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Google Apps for Work rebranded as “G Suite”, to get several machine learning-powered features; “Team Drive” brings team-level content management to Google Drive — Google announced today that its now ten-year old service Google Apps for Work (formerly Google Apps for Your Domain) …
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Google Cloud Platform says eight new Cloud Regions launching in 2017: Mumbai, Singapore, Sydney, Northern Virginia, São Paulo, London, Finland, and Frankfurt — As we officially move into the Google Cloud era, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) continues to bring new capabilities to more regions … | Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google combines all of its cloud services under the ‘Google Cloud’ brand — Google for Work, Google's Cloud Platform and the rest of the company's cloud-based services are getting a new name. They have now been combined under the “Google Cloud” moniker. Google's Diane Greene made the announcement …
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Google opens Waze Rider pilot program to all San Francisco users; drivers and riders limited to two trips per day, with drivers making $0.54/mile — Waze Rider, the ride-sharing version of the popular Google-owned navigation app, is now open to the general public in the Bay Area.| Akin Oyedele / Business Insider: |
Report: Qualcomm is in talks to acquire NXP Semiconductors in deal likely to be worth over $30B — Qualcomm is in talks to buy NXP Semiconductors, according to Eyk Henning, Dana Mattioli and Dana Cimilluca at The Wall Street Journal. — Qualcomm is worth $95 billion, while NXP has a market cap of $32 billion.| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Amazon Game Studios unveils first three games that feature deep Twitch integration — Amazon Game Studios, the gaming development arm of Amazon, today revealed its first titles that feature deep integration with Twitch, the live streaming company that Amazon acquired for $1 billion in 2014.| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
HTC launches its VR app store Viveport globally, says it will accept titles from other stores and platforms — HTC is launching the Viveport app store on a global basis for virtual reality fans. — HTC is the maker of the HTC Vive, the $800 VR headset that enables “room-scale” experiences.
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FCC delays a vote on its plan to open the TV set-top box market after objections by cable industry and disagreements on details among commissioners — You'll have to wait longer for free TV apps that replace rented set-top boxes. — The Federal Communications Commission has delayed a vote …
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FCC votes to expand emergency text alerts from 90 to 360 characters, add support for embedded photos and links — The FCC has voted to strengthen the Wireless Emergency Alerts system, which sends warnings about missing children, natural disasters and other dangerous events directly to citizens' cell phones.
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KGI: ‘Increasing likelihood’ iPhone 8 will feature glass front and back, stainless steel metal for premium models — Reliable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities has released a new report further forecasting that the 2017 iPhone will likely adopt and glass front and back design like the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4s.
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| Michael Mimoso / Threatpost: |
Mozilla accuses Chinese certificate authority WoSign of back-dating SHA-1 certificates and other violations, proposes no longer trusting WoSign certificates — Mozilla has accused a Chinese Certificate Authority of back-dating SHA-1 certificates to get around restrictions barring deprecated certs …
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Android Wear 2.0 delayed until early 2017, new dev preview adds Play Store on watches, more — Announced at I/O with a focus on messaging, customization and fitness, Android Wear 2.0 has been delayed from this fall to early 2017. Google is using the time to improve the operating system … Sponsor Posts
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