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Sources: Apple is conducting private MVNO trials in US, in talks with European operators, but service might be 5 years away — Apple is in talks to launch its own virtual network service in the US and Europe — Apple is in talks to launch a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) …
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| James Cook / Business Insider: |
Sources: Apple is preparing to launch a voicemail service that will use Siri to transcribe your messages — Apple is preparing to launch a voicemail service that will use Siri to transcribe your messages — Apple employees are testing a voicemail service that uses Siri to answer your calls and transcribe voicemail messages.
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The Verge, App Advice, Digital Trends, ValueWalk, Washington Post, US News, The Daily Dot, 9to5Mac, TechSpot, MacDailyNews, Macworld, Pocket-lint, Fusion, Ubergizmo, bizjournals, Gizmodo, iMore, CNET, PCMag Australia Feed, Mashable, FierceCIO News, International Business Times, AppleInsider, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, Telegraph, The Register, O'Grady's PowerPage, MacRumors, TechnoBuffalo, iLounge, Consumerist, Engadget, Fortune, BGR and MobileSyrup.com. Tweets: @mhelft
| Kim Zetter / Wired: |
Researchers Create First Firmware Worm That Attacks Macs — The common wisdom when it comes to PCs and Apple computers is that the latter are much more secure. Particularly when it comes to firmware, people have assumed that Apple systems are locked down in ways that PCs aren't.
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| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed: |
Twitter adds experimental News tab in Android and iOS apps, with tweets from pre-approved publishers — Twitter Experiments With A ‘News’ Tab — Twitter wants to make its best stuff easier to find. — Starting today, some U.S. Twitter users will see a News tab appear in their Twitter apps.
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NEWS.com.au, Wired, The Verge, Ubergizmo, iDownloadBlog.com, Engadget and MacStories
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Thanks:@kantrowitz. See also Mediagazer| Brian Womack / Bloomberg Business: |
Yahoo Said to Pay $230 Million for Shopping Site Polyvore — Yahoo! Inc. is paying about $230 million for shopping service Polyvore Inc., people with knowledge of the matter said, as the Internet portal seeks new ways to draw in users and advertisers. — The deal, announced last week …
| Deborah Gage / Wall Street Journal: |
Advance/Newhouse, owner of Conde Nast, Bright House Networks, buys big data analytics firm 1010data for $500M — In Big Data Deal, Advance/Newhouse Acquires 1010data for $500M … Advance/Newhouse has acquired 1010data Inc. for $500 million, VentureWire has learned, indicating … | Brad Linder / Liliputing: |
Amazon Prime benefits can only be shared with one other adult now (and four kids) — Amazon Prime is a subscription service that offers free 2-day or faster shipping on millions of items, as well the ability to stream thousands of movies and TV shows over the internet, borrow some Kindle eBooks … | Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Matchstick to refund Kickstarter pledges for its $25 Firefox-OS streaming stick, says DRM issues too great — Matchstick's Firefox OS-Based Chromecast Competitor Is Dead — Matchstick is pulling the plug on its Firefox OS-powered Chromecast competitor: The company, which raised …
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Kickstarter, Engadget, The Next Web, SlashGear and Slashdot. Tweets: @spencerchen. Thanks:@jank0
| Eva Dou / Wall Street Journal: |
China to impose export controls on advanced drones and supercomputers from August 15th — China Restricts Exports of Drones, Supercomputers — China is curbing its exports of advanced drones and supercomputers, in the country's latest move to tighten control over technologies linked to national security.
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Tech in Asia, VentureBeat, ZDNet, South China Morning Post, TechEye, CIO.com, BBC and Xinhuanet. Tweets: @johnhering
| Ross Miller / The Verge: |
PlayStation Now game streaming officially launches on PS TV and PS Vita — PlayStation Now, the game-streaming service borne of Sony's Gaikai acquisition, is officially trickling down to PS Vita and PlayStation TV. (An open beta launched last October, but this is the official premiere.)
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PlayStation.Blog, Ubergizmo, Gamespresso, Siliconera and Pocket-lint
| Se Young Lee / Reuters: |
Samsung to create $85.8M fund to compensate cancer-stricken workers, improve safety — Samsung Electronics to create fund for cancer-stricken workers, safety — Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Monday it will create a 100 billion won ($85.8 million) fund to compensate cancer-stricken workers …
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Ubergizmo, International Business Times, SamMobile, The Daily Dot, 9to5Google, Engadget, CNET and The Verge
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Zero-day vulnerability in Apple's latest, fully patched OS X allows hackers to surrepticiously infect Macs with malware — 0-day bug in fully patched OS X comes under active exploit to hijack Macs — Privilege-escalation bug lets attackers infect Macs sans password. — Malwarebytes
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