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| Dan Frommer / Quartz: |
Apple keynotes by the numbers: How long is the CEO on stage? At which minute is the big unveil? — The hidden structure of the Apple keynote — One of Apple's most successful products—which rarely gets recognized as such—is made not of aluminum and glass, but of words and pictures.| Evan Ramstad / Minneapolis Star Tribune: |
At Apple's product unveiling, Mayo takes a big role — Mayo hopes the product will encourage patients to use smart gadgets to track their health, despite some concerns over data collection and security. — When Apple Inc. unveils new products Tuesday, one of the tech industry's … | Neil Hughes / AppleInsider: |
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Nancy Pelosi urges FCC to reclassify broadband as a utility — A good number of politicians have recently made statements in favor of net neutrality, but House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is going further than most of them today and asking that the Federal Communications Commission reclassify broadband …
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| David Streitfeld / New York Times: |
Amazon Fire Phone's $200 price cut is just one more sign of its dismal market performance — Amazon Cuts Struggling Phone's Price to 99 Cents — SAN FRANCISCO — Sixty thousand people vied to attend the unveiling of Amazon's first smartphone in late June.| Matt Burns / TechCrunch: |
Nest Finally Works With Control4, Crestron, RTI And URC Home Automation Systems — Today, at CEDIA EXPO 2014, Nest made the day of every home automator installers and retailers everywhere: Nest finally works with the major players in home automation, Control4, Crestron, Remote Technologies Incorporated …
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| David Kravets / Ars Technica: |
Comcast Wi-Fi serving self-promotional ads via JavaScript injection — Comcast has begun serving Comcast ads to devices connected to one of its 3.5 million publicly accessible Wi-Fi hotspots across the US. Comcast's decision to inject data into websites raises security concerns and arguably cuts …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Rakuten Buys Ebates For $1 Billion — Rumors have been swirling around Japan's Rakuten, which has been in discussions with rebate website operator Ebates.com, regarding a potential acquisition deal. That deal is now official, as the company announced today it has agreed to acquire Ebates for $1 billion.| Ian Kar / Bank Innovation: |
Apple pilot program to develop partnerships with merchants may be related to a loyalty/rewards program — Apple to Launch Pilot Program For Merchant Partnership — Apple will be launching a pilot program to develop partnerships with merchants, including retailers, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the program.| Jarah Euston / Flurry Insights: |
Phablet install base doubles in one year to 6% of all phone and tablet users — The Tides Turn for the Phablet's Popularity — The press is buzzing that Apple may unveil a phablet-sized iPhone 6 on September 9th. Six years ago, who would have guessed that an extra inch of screen space could cause so much commotion?| Sapna Maheshwari / BuzzFeed: |
Tinder settles sexual harassment lawsuit brought by former executive Whitney Wolfe; Justin Mateen no longer at the company — Tinder Settles Fast With Co-Founder In Sexual Harassment Suit — The shocking lawsuit, which sparked a national conversation around the treatment of women in tech, has been dropped.
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| Jon Southurst / CoinDesk: |
Hacker Hijacks Satoshi Nakamoto's Email, Threatens to Reveal All — The bitcoin world is abuzz with speculation some of Satoshi Nakamoto's online accounts have been compromised, concerned a hacker could potentially access information concerning the bitcoin creator's true identity or use …
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Wired, Pastebin, SourceForge, Guardian, Engadget, BBC, Forbes, Business Insider, Softpedia News, CIO.com, P2P Foundation, The Next Web, Mineforeman, Mineforeman and Gawker. Tweets: @petertoddbtc
| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
With a Big Push From Facebook, Facebook Video Is Booming. Heads Up, YouTube. — Do you like watching videos on Facebook? — You're not alone. And you're going to be seeing a lot more of them. — That's the word from Facebook, which is excited about the rapid uptake of its new …
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| Agam Shah / PC World: |
Intel wants to modernize data centers with new Xeon server chips — Intel has designed its latest server chips to provide the building blocks to modernize “legacy data centers” by providing more processing cores, throughput and power-saving features. — The Xeon E5-2600 v3 chips …
| Winnie Hu / New York Times: |
SheTaxis, an Uber-like service for women with exclusively women drivers, launches next week in New York State — New Service Offers Taxis Exclusively for Women — New Yorkers can already choose from yellow taxis, green cabs or black livery cars. They can tap a smartphone app for a ride, or simply stick out an arm.
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| Barry Levine / VentureBeat: |
Verizon plans to create a sharing platform for virtually anything — not just cars — The “sharing economy” is now moving into the “sharing services economy.” — This morning, Verizon Enterprise Services announced its “Auto Share” service, enabling any car company to become a Zipcar.
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Gizmodo, Verizon Enterprise Solutions, Wireless Week, AndroidHeadlines.com, Light Reading and Gigaom. Tweets: @marshallk. Thanks:@harrisonweber
| Eric Johnson / Re/code: |
Twitch CEO: “Entire Website” Is a Native Advertising Hub, Not a Store — Twitch is already good at selling people on games, but it's not interested in selling the games directly. — That's the word from CEO Emmett Shear, asked at TechCrunch Disrupt about how the company plans to integrate with its new owner Amazon.
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Guardian, ReadWrite, Gamasutra, Engadget, CNET, GeekWire and The Next Web. Tweets: @petersontee
| T.C. Sottek / The Verge: |
If Reddit is a government, it's a failed state unable to control events within its borders — Reddit is a failed state — The “front page of the internet” is run by warlords — As Reddit trips over itself trying to contain its stolen nude photo problem, CEO Yishan Wong finally addressed …
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See also Mediagazer| Abel Avram / InfoQ: |
Developers rename their Markdown enhancement “CommonMark” after dispute with John Gruber — Standard Markdown Becomes Common Markdown then CommonMark — A group of representatives from Stack Exchange, GitHub, Reddit, and others have started to standardize and enhance Markdown under the name Standard Markdown.
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| Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch: |
Home Depot confirms retail payment systems breach, says credit cards but not PINs were exposed — Home Depot Finally Confirms Its Payment System Was Hacked For Months — Remember that “suspicious activity” that Home Depot was looking into last week? — Six days later …
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