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May 11, 2016, 9:30 AM
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Ken Yeung / VentureBeat:
WhatsApp releases desktop app for Windows and Mac users, available for Windows 8 and above and Mac OS X 10.9 and above  —  WhatsApp announced today that it has launched a native desktop app that's available on both Windows and Mac devices.  The Facebook-owned company said that it supports …
Kelly Fiveash / Ars Technica UK:
Europe's antitrust chief rejects Three-O2 merger in UK  —  Commissioner Vestager kills takeover plan, citing significant UK competition concerns.  —  UK mobile operator Three's multi-billion pound bid to merge with O2 has been rejected by competition officials in Brussels.
Jordan Novet / VentureBeat:
GitHub unlimited private repos now cost $7/month for personal accounts and $9/month for organizations  —  Collaborative source code repository software company GitHub today is announcing changes to its pricing structure.  The company is now starting to let paying users maintain an unlimited number …
More: GitHub, BetaNews and The Next Web.  Tweets: @toddmotto
Jon Fingas / Engadget:
Disney ends in-house console game production with cancellation of its Infinity series  —  So much for Disney remaining a big player in the video game world.  As part of its second quarter earnings release, the media giant has revealed that it's getting out of the self-published video game business …
Michael Crider / Android Police:
The Google Store Starts Selling Cardboard VR Viewers In Canada, The United Kingdom, France, And Germany  —  So you've yet to snag a free Google Cardboard VR headset from a trade show.  Or a Star Wars promotion.  Or a copy of the New York Times, or a late-night talk show host, or even a freakin' porn website.
Robert McMillan / Wall Street Journal:
Salesforce to use AWS for its IoT cloud service, expected to launch midyear  —  The business software company's IoT Cloud is expected to launch after midyear  —  Salesforce.com Inc. is building a new service on Amazon.com Inc.'s cloud computing facilities, a notable shift for a company …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Facebook Moments private photo-sharing app launches in EU and Canada without facial recognition, now available in all countries worldwide  —  Facebook announced this morning that its private photo-sharing application, Facebook Moments, is now available in all countries worldwide …
TechCrunch:
Slack launches “Sign in with Slack”, the work chat platform's answer to Facebook Connect, with partners including Quip, Figma, Office Vibes, Smooz, Slackline  —  May 10, 2016, 10:01 amMay 10, 2016, 2:22 pm  —  Slack is pushing to become the identity layer for all enterprise apps.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Tumblr launches Labs, an opt-in way to test experimental features; initial set includes themed posts, scheduling, and more  —  Yahoo-owned blogging platform Tumblr quietly launched a new program today called Tumblr Labsthat will allow users to opt-in to testing out new and experimental features on the site.

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Derrick Bryson Taylor / New York Times:
Elvis Presley's rightsholders sue Anthropic over 274 songs allegedly used to train its models, seeking $41M+; Anthropic says it disagrees and will defend itself

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