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Sony forms mobile gaming firm ForwardWorks to make PlayStation games for iOS and Android devices in Asia — Sony announces plans to make PlayStation games for iOS and Android — It looks like Sony will follow Nintendo's cue and focus on mobile gaming. The company announced today …
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| Leslie Picker / New York Times: |
Sources: TiVo in merger talks with Rovi, would own about 30% of the combined company — TiVo Said to Be in Merger Talks With Rovi — TiVo, the digital video recorder company that popularized the DVR and revolutionized “time shifting” and fast-forwarding through advertising …
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Apple is selling Microsoft Office 365 as an accessory for the iPad Pro — Apple wants the iPad Pro to replace Windows, and to convince customers it's bringing in a familiar face or two: Microsoft's Office Suite. As part of the ordering process for the new iPad Pro, buyers are given the option …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft to reunify Skype calling, messaging, video in new Universal Windows 10 app — Microsoft is readying a new Universal Windows Platform version of its Skype app for Windows 10 for PCs and phones that will bring together Skype's calling, messaging and video features.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft's new AI bot Tay goes silent after Twitter users teach it racism; Microsoft deletes damaging tweets, begins “making adjustments” to Tay — Microsoft silences its new A.I. bot Tay, after Twitter users teach it racism [Updated] — Microsoft's newly launched …
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| AppleInsider: |
Apple's iPhone SE and 9.7-inch iPad Pro now available for preorder in 13 territories — As previously announced, Apple on Thursday activated online preorder sales for its new 4-inch iPhone SE and 9.7-inch iPad Pro in 13 territories, including key markets in North America, Europe and Asia.
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| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Sources: Google building Periscope-like live streaming app YouTube Connect for iOS and Android — Google is building YouTube Connect, a live streaming app to take on Periscope — Google has quietly been building a new live streaming app called YouTube Connect, VentureBeat has learned.
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PCWorld, Android Police, International Business Times, RAIN News, Investor's Business Daily, Gizmodo, Social Media Today, ReelSEO, AndroidGuys, Tubefilter, Tech Times, Neowin, Android News, Rumours …, Digital Trends, Ubergizmo, Pocket-lint, Android Authority, Fone Arena, Phandroid, Business Insider, SiliconANGLE, Engadget, Mashable, SlashGear, The Verge, Ausdroid, iMore, ResearchBuzz, 9to5Google and The Next Web. Tweets: @adnys. See also Mediagazer
| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
Sources: Apple Pay coming to mobile websites, will be available to Safari users on iPad and iPhone with Touch ID this year — Apple Pay Coming to Mobile Websites Before Holiday Shopping Season — Apple Pay is finally ready to move beyond apps. — Apple has been telling potential partners …
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| Farhad Manjoo / New York Times: |
Rising prices, declining service, and shifting business models signal that other on-demand companies can't duplicate Uber's unique success — The Uber Model, It Turns Out, Doesn't Translate — In San Francisco, as in most cities, parking is an expensive daily grind that saps the soul.| Michelle Quinn / SiliconBeat: |
Glassdoor: female computer programmers make $0.72 for every dollar made by male programmers — Computer programmer: one of the largest gender wage gaps among all professions — Female computer programmers make 72 cents for every dollar earned by male programmers.| Karissa Bell / Mashable: |
Facebook impersonation tool is now live in 75% of the world, alerting users when their names and profile pictures are being used by someone else — Facebook is testing a feature that alerts you if someone is impersonating your account — Facebook is working on a new tool to help stem one source of harassment on its platform.| Se Young Lee / Reuters: |
Samsung wants to reform its internal culture to be more like a startup, seeking to be more nimble as growth slows — World's biggest startup? Samsung Electronics to reform corporate culture — Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS), the world's biggest maker of smartphones and memory chips … | Mike Gikas / Consumer Reports: |
Samsung Galaxy S7 Smartphones Top Consumer Reports' Ratings — Great cameras and batteries paired with expandable storage and water resistance help them beat the competition
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Google Stackdriver helps IT get unified view across AWS and Google Cloud — Today at the GCPNext16 event in San Francisco, Google announced the launch of Google StackDriver, a tool that gives IT a unified tool for monitoring, alerting, incidents management and logging complete …
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Tech Trader Daily, Google Cloud Platform Blog, SiliconANGLE, ZDNet, Business Insider and Computerworld. Tweets: @kennwhite. Thanks:@fredericl
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