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| Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
Amazon launches restaurant delivery service in London via the Prime Now app; delivery is free on all orders over £15 — Back in July we reported that Amazon was set to launch a restaurant delivery service in London for its Amazon Prime customers and now the e-commerce giant has done just that.
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| Joseph Cox / Motherboard: |
Adult site Brazzers forum hacked, 800K account details leaked including emails, usernames and plaintext passwords — Nearly 800,000 accounts for popular porn site Brazzers have been exposed in a data breach. Although the data originated from the company's separate forum …
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Mirror Online, The Independent, BBC, International Business Times, NEWS.com.au, Naked Security, The Sun, Complex AU, Daily Mail, HotHardware, London Evening Standard, Infosecurity Magazine, The Inquisitr News, The Daily Dot, Times of India, Help Net Security, CNET, Mashable, PC Magazine, InvestorPlace, Breitbart, Digital Trends, Slashdot, Nextgov, Newser, The Next Web, TechSpot, Boing Boing, Inquirer, Neowin, Quartz and The Merkle. Tweets: @j0hnnyxm4s
| Alex Dobie / Android Central: |
LG unveils V20 5.7-inch phone with Android 7.0 Nougat, secondary “ticker” screen, 3200mAh removable battery, available in Korea this month, other regions later — LG's latest big-screened handset boasts a metal body and removable battery — along with new cameras and a secondary ticker display.
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| Mehedi Hassan / MSPoweruser: |
Sources: Microsoft working on a Slack competitor called Skype Teams; service to include threaded messages, channels, DMs, video calls, meeting scheduling, more — It was recently reported that Microsoft wanted to buy Slack for $8 billion. Slack, for those unfamiliar …
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InfoWorld, SlashGear, Mashable, cloudpro.co.uk, Inquirer, Tech Times, Petri, SiliconANGLE, The Next Web, Ubergizmo, Softpedia News, Neowin, Pocket-lint, Digital Trends, The Verge, WinBeta, ZDNet, Business Insider, GeekWire, Engadget and Windows Central
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Thanks:@pradeepviswav| Jake Smith / ZDNet: |
Oracle acquires cloud-based warehouse management company LogFire to boost its Supply Chain Management division — As Oracle looks to take on SAP, it has acquired LogFire to boost its SCM division. — Oracle announced Tuesday it's acquiring LogFire, an Atlanta, Ga.-based company …
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| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
IDC: Fitbit leads wearables as Apple Watch shipments drop 58% YoY; basic wearable devices like simple fitness bands rise 48% YoY; smart wearables down 27.2% YoY — According to new data from IDC, Apple Watch shipments plunged nearly 58 percent compared to the same quarter last year.
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| Neil Hughes / AppleInsider: |
KGI: Apple to announce new wireless earbuds called AirPods, which will target the premium headphone market and use custom “Bluetooth-like” low-power tech — Apple's new wireless earbuds, expected to be announced this week as “AirPods,” are said to feature a custom-designed wireless chip …
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Globe and Mail, New York Times, 9to5Mac, Washington Post, The Verge, TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, Patently Apple, TG Daily, MacDailyNews, ABC News, Recode, Silicon Valley Business …, Engadget, Ubergizmo, Trademark Ireland, AppAdvice.com Latest, Business Insider, International Business Times, PhoneArena, iPhone in Canada Blog, Fluent, iDownloadBlog.com, TechConnect, ZDNet, iPhone Hacks, Mashable, CNET, Trademark Ireland, SlashGear, iLounge, MacRumors, Tech Trader Daily and O'Grady's PowerPage
Tweets: @edbott, @ibogost, @ahess247, @stevekovach, @technacity, @cwarzel, @brianroemmele, @alexjamesfitz and @mikecane
| Mike Wuerthele / AppleInsider: |
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| Kyle Orland / Ars Technica: |
What to expect from Sony's Sept. 7 event: quieter PS4 Slim with updated DualShock controller, more powerful PS4 “Neo”, and an update on PlayStation VR — Slim PS4, upgraded “Neo” console, and more should be discussed. — Sony stayed strangely quiet about its upcoming hardware plans …
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The Verge, VentureBeat, Polygon, The Next Web, TechCrunch, Digital Trends, Stuff and The Verge
| David Ruddock / Android Police: |
Huawei Honor 8 smartphone review: great performance for price, solid camera, excellent battery life, but is buggy, has subpar LTE performance, slow to charge — Huawei's budget sub-brand Honor is the subject of increasing chatter in phone geek circles of late.
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| Chase Gunter / Federal Computer Week: |
ITIF releases review of Clinton's and Trump's positions on tech; Clinton provides specifics, Trump lacks articulated policy — With the presidential election fast approaching, technology-minded groups are delving into the agendas put forth by the presidential candidates.| Ginny Marvin / Search Engine Land: |
Google tests mobile Shop the Look ads for apparel and home products in search results, which offer products via partners like LIKEtoKNOW.it, Polyvore, Curalate — Google is mixing up the mobile shopping experience in search again with a new format called shop the look.
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Inside AdWords, The Verge, Ubergizmo, TechCrunch and internetretailer.com
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon updates Fire TV and Fire TV Stick with personalized recommendations from streaming sites like HBO and Netflix; Alexa voice search now works in 75+ apps — Amazon announced an update to Fire TV and its smaller companion, the Fire TV Stick, which will bring expanded Alexa-powered voice search … Sponsor Posts
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