Masquerade, will keep it operational as a stand-alone app, integrate its technology — Facebook just bought the popular face swapping app that's dominating the App Store right now — Get ready to see more silly selfies.
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Thanks:@alexeheath| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google joins Open Compute Project, which Facebook founded five years ago to help open source IT infrastructure hardware — Google joins the Open Compute Project — Google today announced that it is joining the Open Compute Project (OCP), a five-year-old project founded by Facebook … | Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Google's DeepMind has defeated Go champion Lee Se-dol in first of five matches, a historic victory for AI — Google's DeepMind defeats legendary Go player Lee Se-dol in historic victory — A huge milestone has just been reached in the field of artificial intelligence: AlphaGo …
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Tweets: @demishassabis, @mustafasuleymn, @elonmusk, @345triangle, @sundarpichai, @345triangle, @mat and @stshank
| Safia Samee Ali / NBC News: |
NBC News/WSJ poll: 47% of Americans say Apple should not write new code to bypass iPhone security for Department of Justice, 42% say it should — Americans Divided on Whether Apple Should Help FBI: NBC News/WSJ Poll — As the FBI and Apple continue to fight in court over whether … | Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Square beats estimates with revenue of $374M, up 49% YoY, gross payment volume of $10.2B, up 47% YoY, in first quarter as a public company — Square reports $374 million in revenue for its first quarter as a public company — Square ($SQ) has released its earnings results for the first quarter …
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| Globes Online: |
Replay Technologies acquired by Intel, sources say for $175M, one week after the multi-dimensional video tech startup raised $13.5M — Intel acquires Israeli co Replay Technologies for $175m — The Tel Aviv based startup has developed multi-dimensional video imaging technologies for sports TV coverage.
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Ars Technica, Intel Newsroom, USA Today, GeekWire, Business Insider, Tech Times, ValueWalk, Crowdfund Insider, OurCrowd, ZDNet, TechSpot, TechCrunch, Haaretz, SportTechie, Silicon Valley Business …, Silicon Republic, Wall Street Journal, Engadget, VentureBeat, NoCamels News Flash, Re/code and GeekTime
Tweets: @arstechnica and @shaig
| Oculus: |
Oculus to roll out social features and games to Samsung Gear VR on Thursday, will add personalized Facebook content to 360 videos next week — Join Friends in VR with New Oculus Social Features — Now you can experience games, videos, and more with friends in VR!
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| Katie Roof / TechCrunch: |
Box beats estimates with Q4 revenue of $85M, up 36% YoY, full-year revenue of $303M, up 40% YoY; stock up 11%+ after hours — Box soars 13 percent on earnings beat — Cloud storage company Box reported fourth-quarter earnings after the bell on Wednesday, sending the stock up 13 percent in after-hours trading.| Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat: |
YouTube cofounder Steve Chen launches Nom, a livestreaming service that's Twitch for food shows — Ladies and gentlemen, start your mixers! — Trying to tap the growing popularity of live video streaming and online food communities, YouTube cofounder Steve Chen has unveiled Nom.| Daniel Kahn Gillmor / American Civil Liberties Union: |
How the FBI can bypass auto-erasing without Apple's help by backing up part of the shooter's iPhone — One of the FBI's Major Claims in the iPhone Case Is Fraudulent — Does the FBI need to worry about the San Bernardino Shooter's iPhone self-erasing? — “We have enormous computing power …
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| Issie Lapowsky / Wired: |
The White House launches The Opportunity Project, opening local and federal datasets of nine cities including New York and San Francisco to developers — The White House Wants You to Build Tools to Improve Our Cities — A whole lot of valuable information is trapped in the antiquated databases …
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The White House, New York Times, Business Insider, Greenville News, Engadget, GCN, ResearchBuzz, Data.gov and CityLab. Tweets: @fredtrotter
| Sonam Joshi / Mashable: |
Facebook Lite data-efficient Android app passes 100M MAUs in 9 months, plans to add background video downloads, after adding low-res streaming last year — Facebook Lite is growing faster than Facebook app — Facebook Lite, the stripped-down version of the social networking app that was launched in 2015 …
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Facebook Code, Digital Trends, TechCrunch, Tech in Asia, Ubergizmo, SocialTimes, The Next Web and NDTV Gadgets360.com
Tweets: @kylesethgray, @nithin and @thomasnigro
| Eliot Brown / Wall Street Journal: |
WeWork has raised $430M in new round of financing to fuel a major push into Asia, giving the firm a valuation of about $16B — WeWork, the Communal Office Startup, Raises New Financing — With a valuation now at $16 billion, company plans a push into Asia
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