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Airbnb files lawsuit against city of San Francisco saying recent ordinance breaks federal law — Airbnb sued San Francisco on Monday over a new regulation requiring short-term rental companies to list on their websites only legal housing listings. — The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Cisco to acquire API-based app security startup CloudLock for $293M — Twilio isn't the only company banking on API-based services as the way forward for enterprises. Today, Cisco announced it plans to pay $293 million in a mix of cash and equity to acquire CloudLock … | Adam Jourdan / Reuters: |
New Chinese rules for mobile app developers require user verification with real-name registration and preservation of user activity logs for 60 days — China has tightened rules for mobile app developers including requiring real-name registration and preserving users' activity logs …
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Documents reveal Google's Sidewalk Labs is working on technologies to fix public transit in US — Exclusive: Documents reveal Sidewalk Labs is offering cloud software Flow to Columbus, Ohio, to upgrade bus and parking services - and bring them under Google's management| Nate Swanner / The Next Web: |
Facebook now has official Save and Share extensions for Chrome — Taking dead aim at Pocket, Facebook is releasing a ‘Save to Facebook’ extension for the Chrome browser as well as a new ‘Share’ extension. — Launched at F8 , the Save button lets you tuck articles away on Facebook to read later on.
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Microsoft, Codenvy, and Red Hat announce open source Language Server Protocol (LSP) for IDEs — Codenvy, Microsoft, and Red Hat have announced they are adopting a universal Language Server Protocol for integrated development environments. — Microsoft — yes, Microsoft …
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Sources: Lyft hires M&A banker Qatalyst Partners, possibly seeking a sale or new funding — Lyft was last valued at $5.5 billion by investors including GM — Ride-hailing startup Lyft Inc. has hired Qatalyst Partners LP, the boutique investment bank best known for helping tech companies find a buyer …
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Japan WhatsApp Rival Line Sets Price Range for Potential $1.1 Billion IPO — WhatsApp rival sets a $26.50-$31.50 per-share price range for Tokyo, New York IPO in July — TOKYO—Japanese messaging-app operator Line Corp. said it had set its price range for an initial public offering in Tokyo …
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A look at the payola deals landlords, Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), and developers make with ISPs — When building owners get kickbacks from big providers it's the tenants who lose — I live in an apartment. Chances are good that you do, too: Tens of millions of Americans live …
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Wink's smart home controller can now hail a Uber cab, display Fitbit updates, and trigger IFTTT tasks — Wink's smart home controller is getting an update today that lets it know and do a whole lot more. After an update, the Relay controller will be able to integrate with Uber to let you hail a cab …
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Twitter hires former Apple designer Alessandro Sabatelli as Director of VR and AR, forms a new team focused on VR and AR development — Until recently Twitter has appeared dormant through the rise of two of Silicon Valley's hottest technologies, augmented and virtual reality, but the company's silence appears to be drawing to a close.| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed: |
The temporary follow feature in Twitter Moments is indispensable when big news hits, but too hard to find — Two major news events unfolded this week with the kind of incremental and quickly evolving updates that made Twitter an ideal place to follow both.| Kevin Kwang / Channel NewsAsia: |
Android Pay launches in Singapore, is available for devices with NFC running Android 4.4 or higher — SINGAPORE: Google's mobile payment system, Android Pay, on Tuesday (Jun 28) joined the mobile payments bandwagon in Singapore, making the city-state the first in Asia to have the system.| Alex Pham / Billboard: |
Google signs multi-year deal with LyricFind, bringing lyrics from over 4K publishers to search results; significant revenue for songwriters, publishers expected — Starting today, music publishers and songwriters will have a brand new source of revenue. — Google has signed …
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