Google open-sources Chrome browser for iOS

From InfoWorld: Google is open-sourcing its Chrome browser on the Apple iOS platform, after making changes enabling the code to be part of Google’s Chromium browser project.

The code will be moved to the open source Chromium repository, which lets developers build their own Chrome-like browsers. It...

Nintendo defends Switch's thin launch line-up

From CNET: The Nintendo Switch looks good, but where are the games? Don't worry, says Nintendo, they're coming -- but you'll have to be patient.

The new console, which transforms into a handheld without interrupting your game, launches with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild as its only major...

Amazon's deep learning darling MXNet hits Apache Incubator

From InfoWorld: MXNet, chosen by Amazon as its "deep learning framework of choice," has been accepted into the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) Incubator to support its future development.

This is not the only machine learning project with ASF sponsorship. Apache Mahout provides scalable machine...

Even Sprint beat AT&T and Verizon in customer growth

From CNET: Customers are turning to Sprint again.

In fact, they're starting to look to the nation's fourth-largest wireless carrier over stalwarts like AT&T and Verizon Wireless. The company said it added 405,000 net new post-paid subscribers -- people who pay at the end of the month and tend to be...

Google strengthens Android relationship with Intel in IoT

From PC World: Intel may have cut ties with Android on smartphones and tablets, but the company's partnership with Google on Android for the internet of things is growing stronger.

Google's Android Things, a slimmed down version of Android for smart devices, will be coming to Intel's Joule 570x...

Walmart kills its Amazon Prime copycat

From CNET: Walmart waited a decade to introduce a membership shipping service to compete against Amazon's hugely successful Prime program. Less than two years later, it's killing off the new program and changing tactics.

The big-box retailer said Tuesday it got rid of ShippingPass, which offered...

TensorFlow 1.0 unlocks machine learning on smartphones

From InfoWorld: TensorFlow, Google's open source deep learning framework, has announced a release candidate for a full-blown version 1.0.

Version 1.0 not only brings improvements to the framework's gallery of machine learning functions, but also eases TensorFlow development to Python and Java users...

Fitbit cuts 6 percent of employees amid missed 2016 goals

From CNET: Fitbit announced Monday that it will be conducting a "reduction in force, that will impact approximately 110 employees." That's about 6 percent of the company's workforce.

The decision comes after a disappointing fourth quarter for the wearables giant. Fitbit's 2016 Q4 revenue...

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