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Amazon Echo Show review: Alexa takes great advantage of the low-resolution touchscreen, speaker quality is better than Echo; device is a good value at $230 — Siri may have ushered in the era of the digital assistant, but Amazon's Echo (with Alexa) really took that concept and put it in our homes.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Sprint enters into exclusive talks with Charter and Comcast on wireless deal, merger discussions with T-Mobile put on hold — Sprint has entered into exclusive talks with Charter Communications and Comcast, as the cable companies explore a deal that could bolster their plans …
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| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
Avis signs deal to manage the self-driving minivans of Alphabet's Waymo in Phoenix; Waymo CEO says Avis' Zipcar network was part of the partnership's appeal — Rental car firm will service Waymo vehicles in Phoenix — Zipcar owner could give Waymo much needed access to network
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Tweets: @thestalwart, @dee_bosa, and @kerrymflynn
| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple has acquired eye-tracking firm SensoMotoric Instruments, documents show — Apple has almost certainly acquired German computer vision company SensoMotoric Instruments, a provider of eye tracking glasses and systems, based on evidence compiled by MacRumors.
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Engadget, Axios, 9to5Mac, The Verge, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, Ubergizmo, Business Insider, BGR, Cult of Mac, Mashable, Patently Apple, iPhone Hacks, and CNET. Tweets: @brianroemmele. Thanks:@rsgnl
| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Impressive first glimpses of simple ARKit apps, like a virtual measuring tape, suggest Apple is closer to delivering AR to masses than Google's Tango — Google's Tango is about the future whereas Apple's ARKit is about the present — Apple has often been accused of acting like it invented things …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
iOS 11 preview, as its public beta goes live today: complexity added to features without sacrificing simplicity of iOS, but multitasking is still limited — As simple as possible, but no simpler — iOS 11 is the most ambitious software update from Apple in a very, very long time.
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MacRumors, Engadget, The Next Web, Macworld, Mashable, Digital Trends, Softpedia News, iMore, ZDNet, Mashable, BuzzFeed, and Business Insider
Tweets: @andrewwrites, @benbajarin, @andrewwrites, and @reneritchie
| Aoife White / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Google faces EU antitrust fine, expected to top previous $1.2B record, as soon as Tuesday, for unfairly promoting its own shopping search service — EU has accused Google of unfairly promoting shopping search — Fine, expected to be a record, could be followed by others
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Reuters, International Business Times, and Android Central
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Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, YouTube form Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism, building on EU Internet Forum, Shared Industry Hash Database initiatives — Today, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube are announcing the formation of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism …
| Bloomberg: |
Apple leases small fleet of cars from Hertz to test self-driving tech, according to documents from California's DMV; Hertz stock jumps 13%+ — Apple Lexus SUVs leased from Hertz's Donlen, documents show — Alphabet's Waymo has signed a similar deal with Avis
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Tweets: @mylesudland, @jyarow, @daiwaka, and @daiwaka
| Peter Kafka / Recode: |
Vimeo says it will not be launching the subscription video service it announced three years ago — Cross one off the list. — Everyone wants to sell internet video subscriptions. Except Vimeo: IAC's video unit, which had announced three years ago that it wanted to launch …
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Hollywood Reporter, Variety, The Verge, Deadline, Ubergizmo, Tubefilter, Ad Age, Engadget, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @modestproposal1 and @pkafka
| Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land: |
Veteran search marketing reporter Danny Sullivan steps back from chief content officer to advisor role at Search Engine Land, says he's undecided on what's next — After 21 years running sites about and covering digital and search marketing, it's time for a change.
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Third Door Media. Tweets: @dannysullivan, @joshconstine, @mattcutts, @digiphile, @louisgray, and @fromedome
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Uptime, YouTube's experimental app for watching videos with friends, is now open to all after its March launch, with a design refresh and feature update — YouTube's experimental app Uptime, which lets you watch videos with friends while reacting and commenting, has now opened up to all users.
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