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Ultra-slim Windows 10 notebooks, 13-inch convertible Chromebook, and first curved screen laptop launched by Acer — Acer has launched the new Chromebook R 13 and the Windows 10-powered Swift and Spin notebooks with Intel's new seventh-generation processors.| 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.| Jack Nicas / Wall Street Journal: |
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 … | Napier Lopez / The Next Web: |
Instagram now lets you pinch to zoom on photos and videos in feed, on profiles, and in the Explore tab on iOS — You can finally, at long last, zoom in on Instagram photos (and videos). … Revolutionary. — Instagram notes that the feature is coming to iOS today.| 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.| Blair Hanley Frank / PCWorld: |
Google to use Okta as its preferred identity provider for Google Apps enterprise customers — Google Apps will use Okta as its preferred identity provider for enterprise customers — Identity management vendor Okta and Google have announced a partnership aimed at getting enterprises to secure their users' identities in the cloud.| Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land: |
Google launches In Apps, a way to search within apps on Android phones, works with Gmail, Spotify, and YouTube; support for more apps coming soon — Google has announced a new way to locate content within apps on Android phones. “In Apps” is a search tab that allows this, a new addition to the Google app for Android.| 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 … | 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 … | Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Corning unveils scratch-resistant Gorilla Glass SR+ for wearable devices, available in products later this year — In 2015, Corning announced “Project Phire,” a new material that combines the strength of Gorilla Glass with the scratch-resistance of sapphire, and as of today, the result of that project is ready to launch.| 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.| 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.| 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.| 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
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