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Instagram “Stories” clones Snapchat's Stories feature for ephemeral photo and video slideshows, will roll out globally on iOS and Android over next few weeks — People only post the highlights of their life on Instagram, so today the app adds its own version of “Stories” …
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Microsoft expands HoloLens availability to business customers, debuts HoloLens Commercial Suite with Kiosk Mode, support for VPN, BitLocker, more — Microsoft is starting to roll out on a limited basis its HoloLens augmented-reality glasses to business customers, beginning with those in the U.S. and Canada.
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Xbox One S review: striking new design, 4K and HDR are good though limited, but hard to recommend with the more powerful Project Scorpio coming in 2017 — Review: Welcome new design, 4K and HDR tricks under the hood—but are those enough? — What was going on in the Microsoft Devices Group during the Xbox One's design phase?
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Hands-on with Samsung Galaxy Note 7: the 5.7"-display phablet has a curved-screen, bezel-free design, iris scanner unlock; pre-orders start tomorrow, price TBD — Here it is: The new phone that was so exciting the company went ahead and skipped a full number upgrade (the Samsung Galaxy Note 6 … | Alan Levin / Bloomberg: |
White House science and tech office announces Alphabet's Project Wing drone delivery to be tested in US and NSF will spend $35M on drone research, safety — White House announces funding, research for unmanned flight — Industry also promises education campaign on drone safety
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Google says links in mobile search results will soon take you to AMP version of page, if available, not the traditional HTML page — Google's “Accelerated Mobile Pages,” more commonly known as AMP, are meant to be a reboot of the mobile web. Designed to fix mobile webpages that suck …
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Hackers accessed Telegram messaging accounts in Iran, identified phone numbers of 15M+ users, say experts — Iranian hackers have compromised more than a dozen accounts on the Telegram instant messaging service and identified the phone numbers of 15 million Iranian users … | Robert Hof / SiliconANGLE: |
Attic Labs raises $8.1M Series A round led by Greylock Partners as it debuts Noms, an open-source database with version control similar to Git — Big Data is a big mess. Hundreds of versions of the same data, from government census data to company financial results to sports statistics … | John Mannes / TechCrunch: |
Medium acquires rich media embedding API platform Embedly; financial terms not disclosed — Medium announced today that it has acquired Embed.ly to support publishers with backend APIs for embedding content. — Embed.ly supports writers by providing analytics on content and customized recommendations and promotions.| Reuters: |
OpenTV owner Kudelski settles with Apple, ending patent dispute in US and Europe over video streaming tech and removing threat of injunction in Germany — Swiss digital TV security company Kudelski (KUD.S) on Tuesday reached a settlement with Apple Inc(AAPL.O), ending a patent dispute … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
LinkedIn launches new app for influencers to share Q&A videos limited to 30 seconds — LinkedIn, the social platform for people to network and look for work that's getting acquired by Microsoft for $26 billion, is taking the wraps off a new feature that it hopes will get more of its 433 …
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Sources: Snapchat's making new type of ad where users scan barcodes or other images to unlock sponsored content in app; one source says a fall rollout expected — Snapchat is working on a new type of ad that would allow people to use their smartphone cameras to unlock special sponsored content in the app.
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Firefox 48 arrives with multi-process support, drops old OS X versions and Android Gingerbread — Mozilla today launched Firefox 48 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. The browser has gained multi-processor support (finally), enhanced protection against harmful downloads, and media improvements on Android.
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