HB Weekly Wrap 26 – 30 September

30 September

29 September 

28 September

  • Uber: Otto Will Offer Long-Haul Freight Business By 2017; ‘Shop Your Way’; and Takeaway-Meal Delivery (Reuters; Uber; Reuters)
  • Google: Play Music Store Launched In India; ‘Incognito Mode’ For iOS Search App; ‘Google Express’ Now Available In New England; and Android Wear 2.0 Developer Preview 3 (Mashable; Tech Crunch; Tech Crunch; Google)
  • Twitter: You Can Now Create Your Own ‘Moments’  (Twitter)
  • Facebook: F8 2017, Save The Date! (FB)
  • Google, FB, Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, DeepMind: ‘Partnership On AI’ (Partnership On AI)
  • Samsung: Is It Washing Machines’ Turn Now? (ABC)
  • US Presidential Elections: Hackers Threaten Voter Registration System (CNN)
  • Didi: Increases Information Security (Tech Crunch)
  • Blackberry: Discontinues Smartphones Manufacturing (The New York Times)
  • Apple: iMessage is A Telltale; and Teaming Up With Deloitte (The Intercept; Apple)
  • Skype: New Features Of iOS 10 (Skype)

27 September

  • YouTube: A New App For Emerging Markets (YouTube)
  • Google: Announcing Updates For India; Neural Network For Machine Translation; and Happy 18th Birthday! (Google; Google; Google)
  • Spotify: “Daily Mix” (Spotify)
  • Amazon: Free prime Same-Day Delivery In Toronto And Vancouver; and In-Home package Deliveries Coming Soon? (Tech Crunch, The Information)
  • Slack & Salesforce: Product Partnership (Slack)
  • Twitter: A New Feature To Register To Vote (Engadget)
  • Facebook: WhatsApp Users’ Data Collection In Germany (The Guardian)
  • Airbnb: App Revamped (Airbnb)
  • Tinder: “Tinder Boost” (Tinder)
  • Elon Musk: Has Serious Plans To Colonise Mars (The Wall Street Journal)
  • Samsung: Replacement Program Update (Samsung)

26 September

  • Didi: Investing In Ofo  (Venture Beat)
  • Microsoft: IT And Digital New Offerings; New Partnerships With Adobe And Renault-Nissan; Windows 10 Running On 400m Active Devices; and Project Springfield Preview  (Microsoft; Forbes; ZDNet; Microsoft)
  • Uber: Introduces Gift Cards (Uber)
  • Google: Spanish-Language Voting Guide; and Working On Android-Chrome OS Hybrid Devices (Google; 9to5Google)
  • Yahoo: US Senator Claims SEC Investigation (Tech Crunch)
  • Lenovo: Hundreds Of Motorola Employees Layoff (Droid Life)
  • SolarCity: Sued For Intellectually Property Theft (Reuters)
  • Disney: Likely Bidding For Twitter (Bloomberg)
  • Samsung: Investing In Glass Coating (ORNL)