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| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Sources: Google to unveil its first Daydream VR headset Tuesday, to be used in conjunction with its new flagship phones; one source says price likely to be $79 — Google will not only use its October 4 hardware event to unveil two new flagship phones, the company is also going to introduce …
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| David Ruddock / Android Police: |
Source: Huawei sacked Honor US team, refused deal for Google's 2016 phones after carriers failed to stock Nexus 6P and learning of new Google-only branding deal — According to a source familiar with Huawei's operations, the Chinese smartphone and telecoms giant's device division has been having …
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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft pulls Band listings from its Store and admits there are no plans for a new Band device this year — Microsoft officials say there are no plans to introduce a new Microsoft Band fitness device this year and that they've sold through the existing Band 2 inventory.
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| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
WhatsApp update brings emojis, ability to write and draw on photos, videos, and adds screen flash for front-facing photos, available on Android today, iOS soon — Emojis, anyone? — WhatsApp launched a handful of new photo editing features Monday, including the ability to draw on pictures …
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| Kevin McLaughlin / The Information: |
Google hires David Foster, who was previously leading device development teams at Amazon's Lab126; source says he will lead development of smartphones at Google — David Foster, who helped develop the Amazon Kindle and Kindle Fire tablet, joined Google on Monday as vice president … | Zach Rodgers / AdExchanger: |
Salesforce To Buy Krux For $700M, Closing Ad Tech Gap With Rival Marketing Clouds — Salesforce has shifted back into gear on ad tech M&A after a three-year quiet period. — The company will snap up data management platform Krux in a move that could bring its marketing stack into closer parity with its archrival Oracle.
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| Alexandria Sage / Reuters: |
CA Gov. Brown last week signed into law restricted testing of fully autonomous vehicles on public roads without operator, steering wheel, or pedals — A bill signed into law on Thursday by California Governor Jerry Brown allows a self-driving vehicle with no operator inside to test on a public road …
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Xiaomi partners with Google to launch its first US product, the Mi Box, a $69 Android TV set-top with 4K support, Google Cast, and Google Voice Search — Xiaomi has finally launched its Mi Box Android TV set-top box in the U.S. — While we did know that the Mi Box would be coming to the U.S … | Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
European travel planner and booking platform GoEuro raises $70M round, led by Silver Lake Kraftwerk and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers — Travel planner and booking platform GoEuro has taken in another big cash injection, announcing a $70 million funding round led by Silver Lake Kraftwerk …
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| Mary Ku / Facebook: |
Facebook launches Marketplace on mobile for buying and selling items, initially in US, UK, Australia, and New Zealand, won't facilitate payment or delivery — Facebook is where people connect, and in recent years more people have been using Facebook to connect in another way: buying and selling with each other.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
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Tweets: @joshconstine, @joshconstine, @caseynewton and @brianroemmele
Thanks:@joshconstine| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon bans incentivized reviews tied to free or discounted products, except those from its Amazon Vine product review program — Amazon is making a significant change to its Community Guidelines, announced today, which will eliminate any incentivized reviews, except for those that emerge from within its own Amazon Vine program.
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Tweets: @cyrusshepard and @kakurady
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
iTunes debuts new “Spoken Editions” section featuring narrated articles from several web publishers including Reuters, Techcrunch, Gizmodo, IGN, Fusion, others — As we reported in September, iTunes has today launched a new section called “Spoken Editions,” … Sponsor Posts
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