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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 …
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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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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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Square's head of communications describes the cyclical nature of media coverage of tech companies — What's Your Hour in ‘Silicon Valley Time’? — The tech press moves like clockwork, fitting company narratives into a predictable arc. Here's how pros deal with it.
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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.| Wall Street Journal: |
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%
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| Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
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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Netflix announces schedule for seven original feature films, the first to debut Oct. 16 — Netflix Moves Into Original Feature Films, Starting This October — Netflix is ready to become a home for feature films, giving the industry a new outlet for movie production in an era of declining ticket sales … | Peter Pi / TrendLabs Security Intelligence Blog: |
Unpatched Flash Player and Windows kernel flaws found in Hacking Team leak — Unpatched Flash Player Flaw, More POCs Found in Hacking Team Leak — Earlier this week the Italian company Hacking Team was hacked, with more than 400GB of confidential company data made available to the public.
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| Owen Williams / The Next Web: |
Facebook tests floating videos, so you can scroll and watch at the same time — A new button that's quietly appeared on Facebook for some today allows video to be popped out from the newsfeed so you can keep watching as you scroll. — Once pressed, the video continues playing and floats …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Whipclip Raises Over $40 Million For Its TV Show And Music Video Video Clipping App — Whipclip, the makers of a mobile application that lets you quickly - and legally - share clips from favorite TV shows and music videos, has closed on $40 million-plus in Series C financing, the company is announcing today.
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PlayStation Network is down for the third time since Friday — Tuesday is always a wonderful time of the week for some online gaming, but PlayStation Network just can't handle it. — Sony has confirmed that the PlayStation Network is experiencing connectivity problems.
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EMC Sells Cloud Sync And Share Product Syncplicity To Private Equity Firm — When EMC bought cloud sync and share company, Syncplicity in 2012, it seemed the company was trying to change the way it does business, but three years later it's selling out to private equity firm, Skyview Capital … Sponsor Posts
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