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August 5, 2015, 10:01 AM

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Micah Singleton / The Verge:
Sources: Apple's licensing deals include premission to create up to five additional radio stations like Beats 1  —  Apple's music deals allow for new Beats stations at any time  —  While Apple Music may have gotten off to a less than stellar start, Apple's 24/7 radio station Beats 1 has lived …
Dino Grandoni / New York Times:
Hackers distributed Flash-based malware via Yahoo's ad network for seven days ending Monday; number of affected people not disclosed  —  Hackers Exploit ‘Flash’ Vulnerability in Yahoo Ads  —  For seven days, hackers used Yahoo's ad network to send malicious bits of code to computers …
Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch:
Netflix Announces Its New ‘Unlimited’ Maternity And Paternity Leave Program  —  A few hours after hitting its all-time stock price high today, Netflix has announced a new program for all employees.  —  In a blog post, the company outlined its unlimited maternity and paternity leave program.
Wilson Rothman / Wall Street Journal:
Epson's new EcoTank printers hold two years worth of ink, cost between $400-$500 and replacement cannisters of ink will cost $52  —  Review: Epson Kills the Printer Ink Cartridge  —  The new EcoTank printers cost more up front but can churn for years without running dry
Kellex / Droid Life:
Leak shows Samsung's flagship Galaxy Note 5 has no removable battery or microSD slot  —  Here is the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 in Hand  —  Samsung will show us the brand new Galaxy Note 5 at a press event in New York City, next week.  As we inch closer to that unveiling …
Susan Svrluga / Washington Post:
With over 36K tweets, #ILookLikeAnEngineer is challenging stereotypes in tech  —  ilooklikeanengineer wants to challenge your ideas about who can be a scientist  —  It all started when a “self-taught engineer, extreme introvert, science-nerd, anime-lover, college dropout” wrote that she was tired of stereotypes.
Andrew Tarantola / Engadget:
Cell service out for thousands across the American Southeast  —  Cellular service appears to be down across every major provider throughout Tennessee, Alabama and Kentucky with Nashville, Chattanooga, and Knoxville being the hardest hit.  According to the website Down Detector …
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
MLB Advanced Media to spin out streaming video unit valued at over $3B, signs deal giving NHL up to 10% equity in the new company named BAM Tech  —  Pro Baseball's Streaming Video Unit Gets Ready for a $3 Billion Spinoff by Adding Pro Hockey  —  MLB Advanced Media, the company that streams video …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Instacart Makes Its First Acquisition With “Acqui-hire” Of App Maker Wedding Party  —  On-demand grocery delivery service Instacart has made its first acquisition since raising hundreds of millions in venture funding for its growing business.  The company is “acqui-hiring” …
Taylor Soper / GeekWire:
Data-analysis firm Tableau Software acquires Infoactive, a startup that turns data into infographics  —  Tableau makes first acquisition ever, swoops up startup that turns data into infographics … For the first time in its 13-year history, Tableau Software is acquiring another company.
More: ZDNet
Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet:
Hybrid storage startup Tintri raises $125 million  —  Tintri specializes in VM-aware storage for cloud environments and counts AMD, F5 Networks, GE, NEC, MillerCoors and Time Warner as enterprise customers.  —  Hybrid storage startup Tintri has raised $125 million in a Series F funding round announced Wednesday.
Joe Garofoli / San Francisco Chronicle:
Mitch Kapor and Freada Kapor Klein to spend $40M to aid tech firms led by women and people of color  —  Oakland's Kapors spend $40 million to help diversify tech world  —  Oakland technology entrepreneurs and philanthropists Mitch Kapor and Freada Kapor Klein will spend $40 million …
More: Business InsiderTweets: @rozzie
Eddie Makuch / GameSpot:
Xbox One will get Windows 10 and backwards compatibility with Xbox 360 games in November  —  Xbox One Backwards Compatibility Coming November  —  The Xbox One's backwards compatibility feature will launch for everyone in November, Microsoft announced today during its Gamescom briefing in Cologne, Germany.
Jacob Demmitt / GeekWire:

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