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| David McLaughlin / Bloomberg Business: |
Google Said to Be Under U.S. Antitrust Scrutiny Over Android — New FTC inquiry comes years after it closed search-engine case — Lingering skepticism meets probe over access to phone platform — Google Inc. is back under U.S. antitrust scrutiny as officials ask whether …
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Guardian, The Hill, Ars Technica, PC Magazine, SiliconBeat, Marketing Land, Engadget, 9to5Google, The Verge, Reuters, The Register, TechEye, FierceWireless, TIME, Android Authority, InfoWorld, USA Today, KitGuru, Patently Apple, Beyond Search, Gizmodo, Inc.com, Inquirer, BGR, VentureBeat, International Business Times, SlashGear, Gizmodo UK, Android Central and ITProPortal. Tweets: @scottthurm
| iFixit: |
iPhone 6s teardown reveals smaller 1715 mAh battery, 3D Touch display, x-ray view of Taptic Engine — iPhone 6s Teardown — Teardown — Teardowns provide a look inside a device and should not be used as disassembly instructions. — In Progress — This guide is a work in progress.
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iFixit, Inquirer, MacRumors, CNNMoney, Macworld, BGR, Engadget, 9to5Mac, Ars Technica, AppleInsider, iLounge, CNET, TechnoBuffalo, Geeky Gadgets, iDownloadBlog.com, App Advice, The Register, iPhone in Canada Blog, Geek.com, ZDNet, Ubergizmo, Gizmodo, MacNN, TechSpot, Computerworld, Pocketnow, The Mac Observer, Fone Arena, Pocket-lint, Mashable, iMore, MacRumors and iPhone Hacks. Tweets: @benbajarin
| Ryan Gallagher / The Intercept: |
GCHQ debuted a program called Karma Police seven years ago to track the browsing habits and communications of “every visible user on the Internet” — From Radio to Porn, British Spies Track Web Users' Online Identities — THERE WAS A SIMPLE AIM at the heart of the top-secret program …
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Business Insider, PCWorld, Ars Technica, Engadget, The Next Web, The Verge, Wired, The Register, Boing Boing, Hit & Run and Consequence of Sound
Tweets: @dhh, @ggreenwald, @matthew_d_green and @ioerror
| Iljitsch van Beijnum / Ars Technica: |
The American Registry for Internet Numbers reports it has run out of IPv4 address blocks to allocate to organizations in North America — North America is out of IPv4 addresses—for really real this time — ARIN's pool is finally empty, so if you have IPv6 plans, maybe now is the time.| Ina Fried / Re/code: |
BlackBerry confirms “Priv” Android phone will launch at the end of 2015, posts weak Q2 earnings with loss of 13 cents per share — BlackBerry Confirms Android Plans, Posts Weaker-Than-Expected Earnings — BlackBerry on Friday confirmed its plans to launch an Android-based handset …
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Marketwire, CNBC, New York Times, The Verge, InfoWorld, PCWorld, Android Authority, CNET, The Register, Bloomberg Business, ZDNet, Android and Me, Tech Gadget Central, MobileSyrup.com, The Next Web, Reuters, Engadget, Pocketnow, PhoneDog.com, Fone Arena, VentureBeat, Phandroid, Business Insider, Globe and Mail, MacRumors, TmoNews and Tech Trader Daily
| David Kravets / Ars Technica: |
Forcing suspects to reveal phone passwords is unconstitutional, court says — Demanding “personal thought processes” amounts to compelled self incrimination. — The Fifth Amendment right against compelled self-incrimination would be breached if two insider trading suspects were forced …
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Slashdot, Gizmodo, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, ZDNet, Pocketnow, Inverse, ExtremeTech and Wall Street Journal
| Rich McCormick / The Verge: |
Netflix announces in-app subscriptions for iPhone and iPad, offers same monthly rate as on the web — Netflix adds in-app subscriptions for iPhone and iPad — Now you won't even need to get off the sofa to find your laptop before you start binge-watching Netflix.
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Variety, Engadget, CNET, iMore, SlashGear, iPhone Hacks, The Mac Observer, MacRumors and 9to5Mac. See also Mediagazer
| Steven Musil / CNET: |
Verizon begins offering annual iPhone upgrade plan — Under the new arrangement, customers who buy one of Apple's newest smartphones on the monthly payment plan can get a newer iPhone model in a year.| Jackie Dove / The Next Web: |
Adobe announces Photoshop and Premiere Elements 14 with 4K video editing, motion titles, tools to remove camera shake and haze, and more — Adobe updates Elements hobbyist photo and video apps with more pro-level features — As a consumer photo/video editing package … | Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Amazon's Twitch to add video uploads in new battle with YouTube — Twitch just strayed into direct competition with YouTube. — Emmett Shear, chief executive of Amazon's Twitch division, announced at the TwitchCon convention today that the company will add video uploads and playlists in 2016.| Hannah Jane Parkinson / Guardian: |
Twitter tests new poll feature allowing users to click one of two options and see results in limited roll out — Twitter introduces poll feature - but is it a) good or b) bad? — Twitter trials new functionality in native applications, allowing users to click one of two options and see results
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VentureBeat, Variety, The Next Web, New York Daily News, Bloomberg Business, The Tech Portal, The SEM Post, ValueWalk and SocialTimes
Tweets: @anthonynoto, @mathewi, @benedictevans and @sacca
| Katherine Noyes / Computerworld: |
Michigan sues HP over $49M project that's 5 years late — Hewlett-Packard has faced no end of financial and legal woes in recent months, and on Friday it was hit with one more: A new lawsuit filed by the state of Michigan over a $49 million project the state says is still not completed after 10 years.
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Detroit Free Press, eWeek, The Register and Data Center Knowledge
| Hayden Dingman / PCWorld: |
Samsung and Oculus announce $99 consumer Gear VR with support for Samsung's 2015 flagship phones and a redesigned trackpad, shipping in November — Samsung's new Gear VR virtual reality headset only costs $99 — And even better, the new Gear VR works with all of Samsung's flagship Galaxy phones released in 2015.
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Samsung Mobile Press, The Verge, Android Authority, GamesIndustry.biz, US News, Silicon Republic, VentureBeat, BuzzFeed, eWeek, Wall Street Journal, SamMobile, The Verge, PCWorld, Android Police, 9to5Google, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, Tech Insider, PCWorld, TechCrunch, Re/code and Gizmodo. Tweets: @iansherr
| Sam Machkovech / Ars Technica: |
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BetaKit, The Verge, Gamasutra, The Verge, Engadget, TechEye, SiliconANGLE, GameSpot, VentureBeat, IGN, Polygon, Digital Trends, SlashGear, CNET, Ars Technica UK and Ars Technica
Tweets: @oculus, @notch, @id_aa_carmack and @notch
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