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| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Apple Launching Public Betas of iOS 10 and macOS Sierra Today — Two days after releasing the second developer betas of iOS 10 and macOS Sierra for testing, Apple today is launching its public beta program for the forthcoming updates, allowing a broader cross section of users to test …
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| Jonathan Keane / Tech.eu: |
Antivirus software firm AVG acquired by Avast Software for $1.3 billion — Antivirus software company AVG Technologies has been acquired by rival Avast Software for $1.3 billion. — Both companies were founded in the Czech Republic and expanded globally with AVG going public in 2012.
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| Ina Fried / Recode: |
Microsoft to split chief operating officer duties between five executives as current COO Kevin Turner leaves — Turner had served as head of Microsoft's sales team for the past 11 years. — Kevin Turner, the former Walmart executive who has led Microsoft's sales team for the past 11 years … | Motherboard: |
Controversial livestreams become more frequent on Facebook Live, putting the company's rules and judgement under scrutiny — A video of the aftermath of a fatal shooting of a black man by a police officer was temporarily removed from Facebook. The company has said the removal was due to a “technical glitch.”
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| David Ruddock / Android Police: |
Source: Google is working on two Android Wear smartwatches with Google Assistant integration to be released after the new Nexus handsets are announced — Speaking to Android Police, a reliable source has told us that Google is currently building two Android Wear devices - possibly Nexus-branded …
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Snapchat is rolling out Memories, a searchable in-app archive for sharing past photos and videos, including from your phone's camera roll, on iOS and Android — At a time when its social networking rivals are racing to promote more real-time sharing, Snapchat is turning its attention to the past.
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Tweets: @harrymccracken, @msuster, @allen, @rsarver, @modestproposal1, @backlon, @profjeffjarviss, @chrismessina, @craigmod, @tconrad and @kantrowitz
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Facebook's OpenCellular is a new open-source wireless access platform for remote areas; hardware plans are freely available to researchers and manufacturers — Facebook is clearly very serious about its mission to connect the world and in the process, it has launched solar-powered drones …
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| Elad Blog: |
Tech VCs, to their own detriment, are increasingly investing in businesses that aren't software-driven — One sign that technology markets often exhibit at the tail end of a cycle is a fast diversification of the types of startups getting funded. For example, following the core internet boom …
Tweets: @eladgil, @joshelman, @mdudas, @ganeumann, @asanwal, @shaig, @zachcoelius, @kimmaicutler and @semil
| Dan Primack / Fortune: |
Android co-founder Rich Miner cutting back at Google Ventures to lead Google's new education project — Earlier this year I was in an elevator with Rich Miner, the Android co-founder who has been a general partner with Google Ventures since the corporate venture capital group was formed in 2009.| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Twitter tests sports coverage, starting with Wimbledon stream, featuring video and scrollable tweets on dedicated Live page — Twitter is streaming Wimbledon, our first glimpse at live sports on Twitter. — Twitter wants to get into the business of streaming live sports …
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Tweets: @kurtwagner8, @tonystubblebine and @sacca
See also Mediagazer| Aneto Okonkwo / Inside Search: |
Google updates Now on Tap with text translations from any screen, search by QR or bar code, and “Discover mode” for getting a stream of related visual content — With Now on Tap, Android Marshmallow users can get quick help from Google without having to stop what they're doing.
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Tweets: @jrraphael and @dcseifert
| Ellen Gamerman / Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon-owned Audible launches on-demand audio service Channels with original shows, free with $15/month Audible membership or $5/month standalone service — The audio retailer unveiled six new original-content shows on Thursday — Audible just used an age-old tactic to get attention: It flashed its breasts.
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