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Beijing police bust factory that produced over 41K counterfeit iPhones worth $19M — Beijing police shut down massive iPhone counterfeiting operation — Police in Beijing have busted a factory that produced more than 41,000 fake iPhones worth as much as 120 million yuan ($19 million) …
| Ben Fox Rubin / CNET: |
eBay Now rapid-delivery service is shutting down, as are the company's Motors, Fashion, and Valet mobile apps — eBay Now rapid-delivery service shut down — The e-commerce company continues trimming initiatives to focus on its core marketplace, saying Monday it's shuttering some delivery services and several mobile apps.
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Google is dropping its Google+ requirement across all products, starting with YouTube — Google has finally announced the Google+ news that everyone has been waiting for: Your Google+ profile will no longer be your identity in all Google products. This change will be trickling out …
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| Ed Bott / ZDNet: |
Microsoft releases tool to hide or block unwanted Windows 10 updates — Windows 10 testers who've complained about mandatory updates in Microsoft's new operating system might have a solution at hand. The tool, available as an optional download, lets you hide or block any update for Windows or a hardware driver.| eMarketer and Newsroom Posts: |
Instagram should bring in $595M in mobile ad revenues this year, reach $2.81B in 2017 — Instagram Mobile Ad Revenues to Reach $2.81 Billion Worldwide in 2017 — Instagram will surpass Google, Twitter in US mobile display ad revenues by 2017 — Instagram will bring in $595 million … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Razer confirms acquisition of Ouya's software, tech, and dev teams in an all-cash deal as co-founder and CEO Julie Uhrman leaves the gaming console startup — Razer Confirms Acquisition Of Ouya's Software, Tech And Dev Teams In All-Cash Deal — After raising funds at a $1 billion valuation …
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| Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
Restaurant Delivery Startup Deliveroo Raises $70M Series C — Deliveroo, the on-demand startup that offers food delivery from premium restaurants that don't traditionally offer a take-out service, appears to be on somewhat of a roll. It was just two months ago that the company announced …
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Unpatched phones with Android 2.2 Froyo or later can be hacked via a single unopened MMS due to vulnerability in native Stagefright media playback engine — Android Stagefright Flaws Put 950 Million Devices at Risk — Vulnerabilities discovered in the Stagefright media playback engine …
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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Samsung hosting Unpacked event Aug. 13; Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge Plus likely to be detailed — Samsung to host Unpacked event on August 13th — Samsung today officially announced its next major product launch event, which will take place in New York on August 13th.| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
Smoking Gun: MPAA Emails Reveal Plan To Run Anti-Google Smear Campaign Via Today Show And WSJ — If you talk to the reporters who work for various big media companies, they insist that they have true editorial independence from the business side of their companies.
| Owen Williams / The Next Web: |
Now any mobile network can sign up to Facebook's Internet.org — A year after Internet.org launched for the first time in Zambia, Facebook has announced that the service is scaling up. — Internet.org provides free internet access to basic websites in developing countries.
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