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Slack calls feature no longer invite only, is now available on desktop and for iOS and Android devices — A simple, pleasant way to speak with your team — Typing is great. We love typing. And while there are many fine ways to communicate via typing—messaging in channels … | John Ribeiro / PCWorld: |
Google, Facebook, civil rights groups oppose bills that would let US gov, including any FBI field office, get browsing history, more without warrant via NSLs — Proposed rules would give government access even to browser history and email metadata — Google, Facebook, Yahoo and industry … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft releases Sprightly, an app to create fliers, catalogs, and coupons, for iOS — Microsoft is taking on Adobe Spark Post and startups like Canva with its new app Sprightly, available today on iOS. Similar to its competitors, the app promises an easy way for smaller businesses …
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Google's new iOS app Motion Stills stabilizes your Live Photos to make shareable GIFs and video clips — Google today announced the launch of Motion Stills, a new iOS app that takes your existing Live Photos made with an iOS device — essentially several frames automatically captured …
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Sources: Yahoo hires bank to auction off 3K patents, including original search patent, expects $1B+, sets mid-June deadline for preliminary bids — Yahoo has set mid-June deadline for preliminary bids and hired Black Stone IP to run auction — Yahoo Inc. has kicked off an auction …
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Sources: F5 Networks hires Goldman Sachs to field interest in an acquisition following takeover interest; shares up 12.6% — F5 Networks Inc (FFIV.O), a U.S. computer networking company whose technology helps speed up data center traffic, has hired investment bank Goldman Sachs Group Inc …
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| Ashlee Kieler / Consumerist: |
MCX to disable all CurrentC accounts June 28 as beta test ends — Weeks after CurrentC was delayed (again) and half the team was laid off, the mobile payment that was supposed to serve as a merchant-backed alternative to payment systems from Apple and Android may be over for good.
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| Stefan Etienne / TechCrunch: |
Twitter makes it easier for developers to embed timelines into their web apps or CMS — For developers and publishers, organizing and embedding multiple Twitter timelines is often a calculated effort,but this morningthe social network has added three new ways to make it easier.| Dan Graziano / CNET: |
Samsung Galaxy S7 Active review: durable build is nice and has largest battery Samsung's ever put in a phone, but the design suffers from a cheap look and feel — Everyone says that the two biggest things they want in a smartphone are a tough screen that won't break, and super-long battery life.| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Secret founder David Byttow unveils Bold, a publishing platform for enterprise with bot assistants, raised $1M this summer — David Byttow learned just how much goes unsaid inside companies while he was running Secret. Blasting private information out publicly causes harassment … | Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft's business collaboration app GigJam available in preview to all, coming to Office 365 later this year — Microsoft today announced that its GigJam app for working with someone else on certain workflows, like sending an email or entering a record in customer relationship management software …
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HTC Vive is now shipping in 24 countries with delivery in two to three days, and demo units expanding to more Microsoft, GameStop, and Micro Center stores — The HTC Vive virtual reality headset is now shipping in 24 countries, with delivery in about two or three business days.
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