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Best Buy to sell Apple Watch in all 1,050 stores instead of planned 300 by October amid strong demand; will begin selling AppleCare this quarter — Best Buy deepens links to Apple, says watch has been a smash hit — Best Buy BBY continued its remarkable turnaround last quarter, with a big assist from Apple AAPL .
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| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
Amazon launches Prime Now with one- and two-hour alcohol delivery in Seattle — Amazon Will Bring You Booze in One Hour, Starting in Seattle — Finally, a really good reason to use Amazon's one-hour delivery service. — The e-commerce company has started to offer one- and two-hour delivery of beer …
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| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
YouTube Gaming launches Wednesday on iOS, Android, and web to compete with Twitch — YouTube Gaming—Google's Twitch.tv competitor—launches tomorrow — Twitch.tv finally gets some real competition in the game live streaming market. — One year and one day after Google lost Twitch.tv to Amazon, YouTube Gaming is going public.| Joel Rosenblatt / Bloomberg Business: |
‘Spam King’ Sanford Wallace pleads guilty to sending 27M+ unsolicited Facebook messages, faces up to three years in prison, $250K fine — Facebook ‘Spam King’ Guilty for Sending 27 Million Messages — A Las Vegas man pleaded guilty to sending more than 27 million unsolicited …
| IDC: |
Worldwide Smartphone Growth Expected to Slow to 10.4% in 2015, Down From 27.5% Growth in 2014, According to IDC — According to a new mobile phone forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, smartphone shipments are expected to grow 10.4% in 2015 to 1.44 billion units.
| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
VMWare updates Fusion and Workstation with graphics boost, support for Windows 10, Cortana, and El Capitan — VMware brings Windows 10 and graphics boost to Fusion and Workstation — Virtualization software upgraded, but you might have to watch out for bugs.
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| David Ruddock / Android Police: |
Tests show it's easy to insert Galaxy Note5's S Pen backwards, which may damage device's stylus detection mechanism; Samsung responds: “follow the instructions” — [Video] Probable Note 5 Design Flaw Can Cause S Pen To Break Pen Detection When Inserted Backward, Or Get Hopelessly Stuck
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| Johanna Beyenbach / Etsy News Blog: |
Etsy Local lets iOS and Android users find nearby Etsy items, sellers, and select retailers — Shop in Your Backyard with Etsy Local, Now on Mobile — Etsy is an online platform, but it is also a network of offline communities around the world, from Etsy Teams, to craft fairs, to wholesale retailers.
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Uber will partner with University of Arizona for self-driving car research — Uber is setting up a new self-driving car project at the University of Arizona, according to an email sent out today to university employees. The new project will focus on self-driving car technology …
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| Stephanie Clifford / New York Times: |
Online male escort service Rentboy raided by federal investigators on charges of promoting prostitution; CEO and six employees arrested — 7 Charged With Promoting Prostitution by Working on Rentboy.com, an Escort Website — The terms of service on the website Rentboy.com said that people could not use it to exchange money for sex.
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| Joan E. Solsman / CNET: |
TuneIn adds $8/month Premium subscription with access to over 40K audiobooks, 600 ad-free music stations, and live MLB broadcasts — TuneIn takes the ads out of your on-the-go real radio — TuneIn, long the Internet's main spot for AM/FM radio, adds an $8 subscription that swaps commercials … | Matt Weinberger / Business Insider: |
Add to Slack button lets users easily install Slack integrations, share content from other services to Slack — Slack's plan for world domination takes an important step forward — Enterprise chat app Slack has two killer features: Its user-friendly design, and the ability to customize …
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| Tom Maxwell / 9to5Google: |
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