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Apple, Google, and leading cryptologists urge President Obama in letter to reject backdoors in smartphones and other devices — Tech giants urge Obama to resist ‘backdoors’ into encrypted communications — Tech behemoths including Apple and Google and leading cryptologists …
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| Daisuke Wakabayashi / Wall Street Journal: |
After nearly a decade of research, Apple shelved plans over a year ago for the TV set that Carl Icahn expects it to release in 2016 — Behind Apple's Move to Shelve TV Plans — Apple had dropped its TV plans, but investor Carl Icahn sees the firm entering the market next year
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See also Mediagazer| Rich McCormick / The Verge: |
Apple releases new $1,999 27-inch Retina iMac and 15-inch MacBook Pro with Force Touch trackpad — Apple releases cheaper Retina iMac and 15-inch MacBook Pro with Force Touch — Apple is starting to bring the price down on its 5K Retina iMac, releasing a new version today that sells …
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| AccessNow: |
Advocacy organizations from 31 countries say Facebook's Internet.org violates net neutrality, security, privacy, and threatens freedom of expression — Open Letter to Mark Zuckerberg Regarding Internet.org, Net Neutrality, Privacy, and Security — We, the undersigned …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft rolls out touch-first test versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint for Android phones; devices must run KitKat 4.4.x or higher, have at least 1GB RAM — Microsoft rolls out touch-first Office apps preview for Android phones — Summary:Microsoft is rolling out test versions of its standalone …
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| Alex Kantrowitz / AdAge: |
Inside Google's secret anti-fraud team battling the bots that siphon billions of digital ad dollars — Inside Google's Secret War Against Ad Fraud — Cable News Wars Rage as New Players Join the Battle — In a conference room nine floors above London's St. Giles High Street …
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Thanks:@kantrowitz. See also Mediagazer| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Apple releases first official Lightning Dock for $39; compatible with iPhone 5, 5c, 5s, iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, and 5th-generation iPod touch — Apple Now Sells A Lightning Dock For Your iPhone — Apple has finally done what many had long hoped it would - released an official dock …
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| Yessi Bello Perez / CoinDesk: |
New York Stock Exchange launches a Bitcoin price index, NYXBT, will use data from Coinbase transactions to determine price — New York Stock Exchange Launches Bitcoin Price Index — The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has today announced the launch of a bitcoin price index (NYXBT).| Christian Zibreg / iDownloadBlog.com: |
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Twilio Launches IP Messaging, New Conference Call Services And High-Volume SMS Tools — Twilio is kicking off its Signal conference today and — unsurprisingly — the company is announcing a slew of new services for developers that use its voice, video and messaging platform.
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| Micah Singleton / The Verge: |
Contract between Sony and Spotify shows yearly advances paid to Sony, how streaming rates are calculated, and most-favored-nation clause for Sony — This was Sony Music's contract with Spotify — Over the last year the music industry has been in flux as artists, labels …
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LG Reveals Phablet And Budget Versions Of Its Flagship G4 Smartphone — LG's G4, the company newest flagship smartphone, went on sales across the first parts of the world yesterday, and today the Korean company added two variants of the device to the mix. — The G4 Stylus is a 5.7-inch version … | Dylan Tweney / VentureBeat: |
Consumer groups update FTC complaint against Google to include allegations of adult content on YouTube Kids — Google's ‘kid-friendly’ app YouTube Kids shows some very grown-up videos — Two consumer groups have found some pretty appallingly adult content in Google's ostensibly child-friendly video app, YouTube Kids.| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Basis fitness tracker adds limited titanium edition, shares data with Apple Health and Google Fit — Basis now links its fitness data with Apple Health and Google Fit — Of all the fitness tracking wearables out there, Basis' Peak might be one of the most comprehensive.
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
YotaPhone 2 U.S. preorders open on Indiegogo starting at $500 with an August delivery — Russian mobile broadband provider and smartphone manufacturer Yota has finally revealed the U.S. pricing and preorder details for the second version of its smartphone, the YotaPhone 2, six months after its European launch.
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| Sean O'Kane / The Verge: |
RealNetworks launches photo and video-sharing app RealTimes aimed at parents, offers storage, creates slideshows — RealNetworks enters the crowded photo backup market with a new app — One glance at the RealNetworks logo is all it takes to spark flashbacks to episodes of endless buffering.| Katie Benner / Bloomberg View: |
Jawbone's recent $300M investment from BlackRock was debt, not equity — Jawbone Gets a Loan and a Leash — Jawbone, the San Francisco maker of wearable technology, recently got a hefty $300 million investment from BlackRock, the largest and one of the most trusted asset management companies in the world.Sponsor Posts
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