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Facebook starts testing MSQRD selfie filters in Canada and Brazil, opening to your camera instead of a status update prompt on top of your feed — Snapchat opens to the camera by default to spur content creation, and now Facebook is trying the same starting with an Olympics-themed test in Brazil and Canada.
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Sources: Apple acquires Seattle-based machine learning startup Turi for around $200M — Machine learning and artificial intelligence startup Turi has been acquired by Apple in a deal characterized as a blockbuster exit for the Seattle-based company, formerly known as Dato and GraphLab, GeekWire has learned.
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Spotify launches Release Radar, a weekly personalized playlist of new music — Spotify is doubling down on its strategy to beat Apple Music with big data-driven personalized playlists like Discover Weekly — a huge hit that saw 40 million users in its first year.
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| Jeremy Burge / Emojipedia: |
Apple's changing of the pistol emoji to a toy water gun in iOS 10 beta is a potentially dangerous decision — Apple announced a number of changes to their emoji set this week, including better representation of women, single-parent families, and a pride flag.
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Strategy Analytics: iPhone sales in India dropped 35% in Q2 YoY, left Apple with 2.4% of market that grew 19% — Tim Culpan is a technology columnist for Bloomberg Gadfly. He previously covered technology for Bloomberg News. — +0.08 — ON CLOSING, AUG 4 — 105.87USD| Ernesto / TorrentFreak: |
Torrentz.eu, one of world's largest torrent meta-search engines, shuts down without warning — Founded in 2003, Torrentz has been a stable factor in the torrent community for over 13 years. — With millions of visitors per day the site grew out to become one of the most visited torrent sites … | Alan Boyle / GeekWire: |
Amazon unveils its first freighter “Prime Air” jet, the first of twenty to be leased from Atlas Air, in addition to the twenty leased from ATSG — The first freighter jet to carry the Amazon brand is primed for its public debut in Seafair's sunny skies, after making a stealthy flight …
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Thanks:@kevinlisota| Joseph Cox / Motherboard: |
After losing in the UK, Privacy International takes its case against government's bulk hacking powers abroad to the European Court of Human Rights — On Friday, activist group Privacy International and five internet and communications providers lodged an application before the European Court …
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
NPD: sales of portable power packs for mobile devices doubled between July 10 and July 23 compared to same period a year ago, likely due to Pokémon Go — Early on in the Pokémon Go hype cycle, there were signs that players were driving a significant uptick in sales of backup batteries …
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| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
HTC launches Viveport app store as the company continues to move all-in on VR — As the Vive becomes an increasingly essential part of HTC's future, the company is making sure that no stone is left unturned when it comes to potential profit. What perhaps began as a side project for the company …
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Food startup Deliveroo raises $275M as Uber eats into its European market — Deliveroo, the on-demand food delivery startup in Europe, has raised another $275 million in funding, a Series E investment that we have heard from sources values the company at around $1 billion.
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| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Orkut creator Orkut Büyükkökten launches Hello, an interest-based social network that lets you select personas like geek or foodie that serve as communities — In 2004, Orkut Büyükkökten and Githin Jose founded the social network Orkut as part of an independent project within Google.
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