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iPhone 6 display panel redesign delayed production, impact on launch uncertain — Exclusive: Apple iPhone 6 screen snag leaves supply chain scrambling — (Reuters) - Suppliers to Apple Inc (AAPL.O) are scrambling to get enough screens ready for the new iPhone 6 smartphone as the need …
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| Dan Frommer / Quartz: |
Most smartphone users download zero apps per month — Mobile apps have skyrocketed in popularity and utility since Apple introduced the iPhone App Store in the summer of 2008. Apps now represent 52% of time spent with digital media in the US, according to comScore, up from 40% in early 2013.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Majority Of Digital Media Consumption Now Takes Place In Mobile Apps — U.S. users are now spending the majority of their time consuming digital media within mobile applications, according to a new study released by comScore this morning. That means mobile apps, including the number 1 … | Chris Davies / SlashGear: |
Acer Chromebox CXI distills C7 Chrome OS for desktops — Acer has outed a new Chrome OS machine, the Chromebox CXI Series, bringing Google's cloud-centric platform to the desktop with prices kicking off at under $180. Rather than build on the Tegra K1-powered Chromebook 13, however …
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| Mike Beasley / 9to5Mac: |
Apple removes Secret app from Brazilian App Store for not conforming with local laws — Following a recent ruling that Apple would have ten days to remove the anonymous social app Secret from its Brazilian App Store, Apple has complied with the order. The justification for the removal …
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| Brian Fung / Washington Post: |
A federal court rejects Aereo's request to argue it's a cable company — Aereo's seemingly last-ditch argument to save itself won't be given an airing in court, according to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. — Instead, if the shuttered streaming video company wants to keep fighting for its survival …
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| Timothy B. Lee / Vox: |
White House cybersecurity czar brags about his lack of technical expertise — Michael Daniel is the White House's cybersecurity coordinator, the man who “leads the interagency development of national cybersecurity strategy and policy” for the president. And in a recent interview with GovInfoSecurity …
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| Sam Oliver / AppleInsider: |
Intuit releases redesigned Quicken 2015 for Mac, first new version in 7 years — Financial software firm Intuit on Thursday released Quicken 2015 for Mac, the first new version of the company's flagship personal finance and accounting suite to make its way to Apple's desktop platform in over seven years.
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| Alistair Barr / Wall Street Journal: |
Google to include temporary steering wheel and pedal system when testing autonomous cars in response to new California DMV rules — A Google Car Without a Steering Wheel? Not So Fast, California Says — Google caused a stir earlier this year when it unveiled a self-driving car without …
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| Robin Wauters / Tech.eu: |
Holtzbrinck Ventures exchanges its stakes in 7 Rocket Internet startups for a direct 2.5% stake in the incubator itself — There we go again: German tech startup incubator Rocket Internet has announced yet another new investor, as its longtime partner in crime Holtzbrinck Ventures is receiving a 2.5% stake.
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| Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Lab: |
This: Why Atlantic Media is funding a social platform for sharing links, one at a time — By now, you might have heard that Atlantic Media's Andrew Golis is incubating a small social network inside the company. Golis came to Atlantic Media as entrepreneur-in-residence a little over a year ago …
Tweets: @yingworld, @laura_warne, @jaredbkeller, @jeremymbarr, @nadinegoff and @agolis. See also Mediagazer
| Jeremy Kirk / PC World: |
Mobile apps could be abused to make expensive phone calls — A security precaution skipped in mobile applications such as Facebook's Messenger could be abused to make an expensive phone call at a victim's expense, a developer contends. — Phone numbers often appear as links on a mobile device.
| Julian Hattem / The Hill: |
Wikipedia blocks edits from Congressional IP address again after edits from “obvious transphobe” — ‘Orange is the New Black’ fight sparks new House Wikipedia ban — For the third time this summer, computers in the House have been blocked from editing Wikipedia due to a string of controversial edits.
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| Martin Beck / Marketing Land: |
Facebook Rolls Out Analytics For App Links, Says 3 Billion URLs Have Been Enabled — The open-source effort that aims to make the mobile web less frustrating for users is gaining momentum. Developers will now be able to measure results better. — Facebook's effort to make the mobile web less frustrating is gaining momentum.| Malathi Nayak / Reuters: |
Ouya partners with Xiaomi to bring its games to the Chinese smartphone maker's streaming boxes and smart TVs — Exclusive: Ouya scores Xiaomi partnership to take games to China — (Reuters) - U.S video game service Ouya is turning to Asia to capture the growth that has eluded the startup on its own home turf.
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Tech in Asia, GamesIndustry.biz, The Next Web, TechSpot, CNET, SlashGear, Engadget, Develop Feed, Gamasutra and Android Central
| Allie Jones / Gawker: |
After Twitter suspensions, ISIS moves to decentralized Diaspora to avoid censorship — ISIS Finally Finds a Social Network That Can't Suspend Their Accounts — After ISIS militants and supporters disseminated video and images of James Foley's brutal beheading on Tuesday … | Mark Sullivan / VentureBeat: |
FDA approves AliveCor's heart arrhythmia-detecting app algorithm — Above: AliveCor's ECG app. — While the step counters and run tracker apps of the world get most of the attention, a growing number of apps in the marketplace are serving serious clinical needs.
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Engadget, empr.com, Computerworld, mobihealthnews, The Medical News and The Daily Dot. Tweets: @rabois
| Issie Lapowsky / Wired: |
Zoosk debuts Photo Verification on iOS to confirm authenticity of profile photos — This Dating Site Is Teaching the Internet an Important Lesson About Anonymity — Online dating site Zoosk is rolling out a new feature that lets users verify the authenticity of profile pictures.
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Flappy Bird creator launches Swing Copters, available for iPhone and Android, for free — ‘Flappy Bird’ Creator Dong Nguyen Launches New Game ‘Swing Copters’ - NBC News — The creator of the ultra-difficult game sensation, “Flappy Bird,” has released a new title — and believe it or not, it's even harder.
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BGR, NDTV Gadgets, Develop Feed, Tech2, Know Your Mobile, Rolling Stone, The Next Web and Gotta Be Mobile
| Paul Sawers / The Next Web: |
There are 18,796 distinct Android devices, according to OpenSignal's latest fragmentation report — The much-maligned Android fragmentation problem has blighted the mobile operating system for years, though Google has been steadily taking corrective measures in recent times. The issue?
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