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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
iPad roadmap: dual-app viewing mode that may debut at WWDC, with multi-user login support and 12-inch “iPad Pro” models to follow — Future of iPad: Dual-app viewing mode, then J98/J99 ‘iPad Pros,’ multi-user support — Facing slowing growth for the first time since the iPad's 2010 debut …
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Thanks:@mikebeas| Amir Efrati / The Information: |
Google developing Internet of Things OS called Brillo, designed to run on devices with perhaps as little as 32MB RAM — Google Developing ‘Brillo’ Software for Internet of Things — Google wants its software to power any electronic device that connects to the Internet, whether or not it has a digital screen.
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple readies Transit subway, train + bus guides for iOS 9 Maps, deploys robots for indoor mapping — Having originally planned to add a new transit directions feature to Maps last year, only to pull the feature before WWDC 2014, Apple now hopes to launch its Transit service with iOS 9, according to sources.
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| CBC News: |
US, Canada, UK, Australia, and New Zealand planned to hijack Google and Samsung app stores to implant spyware on smartphones — Spy agencies target mobile phones, app stores to implant spyware — Users of millions of smartphones put at risk by certain mobile browser gaps, Snowden file shows
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| Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed: |
Medium refines strategy, emphasizing network value over Total Time Read, considers tying contributor bonuses to metrics like follows and recommendations — What's Going On At Medium? — The publisher/publishing platform is rejiggering itself as a social network for readers and writers … | Marco Arment / Marco.org: |
Apple's new MacBook, with its shallow keyboard and Force Touch trackpad, makes major usability compromises for thinness — Mistake One — MacBook “One”, 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro, and Hops for scale. — I've had mixed luck with impulse buys. — As a kid, I impulse-bought Marble Madness for my Sega Genesis.| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg Business: |
Twitter lacks size and ad tracking technology necessary to reverse sales slowdown, which was in part due to a lack of demand for its results-focused pricing — Twitter Hand-Holding for Clients No Defense for Growth Slowdown — Twitter Inc.'s ad team will do just about anything to win …
Tweets: @tsgiles, @sarahfrier and @satariano
| Eugene Kim / Business Insider: |
Dropbox isn't growing its enterprise business fast enough to be worth $10B — The clock is ticking for Dropbox, valued at $10 billion more than a year ago — Dropbox's rise has been impressive: Since its launch in 2007, it has added 300 million new users across 200 countries.| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Messenger for iOS and Android will display biographical info of non-friends sending messages, like job title and location, in US, UK, France, and India — Facebook Messenger Eyes Non-Friend Conversations With Chat ID — Is that a message from some rando, a spammer, or the nice guy you met yesterday?
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft overhauls Outlook.com with new interface, “Clutter” email filtering, add-ins, improved Skype integration, more; rolls out to test group today — Microsoft is overhauling Outlook.com with a new look and features — Microsoft is migrating its Outlook.com email service …
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Office Blogs, VentureBeat, WinBeta, GeekWire, Digital Trends, CNET, BetaNews, SuperSite for Windows, Ubergizmo and The Next Web
| Josh Beckerman / Wall Street Journal: |
HP misses Q2 revenue targets with $25.5B, down 7% YoY, but hits earnings targets — H-P's Earnings Top Views Despite Revenue Drop — Tech company names financial chiefs for its separate businesses after the split — Hewlett-Packard Co. reported a 7% drop in revenue for the April quarter …
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| Pew Internet: |
Pew Report: 69% of US adults are not confident social networks will keep their data private and secure — Americans' Attitudes About Privacy, Security and Surveillance — The cascade of reports following the June 2013 government surveillance revelations by NSA contractor Edward Snowden …
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Marketing Land, bizjournals, Guardian, Washington Post, PandoDaily, Los Angeles Times, E-Commerce Times, SiliconBeat, Mercury News and Nextgov
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| Harrison Weber / VentureBeat: |
Ev Williams' Obvious Ventures closes $123,456,789 fund — Obvious Ventures, the venture capital firm cofounded by Twitter's Evan Williams, announced the close of its very first fund today. — Guess how much it raised? $123,456,789. No joke. — The close of this fund follows … | Bloomberg Business: |
Shopify shares close up 51% on NYSE at $25.68 on trading debut, after raising $131M in IPO — Shopify Surges in Debut After Larger Than Expected IPO … Shopify Inc. jumped in its trading debut, after the company raised a larger than expected $131 million in its initial public offering.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Sling TV Expands To Android TV, Strikes Deal With Google To Offer Discounted Nexus Players — Sling TV, Dish Network's Internet TV service designed for cord cutters, is now available on the Android TV platform, the company is announcing this morning, including Google's Nexus Player.| Joseph Menn / Reuters: |
US proposes tighter export controls limiting sales of zero-day flaw information outside US without special license — U.S. aims to limit exports of undisclosed software flaws — The U.S. Commerce Department proposed new export controls Wednesday that would treat unknown software flaws …
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Federal Register, PandoDaily, ZDNet, ExportLawBlog, CIO.com, Threatpost and The Register
Tweets: @cbekrar, @virusbtn, @randcorporation and @csoghoian
| Alistair Barr / Wall Street Journal: |
Google launches YouTube shopping ads that let advertisers overlay purchase information for products featured in video ads — Google Wants YouTube Viewers to Shop While They Watch — YouTube is the monster of online video, but has yet to generate big profits for Google .
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Inside AdWords, Re/code, Re/code, ABC News, Adweek, Marketing Land, Search Engine Land, The Next Web and VentureBeat. Tweets: @amir
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
YouTube live streams now support HTML5 playback and 60fps video — YouTube today announced it is enabling HTML5 playback for live streams. At the same time, live streams can now be viewed at 60 frames per second (fps). — A few puzzle pieces had to come together to make this possible.| Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat: |
Amazon's Prime Now service will start delivering from local stores in Manhattan — Amazon announced today that its Prime Now service will now start delivering goods from local stores in Manhattan, with plans to expand soon to other communities later this year.
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iMore, The Verge, Business Wire, Digital Trends, SlashGear, Gizmodo, The Next Web, Engadget, GeekWire and CNET
| Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed: |
Google Adding Fingerprint Authentication To Next Version of Android — Scheduled to be announced next week, Android M will will include one-touch log-in for supported apps. — Google's new mobile operating system, Android M, will include native fingerprint authentication, BuzzFeed News has learned.| Alistair Barr / Wall Street Journal: |
Google gives retailers reports on store visits that follow clicks on mobile ads to encourage ad spending; select retailers including Target get purchase data — Google Says New Store Data Help Mobile Ads — Google says its technology shows better link between mobile ads, retail purchases
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| Alexander Martin / Wall Street Journal: |
Nikesh Arora to replace Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son as Yahoo Japan Chairman — Arora to Replace Softbank CEO Son as Yahoo Japan Chairman — SoftBank Corp. chief executive Masayoshi Son will step down as chairman of Yahoo Japan Corp.'s board of directors to be replaced by Nikesh Arora …
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| John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable: |
FCC asks broadband providers to take reasonable steps to safeguard customer privacy, as new Title II regulations take effect — FCC Issues Guidance on Broadband Privacy — Says it will be looking for good ‘faith efforts’ — The FCC has signaled ISPs that if they have any doubts …
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Washington Post, Ars Technica, FCC.gov, Federal Computer Week and The Hill
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