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Google hires former Motorola CEO Rick Osterloh to head new hardware division that includes Nexus, Chromecast, Chromebooks, Pixel C, OnHub, ATAP, and Glass — Google is building a new hardware division under former Motorola chief Rick Osterloh — Rick Osterloh is coming back to Google.
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PCWorld, Android Police, USA Today, 9to5Google, The Next Web, TechCrunch, Engadget, Business Insider, Pocketnow, Phandroid, TechnoBuffalo, Liliputing and Android Central
Tweets: @backlon and @joannastern
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New Facebook and Messenger apps launched for Windows 10; Instagram comes to Windows 10 Mobile, with video support — Introducing Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram Windows Apps — There are many people using Facebook, Messenger and Instagram on Windows, so today we're excited …
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Windows Blog, Windows Central, Business Insider, The Verge, Windows Central, The Verge, Inquirer, SiliconANGLE, WinBeta, Pocket-lint, Engadget, SocialTimes, WebProNews, Mashable, Fone Arena, PhoneDog.com, Pocketnow, BGR, Neowin, MobileSyrup.com, The Next Web, TechCrunch, WinBeta, VentureBeat, ZDNet and TechCrunch
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Amazon.com Announces First Quarter Sales up 28% to $29.1 Billion — Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2016. — Operating cash flow increased 44% to $11.3 billion for the trailing twelve months, compared with $7.8 billion …
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Carl Icahn announces he sold all of his Apple shares, says China's attitude towards Apple affected his decision — Icahn: We're out of Apple, and it's China's fault — Carl Icahn, Chairman of Icahn Enterprises, talks about his view on Apple. … Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has sold …
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TechCrunch, MacRumors, CNNMoney, Fortune, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Business Insider, TIME, ValueWalk, iPhone Hacks and Bloomberg. Tweets: @mgsiegler
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Steam is now accepting Bitcoin payments through processing service BitPay — Gaming Platform Steam Now Accepting Bitcoin — Confirming a long-rumored move, gaming and digital media platform Steam is now accepting bitcoin payments through processing service BitPay.
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The BitPay Blog, The Verge, TechSpot, SlashGear, Inquirer, Ubergizmo, cloudpro.co.uk, International Business Times, Lifehacker, Tech Times, Fortune, Softpedia News, VG247, Engadget, Polygon, The Merkle, SiliconANGLE, Bitcoinist.net and Brave New Coin. Tweets: @alex
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HP announces ultra-thin Chromebook 13, the first with an Intel Core M processor, starting at $499 — HP today unveiled its all-new Chromebook at an event in New York. — The new HP Chromebook 13 sports a 13.3-inch screen and comes replete with a QHD+ (3200 x 1800) resolution display …
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HP, The Verge, PCWorld, eWeek, BetaNews, The Verge, Android Authority, IT Peer Network, TechSpot, TalkAndroid.com, TechCrunch, TechCrunch, Ars Technica, Laptop Mag and ZDNet. Tweets: @mims
| Christina Rogers / Wall Street Journal: |
Source: Alphabet in late-stage talks with Fiat Chrysler on self-driving car technology partnership — Fiat Chrysler, Alphabet in Partnership Talks — Alphabet has been seeking auto-industry partnerships, offering to sell self-driving car technology under development for several years
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Elon Musk and Sam Altman's OpenAI releases Gym, a toolkit for developers to test reinforcement learning algorithms — Elon Musk's Artificial Intelligence Group Opens A ‘Gym’ To Train A.I. — In any scientific arena, good research is able to be replicated.
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OpenAI, Wired, Business Insider, The Next Web, MIT Technology Review, Inverse, InfoQ, The Verge, VentureBeat and Tech Insider
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Comcast to Buy DreamWorks Animation for $3.8 Billion — DreamWorks shareholders to get $41 in cash for each share they own — Comcast Corp. on Thursday said it agreed to buy DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. for about $3.8 billion, a deal that could make the cable giant a rival to Walt Disney Co …
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Business Wire, eWeek, TechCrunch, The Verge, Fortune, CNNMoney, Hollywood Reporter, Light Reading, PE HUB, Investor's Business Daily, Fortune, Tech Insider, USA Today, The Wrap, BGR, TechnoBuffalo, Neowin, Mashable, Engadget, Skift, Fast Company and Los Angeles Times
Tweets: @ldignan and @digiphile
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Twitter co-founder Biz Stone relaunches Jelly as an anonymous Q&A platform — Twitter cofounder Biz Stone launched a startup, then pivoted it, and now he's launching the original idea all over again — In 2013, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone and former Twitter executive Ben Finkel set out to launch a startup called Jelly.
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Medium, The Verge, TechCrunch, The Next Web, CNET, VentureBeat, WebProNews and Fast Company
Tweets: @joshelman and @biz
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Sources: Snapchat hits 10B daily video views, up from 8B in February; over a third of daily users create Stories — Snapchat User Content Fuels Jump to 10 Billion Daily Video Views — More than a third of daily users said to create snap stories — Daily video views increase from 8 billion in February
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Marketing Land, The Verge, Digital Trends and Mashable
Tweets: @ourielohayon and @alex
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OnHub Supports Home Automation Via IFTTT After Latest Software Update — The OnHub has been out for more than six months now, and it hasn't evolved much beyond the basic router functionality. Google promised us smart home features, and now it's starting to happen. The latest OnHub update added support for IFTTT.
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OnHub, The Verge, 9to5Google, TechCrunch, The Next Web, Phandroid, Droid Life, Android Central and Lifehacker
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Priceline CEO Darren Huston resigns due to relationship with employee, gets replaced temporarily by Chairman and former CEO Jeffery Boyd — Priceline CEO Resigns After Relationship With Employee — Huston was CEO of both Priceline Group and Booking.com — Chairman Jeffery Boyd replaces Huston as interim CEO
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The first Apple CareKit health apps are out, and CareKit becomes available on GitHub today — Apple's First CareKit Apps Are Here — Developers can use CareKit to build apps that track patients' health between doctor's visits. — How often do you visit your doctor's office? Three, four times per year?| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
In apparent move to boost visibility, Twitter switches its App Store category from Social Networking to News, where it ranks No. 1 — Twitter aims to boost its visibility by switching from ‘Social Networking’ to ‘News’ on the App Store — Following yet another quarter of sluggish user growth …
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