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Source: Apple opening Siri to third-party apps, preparing a Siri SDK for release at WWDC, and developing an Amazon Echo rival — Apple is upping its game in the field of intelligent assistants. After years of internal debate and discussion about how to do so, the company is preparing to open up Siri to apps made by others.
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Sources: Peter Thiel has played a lead role in bankrolling Hulk Hogan's lawsuits against Gawker Media — One of Silicon Valley's best-known investors has been footing a former wrestler's legal bills in lawsuits against a shared enemy. — Peter Thiel, a PayPal cofounder and one of the earliest backers …
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Twitter won't count photos, videos, @names in replies toward 140 characters “in the coming months”, will allow self-retweets, touts improved onboarding metrics — Over the past decade, the Tweet has evolved from a simple 140-character text message to a rich canvas …
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See also Mediagazer| Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: |
French government raids Google's Paris HQ as part of ongoing tax investigation seeking €1B+; company says it is working with authorities — Prosecutors follow up on complaint from France's tax authority — PARIS—Dozens of tax investigators swooped into Google's French headquarters …
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Google confirms the Nexus Player has been discontinued — Google has ceased direct sales of its Nexus Player set-top box. The hockey puck-shaped device, manufactured by Asus, has been unavailable from major third-party retailers like Best Buy for months. And after a brief Google Store restock …
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| Joseph Menn / Reuters: |
Jon Callas, co-founder of Silent Circle, Blackphone, PGP Corp, was re-hired by Apple in May — Apple Inc (AAPL.O), which has resisted pressure from U.S. law enforcement to unlock encrypted iPhones, this month rehired a top expert in practical cryptography to bring more powerful security features to a wide range of consumer products.| Alex Heath / Tech Insider: |
Foursquare releases Marsbot, an app that offers personalized and location-based tips on where to eat and drink before you ask — Foursquare is dipping its toes into the world of bots. — The location discovery company has a new app called Marsbot, which bills itself as …
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| Katie Roof / TechCrunch: |
Google brings new local search ads to Google Maps, will experiment with new formats like promoted pins, supports bids from advertisers for specific device types — Google's AdWords is getting a makeover. The search giant announced today that they have made several updates to make its advertising tools more suitable for mobile.| Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg: |
Toyota to make strategic investment in Uber and team up on auto leasing program — Toyota Motor Corp. said it is making a strategic investment in Uber Technologies Inc. and will offer auto leases to the ride-hailing company's drivers. — Uber declined to disclose the size of the investment.
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| Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
E Ink develops Advanced Color ePaper, an EPD display that shows up to 32K colors, for digital signage — There's a small glimmer of hope for the seemingly doomed dream of color electronic paper. E Ink, which helped pioneer ePaper by providing the technology for Amazon's Kindle …
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| Jacob Pramuk / CNBC: |
HP Enterprise announces spinoff of its enterprise services unit, which will merge with CSC, meets Q2 expectations with $12.71B in sales; stock up 8%+ — Hewlett Packard Enterprise on Tuesday reported earnings that met Wall Street's expectations and announced a spin-off of its enterprise services unit … | Fast Company: |
Samsung says no Android Wear devices are in development or being planned, citing better battery efficiency of Tizen OS — It was at Google I/O two years ago that Samsung announced its Gear Live smartwatch (now discontinued) running the Android Wear OS. Two years later the collaboration is over.
| Steven Levy / Backchannel: |
A look at the design process behind Pebble Core: an untethered music-streaming accessory with two programmable buttons, GPS, and optional cable-less charging — The Pebble Core lives on your keychain. It plays music and tracks your run. But it won't give you the time of day.| Harrison Weber / VentureBeat: |
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Twilio ramps up mobile play with programmable SIMs for IoT and handsets with T-Mobile — Twilio stormed into the telecoms market several years ago with a set of services that turned core communications features once controlled by carriers, like text messages and phones numbers …
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| Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal: |
Some startup employees and shareholders invoke an obscure Delaware law to open up financials and value shares, as some firms push employees to waive that right — Delaware law is potentially valuable tool for employees and investors who now question their shares' worth
Tweets: @benthompson, @goldberglawdc, @conorsen and @mims
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