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Google and Twitter are working together on an open source mobile publishing product similar to Facebook's Instant Articles, plan to launch it this fall — Google and Twitter Team Up to Offer Their Own ‘Instant Articles’ — With a Twist — Google and Twitter are working together to help publishers show … | Mitchel Broussard / MacRumors: |
Apple's ‘Hey Siri’ Feature in iOS 9 Uses Individualized Voice Recognition — Following the release of the first public beta for iOS 9.1 yesterday, along with the GM version on Wednesday, a few of the testers have come across a new feature introduced in the update.| Arnold Kim / MacRumors: |
Apple's Live Photos Take Up About 2x Space of Normal Images — One of the novel new features coming in the iPhone 6s is the new Live Photos feature which captures an additional 3 seconds of video surrounding photos on the new iPhones. The new feature is on by default and allows you to take photos as usual.
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Yahoo's media unit about to undergo a major shakeup including the departure of CMO Kathy Savitt, amid company-wide talent exodus — Major Executive Shake-Up at Yahoo Media Unit Amid Company-Wide Talent Turmoil (Update) — According to sources, Yahoo's media unit is about to undergo a major shake-up … | Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
Airbnb Acquires Multi-City Trip Planning Service Vamo, Will Shut Down Product — Airbnb is acquiring Vamo, a service that helps in the process of booking trips with stops in multiple cities, and shutting the product down. — Airbnb might not use Vamo, but the company's appetite for a team like Vamo CEO Ari Steinberg's makes sense.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Camera+, The Third-Party Camera App With 14 Million Users, Goes Free — Tap tap tap, the company behind the popular third-party camera app Camera+, is making its flagship application free today. The app, which has grown over the years to reach 14 million users and $18 million in sales …
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eBay Plus shipping membership launches in Germany, offers free express delivery and returns for €19.90/year — EBay Set to Offer Shipping Club, Starting in Germany — Fresh from its split with PayPal, eBay Inc. is addressing one of its longstanding challenges: shipping.
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Visa, Nasdaq, Capital One, Citi, others invest $30M in Chain, a startup developing ways to trade assets like stocks via Bitcoin's blockchain — Visa, Nasdaq, others invest in Bitcoin startup — Wall Street is putting more money behind a technology it once dismissed as a fad.
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Etsy partners with Postmates to test same-day and next-day delivery in parts of New York City this fall — Etsy Will Test Same-Day Delivery Option in New York City — As Amazon preps a handmade goods marketplace that will pit it against Etsy, Etsy is trying out one of Amazon's specialties: Express delivery.
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California governor vetoes bill banning drones over private property — Legislation that would have restricted drone pilots in California has been struck down by governor Jerry Brown. The bill, spearheaded by state senator Hannah-Beth Jackson, would have banned quadcopters … | Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
GM took five years to patch privately disclosed takeover vulnerability in millions of GM cars with OnStar dashboard computers — GM Took 5 Years to Fix a Full-Takeover Hack in Millions of OnStar Cars — When a pair of security researchers showed they could hack a Jeep over the Internet earlier …
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Hands on: FiftyThree's Paper 3.0 adds iPhone compatibility, gains note-taking features with support for text, images, lists, and more — Hands on: Paper by FiftyThree comes to your pocket with iPhone support — FiftyThree tweaked Paper's interface a bit in this version to integrate …
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