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Microsoft partners with Qualcomm, will use emulation tech to allow Windows 10 on ARM to run x86 Win32 apps — 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, 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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| 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 …
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| Bloomberg: |
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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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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| 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| Shirley Halperin / Billboard: |
Apple says Music now has 20M+ paying subscribers, up 15% from 17M in September — Eddy Cue and Zane Lowe on exclusives and why their service rules hip-hop. — Apple has released the latest numbers for the music subscription service Apple Music. In the 18 months since the service was launched …
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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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See also Mediagazer| 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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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google and Slack partner to launch new Google Drive integrations, including previews of Docs files, permission checking for files shared in Slack, more — Slack announced a strategic partnership with Google Cloud this morning, which will bring a number of new features …
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| 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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| Yuji Nakamura / Bloomberg: |
Sony unveils Project Field, a thin and flat mobile gaming controller that detects physical objects like cards and figurines, and announces 11 new mobile titles — New studio announces 11 games which will be released on phones — Project Field to interact with cards, figures to control games
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| The Intercept: |
Snowden doc from 2012 reveals NSA, GCHQ intercepted data from GSM mobile phones on flights, in regions covered by UK telco Inmarsat: Africa, Middle East, Europe — In the trove of documents provided by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden is a treasure.| Leena Rao / Fortune: |
Sherpa Capital's Tina Sharkey and entrepreneur Ido Leffler launch consumer goods startup Brandless and announce $16M in funding, led by Redpoint — Consumer packaged goods like diapers, shampoo, non-perishable foods and more represent a massive $770 billion industry (excluding tobacco) in the United States.Sponsor Posts
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