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Source: Google opening Waze-based carpooling service previously in testing to all SF-area Waze users this fall; current pilot charges riders at most 54¢/mile — Alphabet's carpooling program in San Francisco offers rides at cheaper rates — Google is moving onto Uber Technologies Inc.'s turf …
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Thanks:@larrychiang| Jeff Benjamin / 9to5Mac: |
Apple launches $20/mo 2TB iCloud storage plan ahead of iPhone 7 event — Apple has launched a new 2TB iCloud storage tier a little over a week out from the iPhone 7 launch event. The new 2TB plan, which is its largest plan available, will set users back $19.99 a month.| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Amazon expands Dash Buttons beyond the U.S. and into the U.K., Germany, and Austria — Amazon has finally launched its consumer goods-ordering Dash Buttons program outside the U.S., with the news that it's now available in the U.K., Germany, and Austria. — The internet giant first introduced …
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| Fortune: |
Sources: Nest's platform team to become part of Google to create a unified IoT platform led by Hiroshi Lockheimer, currently SVP of Android — Alphabet subsidiary Nest Labs, maker of Internet-connected thermostats and smoke detectors, is undergoing yet another restructuring, Fortune has learned.
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| Will Oremus / Slate: |
Three former Facebook contractors say Trending news algorithm was not ready to run autonomously, user testing was overwhelmingly negative — How Facebook's foray into automated news went from messy to disastrous. — It seems Facebook's human news editors weren't quite as expendable as the company thought.
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| Fortune: |
Uber hires Target's CMO Jeff Jones as president, overseeing global marketing, customer service, and operations — Uber, the global ride-hailing giant whose reputation has see-sawed at times from brash to boorish, has plucked an image maker from a leading U.S. retailer to be one of its top executives.
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| Andrew Martonik / Android Central: |
Sources: this year's Google-branded Android phones will not use “Nexus” name, will feature additional software and a tweaked interface atop “vanilla” Android — The ‘Nexus’ brand is going away, but the biggest deal here is the large change in software experience that will accompany the new branding.
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| Associated Press: |
LA judge dismisses key claims in lawsuit against headphone maker Beats by former partner Noel Lee ahead of scheduled trial next week — LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge has dismissed the key claims in a lawsuit alleging that headphone maker Beats Electronics duped one of its early partners …
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| Tim Peterson / Marketing Land: |
Facebook will let users save offers to new Offers tab, remind about those expiring, let brands use ad-targeting for offers, is working on unique redeem codes — Facebook will now let people save offers to a new Offers tab, remind them when one is about to expire and give brands more control over who can use them.
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| Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal: |
Nearly half of the trustees of CIA's In-Q-Tel have financial conflict of interest with a firm funded by In-Q-Tel; trustee-connected firms funded on 17 occasions — In-Q-Tel provides only limited information about its investments, and some of its trustees have ties to funded companies
Tweets: @bbcleishachi, @damianpaletta, @mtthwrose and @doctorparadox
| Nathan Olivarez-Giles / Wall Street Journal: |
An early look at using Siri to control third-party app functions, like paying with Square Cash or sending messages with LinkedIn — We used Apple's voice-controlled assistant to send messages with LinkedIn and make mobile payments with Square Cash — You're going to have a lot more to talk about with Siri this fall.| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
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