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Salesforce to buy data visualization company Tableau for $15.7B in all-stock deal, a big premium to the company's market cap of $10.8B at Friday's trading close — On the heels of Google buying analytics startup Looker last week for $2.6 billion, Salesforce today announced a huge piece …
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| Tushar Mehta / XDA Developers: |
Google seems to be testing a new feature for Maps in India that alerts users every time their taxi or ride goes off route by 500 meters — Getting driving directions from Google Maps is one of its most vital and useful features. To make navigation more effective for the drivers … | The Keyword: |
Google is rolling out Assistant in Waze on Android phones in English in the US — Think about the last time you were stuck in traffic—the minutes you spent staring at a long line of red taillights probably didn't feel productive. The Assistant can already help with navigation in Google Maps …
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Amazon Credit Builder debuts as a secured retail credit card aimed at Prime members with poor credit; a refundable security deposit will represent card's limit — Amazon's newest credit card is designed to appeal to consumers who are looking to improve their credit score.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Mozilla CEO says a premium version of Firefox is being developed with features like VPN and “secure storage”, may come this Fall with monthly subscription plan — Browser maker working on premium version of Firefox with extra features like VPN access and secure storage.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft says its next high-end Xbox console, codenamed Project Scarlett, is coming Fall 2020 and will support 8K gaming, be 4X as powerful as the Xbox One X — Project Scarlett arrives in fall 2020 — Microsoft is revealing the first details about its next-generation Xbox hardware today.
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Vuzix and NNTC debut “fully autonomous” facial recognition software for camera-equipped smart glasses, including Vuzix's Blades, meant to be used by police — This is one of those “I'm not surprised but I am slightly terrified” moments in tech development: Enterprise smart glasses … | Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE: |
Vectra, which uses AI to analyze network traffic and help companies detect cyberattacks, raises $100M Series E led by TCV, bringing the total raised to $220M+ — Alongside the wave of acquisitions that took place in the past few weeks, the cybersecurity industry has seen a number of startups raise substantial funding rounds.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Alyce, a corporate gifting startup that recommends products, experiences, and other gift ideas based on recipients' interests, raises $11.5M Series A — Why wrap, sign, and send hundreds of gifts to clients when a third-party outfit could do it for you? That's the idea behind corporate gifting startups …
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Aurora partners with Fiat Chrysler to develop and deploy self-driving commercial vehicles including Ram trucks and Fiat Professional models — Days after abandoning merger talks with France's Renault, Fiat Chrysler is shifting its focus to a new partnership: teaming up with Silicon Valley tech startup Aurora …
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UK man sentenced to four years for involvement in hacks including the breach of TalkTalk that affected 150,000 users, was alleged to have blackmailed victims — A man who was involved in a major hack attack of telecoms firm TalkTalk has been sentenced to four years' detention.
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UK-based Privitar, which provides data privacy software for large organizations including HSBC and UK's NHS, raises $40M Series B led by Accel — Privitar, a software startup that helps enterprises and other organizations engineer privacy protection into their various data projects …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Cvent, which makes cloud-based event management software, acquires mobile event app maker DoubleDutch, which has raised $78M to date according to Crunchbase — There's some new consolidation in the mobile event technology space this morning, with news that the meetings …
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