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LG debuts the G4 with a 5.5-inch QuadHD 2560 x 1440 screen, camera with f1.8 lens aperture and autofocus, Snapdragon 808 processor, and leather back — LG's new G4 is a powerhouse phone wrapped in leather — LG's new flagship smartphone, the G4, is official.
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| Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon launches Amazon Business marketplace with exclusive merchandise and better prices, phases out Amazon Supply — Amazon Expands Business-Sales Marketplace After Three Years — After three years of testing, Amazon.com is hoping to widen the reach of its business customer marketplace site … | Joshuah Bearman / Wired: |
The rise of Silk Road: how Ross Ulbricht built a global drug bazaar — The Rise & Fall of Silk Road — I am a great admirer of your work. Brilliant, utterly brilliant! I will keep this short and to the point. I want to buy the site. I've been in the business for over 20 years.
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
China's Great Firewall has been replacing Facebook Connect's Javascript module with redirection code en route since Sunday, seemingly for DDoS purposes — Facebook's login system is being hijacked by China's Great Firewall — For the last three days, China's Great Firewall has been intercepting …
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| Roya Soleimani / Inside Search: |
Google app on Android adds Google Now cards for 70 new apps, including Zipcar, Circa, Spotify, OpenTable, and Runkeeper — New in the Google app: more Now cards from your Android apps — Our phones help us find answers to questions large and small, stay on top of what's happening … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Loop Commerce Raises $16 Million For Its “E-Gifting” Checkout Service For Online Retailers — Loop Commerce, a company that has developed an alternative checkout technology for e-commerce sites that allows customers to more easily buy gifts for friends without having to worry with product details …
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| Nitasha Tiku / The Verge: |
Uber is bringing its food delivery service to New York City and Chicago — This week Uber is launching its food delivery service, UberEats, in New York City and Chicago. The company has already piloted the program in Los Angeles and Barcelona. UberEats will be accessible from within Uber's existing app …
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| Buster Hein / Cult of Mac: |
Apple's Sport Watch's Ion-X glass is more likely to scratch but reflects less ambient light than the sapphire crystal displays of more expensive models — Apple Watch Sport has better display than pricier models — Apple is pushing into new territory with the Apple Watch … | Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Dropbox now allows users to comment on shared files; feature can be turned off on any file — You can now post comments directly on Dropbox files — Dropbox today started rolling out the ability to add comments to files. The feature, first available in March as part … | Ina Fried / Re/code: |
T-Mobile Gains 1.8 Million Customers in First Quarter as Revenue Slightly Exceeds Expectations — T-Mobile on Tuesday reported that added 1.8 million customers in the first quarter, including 1.1 million core postpaid customers under the T-Mobile brand. — The carrier also said it expects …
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| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
SendGrid: Employee Account Hacked, Used to Steal Customer Credentials — Sendgrid, an email service used by tens of thousands of companies — including Silicon Valley giants as well as Bitcoin exchange Coinbase — said attackers compromised a Sendgrid employee's account … | Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Fashion and lifestyle site Refinery29 raises $50M at $290M valuation, led by WPP Ventures and Scripps Networks Interactive — Refinery29 Joins the Big Media Startup Club, with a $50 Million Funding Round — It's no longer surprising when investors write big checks to a media startup.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
PayPal brings One Touch payments to the web to let users shop without re-entering information — PayPal Brings Its Instant Checkout Service “One Touch” Across The Web — PayPal today is making a change to its online payment service on the web, which will now allow customers to checkout …
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| Jane Martinson / Guardian: |
Google and eight European publishers plan Digital News Initiative to develop news business models, with $163M Google innovation fund — Google admits mistakes with news outlets as it announces new partnership — The Digital News Initiative is likely to be seen as an attempt for Google …
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Google Europe Blog, Guardian, BBC, Fortune, Marketing Land, Computerworld, Financial Times, New York Times, TechSpot, Wall Street Journal, PandoDaily, The Verge, Beyond Search, Digital Trends, Bloomberg View, Wired.co.uk, Mashable, Light Reading, VentureBeat, 9to5Google, The Verge, Gizmodo, ResearchBuzz, Capital New York, VentureBeat, Medium, Re/code, Engadget, mathewingram.com/work and Matt McAlister
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Unable to restructure debt, game console maker OUYA looks for a buyer, hires Mesa Global to handle sale — Exclusive: Gaming startup OUYA needs to find a buyer quickly — Gaming company OUYA is on the auction block after tripping a debt covenant, according to a confidential email sent …
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| Johana Bhuiyan / BuzzFeed: |
Gett ride-hailing service plans expansion into on-demand services like food delivery, health care, beauty, and home maintenance — Gett Wants To Deliver Dinner, Doctors On Demand — The ride-hailing service plans to expand into food delivery and a handful of other new verticals.| Martin Beck / Marketing Land: |
Facebook Adding Video Option For Desktop App Install Ads — 445 million people a month play mobile and desktop games on Facebook; now advertisers can entice the desktop users with video. — Facebook announced today that it's giving advertisers the option to include video in desktop app install ads.
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Tim Cook says expanding middle class is fueling iPhone sales in China as revenues increase 71% to $16.8B, beating US sales for first time — China iPhone sales boosts Apple; shares up modestly — (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) beat Wall Street's revenue and profit forecasts on Monday …
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9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, New York Times, Business Insider Australia, Yahoo! Finance and iLounge. Tweets: @digiphile
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