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Apple has hired Timothy D. Twerdahl, director of Amazon's Fire TV business, as VP of Apple TV product marketing; Twerdahl worked at Netflix and Roku in the past — Former Amazon executive also held roles at Netflix and Roku — The hire lets company to beef up team seeking content deals
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Android Wear 2.0 review: refined features make it easier to use, but the experience is somewhat spoiled by bugs — Are Android Wear 2.0 and two new watches from LG enough to get you to care about smartwatches? — Are you wearing a smartwatch? Not likely.
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
LG debuts 1.2" $249 Watch Style and 1.38" $349 Watch Sport watches, the first running Android Wear 2.0 — After months of waiting, Android Wear 2.0 is finally upon us. And it's arrived with two ambassadors in tow - both designed by LG. The Watch Style and Sport are two sides of the same coin …
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The New York Times partners with Spotify to give readers who buy one-year digital subscription unlimited access to Spotify's premium tier — Joint online news and music subscription costs $5 per week — Publisher seeking to maintain momentum after subscriber surge
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Facebook expands Safety Check to help people offer community aid like food and shelter, now live in US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, and Saudi Arabia — Facebook wants to connect those in need with people who have shelter or food to offer. — Facebook is expanding Safety Check … | John Hopewell / Variety: |
EU agrees to cross-border access to streaming and digital content services, like video-on-demand, online TV, music, and online games, starting 2018 — So-called ‘portability’ rules the first piece in the European Commission's Digital Single Market strategy, and the least contentious
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Spotify partners with AccuWeather to launch Climatune, which generates playlists based on the weather and the mood it creates — The weather and its many faces have served as an inspiration for many musicians, who have crooned about the London fog, the Sun coming out, stormy weather and the clothes you wear for a season.
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| Sebastian Anthony / Ars Technica: |
Google Brain research aims to enhance small, pixelated images by using details from similar, higher resolution images — Google Brain creates new image details out of thin air. — Google Brain has devised some new software that can create detailed images from tiny, pixelated source images.
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Priceline Group buys European travel search firm Momondo for $550M, its largest acquisition since purchasing OpenTable for $2.6B in 2014 — Momondo Group CEO Hugo Burge in the company's London headquarters. The Priceline Group acquired the group of metasearch sites in an all-cash deal. Momondo Group
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| Bérénice Magistretti / VentureBeat: |
Cybersecurity startup Exabeam raises $30M in round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Cisco Investments — Exabeam, a cybersecurity startup, today announced a funding round of $30 million. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Cisco Investments.
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Square launches dedicated point-of-sale app and service for retail merchants in US, for $60 per month per register — Square has always wanted to be a part of the success of small businesses, but as a growing public company, it needs to develop products that will cater to bigger clients.
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Blackberry launches BBM Enterprise SDK to let developers integrate the secure communications features of BlackBerry Messenger into their own apps — Enterprises - particularly those in the healthcare and defense sectors - have the same need for real-time communications as any other company …
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