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Inside Internet Research Agency, an army of pro-Kremlin trolls wreaking havoc on the Internet — The Agency … Around 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 11 last year, Duval Arthur, director of the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness for St. Mary Parish, Louisiana …
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What to expect at WWDC 2015: native Apple Watch SDK, iOS 9 and OS X 10.11 focusing on core user experience, and Apple Music — Coming at WWDC 2015: New Apple Watch SDK, Quality-focused/refreshed iOS 9 & OS X 10.11, Apple Music — Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference is about to kick off.
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CNET, Engadget, iPhone Hacks, Redmond Pie, Pocket-lint, TechCrunch, USA Today, BGR, App Advice, CNNMoney, Gizmodo, Business Insider, Telegraph, Re/code, Washington Post, Yahoo Tech, ProgrammableWeb.com and The Next Web. Tweets: @markgurman
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Office of Personnel Management's inspector general warned the agency its system was vulnerable to attacks — U.S. Was Warned of System Open to Cyberattacks — WASHINGTON — The inspector general at the Office of Personnel Management, which keeps the records and security clearance information …
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| Eli Wald / Inside Search: |
Google now surfacing content from apps in search results in Chrome and Google app on iOS — Find app content straight from the Google app—now on iPhone and iPad — No matter what you're searching for, you should get the best answers—whether they're on the web or in an app.
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Netflix continues aggressive expansion with October launch in Italy, Spain, and Portugal — Netflix to Stream Into Italy, Spain and Portugal in October — Netflix plans to roll into southern Europe this fall, setting October launches for Italy, Spain and Portugal.
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| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
Pinterest's head of partnerships Joanne Bradford is leaving; Tim Kendall taking on some duties — Pinterest's Bradford Departs as Kendall Takes Over Media and Sales — Joanne Bradford*, the long-time media exec who Pinterest brought in to oversee advertising and media partnerships in 2013 …
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Sources: Google will not receive transaction fees for Android Pay like Apple does with Apple Pay because of change in rules by MasterCard and Visa — Google Misses Out on Apple's Slice of Mobile Transactions — Credit-card issuers' standardized security system means a loss of fee revenue
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| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Sling TV's Web TV Subscriber Numbers Keep Growing, Now Around 250,000 — Sling TV, the “over-the-top” service that delivers pay TV over the Web, has around 250,000 paying subscribers, according to industry executives familiar with its performance. — If you assume that the vast majority …
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| Nikita Richardson / Fast Company: |
Tumblr to answer Reddit's AMA with new Q&A platform Answer Time set to debut Monday — Tumblr To Launch New Q&A Platform — “Answer Time” set to be Tumblr's answer to the Reddit AMA — As its parent company is busy shutting down some of its platforms, blogging and social media site Tumblr …
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| Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
Mozilla CTO and Firefox OS co-founder Andreas Gal is leaving to launch an Internet of Things startup — Firefox OS in flux as Mozilla loses technology chief to startup — Andreas Gal, co-founder of Mozilla's mobile OS project, joins others from the project in a startup to link new devices to the Net.| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple Store no longer sells iPhones on AT&T with 2-year contracts; instead they're sold exclusively through the AT&T Next carrier financing program — Apple Store No Longer Sells iPhone With 2-Year Contract on AT&T — Apple overnight removed the option to purchase a new iPhone …
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App Advice, The Mac Observer, Fone Arena, Ubergizmo, SlashGear, AppleInsider, The Verge, CNET, PhoneDog.com, Cult of Mac, CNET and iDownloadBlog.com
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Apple may reduce the 30% cut it takes from publishers on Newsstand and many video providers on Apple TV — Apple rewrites app store economics — Apple is planning a departure from the pricing formula that has defined the economics of digital media for a decade …
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CNET, AppleInsider, Digital Trends, TechnoBuffalo, Pocketnow, MacRumors, Ink, Bits, & Pixels, Mercury News, VentureBeat, Cult of Mac, iMore and 9to5Mac. Tweets: @pkafka. See also Mediagazer
| Phil Goldstein / FierceWireless: |
HTC slashes Q2 revenue forecast, citing weakness in China, premium smartphone sales — In a surprise move that reflects the continued unevenness of its turnaround efforts, HTC cut its revenue projection for the second quarter and said it expects to report a net loss amid weaker sales for its high-end smartphones.
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