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Sources: Facebook is working on a video chat device with wide angle lens and large touchscreen, which could be announced at F8, and a standalone smart speaker — Product would make it seem like people are in the same room — Device aligns with Zuckerberg goal of bringing users closer| Reuters: |
Apple binds itself more closely to China as it relies more heavily on selling services needing government approval and looks to revive iPhone sales there — SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is binding itself more closely to China as its share of the world's biggest smartphone market slips … | Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
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Report: Snap in talks to buy Zero Zero Robotics, best known for its Hover Camera Passport Drone, which uses facial recognition to photograph users from the air — Snap is still trying to get into the drone business. After reportedly buying LA-based drone company Ctrl Me Robotics earlier this year … | Tracy Jan / Washington Post: |
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Senators debut a bill requiring IoT devices sold to government are patchable and conform to basic security best practices, like avoiding hard-coded passwords — Lawmakers in the U.S. Senate today introduced a bill that would set baseline security standards for the government's purchase … | Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Microsoft debuts Surface Plus hardware subscription program for trade-in upgrades after 18 months and no-interest financing for two years — Microsoft is launching a new subscription program for buying Surface computers and tablets in much the same way that many people now purchase smartphones … | Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Sources: SoundCloud to sell stakes to Raine Group, a boutique bank, and Temasek, Singapore's state investment firm, by end of this week — SoundCloud Ltd. is close to selling stakes to the Raine Group and Temasek Holdings, deals that would help stabilize the owner of the popular music-streaming service … | Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Mozilla adds new features to Firefox add-on Test Pilot, including voice search, note taking, and a tool to send self-deleting 1GB files — Firefox is due for a comeback. A lot of the work the team spent on refactoring core parts of the browser is starting to pay off, and … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google updates Image Search with badges on certain images highlighting additional information, such as recipes or purchasable products — A day after Pinterest rolled out an update that put its visual search feature in the front-and-center of its app, Google announced it, too, is giving its visual search engine an upgrade.| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft partners with Tobii to add native eye-tracking support, in beta, to Windows 10, helping users with ALS and other disorders — Tobii has pioneered technology that lets you control a computer with your eyes, and today it is announcing that it will collaborate to bring eye tracking to Microsoft's Windows.| Joe Shields / AnandTech: |
Dell announces 27" Canvas touch display and input system available now at $1799, updates towers, racks, and laptops of Precision Workstation line — This year, Dell is celebrating the 20th anniversary of their Precision Workstations. The first Precision workstation, the Workstation 400 … | Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
Twitter to SEC on why it doesn't disclose DAU count: showing growth is more important, and revealing DAUs would invite unfair comparison to Facebook — Company says rate of growth more important than actual metric — Twitter's monthly user number stagnated in the second quarter| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
PayPal integrates with Skype's mobile app to enable sending money to users in 22 countries including, US, UK, Canada, and others in Europe — The PayPal partnerships keep coming. The still growing payments giant today announced a new deal with Skype that will allow users in 22 countries worldwide …
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