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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Samsung debuts 5.8" Galaxy S8 and 6.2" S8 Plus with slim bezels, Snapdragon 835 or Exynos octa-core CPUs, USB-C, 12MP/8MP cameras, face and iris unlock — Preorders begin March 30th, three weeks before the release date — The Samsung Galaxy S8 is the nicest phone I've ever held.
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| Mark Spoonauer / Tom's Guide: |
Samsung Galaxy S8 hands-on: great screen, impressive design and good build, but how the Bixby assistant will stack up against rivals remains unknown — The Samsung Galaxy S8 is the sexiest phone ever made, and it also looks to be one of the smartest. — With an all-new design … | Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Samsung aims to eclipse iPhone with bevy of features and Infinity Edge design on its Galaxy S8 and to redeem trust after the Note7 by improving safety processes — The Galaxy S8 is Samsung's most ambitious project yet — “We have a dream to overcome Apple.”
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
S8 costs $720 on Verizon, $750 on AT&T/T-Mobile/Sprint; S8 Plus is $840 on Verizon, $850 on AT&T/T-Mobile/Sprint; pre-order 3/30 with free Gear VR, ships 4/21 — Samsung just unveiled its brand new smartphones, the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus, and US carriers along with big retailers … | Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
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| Cherlynn Low / Engadget: |
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| Steven Musil / CNET: |
Google debuts Google Calendar for iPad and says a Today View Widget is coming soon — Users of Apple's tablet get a full version of the calendar app, complete with room scheduler and goal setting. — If you're an iPad user who depends on Google Calendar to keep your world straight, the web giant has some good news for you.
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| Jim Coudal / The Deck: |
Ad network The Deck, used by blogs including Daring Fireball and Kottke, to shut down after 11 years — “If I knew I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.” - Mickey Mantle. LONG STRANGE TRIP We started The Deck in 2006 and for the first couple years it struggled.
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| Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Munchery seeks to raise up to $15M to recapitalize, has already raised $5M+ from existing investors Menlo Ventures and Sherpa Capital — The food delivery startup is recapitalizing, devaluing the stakes of many early investors. — by — The food delivery startup Munchery Inc … | Yusuf Mehdi / Windows Blog: |
Microsoft announces Windows 10 Creators Update will roll out on April 11 as a free update; Surface devices will arrive in more countries on April 20 — Creativity has led the inspiration of our world's greatest inventors, architects, educators, entrepreneurs, developers, and students … | Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: |
Amazon says it will shutter its Quidsi division, bought for $545M in 2011 and home of Soap.com and Diapers.com, after failing to make it profitable — Amazon is shutting down its Quidsi division, owner of Diapers.com and Soap.com, because it's not profitable, as Bloomberg first reported and the company confirmed to Axios.
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Samsung's Oculus-powered Gear VR headset will now ship with a bundled controller, for $129 starting April 21 — Samsung wasn't going to get out of today's Unpacked event without an update on the VR front. The company has long had the best low-cost VR headset (courtesy of a partnership with Oculus) …
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| TechCrunch: |
Dog-sitting platform Rover acquires rival DogVacay in all-stock deal, with Rover CEO Aaron Easterly leading the new firm — Putting an end to a fierce competition in the pet-sitting business, Rover and DogVacay have agreed to join forces. Rover will be acquiring DogVacay in an all-stock deal.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Facebook's working with 3rd party developers to debut bots for group chats at F8, which will act more like news tickers than human discussion partners — Facebook will reveal at its F8 conference a new class of group bots that work inside Messenger group chats.
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| Jordan Golson / The Verge: |
Tesla updates Autopilot for vehicles built since Oct. 2016, allowing automatic lane changing and more, but the vehicles still lack automatic emergency braking — It's Tesla Software 8.1 — Tesla has updated its Autopilot software, bringing more advanced semi-autonomous driving capabilities … | Karl Bode / DSLreports: |
House passes resolution that lets ISPs sell customers' browsing history without user permission, 215 to 205 along party lines — As most had expected, the House of Representatives today voted 215 to 205 to kill privacy rules protecting US broadband subscribers.
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
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