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Zero-Fee Stock Trading App Robinhood Nabs $50M From NEA To Go Global — In case you thought paying $7 to $10 to trade a stock in the US was bad, it costs $65 in Australia. So now that its zero-fee stock trading app is thriving stateside with hundreds of thousands of users … | Paul Mozur / New York Times: |
Alibaba's COO Daniel Zhang replaces Jonathan Lu as CEO as revenue increases 45% year-over-year — Alibaba Names New Chief Executive and Reports Revenue Rise — HONG KONG — The Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba said Thursday that its revenue grew 45 percent compared with last year …
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| Craig Hockenberry / furbo.org: |
Apple hasn't fixed or even acknowledged widely-reported networking issues on OS X Yosemite and iOS 8 related to discoveryd — discoveryd Clusterf**k — I usually keep things fairly clean on this site. I have a simple metric: would I be embarrassed if my Mom read this post?
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Actively exploited WordPress bug puts millions of sites at risk — XSS vulnerability allows attackers to take full control of unpatched sites. — Millions of websites running WordPress are at risk of hijacking attacks thanks to a vulnerability that is actively being exploited in the wild …
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Cody Wilson, inventor of the 3D printable gun, files countersuit against US State Department claiming the blueprints are protected free speech — 3-D Printed Gun Lawsuit Starts the War Between Arms Control and Free Speech — This week marks the two-year anniversary since Cody Wilson …
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US federal appeals court rules NSA's bulk collection of telephone metadata is not authorized by Patriot Act — Appeals Court Rules NSA Phone Program Not Authorized by Patriot Act — ACLU lawsuit argued the data collection should be stopped because it violates Americans' privacy rights
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| Carolina Milanesi / Kantar Worldpanel: |
Kantar: phablets made up 21% of US smartphone sales in Q1, up from 6% a year ago, driven by iPhone 6 Plus sales — US phablet market soars — Phablets claimed 21% of all US smartphone sales in Q1 2015 - nearly quadrupling their 6% share from the first quarter of 2014 …
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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
LG G4 review: features a powerful camera, all-day battery, and a great display, but plastic back feels cheap and software is poorly designed — LG G4 review — In the world of smartphones, Samsung and Apple cast big shadows. Perhaps no company is more familiar with those shadows than LG … | Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Google posts I/O 2015 schedule: Android M, voice access, ATAP wearables, multi-screen Chromecast games, more — Digging into the Google I/O 2015 schedule: Android M, voice access, and more — Google just released the I/O 2015 schedule, and there is a lot of info inside.
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Spotify in talks with companies that make content for YouTube and traditional media firms for new web video service — Spotify Laying Plans to Enter Web Video Business — Closely-held streaming service has been reaching out to companies that make content for YouTube
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google to shut down its website optimization service PageSpeed on Aug. 3 — Google Shuts Down PageSpeed Service For Accelerating Websites — Google is shutting down PageSpeed Service, its hosted solution for optimizing websites for faster delivery, on August 3.
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Computerworld, The Register, InfotechLead, iTnews, WebProNews and The Tech Portal
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| Robinson Meyer / The Atlantic: |
Mobile Justice CA app uploads all video footage as it's being captured to servers owned by ACLU, available for iOS and Android for now — Film the Police … Last month, video footage emerged that appeared to show something illegal: A U.S. marshal approached a woman who was filming him on duty …
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| Eric Johnson / Re/code: |
Zynga to lay off 364 people, or 18% of its staff, within the next three quarters as part of the company's $100M cost reduction program — Zynga Narrows Focus, Will Cut 18 Percent of Staff — With Don Mattrick out and founder Mark Pincus reinstalled as CEO, what will Zynga's future look like?
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