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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) … | 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.| 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 …
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| 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 …
| Deborah Gage / Wall Street Journal: |
Cloud security provider Zscaler raises $100M at $1B+ valuation, in a Series B round led by TPG — Aiming for an IPO, Zscaler Raises $100M to Provide Security from the Cloud … Jay Chaudhry, founder of cloud security company Zscaler Inc., figures he has a good shot at an IPO in the wake … | 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.| Bloomberg Business: |
Chinese Airbnb rival Tujia raises $300M led by All-Stars Investment at over a $1B valuation — China's Airbnb Valued at More Than $1 Billion After Funding — Residential buildings stand in Beijing, China. Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg — Tujia.com has raised $300 million …
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