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Mozilla rolls out first public preview of Firefox for iOS in New Zealand — Firefox for iOS Now Available for Preview — Today we are delighted to begin the roll out in New Zealand of our first public preview version of a Firefox browser for iOS. — Preview to collect feedback
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Apple plans to announce 21.5-inch iMac with 4K display by the end of October and begin shipping in November — Apple planning to bring 4K screen to 21.5-inch iMac in October — Apple is indeed planning to release a new version of its 21.5-inch iMac with a 4K display this fall, according to reliable sources.| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Chrome 45 performance improvements include faster load times and reduced memory usage; disabling Flash ads can increase battery life by up to 15% — Google's Latest Chrome Update Emphasizes Speed And Lower Memory Usage — Chrome started out as one of the least memory hungry browsers on the market …
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| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Amazon buys video processing company Elemental Technologies, reportedly for $500M, will launch new AWS services — Amazon buys video processing company Elemental Technologies to bolster AWS — Public cloud provider Amazon Web Services today announced that it has acquired Elemental Technologies … | Charles Armstrong / Google Lat Long: |
Google launches standalone Street View app with ability to post 360-degree photos to Maps — Introducing the new Street View app from Google Maps — For all the Street View fans out there: exploring the world just got even easier. Today we are introducing the new Street View app for Android and iOS …
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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Hands-on with Samsung Gear S2: slim round design, smart interaction model, makes it the most promising Samsung smartwatch so far — Samsung's Gear S2 is its best-looking smartwatch yet — Samsung and smartwatches have had a tenuous relationship. It's not for lack of trying … | Greg Sterling / Marketing Land: |
ComScore: US smartphone penetration reaches 77% in July 2015, Facebook Messenger displaces YouTube as second most popular app — Comscore: Smartphone Penetration Above 77 Percent In US — Facebook Messenger now the second most popular app, displacing YouTube.
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The Department of Justice revises cellphone tracking rules, warrant now required in most cases; data from non-targeted phones to be deleted within 30 days — Justice Department tightens rules on cellphone tracking devices — Some federal agencies' use of devices that track cellphone locations … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook tops App Annie's iOS all-time downloads chart, with Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp also in top 10, Pandora, Clash of Clans top grossing — Facebook tops App Annie's all-time iOS downloads chart, Pandora, Clash of Clans top grossing — A new report from app store analytics firm App Annie … | Ben Bleikamp / GitHub: |
GitHub announces Protected Branches to disable force pushes to selected code repositories, will be rolled out over next few weeks — Protected branches and required status checks — It's all too easy to force push to the wrong branch, overwriting someone else's changes with your own.| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Docstoc to be discontinued December 1, two years after Intuit acquired the company for $50M+ — Intuit is killing its Slideshare competitor Docstoc on December 1 — Document-sharing service Docstoc is shutting its doors on December 1. The company advises users to download their public and private documents before then.
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Spotify updates privacy policy with clearer language after backlash — Spotify is overhauling its privacy policy today with plainer language that should be readable to the average human — not just lawyers. The streaming service found itself amid a furor last month after its users complained …
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Intel will invest $50M in quantum computing research in Delft University of Technology and Dutch Organisation for Applied Research — Intel invests $50 million in quantum computing effort — Intel is the latest technology giant to invest in quantum computing research.
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