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August 5, 2015, 1:35 PM
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Micah Singleton / The Verge:
Sources: Apple's licensing deals include permission to create up to five additional radio stations like Beats 1  —  Apple's music deals allow for new Beats stations at any time  —  While Apple Music may have gotten off to a less than stellar start, Apple's 24/7 radio station Beats 1 has lived …
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Fastly Raises $75M For Its Real-Time CDN  —  Fastly, a content delivery service (CDN) service that focuses on helping companies deliver dynamic content to their users faster, today announced that it has raised a $75 million Series D round led by ICONIQ Capital.
Adam Jourdan / Reuters:
China to put security teams in major Internet firms, websites  —  China is planning to set up “network security offices” in major Internet companies and for websites so authorities can move more quickly against illegal online behavior, the Ministry of Public Security said in a statement.
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Graava is an action camera that automatically edits your video and prepares highlights, on preorder for $249, to eventually retail for $399  —  Graava Is A $249 Action Camera That Edits Highlight Videos For You  —  Your GoPro is great until you have to edit all those hours of footage to find the cool moments.
Wilson Rothman / Wall Street Journal:
Epson's new EcoTank printers hold two years worth of ink, cost between $400-$500 and replacement cannisters of ink will cost $52  —  Review: Epson Kills the Printer Ink Cartridge  —  The new EcoTank printers cost more up front but can churn for years without running dry
Ken Yeung / VentureBeat:
Samsung Pay on TV lets you buy apps and games with your credit card, debit card, and PayPal  —  Samsung has introduced a new way for people to pay for content — right through their television.  Called Samsung Pay on TV, it supports major credit cards, debit cards, PayPal, and other mobile billing options.
Lee Hutchinson / Ars Technica:
Flying DJI's new Phantom 3 Standard—better software, better camera  —  Updated platform has stricter flight controls and more attention to detail.  —  My first experience with DJI's Phantom quadcopter drones was unboxing a Phantom 2 Vision+ and then flying it directly into a tree.
Robert McMillan / Wall Street Journal:
IBM, Apple's Rival-Turned-Partner, Plans to Help Other Companies Adopt Macs  —  Big Blue, set to be the world's largest corporate user of MacBooks, expands collaboration in rapidly shifting tech landscape  —  International Business Machines Corp. and Apple Inc. used to be bitter rivals …
Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch:
Netflix Announces Its New ‘Unlimited’ Maternity And Paternity Leave Program  —  A few hours after hitting its all-time stock price high today, Netflix has announced a new program for all employees.  —  In a blog post, the company outlined its unlimited maternity and paternity leave program.
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook Empowers Pages To Provide Customer Support Over Private Messages  —  A business publicly debating customer problems on their Facebook Page's wall is a recipe for a PR disaster.  So today Facebook is giving Pages more options for privately messaging people who complain.
More: BuzzFeed.  Tweets: @joshconstine
David Kravets / Ars Technica:
Movie studios sue MovieTube, seek SOPA-like power through broad site-blocking court order  —  Memo to MPAA: Congress didn't pass SOPA  —  Studios' suit demands “entire Internet” block, filtering infringing sites, EFF says.  —  Remember 2012, when there was that giant Internet backlash …
Mike Beasley / 9to5Google:
YouTube ditches “301+” video view counter, introduces new method for keeping views up-to-date  —  YouTube announced a new plan today to finally get rid of the well-known “301+” issue that affected popular videos on the site.  —  As has been explained by the company in the past …
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
Adidas acquires mobile fitness company Runtastic for $239M  —  Sporting giant Adidas has acquired Runtastic, a European mobile fitness startup known for its GPS fitness-tracking app of the same name, in a deal worth €220 million ($239 million).  —  Founded out of Austria, in 2009 …
Taylor Soper / GeekWire:
Data-analysis firm Tableau Software acquires Infoactive, a startup that turns data into infographics  —  Tableau makes first acquisition ever, swoops up startup that turns data into infographics … For the first time in its 13-year history, Tableau Software is acquiring another company.
More: ZDNet
Mike Lennon / SecurityWeek:
Samsung announces new Android security update process, will roll out patches once a month  —  Samsung to Deliver Monthly Over the Air Security Updates for Android  —  Samsung to Deliver Regular Security Updates Around Once a Month to Android-based Galaxy Devices

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Michael Sisak / Associated Press:
A US appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction, finding the trial judge let women testify about allegations that were not part of the case

Eli Stokols / Politico:
Interviews with 24 people reveal the tense relationship between President Biden and the New York Times, beset by misunderstandings, grudges, and a lack of trust

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Indian streaming service JioCinema launches an ad-free subscription plan with the lowest tier costing $0.35/month for a single device, undercutting rivals

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Jason Abbruzzese / Mashable:
Taylor Swift claims Spotify is a “startup with no cash flow”, recounts the thinking behind her open letter to Apple
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
MLB Advanced Media to spin out streaming video unit valued at over $3B, signs deal giving NHL up to 10% equity in the new company named BAM Tech
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