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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Android 9, called Pie, is coming to Google Pixel phones today, but some key features won't officially ship until fall, like “slices” app search functionality — Google today revealed Android P stands for Android Pie, succeeding Android Oreo, and pushed the latest source code to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP).
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| Alex Hern / The Guardian: |
Facebook bans Infowars and 3 other pages run by Alex Jones for “repeated violations of Community Standards”; Spotify removes all episodes of The Alex Jones Show — Crackdown on US conspiracy theorist for promoting violence and hate speech — All but one of the major content platforms …
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| Sara Salinas / CNBC: |
YouTube removes the Alex Jones Channel for violating community guidelines, after he circumvented a suspension by live streaming on other channels — YouTube has removed Alex Jones' page, following bans earlier today from Apple and Facebook. — Google had previously declined to comment …
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Apple has removed the entire libraries of five of InfoWars' six podcasts from iTunes, saying they violated its hate speech guidelines — Apple has removed the entire library for five of Infowars' six podcasts from its iTunes and Podcast apps, BuzzFeed News has learned.
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| CNBC: |
Twitter says accounts for Alex Jones and Infowars do not violate its policy and it will leave them live for now — - Apple, Facebook and Google-owned YouTube removed videos, pages and podcasts posted by the controversial radio host. — Jones took to Twitter and its wholly owned streaming … | Priya Anand / The Information: |
Sources: Amazon's sold ~50M Alexa devices, and only 2% of those owners have used Alexa to make a purchase in 2018; source: 90% of those haven't tried again — Amazon and Google both tout voice shopping—the ability to make purchases and check on the status of orders with verbal commands …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon is rolling out an Alexa feature called Answer Update that will notify users when Alexa learns the answer to a question it didn't know when first asked — Amazon confirmed it's rolling out a new feature called “Answer Update” to Alexa device users over the next week …
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Voicebot, CNET, VentureBeat, The Verge, Digital Trends, Engadget, 9to5Mac, and SlashGear. Tweets: @billygoat
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook calls WSJ report incorrect, says it's not asking banks for CC transaction data nor making a dedicated banking feature but is aiming to improve chatbots — Backlash swelled this morning after Facebook's aspirations in financial services were blown out of proportion by a Wall Street Journal report …
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| Brad Sams / Thurrott.com: |
After pushback from users, Microsoft says it will not end support for “classic” Skype 7.0 in Sept. but does not provide a new timeline for phasing it out — Earlier this summer, Microsoft announced that they would be ending support for version 7.0 of classic Skype in September.
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| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Twilio reports Q2 total revenue of $147.8M, up 54% YoY, vs $131M est., with better-than-expected guidance of $585.5M-$589.5M in full year revenue; stock up 14%+ — For the year, Twilio sees total revenue of $585.5 million to $589.5 million, compared to $543 million expected by analysts.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple hopes to grow sales in India by opening stores starting next year, improving apps and services aimed at Indians, and offering better retail deals — Samsung, Xiaomi, and other rivals are stomping the company in India, where it ranks 11th. — In Bengaluru's busy Madiwala neighborhood … | Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Airbnb for Work says 700,000 companies are now using the program, up from 250,000 it reported in April of last year — Business travelers are increasingly ditching hotels and flocking to Airbnb, according to data revealed today by the home-sharing platform.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Google acquires GraphicsFuzz, a GPU testing and benchmarking toolmaker, to bolster Google's Android Graphics Team — As spotted by XDA-Developers this morning, Google has acquired GraphicsFuzz, a company specializing in mobile graphics benchmarking tools, for an undisclosed amount.
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| Roger Cheng / CNET: |
DOJ says in its appeal of AT&T/Time Warner merger that court's ruling showed “fundamental errors of economic logic” like ignoring risk of rising consumer prices — The fight over AT&T and Time Warner is still very much a thing. — The US Department of Justice on Monday filed … | Ryan Browne / CNN: |
Pentagon updates policy, says DoD personnel must disable geolocation features on devices and in apps when deployed in locations designated as operational areas — Washington (CNN)The Pentagon is banning deployed personnel from using fitness trackers, smartphones and potentially even dating apps …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Mixpanel report: Facebook is now a major mobile browser in the US, with 10%+ market share in many states, while Safari leads with ~58% — Most of the data around web browser market share puts Google Chrome or Safari at the top - with their percentage of the market varying by platform and region.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Zillow has acquired Kansas-based Mortgage Lenders of America for an undisclosed sum — Zillow, the publicly traded real estate portal and lead generation service, has acquired Mortgage Lenders of America. This is Zillow's first move into originating mortgages.| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
How some of Bitcoin's earliest adopters, like main proprietor of bitcoin.org, Cobra, often spout rhetoric unpopular with new supporters, leading to infighting — Satoshi Nakamoto may be long gone, but his early followers are still around and their identities still unknown.
Tweets: @cobrabitcoin
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook redesigns business Pages as their feed reach declines, to emphasize utility related to the particular company and will begin suggesting “related pages” — An unescapable fact of Facebook's ubiquity is that as more Pages and people compete for limited News Feed attention … | Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Fossil announces two Android Wear smartwatches, Q Venture HR and Q Explorist HR ranging in price from $255-$275 with Google Play, heart-rate tracking, and GPS — But these brand-new Wear OS watches are still powered by a chip that's two years old — Fossil's smartwatches have always eschewed features …
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
France's BlaBlaCar buys Russian carpooling service BeepCar from Mail.Ru for an undisclosed sum — BlaBlaCar has made its second acquisition of the year as the French ride-sharing giant announced that it has snapped up Russian carpooling platform Beepcar from Mail.ru. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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