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Sources: New Apple TV will run a full-blown iOS core, specifically a TV-optimized version of iOS 9 — What will September's new iOS 9-based Apple TV bring to the living room? — Apple plans to hold one of its annual fall media events on Wednesday, September 9th to introduce the new iPhone 6S … | Jonah Peretti / BuzzFeed: |
BuzzFeed gets $200M from NBCUniversal to expand its reach to TV and film, and partners with Yahoo Japan — Big News — I'm very excited to share that NBCUniversal has agreed to invest $200M in BuzzFeed and partner with us to extend our reach to TV and film.| Jamal Eason / Android Developers Blog: |
Google reveals Android M, version 6.0, is named Marshmallow; SDK and final preview released — Develop a sweet spot for Marshmallow: Official Android 6.0 SDK & Final M Preview — By Jamal Eason, Product Manager, Android — Whether you like them straight out of the bag …
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
One year after launch, Google brings Android One to Africa, starting with 6 countries — Google has finally launched Android One, a standard created for Android devices in developing countries, in Africa. — First revealed last September, Android One launched in India initially … | Evie Nagy / Fast Company: |
Midroll relaunches Howl podcast app, free version with limited access, $4.99/mo premium offering with full network archive, WTF, Comedy Central access, more — Is Howl The “Netflix Of Podcasts” We've Been Waiting For? — There's no true one-stop, all-you-can-eat shop for podcast distribution.| Chris Granger: |
Visual programming tool Eve launches first public release — Eve Version 0 — Never heard of Eve? Read more here. — Today marks a huge milestone for us - the first public release of Eve. After a ton of research, dozens of prototypes, and a slew of tests we've finally come to something that we think is the beginning of Eve.
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| Farrha Khan / TechRadar.com: |
Google Hangouts gets its own dedicated website at hangouts.google.com — Google Hangouts breaks out on its own site — You don't need Gmail, Google+ — Google has today announced that Google Hangouts now has its very own website, meaning you no longer need to go through Google+ or Gmail to start chatting.| Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter: |
MPAA drops demand for injunction against MovieTube after Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr request to file amicus brief — Movie Studios Pull Injunction Demand in MovieTube Lawsuit — The MPAA's withdrawal follows intervention from Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr.| John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal: |
IRS says cyberattacks more extensive than previously reported, with more than 300K taxpayer accounts potentially affected — IRS Says Cyberattacks More Extensive Than Previously Reported — The Internal Revenue Service said identity thieves' penetration of one of its computer databases …
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| Ina Fried / Re/code: |
Verizon Edges AT&T in Network Quality, While Sprint Makes Improvements — Price competition is intense in the cellular business, and increasingly, so is the competition for top ratings in network quality. — Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure, for example, said at Code Conference that his company …
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| Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents: |
U.S. patent office considers Apple's D'677 iPhone design patent invalid on multiple grounds — Interesting things are still happening from time to time in connection with the generally much less interesting patent dispute between Apple and Samsung. Three months after the United States Court …
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Alibaba, facing stiff competition from China's JD.com and others, has made exclusive deals with at least 20 brands including Timberland and Decathlon — Alibaba Feels Heat From New Rivals — Alibaba is fighting an aggressive ground war to keep its top e-commerce spot against a pack of rivals … | John Callaham / Windows Central: |
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