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Google drops the shopping bag from the Play Store icon

Google updated its Play Store icon today, and the shopping bag is gone. Goodbye, shopping bag. This change is rolling out to Android users beginning today. Android Police first spotted the change and noted that the notification icons look slightly different, too. Again, the shopping bag is gone and it’s now only a triangle. (more…)

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Google just acquired one of the most successful VR game studios

Google announced today that it’s acquiring Owlchemy Labs, the VR-focused studio that created Job Simulator and Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality. Owlchemy will keep releasing VR games for multiple platforms, but with backing from Google — similar to Tilt Brush studio Skillman & Hackett, which Google acquired in 2015. “We have a slate of original games that we have in [the] production and prototyping phase, and we're going to continue to do that,” says Owlchemy co-founder Alex Schwartz. “We're very excited to continue to do that with the support of Google behind us.”

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Snapchat lost $2.2 billion last quarter

Snap; the parent company of Snapchat revealed a staggering loss in its first earnings report since going public in March. The company reported a net loss of $2.2 billion for the quarter Snap posted sales of $149.6 million for the March quarter, far below Wall Street estimates. (more…)