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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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| 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 … | 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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| 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.| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
Huge Loss For Free Speech In Europe: Human Rights Court Says Sites Liable For User Comments — Last year we wrote about a very dangerous case going to the European Court of Human Rights: Delfi AS v. Estonia, which threatened free expression across Europe. Today, the ruling came out and it's a disaster.
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| Daisuke Wakabayashi / Wall Street Journal: |
Apple revokes Monster's authority to make licensed accessories through its MFi program — Apple Revokes Monster's Authority to Make Licensed Accessories — Move follows Monster's lawsuit against Apple unit Beats — Audio-equipment maker Monster LLC is discovering that all is fair in love and law.| 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.| 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 …
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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.| 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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| 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 … | 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 … | 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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| John Cook / GeekWire: |
Techstars acquires UP Global, operator of Startup Weekend and Startup Next — Techstars and Up Global have long been joined at the hip, both founded with the mission to support and empower entrepreneurs. — In fact, the very idea for the 54-hour Startup Weekend bootcamps …
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Tech+, VentureBeat, Chicago Tribune, Techstars, TechCrunch, Feld Thoughts, tech.co and UP Global. Thanks:@toddbishop
| 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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| 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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