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| David Ruddock / Android Police: |
Sources: Google planning to launch an ultra-thin convertible laptop, nicknamed Pixel 3 running combined Android-Chrome OS “Andromeda” in Q3 '17 starting at $799 — Two independent and reliable sources have confirmed to us that Google is planning a new Pixel laptop to be released in Q3 2017.
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| Stephen Hall / 9to5Google: |
Sources: Google plans a Huawei tablet with Nexus branding, likely running Andromeda OS — We've learned from multiple sources that Google plans to launch its forthcoming Andromeda Android/Chrome OS hybrid OS on two devices: a Huawei Nexus tablet and a “convertible laptop”.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Disney working with a financial adviser to evaluate a possible bid for Twitter, and Salesforce is working with Bank of America to assess potential bid — Salesforce said to be working with Bank of America on bid — Twitter presentations to prospective buyers said to start soon
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Plex partners with Amazon to launch a hardware-free media server, Plex Cloud, available to Plex Pass users that have an Amazon Drive account — You no longer need an always-on PC or any other network-attached hardware in order to use Plex's media player. The popular service …
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| Lauren Goode / The Verge: |
Roku unveils new range of streaming media players from the $30 Express box to the $130 Ultra with 4K, HDR video support, USB port, and a more advanced remote — The fall hardware refresh that will surprise no one — After weeks of leaks about the new products, Roku has officially announced its new line of streaming media boxes.
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VentureBeat, The Official Roku Blog, Engadget, TechCrunch, The Verge, BetaNews, The Next Web, GeekTime, Pocketnow, Pocket-lint, TechHive, Mashable, Pocket-lint, Gizmodo, Wired, CNET, Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, Lifehacker, TechSpot, MacRumors and Digital Trends
Tweets: @stevekovach, @jandawson and @shiraovide
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Windows 10 surpasses 400M active devices, up from 300M in May, and announces new container-based isolation security feature for Edge browser, coming next year — Microsoft officials said Windows 10 has hit the 400 million ‘active’ device milestone, up from 300 million in early May.
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Ars Technica, GeekWire, Windows Blog, Computerworld, Inquirer, SlashGear, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, The Verge and Windows Central
| Dan Levine / Reuters: |
US Department of Labor files administrative lawsuit against Palantir, alleging discrimination against Asian job applicants — The U.S. Department of Labor on Monday filed an administrative lawsuit against Palantir Technologies, alleging the data analysis company systematically discriminated against Asian job applicants.
| Dan Primack / Fortune: |
Mobile ad startup AppLovin, which has raised less than $5M to date, agrees to be acquired by Chinese PE firm Orient Hontai Capital for $1.4B — Unlike most advertising technology startups, San Francisco-based AppLovin never raised any traditional venture capital.
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AdExchanger, Recode, TechCrunch, Silicon Valley Business …, PE Hub Blog and FinSMEs
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| Cade Metz / Wired: |
A look at Microsoft's Project Catapult, a multi-year effort to design FPGA chips in-house to power cloud services including Bing, Azure, Office 365, more — It was December 2012, and Doug Burger was standing in front of Steve Ballmer, trying to predict the future.| Shoshanna Solomon / The Times of Israel: |
Israel-based equity crowdfunding firm OurCrowd raises $72M Series C for global expansion and additional capital to co-invest in startups that use its platform — The Jerusalem-based equity crowdfunding firm has invested more than $300 million to date, mostly in Israeli start-ups
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Business Wire, FinSMEs, Benzinga, Bloomberg, NoCamels News Flash, TechCrunch, Reuters, Crowdfund Insider and GeekTime
| Kate Conger / TechCrunch: |
Senator Mark Warner, a co-founder of Nextel and a former startup investor, calls for SEC investigation into Yahoo's disclosure of its record breach — Yahoo's announcement last week that data from 500 million user accounts had been stolen in 2014 by what it called a “state-sponsored actor” …
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eWeek, Vanity Fair, Reuters, Silicon Valley Business … and Quartz
| Jason Del Rey / Recode: |
Online grocery service FreshDirect, popular in New York, raises $189M round led by JPMorgan Asset Management to expand in new cities — One of the oldest online grocers gets a huge cash infusion. — FreshDirect, an online grocer that has a large following in the New York metropolitan area …
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TechCrunch, Business Wire, New York Post, internetretailer.com, Eater, PE Hub Blog, VentureBeat and Reuters
Tweets: @rachelking and @mdudas
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Pay-per-mile auto insurance firm Metromile has raised $191.5M in 3 rounds since late 2014, will acquire Mosaic Insurance to start underwriting policies itself — The automotive industry is in flux with the rise of self-driving and electric cars, and the concept of car ownership altogether being thrown into question.
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BetaKit, VentureBeat and Insurance Journal
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