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iPhone 6 display panel redesign delayed production, impact on launch uncertain — Exclusive: Apple iPhone 6 screen snag leaves supply chain scrambling — (Reuters) - Suppliers to Apple Inc (AAPL.O) are scrambling to get enough screens ready for the new iPhone 6 smartphone as the need …
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| Dan Frommer / Quartz: |
Most smartphone users download zero apps per month — Mobile apps have skyrocketed in popularity and utility since Apple introduced the iPhone App Store in the summer of 2008. Apps now represent 52% of time spent with digital media in the US, according to comScore, up from 40% in early 2013.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Majority Of Digital Media Consumption Now Takes Place In Mobile Apps — U.S. users are now spending the majority of their time consuming digital media within mobile applications, according to a new study released by comScore this morning. That means mobile apps, including the number 1 … | Chris Davies / SlashGear: |
Acer Chromebox CXI distills C7 Chrome OS for desktops — Acer has outed a new Chrome OS machine, the Chromebox CXI Series, bringing Google's cloud-centric platform to the desktop with prices kicking off at under $180. Rather than build on the Tegra K1-powered Chromebook 13, however …
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| Brian Fung / Washington Post: |
A federal court rejects Aereo's request to argue it's a cable company — Aereo's seemingly last-ditch argument to save itself won't be given an airing in court, according to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. — Instead, if the shuttered streaming video company wants to keep fighting for its survival …
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| Cyrus Lee / ZDNet: |
China Telecom to sell unlocked iPhone 6 — Summary: China Telecom said it will unlock the next-generation iPhone by supporting the SIM cards of the other two major telecom players in the market. — Cyrus Lee — China Telecom, China's third largest telecom players trailing behind China Mobile …
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| Mike Beasley / 9to5Mac: |
Apple removes Secret app from Brazilian App Store for not conforming with local laws — Following a recent ruling that Apple would have ten days to remove the anonymous social app Secret from its Brazilian App Store, Apple has complied with the order. The justification for the removal …
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| Sam Oliver / AppleInsider: |
Intuit releases redesigned Quicken 2015 for Mac, first new version in 7 years — Financial software firm Intuit on Thursday released Quicken 2015 for Mac, the first new version of the company's flagship personal finance and accounting suite to make its way to Apple's desktop platform in over seven years.
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| Grant Martin / Forbes: |
Uber Now Integrates With United And Hyatt Apps — The car-sharing app Uber has been growing wildly over the last few years, with presences springing up in cities large and small around the world. They're also expanding digitally; just this past May, Google updated its apps for iOS and Android …
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| Alistair Barr / Wall Street Journal: |
Google to include temporary steering wheel and pedal system when testing autonomous cars in response to new California DMV rules — A Google Car Without a Steering Wheel? Not So Fast, California Says — Google caused a stir earlier this year when it unveiled a self-driving car without …
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| Secret Den: |
Secret replaces photo library access with Flickr access, adds polls, moves to block posts with real names — Image search, Questions and Safety — When we first designed Secret, we set a few key principles. Today, we're releasing an update focused on one of them: Words are the centerpiece.
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| Martin Beck / Marketing Land: |
Facebook Rolls Out Analytics For App Links, Says 3 Billion URLs Have Been Enabled — The open-source effort that aims to make the mobile web less frustrating for users is gaining momentum. Developers will now be able to measure results better. — Facebook's effort to make the mobile web less frustrating is gaining momentum.| Timothy B. Lee / Vox: |
White House cybersecurity czar brags about his lack of technical expertise — Michael Daniel is the White House's cybersecurity coordinator, the man who “leads the interagency development of national cybersecurity strategy and policy” for the president. And in a recent interview with GovInfoSecurity …
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| Nick Statt / CNET: |
Coin delays product launch until spring 2015 as questions remain — The startup behind a smart electronic device that stores credit and debit cards will offer a beta program for 10,000 customers. — A prototype version of Coin, an electronic device that stores credit and debit card information …
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The Verge, Engadget, The Next Web, Business Insider, Wired and Finextra Research news. Thanks:@richardjnieva
| Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Lab: |
This: Why Atlantic Media is funding a social platform for sharing links, one at a time — By now, you might have heard that Atlantic Media's Andrew Golis is incubating a small social network inside the company. Golis came to Atlantic Media as entrepreneur-in-residence a little over a year ago …
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| Jeremy Kirk / PC World: |
Mobile apps could be abused to make expensive phone calls — A security precaution skipped in mobile applications such as Facebook's Messenger could be abused to make an expensive phone call at a victim's expense, a developer contends. — Phone numbers often appear as links on a mobile device.
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| Robin Wauters / Tech.eu: |
Holtzbrinck Ventures exchanges its stakes in 7 Rocket Internet startups for a direct 2.5% stake in the incubator itself — There we go again: German tech startup incubator Rocket Internet has announced yet another new investor, as its longtime partner in crime Holtzbrinck Ventures is receiving a 2.5% stake.
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