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Code: what is it, how it's evolved, and why it matters for all businesses — What Is Code? — You are an educated, successful person capable of abstract thought. A VP doing an SVP's job. Your office, appointed with decent furniture and a healthy amount of natural light filtered through vertical blinds …
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Antitrust: Commission opens formal investigation into Amazon's e-book distribution arrangements — The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation into certain business practices by Amazon in the distribution of electronic books ("e-books").
| Kellex / Droid Life: |
Sources: New Nest Cam is a slimmed down version of Dropcam; new app has updated UI, slide-down menu, button-heavy interface — This is the Nest Cam and the New Nest App for Android — You know that story from earlier today that suggested Nest may unveil a new wireless camera at next week's event?| Nate Swanner / The Next Web: |
Apple Music will stream at 256kbps, below the ‘industry standard’ 320kbps — Arriving June 30, Apple Music is going to try and curate tracks with a human touch. It won't stream them at the highest possible bitrate, though. — Apple has confirmed Apple Music's streaming bitrate is 256kbps.
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| Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
Matt Murphy Moves to Menlo Ventures From Kleiner — Venture capitalist Matt Murphy, who left Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers earlier this year, has found a new investing home. — Murphy will join Menlo Ventures as managing director, the Menlo Park, Calif., firm said on Thursday.
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Reddit bans ‘Fat People Hate’ and other subreddits under new harassment rules — In the wake of a new anti-harassment policy, Reddit is banning a handful of its worst communities. “Our goal is to enable as many people as possible to have authentic conversations and share ideas and content …
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| Steve Lohr / New York Times: |
Google creates and funds Sidewalk Labs, a startup developing and incubating tech to improve urban life, headed by former deputy mayor of NYC Daniel L. Doctoroff — Sidewalk Labs, a Start-Up Created by Google, Has Bold Aims to Improve City Living — Google's ambitions and investments …
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| Xiaoyun Zhang / The Twitter Blog: |
Twitter simplifies blocking multiple accounts by letting users share and import block lists — Sharing block lists to help make Twitter safer — Today we're making it possible to share block lists on twitter.com. This new, advanced feature makes blocking multiple accounts easy, fast and community driven.
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| Mark Brown / Pocket Gamer: |
Apple's Xcode 7 allows anyone to build and test apps on iOS devices, no $99/year developer license required — Apple's new Xcode lets anyone sideload apps and emulators onto their iOS device — Freedom! — Review — Videos — Tips — The new version of Xcode …
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| Farhad Manjoo / New York Times: |
In his speech on privacy practices, Tim Cook failed to fairly explore the benefits of free, ad-supported services — What Apple's Tim Cook Overlooked in His Defense of Privacy — Timothy D. Cook, Apple's chief executive, delivered a speech last week that raised some eyebrows in the technology industry.
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| Jeff Elder / Wall Street Journal: |
Jawbone sues Fitbit over patent infringement, its second suit against Fitbit in two weeks — Jawbone Hits Fitbit With Second Lawsuit in Two Weeks — Fitness trackers from Jawbone and Fitbit are made to count heartbeats. They may soon be put to use counting lawsuits between the two rivals.
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| Eli Blumenthal / USA Today: |
Removed job listing suggests Amazon planning daily video show to drive product sales — Amazon job listing suggests company could soon launch live video shows — NEW YORK— Could Amazon be looking to expand into daily, live video shows? That appears to be the case, according to a job listing from the Internet retailer.
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 9 code hints 1080p, 240fps, flash coming to iPhone FaceTime cameras — Code found in the first iOS 9 developer betas reveals that Apple is planning to support some significant camera features and upgrades with the new software version. Presumably planned for the next iPhone hardware version …
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BGR, MacRumors, TechWeekEurope UK, SlashGear, Fone Arena, SiliconANGLE, The Verge, Pocket-lint, MacNN, Forbes, TechnoBuffalo, TodaysiPhone.com and Neowin. Thanks:@chancehmiller
| Lucian Constantin / PCWorld: |
European authorities bust cybercrime gang that hijacked business payments — Police in several European countries arrested 49 suspected members of a gang they say broke into corporate email accounts, using them to divert payments from business customers. — The gang operated in Italy …
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Europol, Reuters, ZDNet, ComputerWeekly, The State of Security, Naked Security, The Hill, SC Magazine and SecurityWeek. Thanks:@atechmemefan
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Critics say that startups' use of vague, unconventional, and non-GAAP financial terms inflate their valuations — Tech Startups Woo Investors With Unconventional Financial Terms — but Do Numbers Add Up? — Critics say the practice is inflating some companies' valuations
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| Dan Primack / Fortune: |
2015 could be the slowest year for VC-backed tech IPOs since financial crisis; only seven VC-backed tech companies have gone public this year — Something is rotting under Silicon Valley — I spent a good chunk of last week in Silicon Valley, speaking to venture capitalists who mostly wanted … | Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land: |
Google on iOS and Android can now use geolocation to answer “When does this restaurant open?” or “How long is this river?” — [WATCH] Google's Amazing Location-Aware Search Finds Answers About Nearby Places — How tall is that tower in front of you?| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
iOS 9 extends Continuity to cellular connections; T-Mobile first to offer feature — iOS 9 brings more flexibility to Apple's great Continuity feature — Continuity is one of the best things about going all in on Apple hardware. With it, you can easily send and receive calls or text messages …
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