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Marco della Cava / USA Today:

Apple Music has 11M trial subscribers with 2M on family plan; App Store has record month in July with $1.7B in transactions — Apple Music hooks 11 million trial members, App Store has record July — One month after unveiling its new streaming music service, Apple has locked in 11 million trial members …

Bloomberg Business:

Why Google's antitrust deal with the EU fell apart — Google's $6 Billion Miscalculation on the EU — Why the search leader's antitrust deal fell apart August 6, 2015 by Brad StoneVernon Silver Share on FacebookShare on Twitter Source: Google As the global elite gathered at the World Economic Forum …

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Zack Whittaker / ZDNet:

Hackers can remotely steal fingerprints from Android phones built by Samsung, HTC, and Huawei; affected vendors have provided patches — Hackers can remotely steal fingerprints from Android phones — Researchers outline how hackers can attack your smartphone to steal your fingerprint on a “large scale” — without anybody noticing.

More: Tech Insider, Consumerist, Redmond Pie, TechRadar.com, Fone Arena, SlashGear, Android Authority, Ubergizmo, Engadget and ITProPortal

OpenSignal:

Android fragmentation report finds 24,093 distinct devices from 1,294 different manufacturers — Android Fragmentation Visualized — Fragmentation is both a strength and weakness of the Android ecosystem, a headache for developers that also provides the basis for Android's global reach.

Jason Shirk / Microsoft Security Response Center:

Microsoft expands its Bug Bounty schemes with higher rewards, bonuses, and new eligible software — Microsoft Bounty Programs Expansion - Bounty for Defense, Authentication Bonus, and RemoteApp — I am very pleased to be releasing additional expansions of the Microsoft Bounty Programs.

More: CNET, TIME, ZDNet, Microsoft News, Neowin, SecurityWeek, Inquirer and Help Net Security

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Outlook email app for Apple Watch makes it easier to see full emails and reply on the watch — Microsoft's Outlook email app arrives on the Apple Watch — Microsoft has been a strong supporter of the Apple Watch, and that's continuing today with the release of Outlook for Apple Watch.

More: TechCrunch, AppleInsider, CNET, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, BetaNews, iMore, Patently Apple, Gizmodo, SlashGear, Microsoft News, MacStories and iPhone in Canada Blog

Dan Graziano / CNET:

Garmin's Forerunner 25 fitness tracker includes GPS and smartphone alerts, starts at $170 — Garmin debuts entry-level Forerunner 25 with smartphone alerts — Garmin's latest running watch includes GPS activity tracking, and smartphone notifications without breaking the bank.

More: Press Release, SlashGear, Tom's Guide, Tech Times, Wareable, TechCrunch, Gizmodo and Digital Trends

Jason Del Rey / Re/code:

Twitter Will Offer ‘Buy’ Buttons to as Many as 100,000 Merchants With New Shopify Deal — Twitter has been deliberate in its rollout of Buy buttons. But it's about to make a bigger splash. — The social network is in the process of integrating with Shopify and other e-commerce software companies …

More: ValueWalk, NFC World+ and WebProNews

New York Times:

Disney, Time Warner, Fox, CBS, Viacom, other media shares down as investors worry about digital rivals like Netflix, Facebook — Disney, Time Warner and Other Media Shares Fall as Investors Worry About TV's Future — If ESPN is in trouble, is the rest of television burnt toast?

More: Wall Street Journal and Business Insider. Tweets: @mathewi. See also Mediagazer

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Tinder's First Non-Dating Feature Is Speed Networking For Forbes' 30 Under 30 — Tinder is tiptoeing into the friendzone, and the work place. After years of saying “We want to overcome all the issues of meeting new people”, not just dating them, today Tinder will announce its first explicitly non-romantic feature.

More: Forbes, TechRadar.com, The Verge, Tech Times, Mashable, International Business Times and Business Insider

Official Android Blog:

Google announces it will provide monthly OTA security updates to Nexus devices, starting today with Stagefright fixes — An Update to Nexus Devices — Security has always been a major focus for Android and Google Play: Android was built from day one with security in mind.

Russell Brandom / The Verge:

How the Stagefright bug changed Android security

Steve Lohr / New York Times:

IBM Adds Medical Images to Watson, Buying Merge Healthcare for $1 Billion — IBM is adding medical images to the health data its Watson artificial-intelligence can mine to help doctors make diagnoses. — The big technology company announced on Thursday morning that it was buying Merge Healthcare …

More: ZDNet, IBM, TechCrunch, PCWorld, Re/code and Forbes. Tweets: @matthewherper

Jon Russell / TechCrunch:

Indian Health Search Portal Practo Lands $90M Led By Tencent For Global Expansion — Chinese Internet giant Tencent is getting its tentacles into India's healthcare space after it led a $90 million Series C round for medical search startup Practo. The startup raised $30 million in February …

More: Andreessen Horowitz, Wall Street Journal and YourStory.com

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