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Microsoft announces support for cross-network play, paving the way for Xbox owners to play games with anyone on PC or PlayStation — Microsoft to let Xbox One games connect with PC and other console networks — Issues “open invitation” for Cross-Network Play, starting with Rocket League.
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| Cade Metz / Wired: |
How Dropbox moved 90% of its files from Amazon's S3 to data centers designed by its own engineers over two-and-a-half years — The Epic Story of Dropbox's Exodus From the Amazon Cloud Empire — If you're one of 500 million people who use Dropbox, it's just a folder on your computer desktop …
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| Jake Smith / ZDNet: |
Verizon launches yearly upgrade program for Galaxy S7, S7 Edge — After launching a similar program for the iPhone last year, Verizon has announced a Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge upgrade program. — Verizon has announced a new program that will allow customers to upgrade to the latest Galaxy smartphone each year.| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Sony PlayStation Vue launches “Slim” TV bundles nationwide starting at $30 per month but without live broadcast channels in most markets — Sony PlayStation Vue Launches ‘Slim’ TV Bundles Nationwide Without Live Broadcast Channels — Packages priced $10 per month below ‘full’ TV service …
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| Cade Metz / Wired: |
Google's AI Wins Fifth And Final Game Against Go Genius Lee Sedol — SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — In the final game of their historic match, Google's artificially intelligent Go-playing computer system has defeated Korean grandmaster Lee Sedol, finishing the best-of-five series with four wins and one loss.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Skype for Web upgraded, now supports dialing mobile phones, landlines and more — Skype for Web, the browser-based version of Microsoft's popular communications software introduced last year, is getting a slew of new features that brings it more in line with its desktop and mobile counterparts … | Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google adds support for Microsoft Office, Facebook at Work, Slack and others to its single sign-on solution — Google doesn't just offer its own web-based productivity apps, but it also offers a service for business users who want to use Google as an identity provider for accessing … | Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google announces new services for Android game devs, including a recording API for livestreaming and a new ad type to let users trial games directly from search — Google launches new services for Android game developers — Google today announced a number of new services for game developers …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
GM, Lyft announce Express Drive, a short-term car rental program for Lyft drivers, going live in Chicago first — Lyft and GM partner on Express Drive, a rental service that paves the way for autonomous cars — Two months after General Motors announced a $500 million investment … | Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
Western Digital releases 314GB PiDrive for Raspberry Pi with USB 3.0 interface and BerryBoot bootloader, for $46 — Western Digital makes a $46, 314GB hard drive just for the Raspberry Pi — The Raspberry Pi 3 was released earlier this month with some significantly improved hardware …
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| Pam Belluck / New York Times: |
Study finds smartphone digital assistants mostly fail when speakers say they're in distress or having a medical emergency — Hey Siri, Can I Rely on You in a Crisis? Not Always, a Study Finds — Smartphone virtual assistants, like Apple's Siri and Microsoft's Cortana …
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Jama Internal Medicine and Tech Times. Tweets: @ucsfcvp, @jamainternalmed, @jama_current and @nythealth
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Google loses anti-monopoly appeal in Russia over ‘obligatory’ pre-installation of Android apps — Google has been dealt a blow in its ongoing battle with European regulators — the Internet giant has lost its anti-monopoly appeal in Russia. — The Moscow Arbitration court has upheld … Sponsor Posts
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