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Niantic CEO says the company is going to add “sponsored locations” to Pokémon Go, letting retailers and other companies sponsor places on the virtual map — The developer behind Pokémon Go , the smash hit location-based mobile game that has dominated US …
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Skype announces new WebRTC alpha version for Linux; Chromebook users can now make voice calls too — Skype has announced a brand-new version of Skype for Linux users today, as the Microsoft-owned VoIP client looks to play catch up with its brethren on other platforms.| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple puts out open casting call for app creators for reality show “Planet of the Apps”, sheds more light on the series — Earlier this year it was announced that Apple was planning to launch its first original TV series about the “app economy.”
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Inside Facebook's Mobile Device Lab, which houses about 60 server racks to test its apps for performance and battery consumption on older phones — Deep inside Facebook's very first data center, located in a sprawling facility in the hills of Prineville, OR, lies a series of about 60 server racks.
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BitTorrent to launch live-streamed TV news network on July 18 at the Republican National Convention as part of broader effort to become a video content company — Move Is Part of Larger Effort to Refocus Business on Becoming Video Content Company — 6 Ways You Can Put Behavioral Automation to Work for Your Clients Today| Nicole Perlroth / New York Times: |
Tor Project replaces its board with a new slate of directors including Bruce Schneier and Matt Blaze, in the wake of Jacob Appelbaum's resignation — SAN FRANCISCO — The Tor Project, a nonprofit digital privacy group, on Wednesday replaced its board with a new slate of directors as part …
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House committee report claims banking regulator FDIC was hacked in 2010, 2011, 2013, likely by China, accuses FDIC of covering up breach for political reasons — The Chinese government likely hacked computers at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in 2010, 2011 and 2013 and employees …
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Uber pulls out of Hungary, where it had 1,200 drivers, over government legislation that penalizes drivers, blocks access to “illegal dispatcher services” — Ride-hailing app Uber is pulling out of Hungary after the introduction of tough new laws by prime minister Viktor Orban which the company said put its drivers at risk.
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| Nick Wingfield / New York Times: |
Unity Technologies, which makes the game engine behind Pokémon Go and others, raises $181M at a $1.5B valuation — Most game players have never heard of Unity Technologies, but its software was used in the creation of a large number of the world's top mobile games, including the current hit Pokémon Go.| Krystina Gustafson / CNBC: |
Amazon's sales rise 60% YoY worldwide, 50% in the US, on Prime Day, making it the biggest sales day ever — So much for concerns that the second Prime Day event didn't live up to Amazon's expectations. — The online retailer said Wednesday that the self-created holiday was its biggest sales day ever …
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| Tom Mendelsohn / Ars Technica UK: |
HP Inc. follows Dell in raising UK prices by 10% after Brexit weakens the pound; Lenovo and Cisco are reportedly still considering a price hike — HP plans to bump up its UK prices up by 10 percent across the board due to the pound's volatility against the dollar in the weeks following …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft is partnering with HPE, Dell, and Lenovo to roll-out Azure Stack in mid-2017 — Microsoft is repositioning Azure Stack as a turnkey product that will be available in mid-2017 in conjunction with HPE, Dell and Lenovo. Here's why. — Microsoft plans to make its Azure Stack …
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