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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google reaches $7.8M out-of-court settlement in Android antitrust case in Russia, which was originally filed by Yandex — Google has reached a settlement with Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) agency in the antitrust case the Russian search rival Yandex had originally filed …
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FAS Russia, Yandex, Digital Trends, International Business Times, Android Authority, The Verge, TASS, Tech.eu, Associated Press, Seeking Alpha, and East-West Digital News. Tweets: @yandexcom
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Instagram now lets you organize bookmarks into private collections — Instagram will make its bookmarking feature more useful, the company announced this morning, with the introduction of “collections.” The new feature will allow users to organize the posts they save into private groupings for easier access.
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Instagram Blog, CNET, iMore, Android Police, The Verge, VentureBeat, MacRumors, Engadget, The Next Web, TalkAndroid.com, Neowin, Adweek, Droid Life, and MacStories
Tweets: @instagram and @sarahfrier
| Katie Benner / New York Times: |
Leaked documents reveal the hotel industry's plan to combat Airbnb with lobbying, pushing for bills at state level, and funds for anti-Airbnb research — SAN FRANCISCO — Last year, Airbnb underwent a rough regulatory patch. — The short-term rental company became a Federal Trade Commission target …
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Gizmodo, The Next Web, SiliconBeat, Airbnb Citizen, Engadget, Axios, PYMNTS.com, and Fortune
Tweets: @walterolson, @paulg, @adamholthouse, and @edwardwalker
| Cade Metz / Wired: |
AI technique called “generative adversarial networks”, where neural networks are pitted against one another, could lead to unsupervised learning — The day Richard Feynman died, the blackboard in his classroom read: “What I cannot create, I do not understand.”
Tweets: @hadip, @ericschmidt, and @googleresearch
| Ryan Smith / AnandTech: |
Intel discontinues Intel Developer Forum, citing its transition from a PC-centric to a data-centric company as the main reason — In a bit of breaking news this morning, it appears that Intel has decided to cancel their Intel Developer Forum tradeshow going forward, including this summer's expected IDF17.| Rich McCormick / The Verge: |
Several hours passed before Facebook removed a video of a murder shared on the social network — Facebook took posts down hours later — A Cleveland man is at large after reportedly killing someone and uploading the footage to Facebook. The video appears to show a man identified by police …
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Fortune, Techdirt, Gizmodo, GeekWire, Wired, TechCrunch, The Hill, CNNMoney, Variety, NBC News, Raw Story, Gizmodo, Jezebel, fox8.com, Real Stories, Associated Press, People.com, CBS News, Network World, New York Daily News, USA Today, CBS New York, The Next Web, and BuzzFeed
Tweets: @dannysullivan, @reversegremlin, @_lilchen, @sdkstl, @brianstelter, @sdkstl, @jason_kint, and @dannysullivan
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft's business-centric IFTTT competitor Flow updates with improved workflows for groups, and PowerApps platform gets Azure Functions integration — Microsoft's business-centric IFTTT competitor Flow and its ‘low-code’ PowerApps platform are both getting major updates today.
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Microsoft Flow, eWeek, Windows Central, The Fire Hose, SD Times, On MSFT, MSPoweruser, and MSPoweruser
| Emma G. Fitzsimmons / New York Times: |
NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission proposes rule that would require ride-hailing apps like Uber include in-app tipping, after Independent Drivers Guild petition — New Yorkers have for years been able to tip a taxi driver by adding a few dollars to their bill before swiping a credit card.
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TechCrunch, The Verge, Engadget, Axios, MarketWatch, NBC New York, and Fortune
| Nitasha Tiku / BuzzFeed: |
How Zuckerberg has polished his image to win people over, beginning with greater use of personal FB posts in 2015 and culminating in his current US talking tour — Until recently — , Mark Zuckerberg's most iconic public appearance may have been the image of the young startup founder sweating through …
Tweets: @jacobwe, @buzzfeednews, @martinsfp, @matt_cagle, @annehelen, @nitashatiku, @nxthompson, @glennf, @annehelen, and @kimmaicutler
| Austen Hufford / Wall Street Journal: |
Cloudera gives IPO terms with valuation of up to $1.79B, with price per share ranging from $12 to $14, far lower than the $30.92 per share Intel paid in 2014 — Big-data software company says 17.3 million shares could be sold for between $12 and $14 a share
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
How Google, Apple, and Microsoft and their operating systems are faring in their fight for the cheap computer market — The war for cheap computers is about to begin — It feels like a long time since we've had a great big knock-down, drag-out operating system battle.| John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal: |
If Ajit Pai moves too fast to roll back net neutrality, he risks a tough court fight; if he goes too slowly, protests could grow as midterm elections near — Moving too fast to kill Obama-era rules risks a court fight, but going too slowly is politically fraught
Tweets: @karlbode
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