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Apple yanks Google's Nest smart thermostat from website and retail stores — You can no longer purchase Google's popular smart thermostat on Apple's online store or at its retail locations. — Apple confirmed to Mashable it has pulled the web-connected product — considered … | Daniel Rubino / Windows Central: |
Sources: Microsoft is working on 5.2" and 5.7" Lumia phones with iris scanners, 20MP PureView cameras, USB Type-C, optional Surface Pen for bigger Lumia — Microsoft's Cityman and Talkman flagship Lumia phones and what you need to know — Over the last few weeks, rumors … | Brian Hall / Surface Blog: |
Unlocked Surface 3 LTE now on sale in the US at AT&T and Microsoft stores, arrives at T-Mobile July 31 — Surface 3 (4G LTE) now available in the U.S.! — A few weeks ago we announced the availability of the mobile broadband-capable Surface 3 (4G LTE) for business customers in France …
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Facebook, Microsoft, and Dropbox team up to make tech more accessible to people with disabilities — Facebook, Microsoft, Dropbox, and several other tech notables are coming together to make technology more accessible to people with disabilities. — Together these companies and educational partners …
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Chrysler recalls 1.4 million cars at risk of being remotely hijacked — Chrysler has announced a voluntary recall of 1.4 million vehicles just days after Wired reported a frightening vulnerability that allows hackers to remotely seize control of cars equipped with the auto maker's UConnect system.
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Comcast now has more broadband customers than it does TV subscribers, 22.5M vs 22.3M — Comcast has finally become an Internet-first company — Comcast may have begun as a television provider that later tacked on an Internet business, but now those positions have finally reversed … | Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch: |
Selfie App Frontback To Shut Down On August 15th After Two Years — It was a simple premise during the height of the selfie hype: take a photo of yourself as well as what's in front of you. It was called a “frontback.” — Now it's called “an idea that never really got super traction.”| Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal: |
Dish objects to upcoming FCC order to deny $3.3B in discounts it sought in wireless spectrum auction earlier this year — Dish Responds to FCC's Move to Deny Spectrum Auction Discounts — Satellite provider told that matter won't get a hearing or referred to an enforcement bureau| Spencer Soper / Bloomberg Business: |
Amazon beats estimates with Q2 revenue of $23.2B, up 20% YoY, and net income of $92M — Amazon Posts Surprise Profit; Shares Soar … Amazon.com Inc. reported a surprise second-quarter profit on top of sales that beat analysts' estimates, showing investors — as it has done before …
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Kamcord Update Brings Live Game Streaming To Mobile Devices — Kamcord, the YC-backed company that enables game recording on mobile, is the latest company to jump on the mobile live-streaming bandwagon after it added the feature to its Android and iOS apps.
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Etsy reports 86% of its sellers are female, 30% use their creative businesses as their sole occupation — At Etsy, 86% of Sellers Are Female — Report from handmade-goods marketplace offers details on its sellers — Here are a few details about the person who made the brocade dog collar … | Ginny Marvin / Marketing Land: |
Study: In-app Ad Fraud Could Near $1 Billion Globally In 2015 — Firm claims to find large number of “mobile device hijacking” instances in which mobile apps load hidden ads and simulate human activity similar to traditional botnets. — Ad fraud has come to mobile apps in a big way … | Julie Bort / Business Insider: |
Palantir's SEC filing confirms it has issued $500M worth of stock, raised $450M so far in the latest financing round — Confirmed: Palantir raised a huge $450 million investment — Palantir just disclosed in an SEC form that it has raised a huge round of investment.
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