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T-Mobile to throttle customers who use unlimited LTE data for torrents/p2p — In an internal memo to staff, it's been revealed that T-Mobile is going to clamp down on users taking advantage of their unlimited 4G/LTE plans for peer-to-peer file sharing and other misuse of their data allowance.| Michael Liedtke / Associated Press: |
Apple bans use of benzene and n-hexane during the final assembly of iPhones, iPads, iPods, Macs, and various accessories — Apple bans use of 2 chemicals in iPhone assembly — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple is banning the use of two potentially hazardous chemicals during the final assembly …
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Canada's Desire2Learn raises $85 mln for global e-learning push — Canada's D2L Inc said on Thursday it raised $85 million in venture capital funds, the country's biggest such deal this year, as the fast-growing owner of educational software maker Desire2Learn looks to ramp up its overseas expansion.
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Twitter vows to “improve our policies” after Robin Williams' daughter is bullied off the network — Twitter has promised to improve and expand its policies after Robin Williams' daughter is bullied off of the social network. Internet trolls bullied Robin Williams' daughter off of Twitter …
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Girls Who Code has grown from 20 students at Facebook in 2012 to 380 at 16 companies in 2014 — No boys allowed: Girls Who Code takes on gender gap — MENLO PARK, Calif. — Each morning this summer, Jazmine Fernandez hopped the subway to downtown Oakland and boarded a shuttle bus bound for Silicon Valley.
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Facial recognition tech leads feds to fugitive after 14 years — A cold case comes back to life after facial recognition software recognizes an alleged US outlaw who'd been hiding out in Nepal. — Facial recognition technology used on the photo in the Neil Stammer wanted poster led to his arrest.
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After China smartphone success, Lenovo plans leap forward overseas — (Reuters) - China's Lenovo Group said first-quarter profit jumped 23 percent, beating estimates, as a surge in smartphone sales showed how quickly the world's biggest personal computer maker is transforming itself into a major player in mobile technology.
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Dash app, which analyzes data from your car's On Board Diagnostic port, arrives on iPhone — Dash's Smart Driving App Arrives On iPhone — The Dash smart driving assistant that made its debut earlier this year on Android has launched on iPhone answering one of the most frequently heard requests from its users.| Devlin Barrett / Wall Street Journal: |
FISA Court judge criticized NSA for ‘systemic overcollection’ of internet metadata — Surveillance Court Judge Criticized NSA ‘Overcollection’ of Data — Decision Offers Scathing Assessment of Agency's Management of Internet-Surveillance Program
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UberTaxi hits the streets of Hong Kong — Two months after Uber rolled its app-connected limo service into Hong Kong, the US-based startup is today launching UberTaxi in the city. This allows people to grab a conventional, licensed Hong Kong cab - and pay for it via a cash-less transaction - within the Uber app.
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Flipboard will introduce video ads in September with Chanel as an initial partner — Social reading service Flipboard is the latest US social network to go down the route of video advertising, following the path of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter (soon) and others.| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Microsoft updates Bing's conversational understanding to let you ask follow-up questions, just like Cortana — Microsoft today updated Bing with a very interesting new feature that builds on its investments in entity and conversational understanding. In short, you can now ask follow-up questions that reference your previous question.
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Intuit Acquires ItDuzzit, An IFTTT-Style Service For Businesses To Connect Cloud Apps — More acquisitions for Intuit as it continues to build out its cloud services platform for small and medium businesses. It has bought itDuzzit — a Chicago-based startup that provides tools for businesses … | Mike Rogoway / Oregonian: |
Intel pays $650 million to buy networking business from Avago to boost new markets — As the chipmaker works to expand beyond its core PC market, Intel said the networking business and its employees will help expand its product portfolio. (Oregonian file photo)
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Michael J Fox Foundation and Intel using big data and wearable sensors to track Parkinson's — Michael J Fox Foundation tests sensors to track Parkinson's — Michael J Fox's charity backed the study, but he is not personally involved in the tests — The Michael J Fox Foundation … | Karma Allen / CNBC: |
Cisco cutting 8% of workforce, or 6,000 jobs, in restructuring plan — Cisco is reporting EPS of $0.55 ex-items on revenue of $12.36 billion, with CNBC's Josh Lipton. — Cisco Systems delivered quarterly earnings and revenue that surpassed analysts' expectations on Wednesday and posted … | Alex Byers / Politico: |
Comcast and Time Warner pay total of $132K to sponsor dinner honoring FCC Commissioner Clyburn — Comcast, Time Warner Cable help honor Mignon Clyburn amid merger review — Comcast and Time Warner Cable are sponsoring a dinner honoring FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn at a time when the agency …
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Amazon makes an undisclosed investment in cloud services company Acquia — Amazon has made a rare investment in Acquia, a Burlington, Mass.-based digital marketing company that operates on Amazon's cloud services. The undisclosed investment piggybacks on a $50 million round closed …
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NSA developing “MonsterMind” system to autonomously block and retaliate against cyberattacks — Meet MonsterMind, the NSA Bot That Could Wage Cyberwar Autonomously — Edward Snowden has made us painfully aware of the government's sweeping surveillance programs over the last year.
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The Hacker News, eWeek, Techdirt, US News, The Raw Story, Schneier on Security, TechCrunch, PC Magazine, Engadget, The Verge, The Hill and Wired. Thanks:@emilydreyfuss
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