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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.| Tony Romm / Recode: |
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 … | 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 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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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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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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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.| 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.
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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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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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| 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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| 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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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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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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