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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.
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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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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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| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
WSJ: SEC is investigating whether Yahoo should have disclosed company's data breaches sooner — Yahoo is facing an investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to its failure to promptly disclose to investors information about the two massive data breaches the company revealed last year.| 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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