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| Nathan Ingraham / Engadget: |
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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| Monica Nickelsburg / GeekWire: |
Amazon rolls out Alexa intercom function, letting users “drop in” on Echo speakers remotely from another Echo device or the Alexa smartphone app — Amazon is taking a big step forward in its quest to turn Alexa into the operating system for the home.| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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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 …
| 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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| 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, @mdudas, @jyarow, @daiwaka, and @daiwaka
| 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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Tweets: @benbajarin, @andrewwrites, @andrewwrites, and @reneritchie
| 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, @caseynewton, @digiphile, @louisgray, @joshconstine, @mattcutts, @mattmcgee, @lisabarone, and @fromedome
| 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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Tweets: @modestproposal1 and @pkafka
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