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| Tripp Mickle / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Apple has set a budget of ~$1B to procure and produce original content over the next year, could acquire and produce as many as 10 TV shows — Company immediately becomes a considerable competitor in crowded market for original shows — Apple Inc. AAPL 1.09% has set a budget …
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| Birkan Icacan / Google: |
Google updates G Suite with collaborative features including ability to give and accept suggestions from mobile devices, better search, more — Getting people on the same page for a project can be tough. It requires managing a ton of opinions and suggestions.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon expands cash rewards for high-performing Alexa apps beyond games to lifestyle, productivity, education apps, and more — Amazon today announced a new program that gives developers a way to earn money for their Alexa skills - the voice apps that run on smart speakers like the Echo, and other Alexa-powered devices.
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
After missing initial June ship date, Essential says Essential Phone models with black finish will begin shipping within 7 days, but white models are weeks away — When Andy Rubin's Essential finally announced the details surrounding its first smartphone, people got excited.
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| CNBC: |
Trump disbands the Strategic and Policy Forum and American Manufacturing Council amid loss of support from member CEOs after Charlottesville comments — Members of President Donald Trump's Strategic and Policy Forum have agreed to disband the group, sources told CNBC, as corporate backlash mounts against the president.
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| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Social virtual reality platform AltspaceVR, which had raised $15M, is not shutting down as previously announced, thanks to new interest from “third parties” — What is dead in VR may never die, perhaps? — Social VR startup AltspaceVR may not be shutting down after all.
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| New York Times: |
Ukrainian hacker identified as “Profexer”, who created malware used in DNC hacking, has turned himself in and become a witness for the FBI — KIEV, Ukraine — The hacker, known only by his online alias “Profexer,” kept a low profile. He wrote computer code alone in an apartment …
Tweets: @nytimes, @asluhn, @ericgeller, @kenvogel, and @andrewkramernyt
| Lauren Goode / The Verge: |
Liftoff report finds subscription based apps in the $7 to $20 per month price range have the highest conversion rates — Blame the sunk cost fallacy — A new report from Liftoff, a Silicon Valley-based mobile app marketing and retargeting firm, says that subscription-based apps may do better …
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| Jack Ewing / New York Times: |
Fiat Chrysler says it has joined BMW's autonomous car partnership with Intel and Mobileye — Fiat Chrysler Automobiles will cooperate with BMW to develop self-driving cars, the companies said Wednesday, as traditional automakers look to defend their turf against cash-rich Silicon Valley giants eager to upend the industry.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google Allo arrives on the web via Chrome and currently only pairs with Android phones — Google's consumer-facing chat application Allo, a successor of sorts to Gchat, is today available on the web for desktop users. The service, which lets you chat with friends while taking advantage … | Tony Romm / Recode: |
Apple, Snap, Facebook, Twitter, Dropbox, Cisco, and Verizon among firms who filed amicus brief for cellphone location privacy case going before US Supreme Court — In a new amicus brief, tech and telecom companies say law enforcement should have to clear a higher bar to obtain location data.
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| Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg: |
Sources: SoftBank, Didi, Dragoneer, General Atlantic in exclusive talks with Uber, may buy up $12B in stock in two-part deal that hinges on Benchmark dispute — SoftBank, Didi, General Atlantic and Dragoneer discuss funding — Investors could spend as much as $12 billion in the deal
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| Johana Bhuiyan / Recode: |
Sources: Chris Saad, head of Uber's developer platform, leaves company after nearly two years, says cost of losing Kalanick as CEO will be incalculable — Saad has been at Uber since November 2015. — Chris Saad, a product manager of Uber's developer platform, is leaving the company after close to two years, sources tell Recode.| Mark Harris / IEEE Spectrum: |
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| Morgan Little / CNET: |
Reddit bans a subreddit after uproar led by r/AgainstHateSubreddits, and Facebook bans several group pages after Charlottesville attack — The Charlottesville tragedy has highlighted neo-Nazi communities across the internet. Reddit and Facebook are beginning to take action.| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
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| Sheila Dang / Reuters: |
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