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| Louis Gray / Google Developers Blog: |
Google Fit Preview SDK now available — At Google I/O we announced Google Fit: an open platform for developers to more easily build fitness apps. Today we're making a preview SDK available to developers so that you can start to build. — Google Fit provides a single set of APIs for apps … | Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Apple gives newly acquired Beats by Dre dedicated accessories section on online store — Following officially getting regulatory approval to complete its purchase of Beats, Apple today added a new section to its online store highlighting Beats by Dr. Dre products.
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| Alexandra Alter / New York Times: |
Google partners with Barnes & Noble for same-day book deliveries from stores in West LA, SF Bay Area, and Manhattan — Google and Barnes & Noble Unite to Take on Amazon — Google and Barnes & Noble are joining forces to tackle their mutual rival Amazon, zeroing in on a service …
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Silicon Valley Tech Entrepreneurs: Behind the Stereotype — Sam Altman sits behind his desk with his knees pulled up to his chest, eating dried apricots. He's 29, but even the most laissez-faire bartender would card him. His hand is forever grabbing his hair while he thinks, making it stick up in Einsteinian tufts.
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| Reed Hastings / Facebook: |
Netflix passed HBO in subscriber revenue last quarter, still behind on profits — Minor milestone: last quarter we passed HBO is subscriber revenue ($1.146B vs $1.141B). They still kick our ass in profits and Emmy's, but we are making progress. HBO rocks, and we are honored to be in the same league.
| Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider: |
Apple details ‘Siri for Mac’ desktop virtual assistant in new patent application — While Apple's Siri has been an iOS staple since 2011, the tech has yet to make the jump to OS X. An exhaustive new patent filing, however, details a system very similar to the iOS virtual assistant that can perform dictation …
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| Kashmir Hill / Forbes: |
The Snowden Effect: Yahoo To Join Gmail In Offering Users End-To-End Encryption — Yahoo users may have benefited most from the “Snowden effect.” The tech company was a laggard when it came to security practices until the NSA leaker's disclosures made clear the extent to which weak security practices …
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| Eric Johnson / Re/code: |
Zynga Misses on Revenue, Lowers Full-Year Guidance — Zynga is trying to reinvent itself on mobile — but that reinvention will take some more time, the company said today in its Q2 earnings report. — The San Francisco-based gaming company reported bookings of $175 million in the quarter …
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| Nick Summers / The Next Web: |
Microsoft will stop supporting older versions of Internet Explorer from January 2016 — Microsoft is hoping to push users to more recent versions of Internet Explorer by slowly dropping support and security updates for older iterations. — From January 12, 2016, Microsoft says it will continue …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Buys Secure Server Technology Provider PrivateCore — Facebook announced this morning it has acquired PrivateCore, a Palo Alto-based secure server technology company. The deal does not appear to be solely an acqui-hire, as Facebook says that it plans to deploy PrivateCore's technology … | Tom Dotan / The Information: |
Facebook in Talks with Hollywood on ‘Oculus Experiences’ — The Oculus Rift virtual reality headset's first target market might have been video games—an obvious area of interest for new parent company Facebook. But it may soon go Hollywood too. — In recent weeks, Facebook representatives …
| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Google adds 36 university campuses across the US and Canada to Street View — Google today announced it has added 36 new university campuses across the US and Canada to Street View in Google Maps. Want to go on a tour of a school without actually driving there and you know, walking? Done.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft turns its Xbox One into a digital TV tuner with $40 adapter for Europe — Microsoft is planning to release a digital TV tuner adapter to allow European Xbox One owners to turn their consoles into a TV set-top box. Launching in October in France, Italy, Germany, Spain, and the UK … | Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Yelp for iOS integrates Bing Translator to interpret reviews in 15 languages, coming ‘soon’ to Android — Yelp today updated its iOS app with Microsoft's Bing Translator integration for reviews. You can download the new version now directly from Apple's App Store.
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| Ben Fox Rubin / CNET: |
Nvidia quarterly profit beats estimates on gaming, mobile strength — The maker of graphics chips said three core businesses, including datacenter and cloud, gaming and mobile, improved in the July quarter. — Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang announced the Tegra K1 in January. — James Martin/CNET| Rachel King / ZDNet: |
Intuit buying UK-based cloud payroll service PaySuite — Summary: Back in April, the duo announced plans to integrate PaySuite with Intuit's flagship QuickBooks Online software to line up accounts and payroll in a single dashboard. — Intuit continues to rack up acquisitions this year …
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UK Blog, TechCrunch, VentureBeat and bizjournals
| Brittney Sevenson / 3DPrint.com: |
Stratasys Q2 revenues up 67% YOY to $178M, reports strong sales for MakerBot 3D printer line — Stratasys' Second Quarter Earnings Are a Blowout, Fueled By MakerBot — Last Thursday we saw one of the world's largest 3D printing companies, 3D Systems, report their earnings before the market opened.| Paul Carsten / Reuters: |
China to force real-name registrations on public accounts of instant messaging apps; blocks KakaoTalk and Line — China imposes new restrictions on instant messaging tools: Xinhua — (Reuters) - China will force real-name registrations on users of instant messaging tools … Sponsor Posts
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