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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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Thanks:@atechmemefan| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
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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With App Indexing and Google Now On Tap, Google is trying to make your whole phone an interface for search — How Google Is Taking Search Outside the Box — The I/O conference had virtual reality, photos and electronic clothes. But as always, there was search.
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| Ryan Gantz / The Verge: |
Google Photos' Assistant feature creates collages and movies that can be surprising, lovely, and bizarre — Laughing and crying my way through the new Google Photos — I started using Google Photos after it first launched last week. I was immediately impressed for all the reasons … | Philip Kollar / Polygon: |
Amazon making ‘ambitious’ PC game with creators of Portal, World of Warcraft and more — Amazon Game Studios has been growing for over a year now, but up to this point it's only published smaller mobile releases and games for Amazon's Fire TV hardware. According to a new hiring post on Gamasutra, that's set to change soon.
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India's Micromax shipped over 30 new smartphone models last year, ranging from $50 to $300+ — India's Micromax Churns Out Phones Like Fast Fashion — Handset maker designs dozens of new models a year, most costing less than $150 — NEW DELHI—Early last year, product planners …
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| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Android TV now has more than 600 apps available, gets updated store to ease app discovery — Android TV Gets Updated App Store With More Than 600 Apps — There are now more than 600 apps available on Android TV, and Google just took some steps to help users with app discovery on its TV platform.| Mario Trujillo / The Hill: |
Senate Judiciary Committee votes to advance a new bill to curb a variety of abusive patent litigation practices — Patent reform clears key hurdle in the Senate — The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday sent a bill to the floor that aims to crack down on so-called patent trolls.
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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Huawei's $179 TalkBand B2 is the first third party fitness tracker to integrate with the Jawbone UP platform — Jawbone's lifeline is coming in the form of a Huawei fitness tracker — Jawbone is opening its Up fitness tracking platform to third-party devices, and the Huawei Talkband B2 …
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| Jay Yarow / Business Insider: |
Apple will have a hard time competing against Google if it doesn't collect more data on users — Tim Cook's attacks on Google and Facebook reveal a giant problem for Apple's future — Apple CEO Tim Cook has yet again unloaded on Silicon Valley technology companies that collect data about users.| Cade Metz / Wired: |
Overstock is preparing to offer a $25M private bond using blockchain-like technology — Overstock Will Issue a Private Bond Powered by Bitcoin Tech — Overstock.com is preparing to offer a $25 million private bond using technology that mimics the blockchain, the distributed online ledger that underpins the bitcoin digital currency.| 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.Sponsor Posts
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