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Sources: Apple quietly acquired iCloud.net, shutting down the Asian social network that used the domain — It looks like Apple has finally picked up one of the last remaining pieces of internet property linked to one of its key service brands: the iPhone and Mac giant has quietly taken …
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Sources: Snap faced tough questions from potential investors in a meeting Tuesday, focusing on the deceleration of user growth and the threat of Facebook — Snapchat executives in New York were peppered with questions on Tuesday about competition from Facebook, user growth for the disappearing-message app …
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Sources: Facebook is in talks to live stream one MLB game per week during upcoming season — Facebook Inc is in talks with Major League Baseball to live stream one game per week during the upcoming season, which could be a key win as the social media platform works to offer more live sports … | Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Zuckerberg's manifesto is a sign Facebook's power should be checked — It is certainly possible that, as per recent speculation, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is preparing to run for President. It is also possible that Facebook is on the verge of failing “just like MySpace”.
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Sources largely attribute problems at Uber to Kalanick's original directive for HR to focus on recruitment rather than workplace issues — Could allegations of sexual harassment and sexism put the company's future IPO prospects at risk? — Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has hired former U.S …
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| Luciana Lopez / Reuters: |
UPS tests drone deliveries in rural Florida, aiming to make delivery routes more efficient, will wait for regulatory environment to mature before larger rollout — Package delivery company United Parcel Service Inc tested home delivery by drone in Lithia, Florida, on Monday …
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| Barb Darrow / Fortune: |
Google to discontinue Site Search on April 1, its search tool for publishers' websites, according to email to customers and partners — This spring, Google plans to discontinue Google Site Search, a product it has sold to web publishers that wanted to apply the industry's leading search technology to their own sites.
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| Abhimanyu Ghoshal / The Next Web: |
Microsoft launching Skype Lite on Android for limited connectivity areas, available in India first, with support for nine regional languages and new chatbots — At its Future Decoded event in Mumbai, India, today, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced the launch of Skype Lite …
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| Jason Del Rey / Recode: |
Amazon Go checkout-less store in Seattle will sell alcohol and have staff on hand to check IDs — The Amazon Go store in Seattle also carries sandwiches, salads and snacks. — Amazon's new convenience store of the future has no lines and no cashiers. But it will have someone checking IDs.| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Kubernetes orchestrator now available on Microsoft's Azure Container Service; preview of Windows Server Containers with Kubernetes also available now on ACS — It's an open-source love fest: The Kubernetes container cluster manager is now generally available on Microsoft's Azure Container Service.
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| Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal: |
Google will let Media Rating Council audit YouTube ad data, as well as ads displayed on non-Google sites purchased via AdWords, DoubleClick Bid Manager — Third party data collection partnerships will be vetted to boost marketers' confidence in ad viewing measurements| Mitchel Broussard / MacRumors: |
KGI: Apple's 2017 OLED iPhone to have front-facing camera with 3D sensing abilities; depth sensing could be used in facial recognition and games — The rumored “iPhone 8” with an edge-to-edge OLED display will gain a “revolutionary” front-facing camera system that consists of three modules … Sponsor Posts
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