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Roomba vacuum maker iRobot hopes to sell its users' floor plan data, seeking deals with Amazon, Apple, and Alphabet — (Reuters) - The Roomba robotic vacuum has been whizzing across floors for years, but its future may lie more in collecting data than dirt.
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Microsoft says MS Paint will be available on the Windows Store as a free standalone app in the future — Microsoft Paint has been in the news since yesterday when Redmond announced that the software is being deprecated with the upcoming Windows 10 Fall Creators Update.
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| Steve Kovach / Business Insider: |
Alphabet Q2: revenue of $26.01B, up 21% YoY, vs $25.64B est., net income of $3.52B with EC fine, CPC down 26%, and paid clicks on Google properties up 61% YoY — Google's parent company Alphabet beat expectations for its second-quarter earnings on the top and bottom lines …
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| Miguel Helft / Forbes: |
Google CEO Sundar Pichai appointed to Alphabet board of directors as its 13th member — Google CEO Sundar Pichai, who has led the company for the past two years, is joining the board of directors of Alphabet, Google's parent company said on Monday. — The more represents a vote of confidence …
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Facebook has acquired a content rights startup called Source3 to help fight video pirates — Facebook wants to make sure video creators can't get ripped off. — Facebook has acquired a startup to help it crack down on users who share pirated videos and other content without permission.
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| Thuy Ong / The Verge: |
HP updates Pavilion All-in-One PCs with new CPUs, micro-edge displays, available in 23.8-inch and 27-inch touchscreen variants, starting from $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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| 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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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.
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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 dependant 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.
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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 … | Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Convoy, which matches trucking companies with shippers that need to move freight, raises $62M Series B led by Y Combinator's Continuity Fund — 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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Language learning service Duolingo raises $25M Series E led by Drive Capital at a $700M valuation — As the chief executive behind one of the world's most popular language-learning tools, Luis von Ahn ironically struggles with picking up a new tongue. “I'm actually very bad at learning languages …
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