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Google acquires FameBit to better connect YouTube creators with brands — Google announced on Tuesday that it has acquired FameBit, with plans to leverage its technology platform to help YouTube creators better connect with brands. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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| Hamza Shaban / BuzzFeed: |
Apple and Samsung argue patent case before Supreme Court; justices challenge value of design patents, which Samsung was found to have infringed — Several Supreme Court justices challenged Samsung's argument on Tuesday that the company should owe Apple less than $399 million for infringing on the design of the iPhone.
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| Matt Cagle / ACLU of Northern California: |
Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter gave data access to domestic surveillance firm Geofeedia; all have blocked access after ACLU shed light on the relationship — Privacy and Government Surveillance, Racial Justice, Technology and Civil Liberties — The ACLU of California has obtained records showing …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google debuts Project Fi group plan to add up to 5 people for $15/month per user for texts and calls — Starting today, Google's Project Fi now offers a group plan. Fi users can now have up to six people on one plan, inviting new members at any time for $15 per month.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Stack Overflow launches Developer Story, a free résumé profile page tool for programmers — Stack Overflow, the community site best known for providing answers for all of your random coding questions, also has a thriving jobs board and provides services to employers looking to hire developers.
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Report: Amazon to expand grocery business with new convenience stores and curbside pickup, exclusively for AmazonFresh subscribers — Look out, 7-Eleven: Amazon's push into brick-and-mortar retail is getting serious. — The e-commerce giant is considering building its own convenience stores …
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| AnandTech: |
iPhone 7, 7 Plus review: significant step up in display, camera, speaker quality, battery life, and performance, but high charge time and minor iOS bugs remain — The iPhone 6 was a runaway success by any measure. The A8 SoC may have been built on a temperamental 20SoC process …
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Thanks:@iancutress| Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
Dropbox updates iOS app with PDF signing, file sharing iMessage integrations, iPad picture-in-picture video support; split-screen mode for iPad coming this year — Dropbox is still working its way through the enterprise world in order to show the world it isn't just dumb online storage …
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| Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: |
Samsung ends production of the Galaxy Note7 after global recall due to battery fires; shares fell 8% wiping out $17B of market value before termination news — Samsung Electronics Co. is ending production of its problematic Galaxy Note 7 smartphones, taking the drastic step of killing off …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Filings show Apple's M&A head Adrian Perica joined Didi Chuxing's board after Apple's $1B investment — Shortly after making a $1 billion investment in Chinese ride-hailing company Didi Chuxing, Apple was given a seat on the board, reports The Information.
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| Open Whisper Systems: |
Signal adds self-destructing messages, safety numbers, and QR codes to verify end-to-end encryption between users, to iOS, Android, and desktop apps — The latest Signal release for iPhone, Android, and Desktop now includes support for disappearing messages. — The timer has come
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FCC fines Comcast $2.3M for charging customers for services they didn't ask for, including premium channels, DVRs, more, in largest FCC fine of a cable operator — “It is basic that a cable bill include charges only for services and equipment ordered.” — The FCC announced a $2.3 million fine … Sponsor Posts
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