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Tech News Flash: Saturday -- May 5, 2018

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Google Assistant Gains Momentum in Smart Home Race
Facebook's Clear History Privacy Option: Boon or Sop?
Ubuntu Budgie Whistles Up a Better Remix
Fitbit's Health Alliance With Google Could Be a Risky Experiment
Could BlackBerry Displace Apple?
Shuttleworth on Ubuntu 18.04: Multicloud Is the New Normal

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Today's Story Highlights

Google Assistant Gains Momentum in Smart Home Race
Google Assistant, the artificial intelligence software built into
Android handsets and the Google Home smart speaker system, now can
control more than 5,000 smart devices. That's up from just 1,500
products in January -- and the list of supported products includes
everything from cameras and security systems to doorbells, locks and
lights, to dryers, dishwashers and refrigerators.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85322.html

Facebook's Clear History Privacy Option: Boon or Sop?
Facebook plans to offer members a tool that to prevent tracking of their
online activity outside the network. The Clear History feature will
allow users to see which websites and applications send Facebook
information when they use them, delete the data and prevent Facebook
from collecting and storing it in the future. It will take a few months
to build the tool, Facebook said.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85320.html

Ubuntu Budgie Whistles Up a Better Remix
If you have yet to try the Budgie desktop, the latest release of Ubuntu
Budgie is a perfect opportunity to experience a classy and user-friendly
computing platform. Budgie is one of the first home-grown Linux distros
to release its latest version based on Ubuntu 18.04. The independent
developer announced Ubuntu Budgie 18.04 last week, coinciding with
Canonical's release of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85318.html

Fitbit's Health Alliance With Google Could Be a Risky Experiment
Fitbit and Google on Monday announced a new partnership on healthcare.
Fitbit will develop consumer and enterprise health solutions that will
use Google's new Cloud Healthcare application programming interface.
Fitbit also will move to the Google Cloud Platform to innovate and
advance its products and services. Fitbit will leverage Google Cloud's
infrastructure and security features.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85317.html

Could BlackBerry Displace Apple?
I spent a day with BlackBerry last week and it brought back memories of
how Apple displaced the company around a decade ago. I, like a lot of
folks, thought what Apple was attempting was impossible. However, after
the fact, it didn't even look difficult. BlackBerry largely has
completed its pivot to software and services, but a wave of new phones
from its partners suggests new possibilities.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85308.html

Shuttleworth on Ubuntu 18.04: Multicloud Is the New Normal
Canonical has released the Ubuntu 18.04 LTS platform for desktop,
server, cloud and Internet of Things use. Its debut followed a two-year
development phase that led to innovations in cloud solutions for
enterprises, as well as smoother integrations with private and public
cloud services, and new tools for container and virtual machine
operations.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85313.html

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