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Apple loses Ian Rogers, ex-CEO of Beats Music and architect of the Beats1 radio service, two months after its launch — Apple loses key music streaming executive — The architect of Apple's online radio strategy has resigned two months after the launch of its Beats1 radio service, according to people familiar with the matter.
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| Janet Van Huysse / The Twitter Blog: |
Twitter sets diversity goals for 2016: 35% women in workforce, 16% women in tech roles, 11% underrepresented minorities in US workforce — We're committing to a more diverse Twitter — We want the makeup of our company to reflect the vast range of people who use Twitter.
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| Andrew J. Hawkins / Crain's New York Business: |
NYC taxi industry has been developing Uber-like smartphone app, Arro, with no surge pricing and integrated with taxi screens, plans launch in a couple of weeks — Meet the taxi industry's last, best hope to survive Uber age — New smartphone app Arro lets users hail and pay for yellow and green cab rides.
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Noel Biderman, CEO of Ashley Madison parent company Avid Life Media, steps down — Ashley Madison parent company CEO stepping down — Noel Biderman, formerly CEO of Ashley Madison parent company Avid Life Media, is stepping down. Avid Life Media released the news in a short statement this morning.
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple to retire One to One Apple Store training program Sept. 28th — Apple is planning to retire its long existing One to One training program within Apple Stores on September 28th, according to a memo sent this week to Apple retail employees. One to One launched in 2007 …
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| Caroline O'Donovan / BuzzFeed: |
Google debuts a beta version of its local home services product today in the Bay Area; service professionals prescreened by Google now found directly in search — Google's Home Services Product Finally, Officially Launches Today — You can find a plumber on Yelp, book a cleaning person on Amazon … | Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Obama Administration, Department of Defense team up with Apple, HP, General Motors, Stanford, Boeing, others on Silicon Valley wearable tech hub — Obama Administration teams with Apple, HP, Boeing on new wearable tech hub in Silicon Valley — The Obama Administration …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Chrome will start automatically pausing less important Flash content on September 1 — Google has been working with Adobe to make Flash content more power-efficient in Chrome. In March, a setting was introduced to play less Flash content on the page, but it wasn't turned on by default …
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| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
Sources: new Apple TV's remote will contain motion sensors on par with a Nintendo Wii remote — Apple Is About To Lay Down Its TV Cards — Some of us have been waiting for Apple to drop its proverbial hammer on television for what seems like forever. A company with a strong sense of design …
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Daring Fireball, iPhone in Canada Blog, Tech Insider, Gizmodo UK, Concurrent Media, SiliconBeat, Daily Mail and Business Insider. Thanks:@mattlynley
| Lawrence Hurley / Reuters: |
US court of appeals for DC Circuit throws out ruling that would have blocked NSA's phone metadata collection — U.S. court rules for government over NSA metadata collection program — A U.S. appeals court on Friday threw out a judge's ruling that would have blocked the National Security Agency …
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| Mark Zuckerberg / Facebook: |
Over 1B people used Facebook on Monday for the first time in the company's history — We just passed an important milestone. For the first time ever, one billion people used Facebook in a single day. — On Monday, 1 in 7 people on Earth used Facebook to connect with their friends and family.
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