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Adobe Photoshop arrives on the iPad
Adobe has released Photoshop for the iPad, making good on an announcement that it made last October.
The tablet version of the popular photo-editing software is free to download, and includes a 30-day free trial.
After that it $9.99 per month via in-app purchase, or you can get access as part of an Adobe Creative Cloud subscription.
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Cortana wants to be your personal executive assistant and read your emails to you, too
At its Ignite conference, Microsoft announced a number of new features that help Cortana to become even more useful in your day-to-day work, all of which fit into the company overall vision of AI as a tool that is helpful and augments human intelligence.
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Apple commits $2.5 billion to address California housing crisis and homelessness issues
The investment includes a $1 billion commitment to an affordable housing investment fund, $1 billion toward a first-time homebuyer mortgage assistance fund and $300 million in Apple-owned land that will be made available for affordable housing.
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A startup just launched red wine to the International Space Station to age for 12 months
The wine isn&t being sent just to help the ISS astronauts relax.
Instead, it part of an experiment that will study how the aging process for wine is affected by a microgravity, space-based environment.
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Lemonade gets a nastygram from Deutsche Telekom over its use of magenta, says it will fight
Deutsche Telekom German lawyers have sent a letter to AI insurance startup Lemonade, demanding it cease using magenta — a color that appears across Lemonade logo and marketing material — globally.
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Where tech companies should look to expand
Zillow Cheryl Young says the company has analyzed data to determine the best markets that provide fertile environments for startups or tech companies looking to put down stakes for their next office.
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This week TechCrunch podcasts
On the latest episode of Equity, Alex and Kate discuss Sam Altman investment in Quill, a company that could eventually challenge Slack.
And on Original Content, we review the Netflix series &Living with Yourself,& in which Paul Rudd plays two different versions of the same man.
