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Verizon to start throttling video on smartphones on all unlimited data plans to 720p, with the cheapest “Go Unlimited” plan limiting video to 480p — Cheapest plan limits video to 480p, and there's no way to watch 1080p on a phone anymore — Well, now we know why Verizon Wireless was …
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| Thuy Ong / The Verge: |
Samsung's Bixby launches in more than 200 countries including the UK, Canada, Australia, and South Africa, is currently available in US English and Korean — But it only recognizes English and Korean — Samsung's voice assistant Bixby is now accessible in more than 200 countries worldwide …
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Medium will pay writers based off number of “claps” they get, from subscribers' $5/mo. fee, expands the number of authors who can publish paywalled articles — [Jeb gif] — Medium plans to start letting more and more authors publish paywalled articles.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google debuts Chrome Enterprise subscription service for $50 per Chrome OS device per year, includes support for Microsoft Active Directory, VMware's AirWatch — Google is launching a new enterprise service for large businesses that want to adopt Chrome OS devices.
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Uber adds new features like trip type preferences, more driver destinations, and long trip notifications, says it will reach $50M in tips for drivers this week — Uber has made some changes to its driver experience, as part of its ongoing ‘180 Days of Change’ campaign.
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| David Ruddock / Android Police: |
Source: Google plans to launch a new Pixel-branded Chromebook and a mini version of the Google Home alongside new phones this fall — According to a source familiar with the company's plans, Google will launch not just two new Google Pixel phones at a hardware event this fall …
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| Ernesto / TorrentFreak: |
The Windows Store has dozens of pirate streaming apps, some of which have pre-roll ads using Microsoft's Ad Monetization platform — In recent years streaming piracy has become a popular pastime for millions of people. A lot of this takes place through ‘rogue’ websites or dedicated pirate devices …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Big data analytics platform Databricks raises $140M Series D led by Andreessen Horowitz — Databricks, a big data analytics platform built by a team that grew out of the Apache Spark project, today announced that it has raised a $140 million Series D round led by Andreessen Horowitz …
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| Robert Hackett / Fortune: |
IBM announces collaboration with Walmart, Unilever, Nestlé, and other food giants, to apply blockchain tech to food supply chains and improve food safety — Walmart and a group of food giants are teaming up with IBM to explore how to apply blockchain technology …
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TechCrunch, BetaNews, PCWorld, Forbes, Computer Business Review, American Banker, and CNBC. Tweets: @om. Thanks:@leesadalto
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft to cease work on its GigJam lightweight collaboration service, before it exited preview — Microsoft is halting work on its GigJam collaboration service in September, two years after its initial launch and before it ever exited preview. — Microsoft is throwing in the towel …
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Petri, GigJam, and MSPoweruser
| Matt Weinberger / Business Insider: |
Microsoft starts rolling out video upload support to LinkedIn's Android and iOS apps — If you've been on LinkedIn recently, you may have noticed that some users are making and sharing videos, basically turning the social network into a more professional version of YouTube or Facebook Live.
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Official LinkedIn Blog, The Verge, Ad Age, Adweek, MSPoweruser, and On MSFT
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Prisma Labs, whose app turns photos into “artworks” using AI, shifts focus to selling its tools to other firms, says app has 5M-10M MAUs and won't be retired — The startup behind the Prisma style transfer app is shifting focus onto the b2b space, building tools for developers …
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