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August 3, 2018, 1:00 PM

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Jordan Crook / TechCrunch:
Epic Games confirms that the Android version of Fortnite, coming this summer, will be available exclusively on fortnite.com, bypassing the Google Play store  —  Epic Games continues to spread the love... to consumers, at least.  —  Following the launches of Fortnite Battle Royale on iOS earlier …
Ryan Whitwam / Android Police:
Google Maps is rolling out a feature that shows the battery level of a device used when it is sharing location  —  Google has gone through several version of location sharing over the years, all the way back to Google Latitude.  That feature was inside Maps, but then location sharing moved to Google+.
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
In memo to employees, CEO Tim Cook calls Apple's $1T market cap a significant milestone, but not the most important measure of success  —  Following Apple's milestone crossing of $1 trillion in market value earlier today, Tim Cook has sent a full memo to employees, calling the value a “milestone” but nothing the company focuses on...
Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:
Bloomberg:
Intercontinental Exchange, the owner of NYSE, partners with Starbucks, Microsoft and others to form a new Bitcoin trading platform called Bakkt  —  - Launch of physical futures contract planned for November  — Venture wants to offer merchant and consumer applications
Jack Nicas / New York Times:
How the renaming of neighborhoods by Google Maps, even if they result from mistakes, can spread in the real world, such as in real estate listings and in apps  —  SAN FRANCISCO — For decades, the district south of downtown and alongside San Francisco Bay here was known as either Rincon Hill, South Beach or South of Market.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Comcast and Amazon reach a deal to integrate Prime Video into Comcast's Xfinity X1 service; Comcast expects to launch Prime Video on X1 later this year  —  Comcast and Amazon reached a deal to bring Prime Video to the cable company's Xfinity X1 service — the first time Amazon's premium …
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
InVia Robotics raises $20M Series B for its robotics-as-a-service platform for warehouse automation  —  InVia Robotics, a startup that provides fulfillment centers with automated robotics technology, has raised $20 million in a series B round of funding led by Point72 Ventures …

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