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Adobe says it will stop updating and distributing Flash at the end of 2020 — Adobe today announced that Flash, the once-ubiquitous plugin that allowed you to play your first Justin Bieber video on YouTube and Dolphin Olympics 2 on Kongregate, will be phased out by the end of 2020.
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House Republicans invite CEOs of Facebook, Google, AT&T, Comcast, and others to testify on Sept. 7 about solving net neutrality with a new framework — A key House committee just scheduled a September 7 hearing. — House Republicans are asking the chief executives of tech and telecom rivals …
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Google adds SOS Alerts in Search and Maps to provide users with information in a crisis — In times of crisis, access to timely, actionable information is crucial. Working alongside trained responders and volunteers on the ground, technology plays a vital role in providing information …
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| Davey Alba / Wired: |
Google files injunction in US district court against Canadian court order to globally alter search results, arguing that doing so in US violates First Amendment — IN JUNE, CANADA'S Supreme Court came down on Google—hard. It ruled that the tech giant must take down certain Google search results for pirated products.| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Giphy launches its GIF Maker tool for mobile browsers — Giphy, the online database and search engine for all things GIF, has announced that it's launching its popular GIF Maker tool for mobile web browsers. — First introduced for desktop browsers back in 2015, GIF Maker is a fairly simple tool …
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Digital analytics marketing firm SimilarWeb raises $47M led by Viola Growth, sources say at a valuation nearing $800M — Companies are increasingly dependent on digital platforms for their business growth, and that is giving a boost to analytics firms that are helping them make better sense of that digital landscape.| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Inbound marketing and sales firm HubSpot has acquired Kemvi, a startup applying AI to help sales teams — HubSpot is announcing that it has acquired Kemvi, a startup applying artificial intelligence and machine learning to help sales teams. — A few months ago, Kemvi launched DeepGraph …
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HP updates Pavilion all-in-one PCs with new CPUs, micro-edge displays, available in 23.8-inch and 27-inch touchscreen variants, starting at $749.99 — The new line has a sleek ‘architecturally inspired’ redesign — HP just unveiled an updated Pavilion all-in-one (AIO) line of computers …
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| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Trucking network Convoy raises $62M Series B led by YC's Continuity growth fund; investors include Bill Gates' Cascade, Marc Benioff, Bezos Expeditions — It's a warm summer afternoon at the TA Seattle East truck stop in North Bend, Wash., and Jerry Brooks is waiting for business.
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Facebook Live now supports 4K streaming and Samsung Gear VR or Oculus Rift headsets for 360-degree video — You can also watch 4K streams in virtual reality — Today, Facebook announced quite a few updates to its 360-degree live video platform to make it more accessible to both creators and viewers.| Scott Stein / CNET: |
Motorola announces a $300 360-degree camera mod as well as the Moto Z2 Force with dual rear cameras, compact design with smaller battery, coming Aug. 10 — Motorola just applied some Force to its Z2 phone line — the Z2 Force gets dual rear cameras and a shatter-resistant screen.
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Barcelona-based keyboard startup ThingThing reaches deal with founders of keyboard app Fleksy to continue development, after Pinterest acqui-hired Fleksy — Third party keyboards might seem like an app fad blast from the recent past. But the smartphone keyboard space could be set for a shake … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: SoftBank approached Uber about a multibillion dollar investment, but talks are preliminary and an investment would likely require a new Uber CEO — SoftBank is already a big investor in Asian ride-hailing companies Grab, Ola and Didi Chuxing — SoftBank Group Corp. is pushing …
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