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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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Inquirer, The Register, ZDNet, Business Insider, SiliconANGLE, CNBC, The Next Web, Seeking Alpha, Reuters, Tech in Asia, cloudpro.co.uk, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, and Fortune
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| 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.
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9to5Mac, MacRumors, Business Insider, Axios, iPhone Hacks, and Fortune
Tweets: @bw, @meganmurp, and @robaeprice
| 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.| Paul Miller / The Verge: |
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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Nikkei, SlashGear, AppleInsider, Neowin, Business Insider, Inquirer, O'Grady's PowerPage, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Softpedia News, International Business Times, Gizmodo, Pocket-lint, iPhone in Canada Blog, iPhone in Canada Blog, Ubergizmo, BGR, Patently Apple, AppAdvice.com, Seeking Alpha, CNBC, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone Hacks, and Cult of Mac. Tweets: @notufatjesus_
| 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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CNET, 9to5Mac, Business Insider, O'Grady's PowerPage, International Business Times, MacRumors, Ubergizmo, SlashGear, iPhone Hacks, Engadget, and AppleInsider. Tweets: @digiphile
| 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 …
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| 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 … | 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 … | 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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Philip Elmer-DeWitt, Fortune, Mashable, BGR, Tech2, AppleInsider, Daring Fireball, Newser, MAC blog, Daring Fireball, Business Insider, iPhone in Canada Blog, and Insanely Great Mac
Tweets: @tfadell, @bcmerchant, @reckless, @waltmossberg, @stevekovach, @btaylor, @stevesi, @bzamayo, @jyarow, @stevesi, @jorgeq, and @caseynewton
| Peter Kafka / Recode: |
Spotify's monthly active users reach 140M as filings show revenue grew over 50% YoY to $3.3B last year, and that company has agreed to pay $2B+ to big labels — The streaming service posted revenue of $3.3 billion last year; it has promised big checks in exchange for better rates.| 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 …
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Fortune, G Suite Update Alerts, Phandroid, International Business Times, MacRumors, Fone Arena, USA Today, The Hacker News, Gizmodo India, The Next Web, Ubergizmo, Tech Times, SlashGear, Gear | MySmartPrice, The Register, Android Authority, iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Google, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @lesliefisher and @dannysullivan
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter redesigns its app across mobile, desktop, and the web to include round profile icons, consistent typography, and more — In an effort to better cater to newcomers, Twitter once again is redesigning its app across mobile, desktop and the web. The revamp isn't a radical departure …
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blog.twitter.com, MacRumors, Engadget, Marketing Land, The Verge, The Next Web, and Recode
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