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Sources: Apple is designing its own power-management chips for use in iPhones from as early as 2018; current supplier Dialog Semiconductor sees shares drop ~19% — Frankfurt shares of current developer Dialog Semiconductor hit — TAIPEI — Apple is designing its own main power management chips …
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Microsoft makes Edge for iOS and Android generally available, after unveiling it last month — Microsoft unveiled a beta version of its Edge web browser last month for iOS and Android. Testers had to sign-up to get special access to the new browser, but Microsoft is making both the Android and iOS versions generally available today.
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Amazon announces Alexa for Business, with launch partners who have developed skills for business customers, and a new marketplace for business apps — As CNBC reported on Wednesday, Amazon's market-leading cloud business has introduced Alexa for Business, a set of tools for using the Alexa voice-activated virtual assistant at work.
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Sources: Alphabet is considering folding Nest Labs into Google's hardware team, reversing its split two years ago, to better compete with Amazon's home devices — Integration of Alphabet units would reverse an element of 2015 split as Google and Nest chase Amazon in home devices| Eugene Kim / CNBC: |
Google Cloud announces that the former head of Intel's data center group, Diane Bryant, will join the division as its COO — Diane Bryant is joining Google Cloud as its new Chief Operating Officer. — Google Cloud boss Diane Greene made the announcement through a blog post on Thursday.
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| Bloomberg: |
Group that says it is representing 5.4M UK iPhone users sues Google, claims company improperly collected personal data in '11-'12; Google says suit has no merit — Group says affected consumers could get hundreds of pounds — Google will contest case, says it isn't new and has no merit
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon Fire TV adds support for voice commands on third-party apps, including Hulu, NBC, Bravo, Showtime, Sony PlayStation Vue, and CBS All Access — Amazon Fire TV owners will now be able to control more video apps using Alexa and their voice, the company announced today.
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| Christina Farr / CNBC: |
Apple partners with Stanford University to launch heart research study using a new Apple Watch app to detect and collect data on abnormal heart rhythms — - Apple is facilitating a massive heart study that will use the Apple Watch to detect a heart abnormality called atrial fibrillation … | Sarah Buhr / TechCrunch: |
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| Taylor Martin / CNET: |
Google Home adds support for two voice commands at once — You no longer have to separate all your commands when talking to Google Home. It can handle two requests at once. — One of the more frustrating experiences when using a smart speaker is trying to accomplish several things at once.| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Pinterest President Tim Kendall is leaving at the end of 2017 to work on his own healthcare startup; Jon Alferness to take over his responsibilities — Kendall is going to build his own health care startup. — Tim Kendall, Pinterest's president and its most important business executive … | Ivana Kottasová / CNNMoney: |
Twitter says it didn't delete anti-Muslim tweets retweeted by Trump because it makes occasional exceptions to rules so people can see every side of an issue — Outrage after Trump retweets anti-Muslim videos — President Trump has been heavily criticized for his decision to retweet three graphic anti-Muslim videos.| Amir Efrati / The Information: |
Sources: Lyft made $483M in revenue in the first half of the year, more than all of last year; net loss fell from $283M last year to $206M — Lyft's finances improved in the first half of 2017, new documents show, as the company lost less money on revenue estimated to be 200% higher than the year-earlier period.| Ankit Ajmera / Reuters: |
Qualcomm files new patent infringement complaints against Apple, saying Apple used 16 more of its patents in its iPhones — (Reuters) - Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) said on Thursday it filed three new patent infringement complaints against Apple Inc (AAPL.O), saying there were 16 more of its patents that Apple was using in its iPhones.
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