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| David Pierce / Wired: |
Google partners with TP-LINK on OnHub, an easy to use $199 Wi-Fi router that makes sure your devices are connecting efficiently — Rejoice: Google Just Created a Stupidly Simple Wi-Fi Router — It's actually pretty easy to deal with your wireless router.
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| Chris Burns / SlashGear: |
Google OnHub will be the first Brillo device for the Google On smart home ecosystem, which will soon have its own app — Google OnHub will be the first Brillo device for Google On — Google OnHub was revealed today by Google as the first doorway to a full smart home ecosystem.Thanks:@t_chrisburns
| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
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 …
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| Jacob Demmitt / GeekWire: |
Amazon set to launch new ‘Amazon Flex’ package pickup service with Prime Now in Seattle area … GeekWire has discovered a “confidential” new Amazon facility that's getting ready to launch Prime Now one-hour delivery in the Seattle area, as well as a completely new service called “Amazon Flex.”| Kim Zetter / Wired: |
Hackers dump 9.7GB data purportedly from Ashley Madison breach online, including e-mails, profiles, and credit card transactions — Hackers Finally Post Stolen Ashley Madison Data — Hackers who stole sensitive customer information from the cheating site AshleyMadison.com appear …
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Ars Technica, Engadget, Gizmodo, Graham Cluley, Ashley Madison Media and Motherboard
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| Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
Kik Takes $50 Million Investment From WeChat Parent Company Tencent, Hits $1 Billion Valuation — Kik Messenger, which has a large teen user base in the United States, has raised $50 million in new venture funding from WeChat parent company Tencent. The round values the company just north of $1 billion, according to the company.
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| Wish Wu / TrendLabs Security Intelligence Blog: |
Another serious exploit found in Android's mediaserver component, where Stagefright bugs were found; affects versions 2.3 to 5.1.1; Google's fixed latest build — MediaServer Takes Another Hit with Latest Android Vulnerability — The “hits” keep on coming for Android's mediaserver component.
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CSO, SC Magazine, ZDNet, The Register, CIO Today, BetaNews, Guardian and SecurityWeek
| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
EShares, a startup that digitizes share certificates to make it easy to know who owns a company, raises $17M Series B at a post-money valuation of $77M — EShares, Now Valued At $77 Million, Looks Far Beyond Silicon Valley — EShares, which digitizes paper stock options …
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| Rachel King / ZDNet: |
Intel teams with Google to bring depth-sensing RealSense camera to Project Tango, Google's platform for 3D motion tracking on mobile devices — IDF 2015: Intel teams with Google to bring RealSense to Project Tango — Intel suggests wearable devices could be the game changer and final death blow to passwords we've all been seeking.| 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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RootMetrics, DSLreports, eWeek, SiliconBeat, iPhone Hacks, ZDNet, TmoNews, CNET, FierceWireless and RCR Wireless News. Tweets: @davezatz
| Robert McMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
Paul Maritz steps down as Pivotal CEO, to be succeeded by Rob Mee, co-founder of Pivotal Labs — Paul Maritz Steps Down as Pivotal CEO — Paul Maritz is stepping down as CEO at Pivotal Software Inc., a data analytics, cloud computing and software-development services company spun out of EMC Corp. and VMware Inc.
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Re/code, Fortune, New York Times and Business Wire
| 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.| Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch: |
Reddit Names Marty Weiner, Founding Engineer At Pinterest, Its First CTO — There are plenty of things on Steve Huffman's to-do list since returning to Reddit as its CEO. Having a gifted technical mind himself, currently doing double duty as Hipmunk's CTO, the need for a technical lead at Reddit was glaring.| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Top game developers launch Fig, a highly curated reward and equity crowdfunding platform just for games — Fig Lets You Crowdfund Computer Games For Profit, Not Just Fun — A conspiracy has been hatched by the world's top Triple-A and indie developers to change the way computer games are financed.
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Wired, Engadget, GamesIndustry.biz, Polygon, PCWorld, Fortune, gameinformer.com, Turnstyle, VG247, Crowdfund Insider, Forbes, Fast Company, Develop Feed, Gameranx and Gamasutra. Thanks:@joshconstine
| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Nuance launches cloud-based Dragon Anywhere iOS app, new Mac app — Nuance, the voice recognition and productivity software company behind the iOS keyboard's Dictation feature, today has revealed a series of updates to its applications and a new cloud-based synchronization service at the core.
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