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| Marco Arment / Marco.org: |
Marco Arment pulls ad-blocking app Peace, the top paid app for 36 hours, citing the unfairness of indiscriminate ad blocking — Just doesn't feel good — I've pulled Peace from the App Store. I'm sorry to all of my fans and customers who bought this on my name, expecting it to be supported for longer than two days.
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Google sends out invites for press event on September 29 at 9 AM PT, new Nexus devices and Chromecast expected; event will be livestreamed on YouTube — Nexus launch: Google promises “tasty new treats” at September 29 event — We're expecting the LG Nexus 5 and Huawei Nexus 6 to be announced at the event.| Stephen Hall / 9to5Google: |
Sources: Google to announce Chromecast Audio device to plug in to speakers September 29 — Exclusive: Chromecast Audio, codenamed ‘Hendrix,’ is a separate device & made to WiFi-enable your speakers — We told you earlier today about the 2nd generation Chromecast, scheduled to be launched later this month.| Stephen Hall / 9to5Google: |
Leaked documents show second-gen Chromecast has new backdrop feeds, improved Wi-Fi, “Fast Play”, to be announced September 29 — Exclusive: This is the 2nd gen. Chromecast w/ backdrop feeds, better WiFi, ‘Fast Play,’ more — According to internal documents that 9to5Google has obtained …
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| Mark Harris / Guardian: |
Documents show Apple held discussions with California DMV for self-driving car; Project Titan gets an Engineering Program Manager — Apple meets California officials to discuss self-driving car — The meeting in California, which is developing regulations for driverless vehicles …
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| Parm Mann / HEXUS.net: |
AMD Chief Architect of Microprocessor Cores Jim Keller departs company again after 3 years — Legendary CPU architect Jim Keller leaves AMD — AMD has experienced its fair share of high-profile departures this year, but today's exit is arguably the one that will resonate with the enthusiast community and AMD's most fervent fans.| Harish Jonnalagadda / Android Central: |
Samsung's feature-laden S Health app is now available for all Android smartphones running Android 4.4 or above — Samsung's S Health is now available for all Android smartphones — Samsung's feature-laden fitness tracking app, S Health, is now available for all Android smartphones, regardless of the manufacturer.| Jacob Demmitt / GeekWire: |
AT&T sues former workers and California-based Swift Unlocks, alleging scheme to download malware to AT&T computers to unlock hundreds of thousands of phones — AT&T sues former workers, alleging secret scheme to unlock hundreds of thousands of phones
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard: |
The US Army, Navy, DARPA, others do not implement STARTTLS, a basic email encryption protocol — How the US Military Fails to Protect Its Soldiers' Emails — Many government agencies, including the US military, are leaving the emails of soldiers and government employees potentially …
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| Michael Mimoso / Threatpost: |
D-Link Accidentally Leaks Private Code-Signing Keys — A simple mistake by networking gear manufacturer D-Link could have opened the door for costly damage. — Private keys used to sign software published by D-Link were found in the company's open source firmware packages.
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
BlackBerry Venice hands-on video: Android slider has touch keyboard, universal search, and Google services — BlackBerry's Android phone, codenamed Venice, continues to see leak after leak. Following the slew of images we've already seen, we now have a hands-on video.| Thomas Fox-Brewster / Forbes: |
Developers of popular iOS apps downloaded Xcode malware; WeChat among 39 apps known to be compromised, hundreds of millions of users affected — Apple's Bouncers Let Dangerous Malware Sneak Into App Store Via WeChat And China's Uber Rival — It's been a busy week for the Apple AAPL -0.88% iPhone security team.
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