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| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Sources: Facebook appoints CPO Chris Cox to lead Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger apps; CTO Mike Schroepfer to oversee AR/VR, AI, blockchain, more — WhatsApp, Messenger and Facebook's core app are getting new leaders as part of a massive executive reorg.
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Facebook: Mari Smith. Tweets: @caseynewton, @kurtwagner8, @om, @tangentialism, @jason_kint, @caseynewton, @recode, @sarahfrier, @recode, @joshconstine, @mattrosoff, and @recode
| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Sources: Facebook launching new team of fewer than 12 to explore blockchain tech, led by David Marcus and including Instagram's VPs of engineering and product — What is the blockchain? Facebook wants to find out, too. — What is the blockchain? And how should Facebook be using it?
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Wired, The Verge, Reuters, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, CNBC, CNBC, CNET, and CoinDesk
Facebook: David Marcus and James Spediacci
Tweets: @pt, @joelandren, @martinsfp, @mg, and @recode
| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Preview of changes and features coming in Android P: focus on “Digital Well Being” including usage dashboard, visual tweaks, gestures, and deeper AI integration — How the new update could help you use your phone less — This year, Google is doing something different with Android.
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The Keyword, 9to5Google, The Verge, The Next Web, Google, The Verge, SiliconANGLE, The Verge, Slate, OnePlus Forums, Android Police, TmoNews, Gotta Be Mobile, iDownloadBlog.com, Android Authority, TechSpot, TechCrunch, Android Developers Blog, TalkAndroid.com, Softpedia News, Android and Me, XDA Developers, The Tech Report, International Business Times, Inquirer, and BetaNews. Tweets: @backlon
| Andrew Martonik / Android Central: |
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Android Authority, Android Police, The Next Web, TechCrunch, 9to5Google, Android and Me, AFTVnews, Engadget, The Verge, 9to5Google, and Variety
| Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
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| Google AI Blog: |
Breakdown of how Google Duplex works, with several audio examples of how the assistant would interact over the phone, handling interruptions, elaborating, more — Posted by Yaniv Leviathan, Principal Engineer and Yossi Matias, Vice President, Engineering, Google
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The Keyword, BBC, Washington Post, SiliconANGLE, Wired, Silicon Republic, The Keyword, Gizmodo, CNET, TechCrunch, SD Times, BuzzFeed, New York Magazine, eWeek, Android Authority, XDA Developers, MSPoweruser, MIT Technology Review, Android Beat, The Atlantic, Search Engine Land, Newser, The Verge, Tom's Guide, NBC News, Droid Life, Android Police, Digital Trends, and ZDNet
Tweets: @bridgetcarey, @jamesthomson, and @mat
| Richard Nieva / CNET: |
A look at Google's experimental Duplex tech, demoed at I/O, enabling Assistant to place voice calls for you, make restaurant and barber reservations, more — The conversation seems mundane. At least, at first. — In a building called the Partnerplex on Google's sprawling campus in Mountain View …
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Tweets: @richdemuro, @nickstatt, @mattk, @chillmage, and @chillmage
| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Google Maps to get AR directions and recommendation features through a “For you” tab, as well as new social features like voting on where to eat, coming summer — Plus, the ability to vote on restaurants with friends — Google showed off new features for Google Maps at I/O today … | Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google adds Smart Compose feature to Gmail, which suggests phrases as you type and lets users autocomplete them by hitting tab, rolling out to all this month — Following a big revamp to Gmail last month, Google is adding a new machine learning feature this month.| Dani Deahl / The Verge: |
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Tweets: @daveyalba and @google
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google Photos adds more AI-suggested actions, including colorization tweaks, automatically converting images to PDF, and more; roll out starts this week — Google Photos already makes it easy for users to correct their photos with built-in editing tools and clever, A.I.-powered features …
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The Keyword, Firstpost, Engadget, iDownloadBlog.com, Droid Life, Liliputing, AndroidGuys, and TalkAndroid.com
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple's iOS 11.4, currently in beta, introduces USB Restricted Mode that disables Lightning port after a week of not entering passcode — The iOS 11.4 update, currently being beta tested, includes a USB Restricted Mode that introduces a week-long expiration date on access to the Lightning port …
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ElcomSoft blog, Gizmodo, CNET, Engadget, SlashGear, TechCrunch, Ubergizmo, TechSpot, Redmond Pie, Cyberscoop, iPhone Hacks, Softpedia News, and iLounge. Tweets: @codinghorror
| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Glassdoor to be acquired by Japanese HR giant Recruit Holdings for $1.2B, will remain a “distinct and separate part” of Recruit's HR technology business segment — Job review site Glassdoor has agreed to be acquired for $1.2 billion by Japanese HR giant Recruit Holdings Co.
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TechCrunch, Bloomberg, Recode, CNET, Financial Times, Glassdoor Blog, and Glassdoor
| Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols / ZDNet: |
Microsoft and Red Hat unveil OpenShift on Azure, a jointly managed hybrid cloud service for Kubernetes container management, out in preview in coming months — Microsoft and Red Hat expand their partnership around hybrid cloud, Kubernetes container management, and developer productivity.
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Red Hat, Red Hat, Red Hat, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, CoreOS Blog, GeekWire, and The Register. Tweets: @jwhitehurst
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Waymo to launch a self-driving car hailing service in Phoenix later this year, will partner with multiple companies to expand its autonomous cars to more cities — In a huge surprise, Google invited Waymo CEO John Krafcik on stage at its I/O 2018 developers conference.
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The Next Web, Waymo, The Register, SiliconANGLE, MLive.com, Android Authority, Digital Trends, and Engadget
| Thomas Claburn / The Register: |
Windows Notepad to support Unix, Linux, and Mac line endings, available in latest Windows 10 Insider build; behavior can be disabled with registry key change — So happy for you, Microsoft, \r\n — Windows Notepad users, rejoice! Microsoft's text editing app, which has been shipping … | Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Google debuts ARCore 1.2 with Sceneform SDK, Augmented Images, and Cloud Anchors, which enables collaboration between multiple ARCore device users via the cloud — At the 2018 Google I/O today, Daydream product manager Nathan Martz introduced ARCore 1.2, a new version of the company's …
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The Keyword, TechCrunch, CNET, Liliputing, SlashGear, Digital Trends, Engadget, Road to VR, and Android Authority
Tweets: @claybavor and @andrewprojdent
| Swapna Krishna / Engadget: |
Nintendo announces its $20/year online service for Switch, lets users back up game data to cloud, gives access to 20 NES games; no plans for a Virtual Console — The announcement of an online service for the Nintendo Switch yesterday raised more questions than answers, it seems.| Andrew Gebhart / CNET: |
Google says blinds, kettles, ovens, refrigerators, air purifiers, fans, air conditioners, coffee makers, and sprinklers now work natively with Google Assistant — After all the bombast over Duplex had died down, Google quietly rolled out a more immediately relevant smart home upgrade at Google's I/O Developer Conference.Sponsor Posts
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