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Q&A with Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney about why the Android version of Fortnite will be available exclusively on fortnite.com, bypassing the Google Play Store — Tim Sweeney is quiet as CEOs go. But the head of Epic Games isn't shy when it comes to expressing his opinions about the state of games …
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| Ryan Whitwam / Android Police: |
Google Maps is rolling out a feature that shows the battery level of a device used when it is sharing location — Google has gone through several version of location sharing over the years, all the way back to Google Latitude. That feature was inside Maps, but then location sharing moved to Google+.| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
In memo to employees, CEO Tim Cook calls Apple's $1T market cap a significant milestone, but not the most important measure of success — Following Apple's milestone crossing of $1 trillion in market value earlier today, Tim Cook has sent a full memo to employees, calling the value a “milestone” but nothing the company focuses on...
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| Jack Nicas / New York Times: |
How the renaming of neighborhoods by Google Maps, even if they result from mistakes, can spread in the real world, such as in real estate listings and in apps — SAN FRANCISCO — For decades, the district south of downtown and alongside San Francisco Bay here was known as either Rincon Hill, South Beach or South of Market.
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Intercontinental Exchange, the owner of NYSE, partners with Starbucks, Microsoft and others to form a new Bitcoin trading platform called Bakkt — - Launch of physical futures contract planned for November — Venture wants to offer merchant and consumer applications
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
French startup Blade to expand Shadow, its $34.95/month cloud game streaming service available in California, to 18 states including New York on August 9 — More states can stream now — French startup Blade first launched its Shadow game streaming service as a limited rollout in California earlier this year.
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| Jaikumar Vijayan / eWeek: |
Google adds feature to admin console of G Suite allowing customers to opt-in to cyber-attack alerts on their accounts — Google has added an optional new feature in G Suite's Admin Console that alerts customers of cyber-attacks on their accounts — Administrators of Google's G Suite collection …
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| Maureen Farrell / Wall Street Journal: |
Video streaming stationary bike maker Peloton raises $550M led by TCV, sources say at a $4.15B valuation, ahead of expected IPO in 2019 — Company raising $550 million in latest financing as it considers an IPO; investor calls it ‘the Netflix of fitness’ — Peloton Interactive Inc … | Paul Resnikoff / Digital Music News: |
Paris-based music streaming company Deezer has raised $185M at a $1B+ valuation, bringing the total raised to $531M — Deezer has long lagged behind Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon's Music Unlimited offering, but maybe there's room for more. — The Paris-based company announced today …
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FCC approves new One Touch Make Ready rule that lets companies prepare utility poles themselves for new fiber services — One Touch Make Ready prevents big ISPs from delaying competitors' construction. — The Federal Communications Commission today approved new rules that could let Google Fiber … | Julie Zhu / Reuters: |
Source: Didi and Ant Financial, both of which already own stakes in Ofo, are in talks for a joint buyout offer of up to $2B for the Chinese bike-sharing startup — HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing and Alibaba's (BABA.N) Ant Financial are in talks … | Washington Post: |
Activists accuse Facebook of suppressing free speech after it removed an event listing it said was part of a disinformation effort with possible ties to Russia — SAN FRANCISCO — Left-leaning political activists accused Facebook of censorship when the social media giant removed an event listing … Sponsor Posts
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