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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
KGI: all three 2017 iPhones will have wireless charging, and OLED model will need additional graphite sheathing to prevent the overheating of 3D Touch sensor — Apple is widely rumored to launch three new iPhones this year, and KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo now claims that all of them will feature wireless charging.
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| Alan F. / PhoneArena: |
WhatsApp starts rolling out two-step verification for all iOS, Android, and Windows users — Messaging app WhatsApp announced today that it has started rolling out two-step verification for its iOS, Android and Windows users. It is up to the user of each device to enable the app to use this new feature …
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Sources: Samsung Galaxy S8 to be unveiled late next month in New York, with a curved-screen, an AI assistant called Bixby, and in two sizes — The South Korean tech company is hoping that a streamlined design and a new virtual assistant for its next flagship smartphone will help consumers forget last year's massive recall.| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
Chrome for Android adds WebVR support for the Daydream headset — If you have a Daydream VR headset, you may want to update your Android phone's Chrome browser ASAP. Chrome's stable version now supports WebVR, a JavaScript API necessary for experiences loaded on browsers to work on a VR device.| Andrew Liptak / The Verge: |
Facebook hires MTV executive Mina Lefevre as head of development, overseeing scripted and unscripted content — Mina Lefevre had been the head of scripted for MTV — Facebook has been working to make video a central part of how its users experience the site, first with Facebook Live …
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See also Mediagazer| Marcus Ash / Windows Blog: |
Microsoft's Cortana will now suggest reminders based on content of emails, available now on Windows 10 and iOS, Android in the coming weeks — Cortana* already gives you reminders for people, places and times, and helps you make and manage to-do lists so you don't forget a thing.
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| Stephen Witt / Billboard: |
Interview with Jeff Bezos and Steve Boom, VP of Amazon Music, about the music industry, Echo and Alexa's place in it, more — Amazon founder Jeff Bezos would make almost any list of the world's most powerful people. In retail, he's clearly on top, and in tech, he's close to it.
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See also Mediagazer| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitch launches Communities in beta, catering to hundreds of non-gaming interests and topics, available now — Twitch's push to broaden the scope of its video game streaming site to include more types of content continues today with the launch of a new section on its site called “Communities.”
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| William Alden / BuzzFeed: |
Memo: Zenefits is laying off 430 employees, or about 45% of its staff, including 250 from its San Francisco office, as it expands workforces in Canada and India — Zenefits will lay off 45% of its employees in an effort to slash costs, according to an internal memo this morning that was obtained …
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| Lara O'Reilly / Business Insider: |
Twitter reports Q4 revenue of $717M, missing estimates, but beats on earnings; MAUs grew 2M from Q3 2016, reaching 319M — Twitter missed analysts' expectations for its fourth-quarter revenue — reporting $717 million versus estimates of $740 million — as advertising spend lagged behind …
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| Mike Minotti / VentureBeat: |
Activision Blizzard beats Q4 estimates with $2.01B in revenue, up 49% YoY; stock up 9%+ — It was a gigantic quarter for Activision Blizzard. — The publisher announced today that it achieved GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles, or earned) revenues of $2.01 billion …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Airbnb in talks to acquire Luxury Retreats, a Montreal-based villa rental company; one source says the deal is expected to be under $300M — Deal would be Airbnb's largest at under $300 million — High-end rentals encroaches on Expedia and Priceline's turf
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GOAT raises $25M round led by Accel for its mobile-only marketplace for collectible sneakers, after raising $5M in August 2016 — Feb 7, 2017, 8:00 amFeb 7, 2017, 1:38 pm — The secondary market for collectible shoes continues to grow, leading investors to pump more funds into companies serving sneakerheads.Sponsor Posts
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