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Consumer Reports test results find iPhone 6 and 6 Plus not as bendy as believed — We stress test Apple's new phones, plus comparable models from Samsung, LG, and HTC — Two days ago, the Internet erupted with photos of bent iPhone 6s, and a very-viral video of a guy creasing an iPhone 6 Plus with his bare hands.
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| Julian Sanchez / Cato Institute: |
Why dire predictions of the perils of Apple removing its backdoor to user data on iOS are misguided — Old Technopanic in New iBottles — Gather around young'uns: Back in the antediluvean early 90s, when the digital world was young, a motley group of technologists and privacy advocates fought …
| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
FUD: Former FBI Guy Lies, Claiming New Mobile Encryption Would Have Resulted In Dead Kidnap Subject — Yesterday, we wrote about law enforcement freaking out over the announcements from both Apple and Google that they'd start encrypting phones by default, better protecting data on those phones …
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| Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land: |
The Yahoo Directory — Once The Internet's Most Important Search Engine — Is To Close — For some, it may seem like there has always been Google, and it's always been the main way people have found things on the web. But before Google, there was the Yahoo Directory and its hand-compiled list of websites, organized into topics.
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Unpaid programmer who maintains Bash may have inadvertently introduced Shellshock bug in 1992 — Security Experts Expect ‘Shellshock’ Software Bug in Bash to Be Significant — Long before the commercial success of the Internet, Brian J. Fox invented one of its most widely used tools.
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Inc.com, ABC News, Tech Times, Wall Street Journal, iMore, Cult of Mac and TUAW
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| Jessica Pressler / New York Magazine: |
How Airbnb, in just six years, grew to host 400k guests a night and set off a war in NYC — “The Dumbest Person in Your Building Is Passing Out Keys to Your Front Door!” — The war over Airbnb gets personal. — One morning a few months ago, New Yorkers opened their eyes to a city that … | Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
Secret launches Ping, an app that sends content notifications, says no ties to Secret app — Startup Behind Anonymous App Secret Unveils Another New App: ‘Ping’ — The startup behind anonymous posting app Secret has unveiled another new app, Ping. — Secret's latest creation appeared … | Brian Knowlton / New York Times: |
US State Department fights ISIS social media propaganda with accounts like @ThinkAgain_DOS — Digital War Takes Shape on Websites Over ISIS — WASHINGTON — Along with its surprising military success, the Islamic State group has demonstrated a skill and sophistication with social media previously unseen in extremist groups.| Mike Beasley / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 8's MAC address randomization feature, intended to prevent location tracking, requires cellular data, location services off — More details on how iOS 8's MAC address randomization feature works (and when it doesn't) — A few days ago Apple published a new privacy page on its website …
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SK Telecom Agrees to Acquire Shopkick — Deal Would Give SK Telecom New Foray Into U.S. — South Korean wireless firm SK Telecom Co. has agreed to acquire shopping-loyalty app Shopkick Inc., according to two people familiar with the deal. — The acquisition would give SK Telecom …
| Vivian Ho / San Francisco Chronicle: |
Uber driver charged in San Francisco after allegedly hitting passenger in the head with a hammer — Uber driver accused of hammer attack on San Francisco rider — An Uber driver is accused of seriously injuring a passenger by bashing him on the head with a hammer in San Francisco's Bernal …
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SlashGear, SFWeekly, The Register, Valleywag, Forbes, SFist, Gigaom, Engadget and Business Insider
Tweets: @caseynewton, @vivianho and @tomkrazit
| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
Amazon Fresh grocery delivery business launching in New York City as early as October — Amazon Fresh Grocery Delivery Launching in New York City — Amazon is preparing to start its Fresh grocery delivery business in New York City as early as next month, according to two people … Sponsor Posts
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