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Sources: Amazon is developing an app that pays ordinary people, rather than carriers, to deliver packages; no firm timetable for when the service would launch — Amazon Seeks Help With Deliveries — Web retailer mulls paying people to drop off packages amid push to cut shipping costs| Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times: |
St. Louis Cardinals investigated by FBI for breaching Astros' network; internal discussions about trades, proprietary statistics, scouting reports compromised — St. Louis Cardinals Investigated by F.B.I. for Hacking Astros — WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. and Justice Department prosecutors …
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| Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
Uber failed to win delivery deals with Apple, Starbucks as its push into logistics proves costly and complex — The $50 Billion Question: Can Uber Deliver? — Investors are counting on Uber to upend the delivery business much as it has for taxis, but progress has been slow so far
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
BitTorrent debuts Shoot, a $2 photo sharing app with no file size limits, for Android, iOS, Windows Phone, bets on an ad-free experience that puts privacy first — BitTorrent launches $2 photo sharing app Shoot for Android, iOS, and Windows Phone — BitTorrent launched a new photo … | Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
New Xbox One interface shown: Quicker, social, and Cortana-equipped — And far fewer tiles than before. — The Xbox One is getting a major update later this year that'll bring an all-new user interface to the console. Microsoft gave a short preview of the new interface as part …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google expands security rewards to bugs in Android devices, starting with Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 — Google today launched the Android Security Rewards program to compensate researchers who find and responsibly disclose vulnerabilities in the company's mobile operating system.| Natasha Singer / New York Times: |
Privacy groups opt out of US talks on face recognition, say they can't achieve minimum rights for consumers — Consumer Groups Back Out of Federal Talks on Face Recognition — A central component of President Obama's effort to give consumers more control over how companies collect and share … | Thomas Fox-Brewster / Forbes: |
‘600 Million’ Samsung Mobiles Vulnerable To Keyboard Cracking Attack — Given everything that's occurred over the last two years, Android phone owners would be forgiven for thinking major manufacturers had their backs when it came to security, especially encryption.| Paresh Dave / Los Angeles Times: |
Snapchat debuts the first sponsored geofilter at all McDonald's locations in the US — Snapchat turns geofilter digital stickers into revenue source — Much of social media involves showing off where we are, whether it's watching a ballgame at Dodger Stadium, meeting Mickey Mouse … | Yoree Koh / Wall Street Journal: |
Twitter CFO Anthony Noto's rapid ascent at Twitter makes him a front-runner to succeed Dick Costolo as CEO — Twitter CFO's Ascent Creates New Power Center — Anthony Noto has amassed a broad range of responsibilities, emerging as a front-runner to succeed Dick Costolo
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| Ville Heiskanen / Bloomberg Business: |
Fitbit raises IPO goal by 37% to $655.6M at $17-19 per share; company could be valued at up to $3.9B — Fitbit Boosts IPO Goal by Up to 37% on Health-Device Demand — Fitbit Inc. co-founder James Park. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg — Fitbit Inc., the maker of wearable devices … | Darlene Storm / Computerworld: |
UK tech firm designs system using emoji instead of PIN numbers for online banking, says they are harder to hack, easier to remember — Will banks allow four emojis to replace PIN numbers? — Smiling sun, flames, guitar, penguin... that is just one combination of emojis that a person might use …
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| Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal: |
Twitter rolls out auto-play videos and GIFs after several months of testing — Twitter Finally Rolls Out Auto-Play Video — Twitter is officially rolling out ads that will play automatically in a user's timeline, taking on the dominant forces in online video advertising — Google and Facebook.| David Still / Box: |
Box debuts Box for Office Online, lets users create and manage Word, PowerPoint, and Excel files from its website — Introducing Box for Office Online, A New Way to Work in the Cloud — Microsoft Office files are among the most uploaded, edited and shared files in Box.
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Adobe announces 2015 Creative Cloud updates and the new integrated Adobe Stock image service for additional fees — Adobe Announces 2015 Creative Cloud Updates, New Integrated Adobe Stock Service — Adobe today announced that all of its Creative Cloud desktop apps, including Photoshop …
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| Jon Gertner / Fast Company: |
Behind the scenes at US Digital Service and 18F, part of Obama's new digital corps which is attracting top Silicon Valley talent — Inside Obama's Stealth Startup — President Obama has quietly recruited top tech talent from the likes of Google and Facebook. Their mission: to reboot how government works.
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Thanks:@atechmemefan| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Hands-on with YouTube Gaming—Google built itself a Twitch killer — A slick interface, huge user base, and tons of content should have Twitch worried. — NEW YORK—YouTube Gaming is coming! YouTube's Twitch Killer was announced on Friday, so we stopped by the YouTube Space in Manhattan …
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