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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
New iPhone 6S images show updated NFC, 16GB base storage, fewer chips + design tweaks — Our look at the upcoming “iPhone 6S” continues today with a discussion of new internal components that are expected to be inside Apple's latest smartphone. In addition to expected changes such as a Force Touch display …
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| Ashley Feinberg / Gawker: |
Reddit mods take popular subreddits down after key employee is fired; IAmA returns but mods refuse to work with site admins; Pao admits mods are underserved — Reddit In Chaos After Allegedly Firing AMA Coordinator Victoria Taylor — If you tried to visit r/IAmA (one of Reddit's biggest subs) …
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TechCrunch, Guardian, New York Times, BuzzFeed, BBC, Business Insider, Gizmodo, Re/code, International Business Times, PC Magazine, reddit, reddit, Adweek, Business Insider, KitGuru, International Business Times, Tech Times, Quora, CNET, Fusion, The Register and Business Insider
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See also Mediagazer| Lauren Goode / Re/code: |
In Battle of Streaming Music Services, Simplicity Is the Killer Feature — Now that we can all finally acknowledge that streaming music is a “thing,” I keep wondering why the companies that offer streaming music services are making things more complicated for consumers as they compete for our ears.
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| Farhad Manjoo / New York Times: |
What delayed IPOs and higher private valuations mean for tech startups and public investors — As More Tech Start-Ups Stay Private, So Does the Money — Not long ago, if you were a young, brash technologist with a world-conquering start-up idea, there was a good chance you spent …
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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Uber Suspends UberPOP In France Following Turmoils And Arrests — Transportation company Uber just announced in an interview with Le Monde that it will be suspending UberPOP in France tonight at 8pm. The news follows a difficult week for the company. Last Thursday, anti-Uber protests turned …
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TechSpot, The Verge, PCWorld, VatorNews, Telegraph, Engadget, The Register, The Next Web, Gizmodo, VentureBeat, Guardian and Tech.eu
| Stephen Hall / 9to5Google: |
OnePlus' Google Cardboard viewer is now available for $0 + shipping — One of the biggest reasons of going with cardboard for Google Cardboard was to get these viewers into the hands of as many people as possible. But while many vendors are selling their Cardboard viewers for around $20 … | Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
You can now use any Android app on your Mac w/ BlueStacks App Player — BlueStacks, a free desktop Android emulator that lets users play any mobile game or app on the big screen with a mouse and keyboard, has mostly been limited to PC users until today. But Mac users are about to get access …
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TechSpot, SiliconANGLE, Android Central, MacNN, Electronista, Engadget, SlashGear and MobileSyrup.com
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Render shows Android-powered BlackBerry slider phone codenamed “Venice” reportedly bound for AT&T — Is this BlackBerry's upcoming Android phone, coming to AT&T? — We've expected for a month or so that BlackBerry is working on an Android phone with a “dual curved display” …
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VentureBeat, BGR, Android Authority, TechCrunch, 9to5Google, ZDNet, Phones Review, Inquirer, 9to5Google, Forbes, Ubergizmo, Android Central, TechnoBuffalo, Engadget, Phones Review, Pocketnow, International Business Times, Fone Arena, MobileSyrup.com, Android Beat, PhoneDog.com and CrackBerry.com
| Cynthia Littleton / Variety: |
Lifetime launches SVOD service, drawing on archive of movies, will charge $3.99 a month — Lifetime Digs Into Original Movie Vault to Launch SVOD Service — The phrase “Lifetime movie” has become synonymous with a certain breed of made-for-TV melodrama.
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USA Today, Broadcasting & Cable, The A.V. Club, Variety, Consumerist, FierceCable, Adweek and Washington Post
| Reuters: |
Russia's parliament approves a law requiring search engines to remove users' personal information from their results upon request — Russian parliament approves Internet privacy bill — Russia's parliament gave its final approval on Friday to a law that would require Internet search engines … | Megumi Fujikawa / Wall Street Journal: |
Casio is developing a durable men's smart watch priced around $400, expected by early 2016 — Casio Bets on a Watch That Is Smart — Japanese watchmaker hopes to outmaneuver Apple Watch's technical wizardry — Japanese watchmaker Casio Computer saw the potential of the wrist for gadgets with extra functions decades before Apple.| Iljitsch van Beijnum / Ars Technica: |
Large blocks of IPv4 addresses are no longer available in North America; organizations can either join the wait list or request smaller blocks — It's official: North America out of new IPv4 addresses — But the move to IPv6 picks up speed. — Remember how, a decade ago …
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The Register, Inquirer, ZDNet, We Live Security, The Next Web, Digital Trends, The Tech Report and V3.co.uk
| John Callaham / Windows Central: |
Microsoft confirms its new Edge browser won't support Silverlight — Microsoft has already announced that its new Microsoft Edge web browser in Windows 10 will not be using many of the features that were a part of its old Internet Explorer browsers. That includes support for ActiveX-based plug-ins.
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Windows Blog, Inquirer, Special, The Register, ZDNet, Web Browser and WinBeta
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