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Leaked Ashley Madison emails suggest CTO hacked competitor nerve.com and exfiltrated its entire user database — Leaked AshleyMadison Emails Suggest Execs Hacked Competitors — Hacked online cheating service AshleyMadison.com is portraying itself as a victim of malicious cybercriminals …
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| Troy Hunt / Troy Hunt's Blog: |
Lack of company support and tech knowledge increase anxiety for those affected by Ashley Madison hack, based on hundreds of users' emails — Here's what Ashley Madison members have told me — I found myself in somewhat of a unique position last week: I'd made the Ashley Madison data searchable …
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| Phil Wahba / Fortune: |
Best Buy beats quarterly earnings expectations, plans to expand Apple Watch availability to all 1,050 stores by October, start selling AppleCare — Best Buy deepens links to Apple, says watch has been a smash hit — Best Buy BBY continued its remarkable turnaround last quarter, with a big assist from Apple AAPL .
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| David Ruddock / Android Police: |
Tests show it is easy to insert Galaxy Note5's S Pen backwards; doing so may damage device's stylus detection mechanism — [Video] Probable Note 5 Design Flaw Can Cause S Pen To Break Pen Detection When Inserted Backward, Or Get Hopelessly Stuck — We try not be hyperbolic here at Android Police …
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| Joan E. Solsman / CNET: |
Tunein adds $8/month Premium subscription with access to over 40K audiobooks, 600 ad-free music stations, and live MLB broadcasts — TuneIn takes the ads out of your on-the-go real radio — TuneIn, long the Internet's main spot for AM/FM radio, adds an $8 subscription that swaps commercials … | Allison Linn / TechNet Blogs: |
Microsoft Research unveils MobileFusion, a new technology that turns any mobile device into real-time 3D scanner — MobileFusion: Research project turns regular mobile phone into 3D scanner — A new Microsoft Research project lets people to create high-quality 3D images in real time … | Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Salesforce Lightning Ushers In New Design For Core CRM Product — Salesforce.com lifted the curtain on Salesforce Lightning today, the completely redesigned version of its core CRM product. As is often the case with Salesforce, the announcement included several pieces.
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| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Coursera raises $49.5M to help it expand to Latin America, China, and India — Coursera wants to accelerate its global expansion, so it went out and raised some more cash. The online education service has raised $49.5 million in the first closing of its Series C round.
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| Erin Griffith / Fortune: |
Profile of PCH CEO Liam Casey, the supply chain expert of hardware manufacturing in China — Meet the tech industry's China fixer — His name isn't well-known in elite business circles, but in the tech hardware scene, Liam Casey is “the guy.” He's the one you call for a factory connection …
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| Takashi Mochizuki / Wall Street Journal: |
Aerosense, Sony's joint venture company with ZMP, unveils drone prototype that can carry 22 lbs. and travel 106 mph — Sony Venture Unveils Drone Prototype — Aerosense, Sony Corp.'s joint-venture drone company, Monday unveiled a prototype of the flying machines it will use to serve business customers.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Uber tests bus-style “Smart Routes” in San Francisco, discounting $1+ off the UberPool price for riders who request pickup on specific routes — Uber Tests Bus-Style Discounted “Smart Routes” — Uber lets us trade money for time. But the cheaper the rides, the more people who will use Uber.| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Airbnb will collect tourist tax in Paris, its largest market with over 50K listings, starting from October 1 — Airbnb Gets Tourist Tax D'Accord In Paris, Its Largest Market — Airbnb has announced it will begin collecting tourist tax in Paris, the most popular city for home sharing on its platform …
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