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Media reports and pulled app changelog all but confirm imminent Android TV launch at Google I/O
Jun25
It’s the night before Google I/O, and the Wall Street Journal has added on to the piling rumors that the company will launch an Android TV at its developer conference. Several media outlets have already reported on the Android TV’s release date. Gigaom reported in late May that the product will be seen at Google I/O, which followed a glimpse of the Android TV platform back in April that The Verge showed off. The Wall Street Journal reports that Google’s Android TV will carry another company’s brand but will run on Google’s software designed to play movies, games and other content…
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LG is out to persuade developers of the merits of webOS smart TVs after it released an SDK for the platform, announced at CES in January this year, which enables third-party apps to be built for it. The Korean company, which bought the webOS patents and source code from HP in 2013, says the SDK (which also has a website of resources) supports Windows, Mac and Linux environments and works with a range of standard coding technologies. The smart TV space is increasingly competitive, but LG says it picked webOS “because of its history and origins as a developer-friendly platform.” We are fans…
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US payments firm Stripe is adding support for Alibaba’s payments service Alipay, helping its businesses reach more customers in China, where e-commerce is on a rising trend. This also comes as the Chinese e-commerce juggernaut Alibaba seeks to make Alipay a mainstream option as part of its efforts to eventually take its consumer business global, particularly to the West. Stripe is one of the largest companies of its kind, having raised over $120 million in funding – and businesses in 14 countries are using it as part of their infrastructure to sell to customers all over the world. This agreement will see Alipay reaching customers who…
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