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T-Mobile's Digits, which lets users make/take calls with same phone number on all their devices, launches on May 31 for free, with a second line costing $10/mo — T-Mobile's DIGITS, which allows subscribers to mix & match with multiple numbers across multiple devices, is rolling it to all its customers from May 31.
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Microsoft rebrands Beam as Mixer, adds mobile live streaming, and “co-streaming” to enable four gamers to combine their live streams in a split-screen view — - Google's YouTube Gaming app has had mobile game streaming since 2015, and now Microsoft's competing app is getting that feature.
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| Federico Viticci / MacStories: |
Readdle brings cross-app drag and drop to Spark, Documents, PDF Reader/Expert, and Scanner Pro for iPads supporting Split View — In my iOS 11 wish list for iPad and concept video, I focused on system-wide drag & drop - a feature that could reshape how iPad users move documents and data between apps.
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| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Red Hat acquires Codenvy, which makes development tools to create containers and cloud-first applications — Red Hat acquires Codenvy, an existing partner that makes container and cloud dev tools. — Red Hat said it will acquire Codenvy, which makes development tools to create containers and cloud-first applications.
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| Walt Mossberg / Recode: |
Mossberg's final column: AI, AR/VR, smart homes, wearables, robotics, drones, and self-driving cars will lead to the computer inside fading into the background — Tech was once always in your way. Soon, it will be almost invisible. — Welcome to Mossberg, a weekly commentary …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google Photos rolling out archive feature that removes images from the main photos tab, but retains them in albums and search results — While a number of exciting features are in store for Google Photos in the coming months, the service is currently rolling out a simple, but very useful addition.
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Lyft begins offering luxury cars, labelled Lyft Lux and Lyft Lux SUV, in Chicago, LA, NYC, SF, and San Jose with plans to add 15+ more — Lyft is getting into the higher-end ride hailing game with Lyft Lux and Lyft Lux SUV. These are black car offerings similar to the service …
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| Marty Swant / Adweek: |
Kik announces Kin, its own cryptocurrency built on top of the Ethereum network, which will be used as the app's primary transaction currency — It gives marketers an alternative to Google and Facebook — With hopes of boosting user and brand engagement while also decentralizing …
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Amazon expands its AmazonFresh Pickup service to all Prime customers in Seattle area — Amazon is expanding its latest brick-and-mortar retail experiment beyond an internal employee beta today, letting Amazon Prime members order groceries online for pickup during designated windows at two locations in the company's hometown.| Matt Rosoff / CNBC: |
Cybersecurity company Tanium raises $100M round led by existing investor TPG, to provide liquidity to early investors and employees — Orion Hindawi, the CEO and co-founder of cybersecurity start-up Tanium, wants to bring the company public — but not quite yet.
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| Alex Samuels / The Texas Tribune: |
Uber and Lyft to relaunch services in Austin on Monday, after Texas lawmakers passed a bill overriding local regulations on ride-hailing companies — Uber and Lyft are returning to Austin on Monday, the same day Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to sign ride-hailing legislation passed by Texas lawmakers.| Tom Brant / PC Magazine: |
Acer unveils 15.6-inch Nitro 5 midrange gaming laptop, and a 11.6-inch Spin 1 convertible laptop with touch display, two Iconia tablets — The Nitro 5 is for casual gamers; the Iconia Tab 10 tablet has four speakers and its own subwoofer. — Gamers in the market for a midrange laptop … | Jessi Hempel / Backchannel: |
Q&A with Upworthy cofounder Eli Pariser, who coined the term “filter bubble” in his book, about the phenomena, fake news and its influence, more — Six years after the Upworthy cofounder coined the term “filter bubble,” things are much worse.
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