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| Neil Hughes / AppleInsider: |
Google Maps, Amazon, and eBay have pulled support for Apple Watch from their iOS apps — In recent months, major companies that offered dedicated Apple Watch apps have since abandoned the platform, quietly removing support for watchOS in updates submitted to the App Store.
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Engadget, CNET, International Business Times, iMore, Tech.pinions, The Verge, MacRumors, Ubergizmo, AppAdvice.com, 9to5Mac, Digital Trends, iDownloadBlog.com, Tech Narratives, iPhone Hacks, and SlashGear
Tweets: @joshconstine and @dcurtis
| Tony Romm / Recode: |
Trump is launching a new tech group, the American Technology Council, to “transform and modernize” the US government, led by ex-Microsoft exec Chris Liddell — He has invited the likes of Amazon, Google and IBM to a meeting in June, sources say.
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The White House, Axios, VICE News, ZDNet, The Hill, Forbes, Government Technology News, TechSpot, Vanity Fair, Federal Computer Week, The Daily Caller, PCWorld, Engadget, Patently Apple, CNNMoney, GeekWire, New York Magazine, Business Insider, Fedscoop, Nextgov, CNET, Fortune, Axios, and Mashable
Tweets: @mattcutts and @kevcirilli
| Charlie Demerjian / SemiAccurate: |
Intel patches remote exploit that affects chips from 2008-2017 with Active Management Technology option enabled — Nehalem through Kaby all remotely and locally hackable — Every Intel platform from Nehalem to Kaby Lake has a remotely exploitable security hole.
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Intel, mjg59.dreamwidth.org, PCWorld, Ars Technica, The Register, Privacy Online News, and TechSpot. Tweets: @cdemerjian
| Cromwell Schubarth / Silicon Valley Business Journal: |
Cisco says it will acquire Viptela, a software-defined networking startup founded by former executives, for $610M in cash and stock — Cisco Systems on Monday said it has agreed to acquire Viptela, a software-defined networking startup founded and run by several of its former executives.
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Cisco, Cisco Blog, The Register, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, Sequoia Capital, Fortune, Viptela, and PE Hub Blog
| Yahoo! Finance: |
Rendering leaks of Fitbit's first smartwatch, coming fall; sources: it will have 1K-nit display, GPS, heart-rate tracking, touchless payments, Pandora streaming — Yahoo Finance has obtained photos of Fitbit's (FIT) first “proper” smartwatch and first-ever pair of bluetooth headphones due out this fall.
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Digital Trends, PCWorld, The Next Web, The Verge, Pocket-lint, Android Police, TalkAndroid.com, Neowin, TechSpot, Gear | MySmartPrice, Mashable, Tom's Guide, PhoneDog.com, Cult of Mac, and TechCrunch. Tweets: @caseynewton. Thanks:@jpmanga
| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Alex Hardiman, formerly of the NYT, has been promoted internally to become Facebook's head of news products — Alex Hardiman, formerly of the New York Times, has been promoted internally to take the job. — Facebook made an important hire in its effort to curb false news.
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TechCrunch, The Hill, Silicon Valley Business …, Business Insider, Adweek, and Axios
Facebook: Alex Hardiman and Fidji Simo
Tweets: @alex_hardiman and @mikeisaac
| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Airbnb and HomeAway settle lawsuit with San Francisco over short-term rental law, will both roll out host registries in San Francisco over next eight months — Home-sharing platforms Airbnb and HomeAway have settled with the city of San Francisco over a lawsuit the companies filed … | Jing Cao / Bloomberg: |
IAC to buy Angie's List in $500M+ deal; Angie's List will be combined with HomeAdvisor to form new publicly traded company called ANGI homeservices Inc. — IAC/InteractiveCorp agreed to buy consumer-recommendation website Angie's List Inc., intending to combine the business …
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VentureBeat, Peter Krasilovsky's Insights …, Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, MarketWatch, Indianapolis Star, IAC, Fortune, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @jmover, @scottmaustin, and @mariogabelli
| Tripp Mickle / Wall Street Journal: |
Apple's cash reserve has topped $250B, which is greater than Walmart or P&G's market value, and exceeds the foreign-currency reserves of UK and Canada combined — Tech giant's unequaled stash draws calls for buybacks, acquisitions as corporate tax shift looms| Peter Kafka / Recode: |
Twitter unveils 16 streaming partners for its live video service, including BuzzFeed, Verge, Viacom, WNBA, MLBAM, PGA, Bloomberg, Live Nation, more — Last year: NFL. This year: Bloomberg, the WNBA, Live Nation and our friends at The Verge. — Yesterday, Twitter announced it was building … | Nick Wingfield / New York Times: |
Analysts predict Amazon will become the largest apparel seller in the US this year, and a source says it is exploring selling custom-fit “on-demand” clothing — SEATTLE — If future anthropologists want to study the rubble of early-21st-century retail, a good place to start …
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Stowe Boyd and Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check
| Kara Swisher / Recode: |
Uber's Kalanick cancels Code Conference interview, cites delay on Eric Holder-led company culture report as reason; director Arianna Huffington will go instead — The embattled CEO says he has to stay at the office due to the delayed Holder report on Uber's troubled culture.
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The Register, Politico, Gizmodo, and Axios
Tweets: @chillmage, @karaswisher, @danprimack, @sarahcuda, @shiraovide, and @kerrymflynn
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