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Interview with Sony Mobile CEO Hiroki Totoki: we will never ever sell or exit from the current mobile business — Billion dollar turnaround: Sony Mobile CEO — The phrase ‘thrown in at the deep end’ might have been invented for Hiroki Totoki. — The CEO and president of Sony Mobile … | Leo Kelion / BBC: |
BBC reveals final design of the Micro Bit, a pocket-sized computer to be given to 1M UK-based children in October — BBC Micro Bit computer's final design revealed — The BBC has revealed the final design of the Micro Bit, a pocket-sized computer set to be given to about one million UK-based children in October.| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Showtime launches $10.99/month standalone streaming service for the web, Apple TV, iOS, Roku, and Playstation Vue — You can now subscribe to Showtime online — Showtime is now offering an online subscription, allowing customers to watch its shows and movies without also getting cable.
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Tinder introduces Verified Profiles for notable public figures, says 26M matches made daily — Introducing Verified Profiles — Tinder: it's how people meet. Each day, 26 million matches are made on Tinder, and we do our best to keep those matches real — that's why we're rolling out Verified Profiles.
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Samsung's Q2 disappoints with 7th straight profit decline; revenues fall 8.4% as wrong sales forecast leads to glut of unsold Galaxy S6 and shortages of S6 Edge — Samsung Sees Seventh Straight Profit Decline — The world's largest smartphone maker by shipments said operating profit likely fell about 4%| Nicole Perlroth / New York Times: |
13 top cryptographers issue report opposing US, British proposals for circumventing encryption, say plans would put the world's digital communications at risk — Code Specialists Oppose U.S. and British Government Access to Encrypted Communication — SAN FRANCISCO — An elite group …
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Bill Veghte, HP's former head of Enterprise Group and COO, named CEO of SurveyMonkey — HP's Veghte Named CEO of SurveyMonkey — Friends since college, the late Silicon Valley exec David Goldberg was a mentor and adviser to former Hewlett-Packard exec Bill Veghte throughout his career.
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Study suggests Google's ad-targeting system discriminates based on gender and other personal traits — Probing the Dark Side of Google's Ad-Targeting System — Researchers say Google's ad-targeting system sometimes makes troubling decisions based on data about gender and other personal characteristics.| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
All Apple Stores to reduce third-party accessories selection to items sold in packaging co-designed by Apple, starting next week — All Apple Stores revamping third-party accessory selection with Apple designed boxes — Apple-designed packaging for the Mophie Juice Pack and Logitech iPad Keyboard
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Desperate For Ad Data, Twitter Offers Animated Balloons For Your Birthdate — Twitter's ads would work a lot better if it knew how old you are. So in an obvious data grab, Twitter will show animated balloons on your profile when it's your birthday if you're willing to give it your birthdate.| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Mobile Maker Jolla Splits In Two, With Sailfish OS Its First Order Of Business — Software or hardware? Finnish mobile device and Sailfish OS maker Jolla has always intended doing both. But that could be changing. Today the company announced it's forking itself, splitting its business into two.
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| Julie Bort / Business Insider: |
Cisco buys software vendor MaintenanceNet for $139M, its sixth acquisition of a US software company so far this year — Cisco is on an acquisition roll and it just bought one of its vendors for $139 million — Cisco announced on Tuesday that it was acquiring Carlsbad, California-based MaintenanceNet for $139 million.
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| William Turton / The Daily Dot: |
17-year-old Lizard Squad hacker convicted in Finnish court of 50,700 charges related to computer crimes, receives two-year suspended prison sentence — Lizard Squad hacker convicted on 50,000 hacking charges — A key Lizard Squad member had been convicted of 50,700 charges related to computer crimes … Thanks:@williamturton
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