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| Mark Scott / New York Times: |
Court bans UberPop ride-sharing service in Germany, Uber Black unaffected; Uber will continue operations and appeal — Uber Service Banned Across Germany by Frankfurt Court — LONDON - The ride-hailing service Uber is about to have a head-on collision with Germany's taxis and legal system.
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Tweets: @msquinn and @markscott82
| Scott Gilbertson / Ars Technica: |
Behind the new HTML element, which speeds up page loads by letting browsers choose the best image for different screens — How a new HTML element will make the Web faster — Soon, you won't need to be the Flash for quicker Web browsing. — Flickr user: Katie Krueger
Tweets: @garrettdimon and @respimg
| Apple: |
Apple lists top 10 reasons apps are rejected, with missing information and bugs the two most common causes — Common App Rejections — Before you develop your app, it's important to become familiar with the technical, content, and design criteria that we use to review all apps.
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| Re/code: |
Android Game Console Maker Ouya in Sale Talks With Chinese Internet Giants, Others — Ouya, the maker of an low-cost Android-based gaming console of the same name, has been engaged in preliminary acquisition talks with multiple big players in China, as well as a few here in the U.S.
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| Bertel King, Jr / Android Police: |
Fan Funding for YouTube creators now available in US, Japan, Mexico, Australia; Google to take 5% + $0.21 cut in the US — YouTube Now Offers Fan Funding In Four Countries - Here's A Look At How It Works — YouTube thrives off the videos produced by independent content creators all over the world …
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| Janko Roettgers / Gigaom: |
Sonos speakers can now directly connect to home Wi-Fi, no longer require proprietary network — To simplify whole-home audio, Sonos starts to embrace your Wi-Fi router — Internet-connected speakers from Sonos now work directly with your Wi-Fi router, eliminating the need to also use …
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| Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code: |
Apple Says It Is “Actively Investigating” Celeb Photo Hack — Apple said Monday it was “actively investigating” the violation of several of its iCloud accounts in which revealing photos and videos of prominent Hollywood actresses were taken and posted all over the Web.
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Tweets: @csoghoian, @dakami, @nikcub, @swiftonsecurity, @swiftonsecurity, @nikcub, @andrewparker and @jeffreycarr
| Klint Finley / Wired: |
Tox, a secure, open-source P2P messaging system first conceived on 4chan, aspires to become a Skype alternative — Out in the Open: Hackers Build a Skype That's Not Controlled by Microsoft — The web forum 4chan is known mostly as a place to share juvenile and, to put it mildly, politically incorrect images.
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PC World, Help Net Security and ITProPortal
| Conor Dougherty / New York Times: |
NASA working on automated traffic control system for drones, first commercial drones expected 2015 in agriculture — Drone Developers Consider Obstacles That Cannot Be Flown Around — SAN FRANCISCO — The tech industry's enthusiasm for building small delivery drones may be getting ahead of figuring out what to do with them.
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PandoDaily, GeekWire, Fox News, The Verge, Gizmodo, Tech Times, ITProPortal, Engadget, SiliconANGLE and SlashGear
| Silke Koltrowitz / Reuters: |
Swatch plans smartwatch with always-on touch screen and fitness tracking, coming next summer — Swatch prefers go-it-alone route for smartwatch plans — (Reuters) - Swatch Group is happy to go it alone with a launch next year of watches with “smart” features to compete with so-called wearable gadgets …
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PandoDaily, PandoDaily, Gigaom, Forbes, VentureBeat, PC Pro, Tech Times and Inquirer. Tweets: @gassee
| Andrew Wallenstein / Variety: |
Reddit unveils its first mobile app for Ask Me Anything (AMA) interviews on iOS — Reddit to Launch Mobile App for AMAs (Exclusive) — Reddit has made its long-awaited entry into the mobile app category with one devoted to its most popular attraction, the Ask Me Anything (AMA) interviews.
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Tweets: @hugeinc and @mikeisaac
| Ron / WinBeta: |
Microsoft welcomes 28 new markets for the Xbox One, including India, China, Japan, and Russia — September is set to be a huge month for the Xbox One, as the entertainment and gaming console is set to launch in 28 new markets throughout the month. These new locations include Japan, India, China, Russia, Korea, and more.
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