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Snapchat is rolling out Memories, a searchable in-app archive for sharing past photos and videos, including from your phone's camera roll, on iOS and Android — At a time when its social networking rivals are racing to promote more real-time sharing, Snapchat is turning its attention to the past.
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| Ina Fried / Recode: |
Microsoft to split chief operating officer duties between five executives as current COO Kevin Turner leaves — Turner had served as head of Microsoft's sales team for the past 11 years. — Kevin Turner, the former Walmart executive who has led Microsoft's sales team for the past 11 years …
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| Jonathan Keane / Tech.eu: |
Antivirus software firm AVG acquired by Avast Software for $1.3 billion — Antivirus software company AVG Technologies has been acquired by rival Avast Software for $1.3 billion. — Both companies were founded in the Czech Republic and expanded globally with AVG going public in 2012.| David Ruddock / Android Police: |
Source: Google is working on two Android Wear smartwatches with Google Assistant integration to be released after the new Nexus handsets are announced — Speaking to Android Police, a reliable source has told us that Google is currently building two Android Wear devices - possibly Nexus-branded …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Facebook's OpenCellular is a new open-source wireless access platform for remote areas; hardware plans are freely available to researchers and manufacturers — Facebook is clearly very serious about its mission to connect the world and in the process, it has launched solar-powered drones …
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| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Twitter tests sports coverage, starting with Wimbledon stream, featuring video and scrollable tweets on dedicated Live page — Twitter is streaming Wimbledon, our first glimpse at live sports on Twitter. — Twitter wants to get into the business of streaming live sports …
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Tech VCs, to their own detriment, are increasingly investing in businesses that aren't software-driven — One sign that technology markets often exhibit at the tail end of a cycle is a fast diversification of the types of startups getting funded. For example, following the core internet boom …
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| Aneto Okonkwo / Inside Search: |
Google updates Now on Tap with text translations from any screen, search by QR or bar code, and “Discover mode” for getting a stream of related visual content — With Now on Tap, Android Marshmallow users can get quick help from Google without having to stop what they're doing.
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| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Apple Launching Public Betas of iOS 10 and macOS Sierra Today — Two days after releasing the second developer betas of iOS 10 and macOS Sierra for testing, Apple today is launching its public beta program for the forthcoming updates, allowing a broader cross section of users to test …
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| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Walmart brings Walmart Pay to all of its 4,600+ stores in the US — Announced in December, Walmart Pay is pitched as a free mobile payments service for use in the retail giant's stores. — Walmart said it has made the mobile payment app Walmart Pay available in its more than 4,600 Walmart stores nationwide.
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| Jay Greene / Wall Street Journal: |
Microsoft combines its enterprise resource planning and CRM software to create cloud-based Dynamics 365, launching this fall — Company seeks to better compete in markets where it trails SAP and Oracle — Microsoft Corp. plans to update its business software line called Dynamics on Wednesday … | Se Young Lee / Reuters: |
LG to produce connected car platform with Volkswagen that works with smart home devices — South Korea's LG Electronics Inc said on Wednesday it will work with German carmaker Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) to jointly develop a connected car platform to enable vehicles to communicate with external devices.Sponsor Posts
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