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Amazon unveils Echo Show, an Alexa-powered speaker with a 7" touchscreen and video calling for $229.99; preorders open now, ships June 28 — Look out, world: Alexa is coming to a screen near you. Today Amazon unveiled the Echo Show, a WiFi-enabled home device with a seven-inch screen …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Amazon adds voice calling and messaging on all Echo devices and the Alexa app, launching the features today — Amazon may have flopped with the Fire Phone, but don't count it out of the telephony game just yet. Alongside Amazon unveiling its newest Echo device earlier today …
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A look at Amazon's redesigned Alexa app for iOS, which adds messaging, calling functionality — Alongside the announcement today of a new Echo product coming soon, the screen-equipped Echo Show, Amazon has launched a redesigned Alexa app for iOS. The new app's highlight feature …
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Snapchat adds snaps with unlimited viewing time and looping videos, which will both self-destruct on being closed, and new creative tools like a “magic eraser” — Infinite snaps, loops, and the magic eraser — Snapchat added a set of new creative tools to its arsenal today amid …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Several studies show that existing Snapchat users are staying loyal to the social network, despite Instagram stunting its growth — U.S. millennials and Gen Zs aren't entirely replacing their Snapchat addiction with Instagram Stories, according to a dozen studies and surveys commissioned or collected by TechCrunch.| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Sarah Tavel leaves Greylock Partners to become general partner at Benchmark Capital, the first woman in that role at the firm — Sarah Tavel has joined venture capital firm Benchmark Capital as its sixth general partner, after having been with rival Greylock since 2015.
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| Joe Ciolli / Business Insider: |
Yelp cuts full-year guidance to a range of $850M-$865M, down from $880M-$900M, reports Q1 net revenue of $197.3M vs $198.4M est; stock down 27%+ after hours — Yelp saw its stock plummet 28% to $25.12 after reporting sales that fell short of analyst forecasts and cutting full-year 2017 estimates for revenue and adjusted EBITDA.
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Docs show Microsoft's plan to turn Windows 10 PCs into Echo rivals with HomeHub feature, which includes an “always on” welcome screen for lists, notes, more — Microsoft has been working on a new HomeHub feature for Windows 10 to better compete with devices like Amazon's Echo.
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| Robert Hof / SiliconANGLE: |
Nvidia beats with Q1 revenue of $1.94B, up 48% YoY, net income of $507M, up 144%, gaming revenue up 49% to $1.03B, thanks to Switch; stock up 14%+ after hours — Artificial intelligence and gaming once again boosted the fortunes of Nvidia Corp. as the maker of graphics chips reported better …
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Current launches Visa debit card for kids and app for parents to track spending, set chores, encourage saving, available for $5/month in the US — A startup called Current is today launching a new way for parents to dole out allowances to their kids: with an app.
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Online review startup Podium raised $32M Series A, led by Accel Partners with GV, Summit Partners, and Y Combinator participating — Podium, a Utah-based enterprise software company specializing in customer review management has pulled in an over-subscribed $32 million Series A round, led by Accel Partners.
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Amazon debuts its own concert series in UK as a Prime member perk, with tickets from £75-£150, initial artists include Blondie; events will be live streamed — Amazon is expanding its perks for Prime subscribers, with the launch of its own concert series called Prime Live Events.
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Pinterest adds visual search guides to its Lens and promotes its head of discovery engineering Vanja Josifovski to CTO role — Pinterest today is adding a new feature to its Lens — its live camera search — that will help pick apart what's in the image and make it easier to search specific parts of that image.Sponsor Posts
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