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Microsoft brings Edge to Android and iOS in beta, relaunches Arrow Launcher for Android as Microsoft Launcher in public preview — If you want more proof that Microsoft is embracing Android and iOS, boy, do we have it for you today. The company has launched Edge for iOS in preview … | Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Amazon is testing its own delivery service called Seller Flex; trial began this year in West Coast states, with broader rollout planned in 2018 — Online retailer would deliver from other merchants' warehouses — Trial program underway on West Coast before national expansion
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| Nathan McAlone / Business Insider: |
Netflix is raising prices in US starting today: standard $9.99 plan will be $10.99/month; premium $11.99 plan will be $13.99/month; $7.99 plan does not change — Netflix will be raising prices for its US subscribers starting on October 5, the company confirmed to Business Insider on Thursday.
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Pixel 2 and 2 XL hands-on: solid design with standard internals, amazing camera that supports Motion Photos, AR stickers; Active Edge takes some getting used to — A pragmatic design and a promising camera — For a majority of the 10 years smartphones have been mainstream, phone makers have been copying each other's designs.
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
| Bloomberg: |
Inside Apple and Qualcomm's billion dollar patent war, during which Apple stopped paying $2B a year in royalties to Qualcomm — IPhone season, that extravaganza of novelty and surprise, began in mid-September with a two-hour-long presentation at Apple Inc.'s brand-new, spaceshiplike campus.
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Pixelbook hands-on: incredibly well-built, fanless even with i7 option, large bezels; pen doesn't require Bluetooth pairing; Android app support still lacking — Google has made a very nice, pretty expensive laptop — Chromebooks mostly exist in two camps.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook tests button to provide additional context on links in News Feed, such as the publisher's Wikipedia entry, trending information, related articles, more — Facebook thinks showing Wikipedia entries about publishers and additional Related Articles will give users more context about the links they see.
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Interview with Sundar Pichai on AI and how it's used in Google products, like its Clips camera, Google Maps, and Android — ‘We feel huge responsibility’ to get information right — Unbeknownst to me, at the very moment on Monday morning when I was asking Google CEO Sundar Pichai …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Instagram starts rolling out feature to enable users to post Instagram Stories directly to Facebook Stories — Facebook Stories might not be a ghost town for long. After testing in Portugal last month, TechCrunch spotted the option to syndicate your Instagram Stories to Facebook Stories appearing to US users.
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| Bloomberg: |
Facebook requested blanket exemption from FEC over political ad disclosures for many years until changing course in 2017 — In 2011, company said FEC shouldn't stand in way of innovation — Russian meddling prompts calls for political ad transparency — Facebook Inc. is pledging greater … | Andrew McMillen / Wired: |
Profile of Steemit, a social network that rewards users with Steem cryptocurrency for participation; Steem now has a ~$290M market cap — Every time you log onto Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter to share a photo or post an article, you give up a piece of yourself in exchange for entertainment.
Tweets: @nxthompson and @wired
| Ryne Hager / Android Police: |
Google announces ‘made for Google’ program to certify accessories — The focus of today's announcement might have been the new Pixel phones, but Google also had a nice little surprise that accompanied all the hardware-related news. At the bottom of the blog post for the new Pixel phones …
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| Mat Honan / BuzzFeed: |
Google debuts Clips, a $249 camera with 12MP, 130° FOV that uses AI to automatically take photos, 8GB storage, 3hr battery life with constant use, no ship date — This is Google's new camera. It's called Google Clips. — Wait, but what do you mean it automatically takes candid photos?
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Tweets: @benedictevans, @jjvincent, @intel, @benbajarin, @reckless, and @auchenberg
| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Google debuts larger version of Home, called Home Max, with better speakers, two colors, coming in Dec. for $399, with 12-month free subscription to YouTube Red — Google Home is getting bigger, in more ways than one: Google announced a few updates for its smart home speaker line …
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