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Chromecast Audio review: the audio streamer to beat thanks to its easy setup, great sound, support for all popular music services except Apple and Amazon Music — Chromecast Audio review: Affordable, simple wireless music streamer marries phone and stereo — The Chromecast Audio looks …
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| Sam Machkovech / Ars Technica: |
Teardown confirms improved heat dissipation system in new Chromecasts — iFixit's teardown of the 2015 Chromecast (above) and the new Chromecast Audio (below). Hello, thermal paste! (credit: iFixit) — Exactly how much stuff can Google cram into the tiny hockey puck that is this year's line of Chromecast dongles?
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Source: Apple disables Apple News in China, likely to avoid requirement to censor content — Apple Is Said to Deactivate Its News App in China — HONG KONG — Apple has disabled its news app in China, according to a person with direct knowledge of the situation, the most recent sign …
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| Yevgeniy Sverdlik / Data Center Knowledge: |
After EU Safe Harbor ruling, Amazon, Salesforce, Microsoft, Google, others use Model Clauses for compliance, but these contract changes are cumbersome for many — Safe Harbor Ruling Leaves Data Center Operators in Ambiguity — Europe's annulment of the framework that made it easy … | The National Law Review: |
In-depth look at how EU's Safe Harbor invalidation affects US companies, and three primary alternatives they can use to comply with EU data protection laws — European Court of Justice Invalidates U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Agreement — Negotiated under the European Commission's Data Protection Directive …
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| Nicholas Lemann / New Yorker: |
An extensive profile of Reid Hoffman, who believes Internet-enabled networks will change how the economic world works — The Network Man — Early on a Monday evening in June, Reid Hoffman, the founder and executive chairman of the business-oriented networking site LinkedIn, met Mark Pincus …
Tweets: @johnnie, @gerrymcgovern, @amir, @nxthompson, @markpinc, @ibogost, @kimmaicutler and @rotational. Thanks:@waqasaday
| Ryan Whitwam / Android Police: |
Google OnHub Rooted, Turns Out To Be A Chromebook In Router's Clothing — Google hasn't said much about how its new OnHub router works—it's a mysterious black box (blue cylinder, technically) with inactive radios and updatable firmware. The modders from Exploitee.rs have gotten their hands on an OnHub …
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| Liana B. Baker / Reuters: |
EMC allowed to solicit bids from other parties as part of merger agreement with Dell, which may be announced as early as Monday — Exclusive: EMC to shop itself after deal with Dell - sources — EMC Corp, the data storage company that is preparing to unveil an agreement to be acquired … | Adam Pasick / Quartz: |
Sources: Eric Schmidt-backed startup, The Groundwork, has become a major tech vendor to Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign — The stealthy, Eric Schmidt-backed startup that's working to put Hillary Clinton in the White House — An under-the-radar startup funded by billionaire Eric Schmidt …
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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
With Moments, Twitter reinvented the newspaper and has the potential to be the best newspaper in the world — Twitter's Moment — I try to save the most over-used of clichés for special moments, and that's exactly what this week feels like for Twitter.
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Tweets: @thatscottguy, @waxpancake, @stratechery, @jtemple, @mmasnick, @drbarnard, @arainert, @mathewi, @joshconstine and @caseynewton
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The history of audio interface design, and how Microsoft is reworking Skype's iconic sounds — Inside the world of audio branding with Skype's new pings, bounces, and pops — The year that Skype launched its calling service, the world was in the midst of a sonic crisis: the ringtone.
Tweets: @reckless
| Lance Ulanoff / Mashable: |
Surface's creative director Ralf Groene and Windows devices head Panos Panay on the evolution of the Surface Book's design — Inside the creation of the Microsoft Surface Book — No one saw it coming: The Surface Book, history's first Microsoft laptop (or notebook, if you prefer).
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| Nick Wingfield / New York Times: |
How Seattle is trying to avoid the issues plaguing San Francisco, like surging home prices and less diversity, as its tech scene expands — Seattle, in Midst of Tech Boom, Tries to Keep Its Soul — SEATTLE — For years, business leaders here have closely studied the San Francisco region … | Stephen Galloway / Hollywood Reporter: |
Interview with the creative team on the making of the new Steve Jobs movie, the lack of support from Apple, pressure from Laurene Powell Jobs, Sony hack, more — A Widow's Threats, High-Powered Spats and the Sony Hack: The Strange Saga of ‘Steve Jobs’ — Laurene Powell Jobs pressured …
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