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Sources: Apple is working on a rear-facing 3D sensor for 2019 iPhone to improve AR capabilities — Apple looking at different technology from iPhone X's Face ID — New 3-D sensor would improve augmented-reality features — Apple Inc. is working on a rear-facing 3-D sensor system …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Mozilla releases Firefox 57 “Quantum” browser with faster browser engine, major visual overhaul, and Google as default search engine — Mozilla today launched Firefox 57, branded Firefox Quantum, for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS. The new version, which Mozilla calls …
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Tweets: @mozilla, @david_bryant, @pocket, @epro, @kaepora, @littlecalculist, and @firefox
| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Twitter launches premium APIs, starting with historical search, to give developers more tweets per request, higher rate limits, and more complex queries — Twitter is offering a solution for developers who are angry about limitations imposed on their apps when they use the service's free APIs.
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Tweets: @twitterapi, @thekenyeung, @mikeisaac, and @martinsfp
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YouTube partners with Ticketmaster to sell concert tickets on artists' video pages, launching today in the US — YouTube today announced a partnership with Ticketmaster that will see the Google-owned video network connecting fans with concert tickets and tour information directly on artists' YouTube video pages.| Canalys: |
Canalys: Apple retook top spot in wearable band market in Q3 2017 with 3.9M shipments, or 23% of the market; Xiaomi came second with 21%, Fitbit third with 20% — Palo Alto, Shanghai, Singapore and Reading (UK) - Tuesday, 14 November 2017 — Apple retook the lead in the wearable band market in Q3 2017 … | Freedom House: |
Report: governments in 30 countries manipulated social media to counter critics, drive specific agendas, more; elections in 18 countries may have been affected — Key Findings Online manipulation and disinformation tactics played an important role in elections in at least 18 countries over the past year, including the United States.| Sarah Buhr / TechCrunch: |
UCSF and Cardiogram study: Apple Watch can detect hypertension with 82% accuracy and sleep apnea with 90% accuracy using Cardiogram's deep neural network — A new study out from health startup Cardiogram and the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) suggests wearables like the Apple Watch …
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| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
HTC and Google cancel plans for the HTC Daydream VR standalone headset in western markets; Google says plans are still in place for a Lenovo Daydream headset — One of the only questions I've asked HTC VR execs consistently over the past several months is whether the Daydream version …
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Tweets: @claybavor and @lucasmtny
| Richard Lai / Engadget: |
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VIVE Blog, Digital Trends, VRFocus, The Tech Report, 9to5Google, Ubergizmo, Fone Arena, GamesIndustry.biz, Tech Times, MSPoweruser, Road to VR, Android Central, TechSpot, Inquirer, International Business Times, The Next Web, CNET, SlashGear, TechRadar.com, Blue's News, Road to VR, VRFocus, Tom's Hardware, Neowin, and VRFocus
Tweets: @agraylin and @richardlai
| Sam Levin / The Guardian: |
Journalists at news orgs partnering with Facebook say its fact-checking tools have failed, and it hasn't disclosed enough data on efforts to curb misinformation — Journalists fighting spread of fake news raise concerns over possible conflicts of interest and say site has refused to disclose needed data
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Vanity Fair, Gizmodo, and New York Magazine
Tweets: @anthony, @jayrosen_nyu, and @alexismadrigal
| Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
Profile of WH deputy CTO Michael Kratsios, who comes from Thiel-founded VC firm and oversees ~45 staff of director-less Office of Science and Technology Policy — Tech adviser Michael Kratsios is working on a policy agenda, but he needs some of the president's staunchest critics to cooperate| Clare O'Connor / Forbes: |
Profile of Whitney Wolfe Herd, CEO of Bumble, the women-first dating app with $100M/year sales that, sources say, is talking to Match Group about a $1B+ buyout — When Whitney Wolfe Herd started planning an October launch party for a new product at Bumble, America's fastest-growing dating-app company … | Pam Belluck / New York Times: |
FDA approves first digital pill, which has an embedded sensor that will show doctors whether and when patients are taking it, sparking privacy concerns — For the first time, the Food and Drug Administration has approved a digital pill — a medication embedded with a sensor that can tell doctors whether …
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Tweets: @stevetiger999 and @nixxin
| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
Cloudflare acquires Neumob to boost mobile app speeds and enable end-to-end optimization across desktop and mobile — It is hoped the buyout will boost Cloudflare's network. — Cloudflare has acquired Neumob in a deal designed to speed up app requests flowing through the firm's network.
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| Nathan McAlone / Business Insider: |
A&E, Scripps, Discovery, AMC, and Viacom invest $25M in Philo, a new streaming service with programming from 35+ cable TV channels and 30-day DVR, for $16/mo. — - Philo has launched a $16-a-month internet TV package with programming partners like A+E, AMC, Discovery, Scripps, and Viacom.| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
Pinterest launches Lens Your Look fashion search feature, which allows you to add a photo to any text query, and adds QR “pincodes” for easier sharing — Pinterest will begin to roll out a new series of features today, including Lens Your Look, which allows you to add a photo to any text query.Sponsor Posts
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