en-ug-hotdailynews: 2015-06-03 Uganda Technology

MultiChoice Uganda slashes DStv kit prices
Telecompaper (subscription)
MultiChoice has announced a 65 percent cut in the price of its DStv kit from UGX 309,000 to UGX 99,900. This includes a decoder, a dish and one-month subscription to the Access package. GM Charles Hamya said the offer is only available for three weeks.
Market reacts as digital migration deadline looms   New Vision
DSTv cut prices by nearly 68% in a one month promo in Uganda   spyghana.com

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Firstpost

Facebook announces new research centre in Paris
Firstpost
Online social networking service Facebook announced opening of a new artificial intelligence research centre in Paris. The US-headquartered internet giant said it had been building a programme – Facebook AI Research (FAIR) – to help users “sort through” ...

FB opens new AI lab in Paris   The Hindu
Facebook now encrypts notification emails; opens artificial intelligence lab in Paris   News Nation
Facebook Announces a Third Artificial Intelligence Center in Paris   Uncover California
Stuff.co.nz
ABS CBN News
USA TODAY
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New York Times

Instagram to Open Its Photo Feed to Ads
New York Times
Instagram is cranking up its money machine, and that means a lot more ads in your photo feed. Facebook, which bought Instagram in 2012, has kept the mobile photo-sharing service mostly free of advertising, allowing only a handful of big brands to put a few ...

Instagram will ask you to buy the things you photograph (except cats)   Mashable
Brace Yourself for More Instagram Ads   PC Magazine
Now anybody can advertise on Instagram   Fortune
Bustle
Forbes
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NOLA.com

Countdown clock teases big 'Fallout 4' announcement
NOLA.com
After nearly five years of hoaxes, teasers and leaks, "Fallout," the post-apocalyptic, open world, role-playing video game series, will officially announce the release of its newest installment — or so it seems. Bethesda Softworks, the company that owns the ...

Attention all Fallout fanatics, Bethesda has an announcement to make   Stuff.co.nz
Bethesda Site Teases Fallout 4 News   PC Magazine
Bethesda teases new 'Fallout' game   USA TODAY
Mashable
PCWorld
The Verge
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GMA News

Microsoft buys German start-up behind Wunderlist app
GMA News
SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft on Tuesday said that it has bought 6Wunderkinder GmbH, a Berlin-based startup behind the Wunderlist to-do list app. "The addition of Wunderlist to the Microsoft product portfolio fits squarely with our ambition to reinvent ...

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IBNLive

Apple's Siri debuts to control smart home gadgets
IBNLive
The first "smart" home gadgets that can be controlled by Apple's voice-activated digital assistant are going on sale this week, just days after rival tech giant Google announced it's building its own software for Internet-connected home appliances and other ...

Apple's Siri has role in new 'smart' home systems   New Zealand Herald
Sales dates set for first products that work with Apple's HomeKit   PCWorld
Apple HomeKit-enabled IoT products roll out   USA TODAY
The Daily Star
Washington Post
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The Hindu

Windows 10 by July end
The Hindu
Microsoft announced its latest operating system - Windows 10 - will be released end-July but did not reveal the price. The long-awaited version will be available beginning July 29 in 190 markets globally as a free upgrade to customers running on Windows 7 ...

Microsoft yields, gives new OS for free   Bangkok Post

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