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Twitter stops counting @-reply usernames toward 140 character limit on web and mobile, now showing them above tweet's text, nearly a year after sharing the idea — Nearly a year ago, Twitter announced it would begin distancing itself from the requirement that all tweets could only contain 140 characters …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft says it will sell customized “Microsoft Edition” versions of Galaxy S8, S8+, which will be bundled with Office, Cortana, more, at its US retail stores — Microsoft-customized versions of Samsung's new Galaxy S8 and S8+ phones will be available for purchase in Microsoft retail stores in the U.S.
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Sources: Dropbox secures $600M credit line ahead of expected IPO; the debt deal is from six banks led by JPMorgan Chase and is expected to close on Monday — The debt facility provides flexibility as the cloud-storage company explores a public offering as soon as this year. — by| Adrienne LaFrance / The Atlantic: |
Study of 1.5K scholars and tech experts shows 81% expect online incivility and trolling to stay same or get worse, with “Potemkin internet” hiding incivility — I'm going to confess an occasional habit of mine, which is petty, and which I would still enthusiastically recommend …
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| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Lyft testing Shuttle service in San Francisco and Chicago with fixed pricing and a set route running on weekdays from 6:30AM to 10AM and 4PM to 8PM — Buses are the new ride-share — Lyft Shuttle is the ride-hailing industry's latest product to mimic the fixed routes and flat fares of a city bus service.
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| Jessica Murphy / BBC: |
Canada's government, Google, and 28 others invest $127M in new Toronto-based AI institute in bid to attract foreign talent — Canadian researchers have been behind some recent major breakthroughs in artificial intelligence. Now, the country is betting on becoming a big player …
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Report: Cisco is developing standalone Lindt OS to run on its older routers and switches — Cisco has reportedly built a new network operating system that will allow users to run its most sophisticated networking features on older and lower-cost Cisco routers and switches, CRN has learned.| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Business intelligence startup Looker raises $81.5M Series D led by Alphabet's CapitalG, sources say at a valuation of around $850M — Looker CEO Frank Bien says that his startup's taken off in a noisy market of business intelligence players for one simple reason: the state of data inside many companies is a a total mess.| Bloomberg: |
Profile of Austin Russell, 22-year-old founder of Thiel-backed lidar startup Luminar Technologies, which is in stealth and sources say has raised roughly $150M — Austin Russell raises millions of dollars for lidar startup — Luminar Technologies CEO counts Peter Thiel among backers
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Telegram introduces voice calls, touting end-to-end encryption — Telegram is the latest messaging app to get a major new feature, but unlike Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Viber, Hike and countless others, it isn't cribbing from Snapchat. That's because Telegram is introducing voice calls.
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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. — The food delivery startup Munchery Inc. has raised … | Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Akamai buys cloud testing service Soasta, will integrate Soasta's tech into its web performance solutions portfolio — Akamai said it plans to integrate Soasta's technology into its web performance solutions portfolio. — Akamai Technologies has snapped up Soasta, makers of application testing and performance analytics software.
| Michael Cooney / Network World: |
Extreme Networks acquires Brocade's data center networking business for $55M cash — Extreme Networks continued to amass a nice nest of data center technology saying today it would buy Brocade's data center networking business will be sold to Extreme for $55 million in cash from its current owner Broadcom.
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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 …
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Timeline, based on conversations with sources, highlights Alibaba's role in Quixey's demise — Earlier this month came reports that mobile search startup Quixey was in the process of shutting down, after blowing through over $130 million in VC funding from investors like Alibaba and Eric Schmidt's Innovation Endeavors.
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