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Airbus CEO says it will provide helicopters to Uber's chopper service via pilot project launching in a few weeks — Airbus to Join Forces With Uber for On-Demand Helicopter Service, CEO Says — European aerospace company looking to expand its audience for helicopters| Jillian D'Onfro / Business Insider: |
AOL considering changes to its brand, including a name change, to better reflect properties like Huffington Post, TechCrunch, ad platforms, CMO Allie Kline says — AOL's identity crisis: The company may ditch the ‘AOL’ brand — Verizon-owned AOL has an image problem.
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As Netflix expands globally, local and regional rivals discuss banding together to outbid it on content rights — Netflix's Global Growth Faces New Threats — Rivals abroad band together as competition at home intensifies, putting fresh pressure on the streaming giant| Wall Street Journal: |
Uber won't face limits on surge pricing under NYC Council legislation; Mayor de Blasio releases $2M study saying Uber isn't to blame for worsening congestion — Uber Won't Face Limits on Surge Pricing Under NYC Council Legislation — The package of bills regarding the taxi …
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Sources: Fab co-founder Bradford Shellhammer's shopping site, Bezar is running out of money just 10 months after launch — Fab Co-Founder's Shopping Site, Bezar, Is Running Out of Money — About 10 months after Bezar launched as a reincarnation of Fab.com, the shopping site appears close to going out of business.| Patrick Tucker / Defense One: |
Hacking collective Ghost Security Group says ISIS created its own encrypted messaging app — ISIS Has Built A Secure Messaging App — Facebook and other big tech companies aren't the only ones who can create apps for encrypted communication. — Middle East — / - ISIS
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LastPass web design elements can enable a hard-to-detect phishing attack; company says it has released an update that mitigates most of the risks — ShmooCon: LastPass design elements create perfect Phishing opportunity — “There's a cool hacker technique called right click, inspect element...”
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Windows Phone's Word Flow keyboard is coming to ‘other platforms’ starting with iOS — Piece by piece it looks like the Windows Phone experience is being ported to iOS and Android. Some Windows Insiders are being asked to participate in testing the Windows Phone Word Flow keyboard on iPhones.
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US Department of Transportation and 18 automakers say they'll share cybersecurity data and best practices, work with security researchers who expose flaws — Feds Prod Automakers to Play Nice With Hackers — The Department of Transportation and its automotive safety branch … | Kevin Tofel / ZDNet: |
Alexa can now read Kindle books aloud from an Amazon Echo for free — You won't get the tone of a professional voice actor, but Alexa can read your Kindle books aloud: Best of all, there's no charge. — With so much recent focus on using an Amazon Echo to control smart home devices …
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Qualcomm, Guizhou province to establish $280M server chip development company in China; Qualcomm will also license server chip technology, provide R&D processes — Qualcomm, Chinese Province Set Up Server-Chip Venture — China has taken steps to build a bigger domestic semiconductor industry
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Microsoft updates support policy: new CPUs will require Windows 10, a list of preferred devices will support older Windows versions, but only for 18 months — Microsoft updates support policy: New CPUs will require Windows 10 — In a change to its longstanding support policy …
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PCWorld, The Verge, Windows Blog, Forbes, WinBeta, Motherboard, Ubergizmo, Very Biased Reviews, Windows Central, Engadget, BetaNews, Tech Times, Neowin, Ars Technica and GeekWire. Tweets: @swiftonsecurity
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Google X now just “X”, will focus on taking on ambitious projects, turning them into viable businesses, then “graduating” them into standalone operations — Google X Has a New Logo and New Plan to Turn Moonshots Into Actual Businesses
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The Next Web, 9to5Google, Ars Technica, Gizmodo, TechnoBuffalo, TIME, Search Engine Land, MobileSyrup.com, Business Insider and Tech Times. Tweets: @jillianiles
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