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Android Instant Apps starts initial live testing, with apps from BuzzFeed, Wish, Periscope, others — Posted by Aurash Mahbod, Software Engineer, Google Play — Android Instant Apps was previewed at Google I/O last year as a new way to run Android apps without requiring installation.
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
President Trump designates net neutrality opponent Ajit Pai as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission — Donald Trump has elevated Ajit Pai to chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, giving control over the agency to a reliable conservative who's been opposed to pretty …
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See also Mediagazer| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Google Voice rolls out revamped design to Android, iOS, and web, adds support for MMS photos, more — Will Google follow through on its commitment to regular updates? — Google just announced the new and improved Google Voice that the company teased a few weeks ago.
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| Josh Ye / South China Morning Post: |
China tightens Great Firewall, declaring Chinese VPN services need prior government approval; large VPN-provider Vypr says it's “working on ways around this” — Move means all cable and VPN services need prior government approval and comes as Beijing steps up censorship before power-reshuffle party congress
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| Hyunjoo Jin / Reuters: |
Samsung reports revenue of $45.8B in Q4 with profits growing 50% YoY to $7.93B, the highest in three years; profit from chips business grew 77% YoY to $4.25B — Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) on Tuesday said it expects profit growth in 2017 despite challenges arising from political uncertainty … | Roger Cheng / CNET: |
Samsung is sticking with the Note branding for Note7's successor, despite the ongoing negative publicity from battery explosions — Despite the enormous baggage that comes with the Note name, Samsung believes loyal customers will flock back to a new Note. — Josh Miller
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| Sprint: |
Sprint buys 33% of Jay Z's TIDAL streaming music service, “will make TIDAL available” to its 45M customers; Jay Z and the artist-owners will still run TIDAL — TIDAL and its artists to deliver exclusive content to help Sprint acquire new customers, reward current customers
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See also Mediagazer| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
After working on health tech at Apple, Yoky Matsuoka returns to Nest as CTO to oversee long-term product roadmap — Alphabet Inc. re-hired Yoky Matsuoka to oversee technology at its Nest Labs Inc. smart home unit, snapping up the robotics and artificial intelligence expert after she recently left Apple Inc.
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| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Yahoo reports Q4 revenue of $1.47B vs $1.38B expected, postpones target closing date of Verizon deal to Q2 2017 — Yahoo ($YHOO) on Monday released its fourth quarter earnings results, saying it generated $1.47 billion in revenue (a 15 percent increase) and earnings per share of $0.17.| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative acquires science search engine Meta and will make its tool free in a few months, after enhancing the product — Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan's $45 billion philanthropy organization is making its first acquisition in order to make it easier for scientists to search …
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| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Instagram founder Kevin Systrom and Head of Product Kevin Weil explain the bevy of new features launched in 2016, many of which were inspired by Snapchat — How Kevin Systrom got over minimalism and snapped into building mode. — Toward the tail end of 2015, Kevin Systrom, the CEO of Instagram … Thanks:@ravichandrans25
| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Verizon laid off 155 employees from its mobile streaming service Go90; sources say Vessel team, acquired in October, will rebuild the service — Team from acquisition Vessel charged with app rebuild — Verizon's mobile streaming service Go90 is about to get a hard reset …
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