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| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Sen. Franken writes to Niantic about Pokémon Go privacy policy scope, 3rd-party sharing, whether some practices could be opt-in, collection of child data, more — Always with his finger on the pulse, Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.) today sent an official letter to Niantic asking …
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| Greg Barbosa / 9to5Mac: |
Pokémon Go on iOS update fixes Google account permissions issue, which had originally requested full account access at log-in, and addresses crashing bugs — Pokémon GO has just received an update on iOS that will hopefully address some of the biggest complaints it has received in the past week.| Matt Weinberger / Business Insider: |
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| Tyler Kugler / Official Android Blog: |
Google brings Project Fi subscribers high speed data service in over 135 countries — When you're traveling abroad, your phone is an essential tool - for finding a great restaurant, posting pics of your trip online, or translating a sign. But the data we have access to when traveling abroad often …
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TechCrunch, Wired, Droid Life, TechSpot, TechnoBuffalo, SiliconBeat, AndroidGuys, Global, Digital Trends, PhoneDog.com, Fortune, TechConnect, BetaNews, ZDNet, 9to5Google, Android and Me, Android Police, Engadget, TalkAndroid.com, Pocketnow, SiliconANGLE, Liliputing, Ars Technica UK, The Verge, USA Today and VentureBeat. Tweets: @mgsiegler
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Google acquires Kifi, a sharing and recommendation app, team to join Spaces, app will be shut down over next few weeks — Google has made another small acquisition to help it continue building out its latest efforts in social apps. The search and Android giant has hired the team behind Kifi …
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Gartner and IDC numbers show PC shipments grew year-over-year in the US in Q2 2016 but declined worldwide — It's not all doom and gloom in the PC world... for once. Both Gartner and IDC estimate that PC shipments actually grew in the US for the first time in over a year …
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| Nathan Donato-Weinstein / Silicon Valley Business …: |
Google, LinkedIn announce real-estate swap giving Google LinkedIn's Mountain View headquarters and LinkedIn several buildings to consolidate staff in Sunnyvale — Putting aside years of fierce competition for scarce real estate in Mountain View, Google Inc. and LinkedIn Corp. have struck a … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft announces “Surface as a Service,” an enterprise leasing program that bundles a Surface device, Office 365, and Windows 10 — Microsoft announced this morning a new program aimed at expanding Surface's footprint in the enterprise, dubbed “Surface as a Service.”
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Tweets: @stevekovach, @mgsiegler and @benbajarin
| Oculus: |
Oculus says it's finished shipping pre-orders and delivery time is now 2-4 business days, announces Oculus Connect 3 dev. conference for Oct. 5-7 in San Jose — Save the date for Oculus Connect 3, coming to San Jose, California, October 5-7! — This year's Connect will be our largest …
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The Verge, VRFocus, UploadVR, Pocket-lint, TechCrunch, Road to VR, WinBeta, TechnoBuffalo, Engadget, SiliconANGLE, Windows Central, Gizmodo, DualShockers, SlashGear, Digital Trends, Mashable, Ubergizmo, VentureBeat, The Tech Report, Kotaku, Neowin, Ars Technica UK, CNET and Pocketnow. Tweets: @id_aa_carmack
| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
As Vine's userbase fails to grow, nearly all of the top product and business leaders have left over the past four months — What's Twitter doing with its six-second video app? — Nearly all of the top product and business leaders at Vine, Twitter's three-year-old short-form video service … | Jay Greene / Wall Street Journal: |
Facebook signs deal to use Microsoft's Office 365 including its email and calendar for its 13K employees, as it continues to develop Facebook at Work — Social network will move its 13,000 employees to Microsoft's web-based tools — Facebook Inc. has signed a deal to use Microsoft Corp. 's online email … | Mathew Ingram / Fortune: |
Twitter signs deal with Bloomberg to livestream three of its daily shows, will share revenue on ads sold alongside videos — Twitter has been ramping up its commitment to streaming live video fairly rapidly over the past week or so, rolling out an experiment from the Wimbledon tennis tournament followed …
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Google Fiber now offers three plans for small businesses: $250 for 1 Gbps, $100 for 250 Mbps, $70 for 100 Mbps — Google has announced a new triumvirate of payment plans for businesses looking to sign up to the internet giant's superfast Fiber internet service.
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