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Samsung acquires smart-home controller startup SmartThings for $200M — Internet of Bling: Samsung Buys SmartThings for $200 Million — Samsung has bought SmartThings, the startup that makes smart-home controllers. While the companies did not disclose the price, sources …
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Smartphone shipments surpass 300M in Q2, Android and iOS dominate with 96% global marketshare — Worldwide Smartphone Shipments Edge Past 300 Million Units in the Second Quarter; Android and iOS Devices Account for 96% of the Global Market, According to IDC
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Lawsuit claims Steve Jobs, senior Apple directors hurt company with anti-poaching row — Piling onto Apple's anti-poaching courtroom saga, a new lawsuit seeks damages on behalf of shareholders for financial losses related to alleged misconduct by senior directors, including late cofounder Steve Jobs and current CEO Tim Cook.
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Microsoft to deliver Windows ‘Threshold’ tech preview around late September — Summary: Microsoft is aiming to make available a technology preview of Windows Threshold around late September or early October. — Microsoft is aiming to deliver a “technology preview” of its Windows “Threshold” …
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Microsoft builds a Snapchat competitor called WindUp — It's no secret that Snapchat, the app that lets you send time-limited messages, has run into a few issues this year: From exposing nearly five million accounts, to the FTC ruling that the company was deceiving users, the app may still be popular but many people no longer trust it.
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Apple considering sapphire glass screens for more expensive models of new iPhones this fall, producing sapphire displays for smartwatch — Apple Considers Using Harder Material in Pricier Models — Apple Inc. created the blueprint for a smartphone when it covered the touch screen of its first iPhone in glass, instead of plastic.
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Delivery Hero Joins The $1B Valuation Club As It Gobbles Rival Pizza.de — On the heels of Rocket Internet's food delivery service FoodPanda taking another $60 million in funding, its German rival Delivery Hero is also stepping up its game in a consolidation play.| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Researchers use a smartphone's gyroscope as a crude microphone to eavesdrop on conversations — The Gyroscopes in Your Phone Could Let Apps Eavesdrop on Conversations — In the age of surveillance paranoia, most smartphone users know better than to give a random app or website permission to use their device's microphone.| Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
Facebook VP Sam Lessin Is Leaving the Company — Sam Lessin, Facebook's VP of product management, is leaving the company. — Lessin announced his departure on his Facebook page Thursday afternoon. He originally joined Facebook when his startup, a storage company called Drop.io …
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Biggest cable TV providers sold more broadband than video subscriptions last quarter — The Cable Guys Have Become the Internet Guys — The cable TV business hit an important milestone last month: It turned into the Internet business. — Last quarter, for the first time ever … | Robert Lee Hotz / Wall Street Journal: |
Swarm of 1,024 Tiny Robots Works Together Without Guiding Central Intelligence — Swarm of 1,024 Tiny Robots Works Together Without Guiding Central Intelligence — Harvard University scientists have devised a swarm of 1,024 tiny robots that can work together without any guiding central intelligence.
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| Lauren Goode / Re/code: |
50 Cent partners with Intel on heart-rate monitoring earphones, will be available Q4 2014 — Gimme a Beat: Intel, 50 Cent Pair Up on Heart-Rate Headphones — Chipmaker Intel and SMS Audio, the consumer electronics company founded by 50 Cent, are partnering to launch a pair of heart-rate-measuring headphones.| Hollywood Reporter: |
Xbox Shops Entertainment Studio to Warner Bros. — Microsoft's TV production arm might not be gone for good — Microsoft may have decided to shutter its nascent Xbox Entertainment Studios but it's not necessarily game over for the Santa Monica studio. — Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter … | Susan Decker / Bloomberg: |
InterDigital Loses ITC Patent Case Against Microsoft, ZTE — InterDigital Inc. (IDCC) lost its patent case against Nokia Oyj (NOK1V) and ZTE Corp. at the U.S. International Trade Commission, dealing the phone-chip researcher another blow in its efforts to create a new royalty stream.
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