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Slack to buy corporate chat software HipChat and Stride from Atlassian, will pay for the IP over 3 years; HipChat and Stride to shut down in February 2019 — Atlassian Corp. is selling its corporate chat software to rival Slack Technologies Inc. and taking a small stake in the startup …
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Amazon announces Q2 revenues of $52.89B vs. $53.41B est., net sales of $52.8B, up 39% YoY, and net income of $2.5B, up from $197M in Q2 2017 — Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2018. — Operating cash flow increased 22% …
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Facebook closes down 19% after the disappointing user numbers and revenue growth projections, losing almost $120B in market value in a day — - The company missed projections on key metrics after struggling with data leaks and fake news scandals. — The stock is flirting with bear market territory …
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Stripe announces Stripe Issuing, a service for companies to quickly create, distribute, and manage their own physical and virtual payment cards using an API — Payments company Stripe is rolling out a new solution that lets businesses create and issue their own credit and debit cards, the company announced on Thursday (July 26).| Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land: |
Google to update event search results to show time, location, ticketing providers and more and add a For You tab with personalized suggestions next week — Upgrades to Google's event search features include time, location, ticketing providers, sharing, saving and much more. — Marketing an event?
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In a test conducted by the ACLU, Amazon's Rekognition facial recognition tech erroneously matched 28 members of Congress, 6 of them black, to criminal mugshots — ACLU: “And running the entire test cost us $12.33—less than a large pizza." — The American Civil Liberties Union …
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Research: Apple shipped 3.5M Watches in Q2, up 30% YoY, but its market share dropped from 43% in Q1 to 34% in Q2 as global smartwatch sales grew to 10M — Apple's smartwatch performed strongly in Q2 2018, with 3.5 million shipped worldwide, 30% more than in the same period last year.
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Sources: Robert Mueller wants to question Donald Trump over tweets about Sessions and Comey as part of an obstruction of justice inquiry — WASHINGTON — For years, President Trump has used Twitter as his go-to public relations weapon, mounting a barrage of attacks on celebrities …
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Telegram launches Telegram Passport, an authorization method for services requiring real-world identification that encrypts documents end-to-end in the cloud — Telegram, the privacy-oriented messaging app, has released version 4.9 of its app for both Android and iOS devices bringing a major new feature: Telegram Passport.
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LinkedIn rolling out feature that lets users send voice messages on Android and iOS, receive them on mobile and the web; feature available globally within weeks — Have you ever typed out a long message and thought about how much faster and easier it would be to say it out loud?
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Google updates Play Store policies, no longer allowing crypto miners, apps that aid the sale of firearms or accessories, apps that primarily serve ads, and more — Google regularly updates its Play Store developer policies; the last time it happened, fake ID apps were banned from being submitted by developers.| Jared Newman / Fast Company: |
Amazon announces Alexa Cast, a new feature that lets users control tracks playing on Alexa-enabled speakers from the Amazon Music app on a phone — Listening to Amazon Music on Echo speakers just got easier with a new feature called Alexa Cast. While using Amazon Music on a phone or tablet …
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