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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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| James Cook / Business Insider: |
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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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Nokia sells HERE mapping business to Audi, BMW, and Mercedes for $3.07B — Nokia Sells HERE Mapping Business To Group Of European Car Makers For $3.07B — Nokia has announced that it has sold its HERE mapping business to a consortium of automobile makers for $3.07 billion, ending months of speculation about the future of the unit.
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft acquires FantasySalesTeam, a gamification platform to incentivize sales teams — Microsoft has acquired Incent Games, the company behind FantasySalesTeam, a gamification platform designed to help incentivize sales teams. — The computing giant says that it will soon offer … | 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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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Canalys and Counterpoint Research: Xiaomi tops China's smartphone market again in Q2 with 15.9% of the market, followed by Huawei and Apple — Xiaomi Regains Top Spot In China's Smartphone Market, Ahead Of Huawei And Apple — Xiaomi regained its crown as the top smartphone firm in China during Q2 2015 … | John Fontana / ZDNet: |
Federal courts start to recognize the possibility of ongoing harm to data breach victims, fueling class-action lawsuits — Federal Court's data breach decision shows new tilt toward victims, class-action lawsuits — Federal courts beginning to recognize possibility of on-going harm …
| Keith Collins / Quartz: |
Easily accessible dark web marketplaces list stolen identities from $1, to $450 for a premium identity with a high credit score — Here's what your stolen identity goes for on the internet's black market — The going rate for a stolen identity is about twenty bucks.| Brent Kendall / Wall Street Journal: |
In trade dispute over orthodontic devices, appeals court will consider whether the ITC can stop digital transmissions that infringe on intellectual property — Imports of Digital Goods Face Test — Court to decide if ITC has power to halt digital transmissions in trade dispute over orthodontic devices| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Hackers begin exploiting denial-of-service bug in BIND software to attack DNS servers — Exploits start against flaw that could hamstring huge swaths of Internet — If you haven't installed Bind update, now would be a good time to do so. — Hackers have started exploiting …
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Symantec: Anthem was a secondary target for hacking group Black Vine, which primarily targeted aerospace, energy, military, and technology industries — Group that hacked Anthem shared weaponized 0-days with rival attackers — History's biggest healthcare breach was just another hack for Black Vine gang.Sponsor Posts
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