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Facebook gave 60+ device makers, including Apple, Amazon, and Samsung, deeper access to users' personal info than previously known, through private APIs — The company formed data-sharing partnerships with Apple, Samsung and dozens of other device makers, raising new concerns about its privacy protections.
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| Ime Archibong / Facebook Newsroom: |
Facebook says device-integrated APIs allowed vendors to recreate Facebook-like experiences, were governed by strict contracts, and are being faded out — The New York Times has today written a long piece about our device-integrated APIs — software we launched 10 years ago to help get Facebook onto mobile devices.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft says it has reached an agreement to acquire GitHub for $7.5B; Nat Friedman, the founder of Xamarin, to be the new CEO of Github — Microsoft is acquiring GitHub. After reports emerged that the software giant was in talks to acquire GitHub, Microsoft is making it official today.
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Tweets: @gitlab, @microsoft, @github, @migueldeicaza, @lawrencehecht, @notdanieldev, @github, @eladgil, @danprimack, @antiheroine, @pkafka, @dcseifert, @gossithedog, @bridgetkromhout, @ruskin147, @troyhunt, @fxshaw, @davewiner, @henrikjoreteg, @shanselman, @iamdevloper, @pploug, @hexacorn, @ericlbarnes, @pepverbsnouns, and @stroughtonsmith
| Stephanie Condon / ZDNet: |
New G Suite features unveiled, including interoperability between Hangouts Meet and other video conferencing systems like select Skype, Cisco, Polycom products — The new feature is one of multiple G Suite updates Google announced, improving interoperability with third-party enterprise tools.
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Nvidia launches Isaac robot platform with Jetson Xavier robot processor that it says delivers 30 trillion+ operations per second, for $1,300 — Nvidia launched its Nvidia Isaac robot platform today to power the next generation of autonomous machines, bringing artificial intelligence capabilities …
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Asus announces 6" ROG phone with a 90Hz display, a 2.96GHz Snapdragon 845 chip, and gaming accessories including an attachable fan; price and availability TBD — This is the latest, zaniest attempt at making gaming phones happen — Asus is starting off Computex 2018 on a high-spec note with the announcement of its ROG Phone.| Apple: |
Live stream of Apple's WWDC 2018 keynote — - This stream is best experienced on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch using Safari on iOS 10 or later; a Mac using Safari on macOS Sierra 10.12 or later; or a PC using Windows 10 and Microsoft Edge. Streaming to Apple TV via AirPlay requires an Apple TV …
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Source: Twitter disbands live video unit, folds it into content partnerships team; ex-Head of News Peter Greenberger and exec Todd Swidler are leaving — Global video-partnerships head Todd Swidler, head of news Peter Greenberger are leaving the company — Twitter has disbanded …
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard: |
Ticketfly's breach exposed 26M+ email addresses of users, along with home and billing addresses as well as phone numbers, analysis of leaked data shows — The data breach of the ticket and event company Ticketfly exposed the email addresses and other personal data of more than 26 million people … | Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
PlayVS, a startup that provides an esports platform and league for high schools, raises $15M Series A led by New Enterprise Associates — PlayVS, the startup building esports infrastructure at the high school level, has today announced the close of a $15 million Series A funding round.
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| Nathan Vardi / Forbes: |
Some funds founded by Nathan Myhrvold, which raised ~$3B to invest mostly in patents, had negative IRR of 15% to 24% in last decade; many key people have left — Forbes Staff Following the money trail — The other fund, Invention Development Fund, has posted an IRR of -24.7%.
Tweets: @mgsiegler, @deaneckles, @wilbanks, @fredbenenson, and @kennwhite
| Steven Sinofsky / Learning By Shipping: |
Overview of insights from Code Conference 2018 interviewees, many of whom treated the opportunity as a platform to apologize — A collection of quotes, one-liners (and apologies) that were interesting, insightful, thought-provoking from #CODECON. — The annual Code Conference continues …
Tweets: @riskreversal and @stevesi
| Sheera Frenkel / New York Times: |
Some political ads slipped or bypassed Facebook's new restrictions for disclosure and authorization in California's Fourth Congressional District primary — SAN FRANCISCO — Regina Bateson had just finished an Easter egg hunt with her children on April 1 when her phone started buzzing.| Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
TransferWise to partner with BPCE Groupe, France's second largest bank with ~15M customers, to integrate its API within the bank's mobile apps from early 2019 — TransferWise might be best known for its international money transfer app, but the European fintech unicorn has always had ambitions …
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