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August 3, 2018, 4:05 PM

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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
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.
Bloomberg:
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
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 …

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