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Sources: Samsung to release Galaxy S8 next year with bezel-less wraparound OLED display and a virtual home button that will be buried under the display — March release said to face potential delay on testing — Company needs a hit product after exploding Note 7 debacle
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Microsoft will use emulation tech to allow Windows 10 on ARM to run x86 Win32 apps through partnership with Qualcomm — Microsoft will again seek to expand the reach of its Windows PC operating system to devices running mobile-oriented ARM processors, through a partnership with Qualcomm announced tonight …
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| Paul Thurrott / Thurrott.com: |
Microsoft and Intel announce plans to bring advanced security features, mixed reality, and new gaming capabilities to PCs through Project Evo — At its WinHEC 2016 opening keynote in Shenzhen, China Thursday morning, Microsoft announced a new collaboration with longtime partner Intel aimed …
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| Mehedi Hassan / MSPoweruser: |
Microsoft partners with Intel on Project Evo, which adds “far-field speech communications” to devices, potentially paving the way for an Amazon Echo competitor — Microsoft today announced a major new feature coming to Windows 10: Project EVO. Project EVO will be Microsoft's …
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Bluetooth SIG adopts Bluetooth 5 spec with 2x speed, 4x range, and 8x broadcast message capacity, arriving in devices within 2-6 months — Bluetooth is about to become a lot less hassle-prone. The wireless standard's Special Interest Group has officially adopted the Bluetooth 5 spec … | Satya Nadella / LinkedIn: |
Microsoft closes LinkedIn acquisition, will pursue specific integration scenarios like LinkedIn identity in Office, notifications within Windows, and more — Today is an exciting day, one I've been looking forward to since June. It marks the close of the agreement for Microsoft …
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Sources: Apple is in talks with movie studios to get earlier access to releases for iTunes, possibly as soon as two weeks after theater debut — Movie companies said discussing rentals 2 weeks after debut — Encryption technology said to be one concern in negotiations
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WPP CEO Martin Sorell says the ad firm will spend $70M on Snapchat this year, versus $5.5B on Google, up from $4B a year ago, and $1.75B on Facebook — Facebook may have issues with measurement, but they don't appear to be hampering the social media giant's advertising growth.
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| Andrea Wong / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple parks much of its foreign earnings tax-free in US via US bond purchases; filings show Treasury Dept. paid Apple $600M+ in interest over 5 years — Over the years, Apple Inc. has become the poster child for U.S. multinationals accused of sheltering overseas profits to avoid the IRS.
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| Dave Gershgorn / Quartz: |
Leaked slides from an invitation-only event on December 6 reveal Apple's LiDAR and AI research efforts, including more efficient neural networks — Apple has long been secretive about the research done within its Cupertino, California, labs. It's easy to understand why.
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Thanks:@ravichandrans25| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Used car marketplace Beepi shutting down operations outside of California, laying off 180 staff, merging with Fair.com — After going through nearly $150 million in funding, peer-to-peer used-car marketplace Beepi.comis shifting gears. TechCrunch has learned and confirmed that the startup …
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
T-Mobile debuts Digits in limited beta, letting users make/take calls with same phone number on all their devices, launches to public next year with pricing TBA — And multiple numbers on the same device — but no iMessage — T-Mobile just revealed its answer to AT&T's NumberSync technology …
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| Alex Hern / The Guardian: |
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says he has “complicated” feelings over Donald Trump's use of the service, especially as it puts a spotlight on the company — Jack Dorsey says he has mixed feelings about the president-elect's use of the social media service
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European Commission report: IT companies, including Facebook, Google, Twitter, and Microsoft only review 40% of material flagged as hate speech within 24 hours — European officials pushed on Tuesday for American technology giants to do more to tackle online hate speech across the region … | Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Google, HTC, Oculus, Samsung, Sony, and Acer create the Global Virtual Reality Association, aimed at promoting best practices in VR; Valve is not a member — After a couple years of being driven primarily by the startups, the virtual reality industry is growing to be one increasingly dominated by the big dogs.| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft announces Build 2017 will be held on May 10-12 in Seattle — Microsoft is combining some of its previously separate large-format conferences for 2017, and is pushing back its Build developers confab to May next year. — Microsoft is bringing its Build developers conference …
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