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Samsung says original Note7 fires were caused by design flaws in one supplier's battery, second supplier introduced manufacturing defects after first recall — The company opens up about the source of one of history's worst tech product recalls. — Sure, blame the batteries. But it's not quite that simple.
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Thanks:@rogerwcheng| Hyunjoo Jin / Reuters: |
Samsung says it won't unveil Galaxy S8 smartphone at Mobile World Congress, suggesting the flagship may launch later than last year's version — Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Monday it will not unveil its Galaxy S8 smartphone at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) trade show this year …
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| Roger Cheng / CNET: |
Samsung is sticking with the Note branding for Note7's successor, despite the ongoing negative publicity from battery explosions — Despite the enormous baggage that comes with the Note name, Samsung believes loyal customers will flock back to a new Note. — Josh Miller
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Samsung infographic breaks down the flaws that caused Galaxy Note7 batteries to short circuit — To find the cause of the Galaxy Note7 incidents, Samsung examined every aspect of the Galaxy Note7, including hardware, software and related processes over the past several months.| Sprint: |
Sprint buys 33% of Jay Z's TIDAL streaming music service, “will make TIDAL available” to its 45M customers; Jay Z and the artist-owners will still run TIDAL — TIDAL and its artists to deliver exclusive content to help Sprint acquire new customers, reward current customers
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Sources: Sprint's 33% stake in TIDAL cost $200M, valuing TIDAL at $600M — Well, well, well. — Less than a day after MBW ruminated on whether TIDAL would be able to secure some outside help with its funding - and survive without it - a major development has been confirmed.| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Google Voice rolls out revamped design to Android, iOS, and web, adds support for MMS photos, more — Will Google follow through on its commitment to regular updates? — Google just announced the new and improved Google Voice that the company teased a few weeks ago.
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| Valentina Palladino / Ars Technica: |
All Chromebooks debuting in 2017 and beyond will run Android apps — The Play Store is on its way to even more Chromebooks. — Less than a year ago, Google announced that the Play Store and Android apps would be supported on Chromebooks. Now the company has made this feature a guarantee …
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Hugo Barra steps down as international vice president at Xiaomi, will remain an advisor, and return to the US — Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is losing its head of international and primary English-language spokesperson Hugo Barra after he announced his exit from the company.
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Tweets: @hbarra, @neilcybart, @danprimack, @manukumarjain, @jonrussell, @charlesarthur, @caseynewton, and @inafried
| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
IBM Security to acquire risk management firm Agile 3 Solutions for an undisclosed sum and will also acquire its subcontractor Ravy Technologies — Big Blue says the deal will give decision makers a deeper understanding of cyberattacks and the risk they pose.
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Snapchat updates rules to restrict publishers from posting explicit or misleading images, and links to potentially fake news, says all content must be accurate — SAN FRANCISCO — On Snapchat last week, MTV published an article with the headline “Is this the thirstiest person on earth?”| TechCrunch: |
Data management startup Collibra raises $50M Series C led by ICONIQ — Jan 18, 2017, 5:03 amJan 19, 2017, 3:07 am — Data governance and management startup Collibra — originally founded in Belgium but now based out of New York to help businesses in sectors like finance and healthcare …
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