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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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| Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney: |
Lauren Kern, executive editor at New York magazine, is leaving to become first-ever editor in chief of Apple News — Apple News is getting its first ever editor in chief. — Lauren Kern will leave her role as executive editor of New York Magazine on June 2nd for the Cupertino-based company …
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Stripe debuts Express accounts for Connect, allowing sellers to sign up to marketplaces in under “two minutes”, and rolls out new payment routing infrastructure — Stripe, the fast-growing fintech startup that's now worth around $9 billion, has announced that it's making it easier … | Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Twilio launches Functions, which lets developers build communications apps in a serverless environment; first 10K requests free, $0.0001 per extra request — Twilio is getting into the serverless game today with the beta launch of Twilio Functions. Like other so-called “serverless” …
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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.
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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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| 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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| Kristen Mosbrucker / San Antonio Business Journal: |
Rackspace to acquire enterprise resource management firm TriCore; TriCore CEO Mark Clayman to join Rackspace as part of the deal — Local cloud hosting provider Rackspace Hosting Inc. is under contract to acquire TriCore Solutions, an East Coast information technology services company, in June, the acquiring company confirmed.| 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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SiliconANGLE, Lyft Blog, Ubergizmo, Business Insider, SlashGear, Android Police, Tech Times, Recode, The Verge, Mashable, TechSpot, Los Angeles Times, Engadget, and Chicago Tribune. Tweets: @alex
| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Dan Macklin, co-founder of SoFi, to step down June 6, leaving Mike Cagney as the only remaining co-founder at the company — Another one of the co-founders of online lending startup SoFi is leaving the company, the company has confirmed to TechCrunch. Dan Macklin, who served as VP … | 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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Tweets: @ted_livingston, @harrymccracken, @cryptocryptics, and @louisgray
| 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.
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