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Amazon says Whole Foods acquisition will close 8/28 with plans to lower some food prices, Prime members to get benefits, Lockers available in some stores — Amazon said on Thursday that its acquisition of Whole Foods will close on Monday. — As the two companies work to integrate their business …
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| Brian X. Chen / New York Times: |
Sources: Apple to price premium iPhone at around $999, will include thinner bezels, facial recognition-based unlocking, and wireless charging — Dear iPhone: It's hard to believe we're still together after 10 years, which is eons in the tech industry. — What's the glue that keeps us together?| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
In iOS 11, Safari strips Google AMP links to their original canonical URLs when a story is shared or copy-pasted — Apple is adding a subtle new feature to Safari in iOS 11 that will automatically strip out Google AMP URLs when a webpage is shared or copy and pasted, as spotted by MacStories editor Federico Viticci.
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Sources: HTC is exploring options that could range from separating off its VR business to a full sale of the company, although this option is less likely — HTC is said to work with an adviser as it considers options — HTC Corp., the beleaguered manufacturer that once ranked among …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Report: Roku's market share among streaming media players in US is up to 37%, with Amazon's Fire TV at 24%, Chromecast at 18%, and Apple TV down to 15% — Roku isn't only maintaining its lead as the top streaming media player device in the U.S., it's increasing it.
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| Aaron van Wirdum / Bitcoin Magazine: |
As SegWit has now been activated, a look at the history of arguably the biggest Bitcoin protocol upgrade, including the politics, criticism, and more — Segregated Witness (SegWit) has activated on Bitcoin. As of today, all SegWit-ready nodes on the Bitcoin network are enforcing the new rules … | Maureen Farrell / Wall Street Journal: |
Social Capital and Hedosophia file S-1 to raise $500M for holding company that will merge with tech unicorns reluctant to IPO in order to take them public — Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings will seek a minority position in a private technology company — A group of Silicon Valley … | Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Google search results now offer a clinically validated screening quiz when users search for “depression” in US on mobile — Only half of Americans who face depression get help for it, and Google is determined to increase that percentage. As of today, it's offering a medically validated …
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| Richard Gao / Android Police: |
Report: Google's next Pixel phones to be unveiled October 5, will be powered by the unannounced Qualcomm Snapdragon 836 — We've been hearing about the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL for some time now, but there are two main things that we were unsure of: the processor(s) powering them and the release date.
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AppleInsider, Ars Technica, PhoneDog.com, The Verge, Android Central, iDownloadBlog.com, Ubergizmo, Fortune, 9to5Google, Fone Arena, The Next Web, Android Beat, and Neowin. Tweets: @evleaks
| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Marketing automation firm Marketo strikes six-year deal with Google's cloud unit to move its software to Google Cloud Platform, transfer 10+ PB of data, more — Google's cloud unit has snagged a flagship new customer in its race against rivals Amazon and Microsoft.| Matthew Gault / Motherboard: |
USA's $100M+ 8-year-long effort to bring e-payments to customs and border control in Afghanistan achieved under 1% adoption, missing its target of 75% — Will that be cash, charge, or bribe? — In the US, electronic payments are a given. The overwhelming majority of us get our paychecks electronically through direct deposit.
Tweets: @lynseybarber and @motherboard
| Peter Kafka / Recode: |
Eugene Wei, who ran video for Facebook's Oculus project, has left the company — He was there for a year and a half. — Eugene Wei, who ran the video group for Facebook's Oculus virtual reality unit, has left the company. — Wei, who joined Oculus in November 2015, left the company last month.
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