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Inside Internet Research Agency, an army of pro-Kremlin trolls wreaking havoc on the Internet — The Agency … Around 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 11 last year, Duval Arthur, director of the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness for St. Mary Parish, Louisiana …
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What to expect at WWDC 2015: native Apple Watch SDK, iOS 9 and OS X 10.11 focusing on core user experience, and Apple Music — Coming at WWDC 2015: New Apple Watch SDK, Quality-focused/refreshed iOS 9 & OS X 10.11, Apple Music — Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference is about to kick off.
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With App Indexing and Google Now On Tap, Google is trying to make your whole phone an interface for search — How Google Is Taking Search Outside the Box — The I/O conference had virtual reality, photos and electronic clothes. But as always, there was search.| Eli Wald / Inside Search: |
Google now surfacing content from apps in search results in Chrome and Google app on iOS — Find app content straight from the Google app—now on iPhone and iPad — No matter what you're searching for, you should get the best answers—whether they're on the web or in an app.
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| Philip Kollar / Polygon: |
Amazon making ‘ambitious’ PC game with creators of Portal, World of Warcraft and more — Amazon Game Studios has been growing for over a year now, but up to this point it's only published smaller mobile releases and games for Amazon's Fire TV hardware. According to a new hiring post on Gamasutra, that's set to change soon.
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India's Micromax shipped over 30 new smartphone models last year, ranging from $50 to $300+ — India's Micromax Churns Out Phones Like Fast Fashion — Handset maker designs dozens of new models a year, most costing less than $150 — NEW DELHI—Early last year, product planners …
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| Jay Yarow / Business Insider: |
Apple will have a hard time competing against Google if it doesn't collect more data on users — Tim Cook's attacks on Google and Facebook reveal a giant problem for Apple's future — Apple CEO Tim Cook has yet again unloaded on Silicon Valley technology companies that collect data about users.| Cade Metz / Wired: |
Overstock is preparing to offer a $25M private bond using blockchain-like technology — Overstock Will Issue a Private Bond Powered by Bitcoin Tech — Overstock.com is preparing to offer a $25 million private bond using technology that mimics the blockchain, the distributed online ledger that underpins the bitcoin digital currency.| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Netflix continues aggressive expansion with October launch in Italy, Spain, and Portugal — Netflix to Stream Into Italy, Spain and Portugal in October — Netflix plans to roll into southern Europe this fall, setting October launches for Italy, Spain and Portugal.| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Sling TV's Web TV Subscriber Numbers Keep Growing, Now Around 250,000 — Sling TV, the “over-the-top” service that delivers pay TV over the Web, has around 250,000 paying subscribers, according to industry executives familiar with its performance. — If you assume that the vast majority …
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Office of Personnel Management's inspector general warned the agency its system was vulnerable to attacks — U.S. Was Warned of System Open to Cyberattacks — WASHINGTON — The inspector general at the Office of Personnel Management, which keeps the records and security clearance information …
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| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
Pinterest's head of partnerships Joanne Bradford is leaving; Tim Kendall taking on some duties — Pinterest's Bradford Departs as Kendall Takes Over Media and Sales — Joanne Bradford*, the long-time media exec who Pinterest brought in to oversee advertising and media partnerships in 2013 …
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