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Apple to raise prices of apps and in-app purchases by ~25% in 3 regions, making the lowest app prices now 99p in UK, 80 rupees in India, and 3.49 lira in Turkey — UK costs will numerically match those of the US, meaning that a program that costs $0.99 will now be 99p.
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Airbus CEO Tom Enders says company hopes to fly prototype of single-person, self-piloting flying car by the end of 2017 — Airbus Group plans to test a prototype for a self-piloted flying car as a way of avoiding gridlock on city roads by the end of the year, the aerospace group's chief executive said on Monday.
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Baidu hires AI specialist and former Microsoft EVP Qi Lu as group president and chief operating officer to oversee and develop AI technologies — AI specialist Qi Lu becomes Baidu's COO and president — Lu will oversee Baidu's efforts to develop AI technologies
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Snap Inc.'s culture of secrecy, led by CEO Evan Spiegel, could be problematic as the company prepares to IPO in March — Snap Inc. CEO Evan Spiegel's values will be tested as he convinces investors of the company's potential. — by — Last September, Snapchat employees read a report … | Maya Kosoff / Vanity Fair: |
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| Gerrit De Vynck / Bloomberg: |
Priceline co-founder Jay Walker launches Upside.com, a business travel startup, with $50M funding at a $200M+ valuation — Jay Walker raised money for Upside.com at $200M valuation — Startup is aimed at helping business travelers find deals — One of the pioneers of online travel booking … | Pamela Rosen / Evernote Blog: |
Evernote launches updated iOS app with streamlined UI for creating notes, finding notes, more — Getting organized and staying organized should consume as little time and effort as possible. That's why we redesigned Evernote for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch with speed and simplicity in mind …
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Sources: publishers think it's unlikely Facebook will renew paid livestreaming deals, as it has been pushing them to focus on creating longer content — Publishers don't expect Facebook to renew the deals it was pushing last spring; now Facebook wants something else.
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Nieman Lab, Tubefilter, Seeking Alpha, and SocialTimes
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Video conferencing startup Zoom raises $100M Series D round led by Sequoia Capital at a $1B+ valuation, plans to invest in VR and AR — Zoom Video Communications, Inc., the Santa Clara-based startup that's bidding to disrupt the online video communications industry, has just landed …
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Deep learning startup Neurala raises $14M Series A led by Pelion Ventures, to build AI for drones, autonomous cars, more — Neurala, a software and services company that helps bring artificial intelligence (AI) to drones, robots, cars, and consumer electronics, has announced a $14 million series …
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SiliconANGLE, Access AI, BostonGlobe.com, BostInno, and Xconomy
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Google publishes paper detailing its cloud security strategy, including the deployment of custom chips on servers and peripherals — Even the servers it colocates (!) says new docu revealing Alphabet sub's security secrets — Google has published a Infrastructure Security Design Overview …
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ZDNet, SiliconANGLE, The Overspill, SecurityWeek, and cloudpro.co.uk
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
App Annie report: number of app downloads rose 15% in 2016, time spent in apps rose 25%, and revenue paid to developers rose 40% — The app industry is continuing to grow, according to a new year-end analysis from app intelligence firm App Annie, out today, which found that app downloads …
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Digital Trends and VentureBeat
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Raspberry Pi upgrades its $30 Compute Module for embedded computing with 10x the CPU performance at 1.2GHz and twice the RAM at 1GB — Compute Module for embedded computing gets first big upgrade since 2014. — The Raspberry Pi Compute Module is getting a big upgrade … | Lora Kolodny / TechCrunch: |
Measure raises $15M Series B led by IT services firm Cognizant, to fly drones as a service for other companies — Measure may not be building the ultimate flying camera, or drones that drop burritos at your door. But the Washington D.C.-based startup has raised $15 million in Series B funding …
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Intel launches new IoT retail platform called Responsive Retail Platform and announces plan to invest $100M over next five years in the retail tech sector — The platform works to bring together retail hardware, software, APIs and sensors in a standardized way.Sponsor Posts
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