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Facebook debuts logo with text that has context-dependent coloring, says it's to further distinguish the company from the Facebook app, which keeps its branding — Facebook started as a single app. Now, 15 years later, we offer a suite of products that help people connect to their friends and family …
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| Imran Hussain / Wccftech: |
Photoshop for iPad is now available in the App Store, with full PSD editing, layers, context-aware tools, and more, for $9.99 per month and a 30-day free trial — Adobe has finally released the first version of Photoshop for iPad. The update is available as a 30-day trial …
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| Apple: |
Apple announces a $2.5B plan to combat the housing availability and affordability crisis in California — Cupertino, California — Apple today announced a comprehensive $2.5 billion plan to help address the housing availability and affordability crisis in California.
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Researchers show that they can use lasers to send commands to smart speakers, tablets, and phones via Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant from far away — By pointing lasers tuned to a precise frequency at a smart assistant, researchers could force it to unlock cars, open garage doors, and more.
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft launches Office app on iOS and Android, combining Word, Excel, PowerPoint functionality into one app, expanding from initial debut with Galaxy Note10 — Microsoft is looking for new ways to encourage people to use Office apps on their mobile phones by combining lightweight versions of the core apps into a single app.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google Play Points, which rewards Android users with store credit or discounts for purchases like apps and movies, expands to the US from Japan and South Korea — Google Play is launching a new rewards program, Googe Play Points, that will allow you to earn points for everything … | Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Microsoft announces Azure Arc, which extends its hybrid cloud management tech to Linux and Windows servers and Kubernetes clusters running on any infrastructure — Microsoft has long made hybrid technologies a core part of its Azure platform, letting customers run cloud technologies … | Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft debuts Project Cortex, a new Office 365 service for knowledge management that uses machine learning to classify documents into topics and collections — At its annual Ignite IT conference in Orlando, Florida, Microsoft today announced Project Cortex, its first new commercial product since the launch of Teams.
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| Frank Pallotta / CNN: |
Netflix added a “skip politics” button to a segment of Seth Meyers' new comedy special “Lobby Baby”, following a request from the comedian — New York (CNN Business)Seth Meyers thinks some comedy fans may be burned out by DC politics, so he asked Netflix (NFLX) to help him do something about it.
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| Uber: |
Uber reports Q3 revenue of $3.8B, up 30% YoY, gross bookings of $16.5B, up 29%, net loss of $1.2B; Uber Eats revenue up 64% to $645M; stock down 5%+ after hours — Revenue of $3.8 billion, with growth accelerating to 30% year-over-year, or 31% on a constant currency basis
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| Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
Microsoft's Chromium-based Edge browser to be generally available on Jan. 15, with new privacy features including InPrivate browsing and tracking prevention — After launching a beta test for the new Chromium Edge in September, Microsoft is now gearing up to officially launch the browser on January 15th, 2020.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google News for Android and iOS adds an option to show stories for up to two languages and regions — In recent years, Google has strived to make its products work better internationally. Google News for Android and iOS now supports bilingual feeds to show stories for up to two “languages & regions of interest.”
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| Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE: |
1,100+ Googlers sign a letter asking Google to commit to eliminating its carbon footprint by 2030 and stop working with orgs harming climate change refugees — Google employees announced a campaign today to push the company to eliminate its massive carbon footprint by 2030.
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
iOS 13.2 and iPadOS 13.2 seem to terminate apps in the background far more aggressively, hurting the multitasking experience, especially on the iPad — A growing number of iPhone and iPad users have complained about poor RAM management on iOS 13 and iPadOS 13, leading to apps like Safari … | Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Dropbox rolls out Transfer, its file transfer tool that debuted in beta in July, to all users; Transfer lets paid users share 100GB files and free users 100MB — Dropbox is rolling out its previously announced file transfer service to all users from today after a four-month beta period.
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| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Cloud HR software company Workday to acquire Scout RFP, which makes cloud-based e-sourcing and procurement software, for $540M — Based in San Francisco, Scout RFP makes cloud-based e-sourcing and procurement software. — Workday announced Monday that it plans to acquire Scout RFP …
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| Adobe Newsroom: |
Adobe, Twitter, and The New York Times Company announce the Content Authenticity Initiative to develop an industry standard for digital content attribution — LOS ANGELES—(BUSINESS WIRE)—At Adobe MAX, Adobe (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the Content Authenticity Initiative …
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| Financial Times: |
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