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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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Ashley Madison Media, ABC News, CSO, NEWS.com.au, Re/code, Digital Trends, Ars Technica, Forbes, ZDNet, Guardian, Engadget, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Wall Street Journal and ValueWalk. Tweets: @petercoffin
| 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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Reuters, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, Ars Technica, whitehouse.gov, FlexTech, Computerworld, Wall Street Journal, MacRumors, Fortune, ValueWalk, FierceMobileIT News, Wearable Tech Insider, International Business Times, Apple World Today, MacDailyNews, Ubergizmo, Cult of Mac and HotHardware.com News. Thanks:@thekenyeung
| 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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| 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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9to5Mac, Daring Fireball, iPhone in Canada Blog, Tech Insider, Gizmodo UK, Concurrent Media, Daily Mail and Business Insider. Thanks:@mattlynley
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British ISIS hacker killed in drone strike amid ISIS' efforts to stop using products that might be trackable, like Apple and Samsung devices, WhatsApp — Hacker Killed by Drone Was Islamic State's ‘Secret Weapon’ — That Islamic State's Junaid Hussain was targeted directly by the U.S … | 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 … | 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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