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June 3, 2016, 4:55 PM
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| Tony Fadell / Nest: |
Tony Fadell is leaving Nest, will be replaced by Marwan Fawaz, a former Motorola Mobility executive; Fadell will remain involved as an advisor to Alphabet — Since the launch of Nest in October 2011, this blog has been a place for me to share my thoughts on all things Nest …
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Tweets: @tfadell, @tfadell, @lexnfx, @nickstatt and @caseynewton
| Ashlee Vance / Bloomberg: |
Tony Fadell talks about his two years at Nest, his departure, and what's next for him — IPod creator says Nest has many new products, services coming — Fadell says leadership style carries torch for Apple's Jobs — Tony Fadell brought the iPod to life at Apple Inc., ushered in the iPhone …
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The Information and The Loop
| Instagram Blog: |
Instagram starts rolling out its algorithmic feed for all, says that on average users missed 70% of their feeds before — In March, we announced a new way of ordering posts in feed so you'll see the moments you care about first. On average, people miss 70 percent of their feeds.
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TechCrunch, iMore, Quartz, Marketing Land, TIME, The Next Web, Engadget, The Verge, Digiday, WebProNews, PhoneDog.com, WinBeta, MSPoweruser, Lifehacker, Droid Life, iDownloadBlog.com, JOE.ie, iPhone Hacks, SocialTimes, Mashable, iPhone in Canada Blog and Tech Insider. Tweets: @dannysullivan
| CNBC: |
Walmart partnering with Uber, Lyft for a pilot grocery delivery program in Denver and Phoenix, following Sam's Club pilot with Deliv in Miami since March — Wal-Mart is testing a new way to bring products to your front door. — At the company's annual shareholders meeting in Bentonville …
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Walmart Today, Bloomberg, Quartz, TechCrunch, New York Times, VatorNews, CNET, Xtraqt, TechSpot, Business Insider, Wall Street Journal, The Verge, Engadget, Reuters, SlashGear, BBC, internetretailer.com, Consumerist, Digital Trends, TIME, WCMH-TV, PYMNTS.com, Fortune, GeekWire and Gizmodo. Tweets: @gregbettinelli
| Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land: |
Google launches business-friendly tool that tests your website mobile-friendliness & page speed — Google announced on the Google Small Business blog that they have released a new landing page to test your website's mobile-friendliness and page speed for desktop and mobile all in one place.| TechCrunch: |
Sources: Snapchat bought 3D selfie startup Seene for its computer vision tech about two months ago — Jun 3, 2016, 8:05 amJun 3, 2016, 9:38 am — Snapchat has acquired 3D photo app maker Seene (also known as Obvious Engineering) a couple of months ago, TechCrunch has learned.
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Vanity Fair, Phandroid, Socialnomics, Business Insider and UploadVR. Tweets: @mazzeo. Thanks:@mattlynley
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Microsoft's HoloLens now has apps for email and your calendar — Augmented reality promises many things, from turning your living room into a video game to transforming how we see and experience the world. But first, it has to do the basics, and no company knows this better than Microsoft.
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Office Blogs, Digital Trends, The Fire Hose, SlashGear, WinBeta, Neowin, Windows Central, VentureBeat, Engadget and Ubergizmo
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Glassdoor raises $40M led by T. Rowe Price Associates at a valuation of over $1B — As the job market becomes more competitive in some industries and unemployment holds steady and even drops in certain regions, job site Glassdoor is reaping some of the rewards.
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Reuters, Guardian, Recruiting Headlines, GlobeNewswire RSS Feed., Vanity Fair, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, INSIDER, GeekWire, PE Hub Blog and silicontap.com. Tweets: @dmac1
| Timothy Torres / PC Magazine: |
Hands-on: Samsung's $179 Gear Fit2 band and $199 Gear IconX wireless earbuds have heart-rate tracking, 4GB storage; Gear Fit2 has GPS and arrives June 10 — Samsung has a new fitness band and fitness earbuds, which I tried on for size at a recent event in New York City.| Michael Mimoso / Threatpost: |
Lenovo tells users to uninstall its Accelerator app, says it's vulnerable to MITM attacks after Duo Labs report on insecure bloatware in top PC vendor laptops — Lenovo has waved the white flag on a vulnerable component of its pre-installed software updater and recommends that users uninstall …
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Laptop Mag, Lenovo Support, Computerworld, Fortune, SC Magazine, Help Net Security, Softpedia News, WinBeta, Inquirer, CSO and ZDNet. Tweets: @duo_labs
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
TiVo Bolt update adds out-of-home streaming, ability to transfer recorded content to mobile devices — With its most recent firmware update, TiVo's Bolt now lets users access and stream their recordings (and live programming) to iOS and Android devices when on the go.| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Samsung Pay enters Europe with launch in Spain — Samsung Pay continues to expand with a launch today in Spain. This marks the first country in Europe that's able to use Samsung's mobile payments platform, following launches in the US, South Korea, and recently China.| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Xiaomi announces Mi Band 2 water-resistant activity tracker, with heart-rate monitor, display, 20-day battery, on sale in China June 7 for about $23 — Xiaomi just unveiled a brand new wearable device, the Mi Band 2. Despite the name, it's the company's third fitness tracking device after the Mi Band and Mi Band Pulse.
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eWeek, Xiaomi MIUI Official …, Android Police, Android Authority, BetaNews, Engadget, Softpedia News, Liliputing, Neowin, TechSpot, Tech Times, CNET, TalkAndroid.com, The Daily Dot, Android Central, PhoneDog.com, 9to5Google, Tech Insider, TechnoBuffalo, The Verge, and Pocketnow. Tweets: @bryce
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