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Apple Music will be available on Sonos speakers by end of the year — Update: Apple has confirmed in a statement to Buzzfeed that Apple is working with Sonos to get Apple Music available on the connected speaker system by the end of the year. Original story below.| Serenity Caldwell / iMore: |
Apple Music FAQ: features included with paid subscription, what happens to iTunes Match and Radio, migrating from Beats Music, and more — Apple Music FAQ: Everything you need to know — Apple Music is coming June 30. We've got the beats and the deets.
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FISTFULAYEN, MacRumors, The Verge, 9to5Mac, BetaNews, Macworld, Apple, TechnoBuffalo, Tech Times, Cult of Mac, iPhone Hacks, Engadget, CNET, Re/code, The Verge, iDownloadBlog.com and iMore. Tweets: @fromedome
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook is testing a new Snapchat-style photo uploader for iOS with text overlays and swipeable filters — Facebook's Snapchatty New Photo Uploader Lets You Overlay Text And More — Face it. Your photos aren't all that interesting. But Facebook's going to help you jazz them up with its shiny …
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9to5Mac, The Next Web, iMore, Gizmodo, The Verge, iPhone Hacks, SiliconANGLE, Engadget, Fone Arena and Ubergizmo
| Tim Culpan / Bloomberg Business: |
Sources: Apple has started early production of new iPhone models with Force Touch, volume manufacturing scheduled to ramp up as soon as next month — Apple Suppliers Start Making iPhones With Force Touch — Apple Inc. has started early production of new iPhone models with a feature called Force Touch …
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Computerworld, SiliconANGLE, International Business Times, The Overspill, NEWS.com.au, SlashGear, The Register, App Advice, Forbes, PhoneDog.com, Gizmodo, Opptrends, Engadget, Phones Review, Redmond Pie, BGR, Business Insider, Tech Times, iPhone in Canada Blog, Neowin, Fone Arena, iPhone Hacks, The Next Web, Ubergizmo, Cult of Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, MacRumors, TechnoBuffalo, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, iMore, VentureBeat and MobileSyrup.com
| Rick Carew / Wall Street Journal: |
Didi Kuaidi's $1.5B round already oversubscribed; in addition to 3M daily taxi rides, now has 3M daily private car requests compared to 1M UberChina rides/day — Chinese Ride-Hailing App Didi Kuaidi May Raise Fundraising Target — With offering oversubscribed, CEO says in letter to investors …
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Reuters, TechCrunch, GeekTime, SiliconANGLE, Bloomberg Business, Financial Times and e27. Tweets: @jonrussell
| Josh Horwitz / Quartz: |
| Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
Facebook's “add a link” feature is available now on iOS, lets users view and share articles without leaving the app — Facebook Makes It Easier to Share Links Without Ever Leaving Facebook — Facebook added an app update on Thursday that allows people to post and share links …
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Facebook Code, Engadget, iPhone Hacks, The Next Web, Mashable, ITworld.com, Fone Arena, SocialTimes and MobileSyrup.com
| Rachael King / Wall Street Journal: |
Automakers tackle the huge security challenges of vehicle-to-vehicle communication — Automakers Tackle the Massive Security Challenges of Connected Vehicles — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is accelerating its efforts to mandate vehicle-to-vehicle communications …
Tweets: @mckeay
| James Surowiecki / MIT Technology Review: |
Google Fiber has pushed ISPs to improve broadband speeds in many markets, a result the FCC's National Broadband Plan failed to achieve — Broadband Speeds Are Improving in Many Places. Too Bad It Took Google to Make It Happen. — It's too often said that some event “changed everything” in technology.| James Trew / Engadget: |
DJI Phantom 3 review: great photo and video quality, easy to use, but lacks advanced flying modes, replaceable batteries not compatible with previous models — DJI Phantom 3 review: an aerial photography drone for the masses — Almost a year ago to the day, I wrote about the impact DJI's Phantom 2 Vision+ might have on our skies.
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Wired and International Business Times
| Shane Harris / The Daily Beast: |
OPM hackers obtained details more damaging than previously reported, including potentially humiliating “adjudication information” on federal workers — Hackers Stole Secrets of U.S. Government Workers' Sex Lives — Infidelity. Sexual fetishes. Drug abuse. Crushing debt.
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InfoWorld, Computing and Fox News
Tweets: @anonyops, @shaneharris, @just_security, @shaneharris and @cstross
| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Xiaomi Mi 4i review: great build quality and performance for $200, but KitKat-based MIUI skin feels dated, lacks many Lollipop features — Xiaomi Mi 4i review—The best specs for $200, but not the best software — A Snapdragon 615 and 3120 mAh battery are a steal, but the skin needs updating.| Pew Internet: |
US Internet adoption patterns by age, class, race, and urban vs. rural over the last 15 years — Americans' Internet Access: 2000-2015 — As internet use nears saturation for some groups, a look at patterns of adoption — Main Findings — The Pew Research Center's unit studying …
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Business Insider, ScienceAlert, Digital Trends, USA Today and CIO.com
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