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| Andrew Gebhart / CNET: |
Google Assistant now works with 5,000 smart home devices, up from 1,500 in January, and adds support for Dish Hopper, Logitech Harmony remotes, and more — With Google's developer conference right around the corner, the search giant wants you to know that its digital assistant is quite proficient at controlling the smart home.| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google Assistant on Wear OS to get smart suggestions for follow-up questions, spoken replies, and Assistant Actions enabling Assistant app support on Wear OS — In recent weeks, Wear OS has undergone a lot of notable developments from the rebrand to the Android P Developer Preview.
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The Keyword, Engadget, Android Central, TechCrunch, and Android Police
| Thuy Ong / The Verge: |
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Engadget, VentureBeat, VentureBeat, Android Police, Engadget, CNET, SiliconANGLE, Fast Company, Google Developers, Silicon Valley Business …, Firstpost, Beyond Search, 9to5Google, AndroidHeadlines.com, The Keyword, SlashGear, CNBC, Android Authority, Engadget, GeekWire, CNET, Voicebot, 9to5Google, and Android Authority. Tweets: @mhbergen
| Monica Nickelsburg / GeekWire: |
Amazon abruptly halts construction of new office in Seattle as it escalates fight over proposed city council tax on large companies to build affordable housing — Amazon is pausing construction on a new office tower at its Seattle headquarters and may put one of its biggest future office spaces …
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| The Guardian: |
Xiaomi partners with UK's Three to bring its phone to the UK and other European countries, after initially selling phones in Spain in November — 'China's Apple' turns focus to west and is set to raise $10bn on Hong Kong stock exchange — The Smartphone maker Xiaomi will begin selling … | Peggy Sito / South China Morning Post: |
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google opens up Advanced Protection Program, which secures Google services via physical unlock keys, to Apple's native apps like Mail, Calendar, and Contacts — Last October, Google launched its Advanced Protection Program for users who want to ensure the highest degree of protection …
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| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
Amazon says there are now 40K Alexa Skills, up from 25K in December and 10K in February 2017, and makes in-skill purchases generally available in the US — [Photos: Rahul Chakraborty/Unsplash; geralt/Pixabay] — Just six months after Amazon revealed the AI-infused Alexa service …
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Amazon Developer Services, Engadget, TechCrunch, ZDNet, GeekWire, CNET, Amazon Developer Services, Digital Trends, Peter Krasilovsky …, VentureBeat, TechHive, Voicebot, The Verge, AFTVnews, SlashGear, and Seeking Alpha. Tweets: @rycrist. Thanks:@mariedomingo
| Twitter: |
Twitter urges all users to change passwords after it found a bug that stored unmasked user passwords in an internal log; no indication of breach or misuse found — When you set a password for your Twitter account, we use technology that masks it so no one at the company can see it.
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Podcasting app Pocket Casts has been acquired by a collective that includes NPR and will continue to operate as a joint venture — One of the best podcast apps just got bought by some of the biggest podcast producers — Pocket Casts, widely considered to be one of the best mobile apps …
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Tweets: @verge, @pocketcasts, @nprextra, @jake_k, @pkedrosky, @dcseifert, @nwquah, @ow, and @ow
| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Microsoft announces Microsoft Audience Network, an AI-based platform for advertisers that uses data from Bing, Outlook, Skype, and others to target audiences — Microsoft, which has quietly built a $6.9 billion/year advertising business through its Bing search engine, will attempt to expand …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google says it has started rolling out Google Pay on the web, available through desktop and mobile browsers, including iOS — Since Google Pay launched as the company's unified payment solution in February, it has added a number of new features with more on the roadmap.| Wall Street Journal: |
Some of the 200+ cities Amazon rejected for its HQ2 have begun to make changes based on feedback given by Amazon during rejection phone calls — After the retail giant told cities why they didn't become finalists for its second headquarters, some started making changes
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Lucidworks, which uses big data and AI to build search infrastructure for businesses, raises $50M growth round; it lists Reddit, Uber, and FT among clients — Lucidworks, a company that meshes big data with artificial intelligence (AI) to help companies build smart search-based applications …
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EIN News, MarTech Advisor, and EconoTimes
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
French startup Station raises $3.25M seed round, led by Accel, for its enterprise browser that brings various web apps businesses are using into a single portal — French SaaS startup Station, which is setting out to build a web browser for the workplace, has raised $3.25 million in a seed round of funding led by Accel.| Laura Stevens / Wall Street Journal: |
Online survey and job postings suggest Amazon is working to predict how clothes will fit, a long-standing hurdle for online fashion retailers — The online retail giant is inviting people to New York to measure them with a 3-D body scanner — Amazon.com Inc. AMZN .21% wants to understand … | Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
Online wedding registry company Zola raises $100M Series D led by Comcast Ventures with participation from NBCUniversal and Goldman Sachs — Zola, a fast-growing company that invites newly engaged couples to register their guests, shop from 600 different brands, and create customizable checklists …
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Bloomberg, PR Newswire, Lightspeed Venture Partners, New York Times, and FinSMEs
Tweets: @lisaabramowicz1, @delrey, and @techcrunch
| Brian Barrett / Wired: |
Moviepass resurrects $10 “unlimited” subscription, letting people see a movie a day, and CEO says company is committed to keeping the plan; $8 option remains — SOME GOOD NEWS for once: After a two-week hiatus, the MoviePass unlimited subscription—the one that lets you see a movie a day … | Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Stack Overflow for Teams launches as a new private section on the public website that lets any group use the Q&A platform internally — Stack Overflow today launched Stack Overflow for Teams, a new private section on the public website for developers looking for answers to work-specific questions.
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Joel on Software, GeekWire, and Stack Overflow Blog
| New York Times: |
Filing shows executives at Cambridge Analytica and SCL Group, along with the Mercer family, have moved to create a new firm, Emerdata, possibly for “rebranding” — The embattled political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica announced on Wednesday that it would cease most operations …
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Washington Post, MacRumors, BBC, Forrester Blogs, Mercury News, ico.org.uk, Wendy Siegelman, The Guardian, Politico, Al Jazeera English, MediaNama, Neowin, Inquirer, Beyond Search, Firstpost, IT Management, Fortune, Silicon Republic, The Register, Business Insider, iPhone in Canada Blog, Ubergizmo, SiliconANGLE, 9to5Mac, eWeek, SlashGear, Boing Boing, International Business Times, MSPoweruser, Engadget, Fast Company, Recode, NPR, Android Authority, Wall Street Journal, and TechSpot
Tweets: @oneunderscore__, @rvawonk, @leahmcelrath, and @rmac18
| Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
SoundHound raises $100M from strategic investors including Tencent, Daimler, Hyundai, and others to grow its Houndify voice AI platform — As SoundHound looks to leverage its ten-plus years of experience and data to create a voice recognition tool that companies can bake into any platform … | NASDAQ.com: |
Cybersecurity startup Carbon Black increases its IPO range from $15-$17 to $17-$19/share, would raise up to $152M and have a $1.5B valuation if successful — Carbon Black, which provides endpoint security software to large enterprises, raised the proposed deal size for its upcoming IPO on Wednesday.Sponsor Posts
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