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Nest is disabling the Revolv home-automation service on May 15, effectively bricking Revolv home hub hardware, after acquiring the startup in 2014 — Google's parent company is deliberately disabling some of its customers' old smart-home devices — Nest, a smart-home company owned …
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Outlook Premium, Microsoft's subscription email service, starts trials at $3.99 per month, gives users up to 5 personalized email address, ad free inbox, more — Outlook Premium, Microsoft's subscription email service, starts trials at $3.99 per month — Microsoft's experiment …
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Salesforce acquires Metamind, a deep learning startup backed by Marc Benioff and Khosla Ventures; services to be discontinued in May — Salesforce buys hot deep learning startup MetaMind, services shutting down May 4 — Salesforce has acquired MetaMind, a deep learning startup backed …
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The FCC releases new “nutrition labels” for broadband to show speed, caps, and hidden fees; ISPs are not required to use the labels — FCC's “nutrition labels” for broadband show speed, caps, and hidden fees — New labels will help ISPs comply with net neutrality transparency rules.| Joe Mullin / Ars Technica: |
$85M patent verdict covering Android's push notifications, the largest ever against Google, overturned on appeal — $85 million patent verdict, largest ever against Google, wiped out on appeal — Patent describes a failed company's 1996 desktop notification system.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon launches the Amazon Payments partner program to integrate “Pay with Amazon” option into e-commerce platforms like Shopify, not just individual merchants — Amazon takes on PayPal and others with launch of Amazon Payments partner program — Amazon announced this morning …
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IHS teardown of 16GB iPhone SE reveals it costs about $160 to build — Teardown Finds Apple's iPhone SE Costs at Least $160 to Build — The cost to build and assemble Apple's iPhone SE runs to about $160 for a device that sells for a starting price of $399 without a contract … | Matt Rosoff / Business Insider: |
Q&A with Satya Nadella on chat bots, Cortana, data centers, startups and partnerships in developing countries, and more — Satya Nadella on why you'll love Cortana, how cars are like data centers, and what's spurring all these global startups — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has reshaped … | Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft partners with the R3 banking consortium to develop and deploy blockchain technologies on the Azure Blockchain-as-a-Service cloud platform — Microsoft solidifies its blockchain-as-a-service work with new banking partnership — Microsoft is making its Azure blockchain …
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Toyota forms Toyota Connected, a new subsidiary for development of connected vehicles; Microsoft gets 5% stake in the venture — Toyota expands Microsoft partnership in connected vehicle services — Toyota Motor Corp is expanding a five-year-old partnership with Microsoft Corp to develop …
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Network hardware maker Brocade to buy wireless systems supplier Ruckus for about $1.2B — Brocade Agrees to Buy Ruckus Wireless for $1.2 Billion — Brocade's shares fall, while Ruckus stock surges — Brocade Communications Systems Inc. agreed to buy Ruckus Wireless for about $1.2 billion … | iFixit: |
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