A snapshot of links shared on my Twitter account @WinObs for today
- Sources Discovery edges out Viacom to enter exclusive talks to acquire Scripps Networks Interactive in cash-and-stock bid valuing Scripps at about $90share (Reuters)
- Better, or worse Google joins Tri Alpha Energy to find better paths to fusion power
- WhatsApp announces it has 1B users every day, up from 1B users per month in February last year (WhatsApp Blog)
- Developers Now you have more ways to promote apps, manage prices and more in the Windows Store
- Location Isn’t Everything When Building a Global Workforce
- USB 3.2 Update to Bring 20 Gbps Bandwidth USB 3.1 Type-C Cables Compulsory
- Facebook Platform, 10 years later VP Deb Liu on the social network’s expanding developer program
- A look at Senate Press Gallery rules vs. Constitutional protections after journalists were told to delete images and forbidden from taking photos of protesters (Jonathan PetersColumbia Journalism …)
- A secret Amazon team is reportedly working on disruptive healthcare tech
- Medium acquires Talkshow Industries, with CEO Michael Sippey, formerly Twitter VP of product, becoming Medium's head of product (Anthony HaTechCrunch)
- Diversity to Drones Black Hat Speakers Weigh in On Top Security Trends
- Active Directory Experts apply within
- A Founder’s Guide to Prepare Your Series A Fundraising
- Kevin Gallo Live | Windows Community Standup with Kevin Gallo July 2017
- AMD Releases Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.7.2 ReLive Edition Refined for Gamers and Developers
- Whole Foods profits dip more than 11% with big Amazon acquisition pending
- Google Releases Security Updates for Chrome
- Verizon accused of violating net neutrality rules by throttling video
- Amazon revs up its robotics challenge at RoboCup, with $250,000 in prizes at stake
- In updated IPO filing, Redfin says its co-founder is threatening patent suit
- Facebook now has 2B monthly users as it beats earnings expectations with $9.3B in revenue
- Developers Now you have more ways to promote apps, manage prices and more in the Windows Store
- Twitter adds features to Notifications tab, including a Nuzzel-like alert about links shared by people you follow (Sarah PerezTechCrunch)
- United Launch Alliance agrees to deliver Astrobotic’s lander to the moon in 2019
- Windows 10 (Redstone 4) Build Tracker for PCs
- Verisign issues statement on .cc.tv situation in China
- It’s not a ‘win-win outcome’ Let’s ‘close the loop’ on the most overused corporate cliches in all 50 states
- The Sims 4 Is Now Available For Digital Pre-order And Pre-download On Xbox One
- Microsoft joins Cloud Native Computing Foundation, advancing open-source investment
- Japanese company preparing for country’s first private rocket launch
- Announcing the Windows Bounty Program
- Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16251 for PC & Build 15235 for Mobile
- Nintendo beats earnings expectations as Switch console sales reach 4.7M in 4 months
- Microsoft joins Cloud Native Computing Foundation
- Summer Spotlight brings 30 new games to Xbox One and thousands of reward credits
- Mixer debuts first ever exclusive reality show, called Gears Esports Offseason
- Microsoft researchers help develop a way to transfer learning for machine reading comprehension
- AI and cybercrime Good and bad news
- .VIP gets 75% renewal rate for early registrations
