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ReShare app translates international news articles into 11 languages

ReShare enables users to spread international news they found interesting in different languages using up to 720 characters. ReShare offers a wide range of categorized articles, focusing on “economy”, “politics”,...

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Alibaba’s cloud computing unit officially opens its Hong Kong data center

Alibaba Group's cloud computing unit has officially opened its Hong Kong data center, making it the fourth of such facility and a week after it launched its third in Beijing. Aliyun on...

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Ten Senators express opposition to the FCC’s net neutrality proposal

The Federal Communications Commission isn’t expected to officially release an updated net neutrality proposal until May 15th, but that isn’t stopping activists from protesting an expected provision that would allow for...

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Intel acquires its own personal assistant platform for $30 million

Intel has acquired its own Siri-like personal assistant software from Israeli company Ginger for as much as $30 million according to some estimates. Intel hasn't flat-out purchased the company entirely but instead...

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The “Netflix of e-books” now has over 500,000 books in its library

E-book subscription service Oyster just fattened up its catalog. After raising a total of $17 million to bring the Netflix model to e-books, Oyster is taking a moment to bask in its early success: the...

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Samsung’s head of mobile design resigns following poor S5 reception

Amidst general disdain for the Galaxy S5 design, and following the second part of Apple versus Samsung's smartphone patent battle, Samsung Electronics' head of mobile design has resigned. Chang Dong-hoon has stepped...

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Cloud monitoring service Stackdriver gets bought out by Google

Google has snapped up startup Stackdriver that offers a service for developers to monitor apps and services on the cloud. Stackdriver is joining the company's cloud platform team, Google said Wednesday,...

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Google launches education platform called Classroom

Google has launched Classroom, a tool for teachers which aims to make IT use in the classroom and online communication streamlined and simplified. The classroom-friendly tool integrates Google Drive, Docs and Gmail in...

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Trademark checking tool TrademarkNow raises $3.5 million in funding

London-based Balderton Capital has invested $3.5 million in trademark checking tool, TrademarkNow, continuing its European start-up spending spree. TrademarkNow, launched just over a year ago and headquartered in Helsinki, is...

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Ambri Raises $35 million to change the way we store energy

The use of renewable energy is growing in the U.S., but its adoption has put pressure on old, overtaxed power grids. The intermittency of wind and solar power means that transmission systems...

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