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Upcoming iPhones will offer wireless charging, says CEO of Apple manufacturer Wistron — Plugging things in is no fun, especially when a certain company refuses to embrace industry-standard plugs. Wireless charging is an obvious solution, which has been embraced by many Android manufacturers …
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| Christina Farr / CNBC: |
Sources: Apple in talks with Argonaut Project and Carin Alliance to build medical information into iPhone so patients can easily share data with third parties — - It is looking to host clinical information, such as labs and allergy lists, and not just wellness data.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Amazon expressed interest in acquiring Slack, in deal that would value the company at $9B+ — Chatroom company's value said to be at least $9 billion — Microsoft boosted competition with Teams chat platform — Corporate chatroom startup Slack Technologies Inc …
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Google says it plans to launch its full desktop backup tool, called Backup and Sync, for Google Drive on June 28, available as an app — Google is turning Drive into a much more robust backup tool. Soon, instead of files having to live inside of the Drive folder, Google will be able … | Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Amazon adds Alexa to Dash Wand for AmazonFresh ordering, home controls, more, includes access to some Alexa skills but will not play music; available for $20 — Amazon just introduced a new Alexa device: a $20 version of its Amazon Dash Wand with the voice-enabled smart assistant built in for ordering food … | Brian Merchant / The Verge: |
Interviews with Apple employees, including Fadell, Forstall, and others, reveal the secretive and complex process that led to the first iPhone — An exclusive excerpt from The One Device — This month marks 10 years since Apple launched the first iPhone, a device that would fundamentally transform …
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| JP Mangalindan / Yahoo! Finance: |
Uber to be indefinitely governed by committee consisting of 14 executives who previously reported directly to Kalanick — With Uber CEO Travis Kalanick officially taking — a leave of absence, and his effective right-hand Emil Michael — gone from the company, the day-to-day duties … | Megan Murphy / Bloomberg: |
Interview with Tim Cook on HomePod, AR, enterprise strategy, manufacturing products in the US, Donald Trump, US tax code, and more — Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple Inc., was interviewed in San Jose, California, on June 5 by Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Megan Murphy.
Tweets: @meganmurp and @robaeprice
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Middle Eastern ride-hailing startup Careem, currently operating in 80 cities, closes $500M Series E, sources say led by Rakuten at a $1.2B valuation — Amid ongoing struggles at Uber, one of its stronger regional rivals in transportation on demand has raised a significant round of funding … | Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Mobile roaming charges now dropped across 28 EU countries, for users living in an EU country for at least 8 months each year — It's been a long time in coming and had plenty of trials and tribulations, but it's finally here: mobile roaming is now free in the EU.
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| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Instagram begins testing standardized format for declaring sponsored posts, starting with select partners — Instagram is creating a standardized format that should make it clearer to everyone when a post has been paid for by an advertiser. — These aren't for ads that businesses buy directly … | Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
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