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Source: Tim Cook was spotted at the Apple campus test-driving a prototype glucose-tracker connected to his Apple Watch — - Tim Cook has been test-driving a glucose monitor to understand how his blood sugar responds to factors like food and exercise — CNBC reported last month that Apple …
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Telegram 4.0 update brings support for chatbot payments, video messages, and Telescope, a video hosting platform — Messaging app Telegram has dropped a major update today that sees its service gain support for chatbot payments. It has also added short video messages and new design options for its Instant View reading mode.| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Zomato agrees to hacker's demand — will launch bug bounty program in exchange for stolen data deletion — Less than 24 hours after revealing a major security breach that compromised the accounts of millions of users, restaurant search service Zomato revealed that it has engaged …
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| Evan Blass / VentureBeat: |
Images leak of Microsoft's refreshed Surface Pro ahead of May 23 event in Shanghai — EXCLUSIVE: — Microsoft is holding an event on Monday, May 23 in Shanghai, China where it will unveil a widely anticipated refresh of its Surface Pro 4 laptop-class Windows 10-powered tablet, known simply as the Surface Pro.| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Apple told WeChat and other Chinese social apps to disable “tip” functions, says tips are in-app purchases, entitling Apple to a 30% cut — Apple's challenges have multiplied in the all-important China market over the past year or so and its effort to wring more revenue …
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| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Google: |
Google announces Payment API for faster checkouts in apps, targeted Android Pay loyalty offers, and sending/receiving money via Assistant in coming months — As part of its Google I/O announcements this week, Google announced its latest new payments features today, including new targeted offers coming …
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Android Developers Blog, Macworld, BetaNews, Digital Trends, AndroidGuys, Engadget, Phandroid, Android Central, Inside AdWords, TechCrunch, The Next Web, NFC World, Retail Dive, Fone Arena, Ubergizmo, Android Police, TechCrunch, The Verge, PhoneDog.com, Android Beat, Android Police, The Register, Android Police, VentureBeat, PYMNTS.com, Digital Trends, VentureBeat, and Droid Life. Tweets: @mdudas
| Greg Barbosa / 9to5Mac: |
Vevo updates tvOS app with curated playlists, artist stations, and “peek-inside-playlist” feature allowing playlist viewing during video playback — Following up on the experience it brought to iOS, Vevo is bringing its reimagined 10-foot interface to tvOS.
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| Justin Diaz / AndroidHeadlines.com: |
Google unveils voice chat system and shared room feature for YouTube VR in Daydream update coming later in 2017 — Google is adding a shared rooms feature to YouTube VR as part of an update to the app as well as an update to the Daydream platform in general.| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Medium launches audio versions of stories, narrated by actors or post writers, for subscribers, with 50+ available now, and more coming — Medium is hoping to sweeten the pot in order to get you to become a paying member. The publishing platform provider said that members will now be provided … | Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Spotify acquires French machine-learning music recommendation startup Niland — - Spotify bought a French AI start-up called Niland that has a unique approach to music recommendations. — It's in a race with Apple and Pandora to use AI and other methods to give music customers the best music-discovery experience.
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| Daniel Roth / LinkedIn: |
LinkedIn Top Companies 2017 list shows five most in-demand companies to work for include Alphabet, Amazon, Facebook, Salesforce, and Uber — From Amazon to Allergan and Salesforce to Starbucks, this year's LinkedIn Top Companies represent brands we know and love — as well as the firms …
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| Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: |
Data shows equity crowdfunding under Title III of the JOBS Act has failed to take off, with only $38M being invested across 142 startups since May 2016 — Equity crowdfunding generated $38 million for 142 startups — High costs and low fundraising cap to blame, analysts say
| Sean O'Kane / The Verge: |
Uber officially launches Uber Freight, an on-demand service that pairs truck drivers with firms that need cargo shipped across US; driver signups now open — Available on iOS and Android — After getting a peek from Travis Kalanick earlier this month, Uber today officially launched Uber Freight …
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