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Fearful of Google winning messaging, Apple executive argued for iMessage on Android in 2013

April 28, 2021
Epic’s lawsuit against Apple has revealed quite a bit about iMessage for Android, including how platform lock-in is one reason it doesn’t exist. New filings today revealed that Apple executive Eddy Cue made the case for iMessage on Android to stop Google from owning messaging. As noted by the Verge, Eddy Cue — currently Apple’s senior vice president of internet software and services —…
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Nintendo finally adds online play to a huge Switch hit

April 27, 2021
Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for a free or VIP pass today. Nintendo is finally updating Super Mario Party with online play. This comes — well, not just in time for stay-at-home orders due to the pandemic (which started more than a year ago). But…
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Sigma Launches a Completely Rebuilt 35mm f/1.4 Art Lens for Mirrorless

April 27, 2021
Sigma has announced the 35mm f/1.4 DG DN Art lens for E-Mount and L-Mount. The company says that the original 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM that was announced in 2012 — the first of all the Art lenses that set the standard for the line — has been redesigned from the ground up specifically for mirrorless cameras. Sigma says that this new lens is the culmination of much of the optical design expertise and…
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Which DSLR System Held Its Value Better, Canon or Nikon?

April 27, 2021
Canon and Nikon have ruled the DSLR landscape for a couple of decades now, but which one has proven more valuable in the long run? Let’s set the scene and then crunch some numbers. This story is part of KEH’s Tilt-Shift Report, where the company shares exclusive data…
AI & RoboticsNews

Adobe extends AI-infused customer analytics platform to offline data

April 27, 2021
Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. Adobe today unfurled an enhanced Adobe Customer Journey Analytics cloud service that enables organizations to apply AI to data from both online and offline sources to gain deeper insights into customer behavior. Available as an extension to the Adobe Experience Platform, the Adobe Customer Journey Analytics service…
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Open source AI stack is ready for its moment

April 27, 2021
Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. Open source stacks enabled software to eat the world. Now, several innovative companies are working to build a similar open source software stack for AI development. Dan Jeffries was there when the…
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Leakster: Xiaomi will be the first to use Samsung's upcoming 200 MP sensor

April 27, 2021
One of Samsung’s ISOCELLL sensors was the first (on mobile) to breach the 100 MP barrier and Xiaomi was the first company to use it. Now as Samsung prepares to launch the first 200 MP sensor, Xiaomi prepares to once again be the first to use it. So says leakster , though without any time frame for when that might happen. Another well-known leakster, , says that the 200MP sensor will have 0.64…
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