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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 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. — The device - which features a programmable array of red LED lights …
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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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Streaming music service Saavn raises $100m as it reaches 14m active users — Big news for Indian streaming music service Saavn: it's announcing a $100m funding round led by Tiger Global Management today, while announcing a new milestone of 14m active users.| Ellen Pao / Reddit: |
Ellen Pao apologizes again, announces new role of Moderator Advocate to be moderators' contact with Reddit, pledges improvements to mod tools — We apologize — We screwed up. Not just on July 2, but also over the past several years. We haven't communicated well …
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| Tom Simonite / MIT Technology Review: |
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.| Quentin Hardy / New York Times: |
Sheryl Sandberg Joins SurveyMonkey's Board — Sheryl Sandberg is taking a seat on the board of SurveyMonkey, her late husband's online survey and polling company. — Ms. Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook and author of the book “Lean In,” unexpectedly lost her husband, Dave Goldberg, while on vacation in May.| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Eddy Cue: Apple ‘working’ to bring back music Home Sharing with iOS 9 — Last week, we noted that Apple's latest iOS 8.4 release with Apple Music removes support for the long-existing Music Home Sharing feature. This function allows an iOS device user to stream music from a computer running iTunes on their own WiFi network.
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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%| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Samsung announces 2TB consumer-oriented SSDs; 2TB 850 Evo for $800, and 850 Pro for $1,000 — Samsung brings 2TB solid-state drives to your home PC — You no longer have to bend over backwards to get more than a terabyte of fast, flash-based storage in your home computer.
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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.Sponsor Posts
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