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Apple says iPhone pre-orders are on pace to beat last year's 10M unit first-weekend record — Apple: We are on pace to beat last year's iPhone first-weekend record — Apple on Monday said it is on pace to beat last year's iPhone first-weekend record. — Apple shares rose in premarket trading following the announcement.
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| Joe Mullin / Ars Technica: |
US appeals court rules copyright owners must consider fair use before issuing takedown notices, siding with EFF — Appeals court strikes a blow for fair use in long-awaited copyright ruling — Copyright owners must consider fair use, and Universal now faces a trial over it.
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Microsoft sends invites for October 6 event where Surface Pro 4, Lumia 950 and 950 XL, other Windows 10 devices are expected to launch — Microsoft to launch Surface Pro 4 and new phones at October 6th event — Microsoft has started inviting media outlets to a special Windows 10 devices launch next month.| Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
Stripe announces Relay, a set of tools for retailers to enable instant purchases in third-party apps, with Twitter as a launch partner — Stripe Unveils A New Tool To Help Retailers Build Native Buying Experiences In Apps — Stripe unveiled a new set of tools, called Stripe Relay …
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Stripe Blog, BuzzFeed, VentureBeat, New York Times, ZDNet, Re/code, The Verge, USA Today and Business Insider. Tweets: @hunterwalk. Thanks:@sarahvallarino
| Julia Angwin / ProPublica: |
First Library to Support Anonymous Internet Browsing Effort Stops After DHS Email — A library in a small New Hampshire town started to help Internet users around the world surf anonymously using Tor. Until the Department of Homeland Security raised a red flag.
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| Annalee Newitz / Gizmodo: |
How Ashley Madison Hid Its Fembot Con From Users and Investigators — The developers at Ashley Madison created their first artificial woman sometime in early 2002. Her nickname was Sensuous Kitten, and she is listed as the tenth member of Ashley Madison in the company's leaked user database.| Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
YouTube star Michelle Phan's makeup subscription delivery service ipsy raises $100M round led by TPG Growth and Sherpa Capital — Makeup Subscription Delivery Service ipsy Raises $100M — ipsy, an online makeup subscription delivery service, said today that it had raised $100 million.
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| Matthew Garrahan / Financial Times: |
Symphony, a messaging tool intended to compete with Bloomberg's terminals, strikes deal with Dow Jones to offer news content in its service — Dow Jones strikes chord with Symphony — Symphony, the messaging tool backed by some of Wall Street's biggest banks, has struck a deal with Dow Jones …
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| Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times: |
Etsy Manufacturing, a service matching sellers with small manufacturers in US and Canada, coming this fall — Etsy Welcomes Manufacturers to Artisanal Fold — Molly Goodall's store on Etsy, the online crafts marketplace, started as a creative solution to a parenting problem.
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Google X hires Detroit veteran John Krafcik as “CEO” of its self-driving car project, suggests the division could become an independent company under Alphabet — Google Brings in Chief for Self-Driving Cars — Hiring of Detroit veteran John Krafcik indicates keenness to commercialize the technology
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| Jillian D'Onfro / Business Insider: |
Adrian Wong, the Google Glass engineer who defected to Facebook, quietly rejoined Google — Adrian Wong, the former Google Glass lead electrical engineer who left the company last year to join Facebook-owned virtual reality startup Oculus, has quietly rejoined Google to work for parent company Alphabet, according to his LinkedIn page.Thanks:@lexnfx
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Facebook is working on a standalone video app that will support 360-degree footage; launch details uncertain — Facebook Looks to Bring Virtual Reality to Mobile Devices — 360-degree video app would allow users to change viewing perspective by tilting their phones
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Yahoo Tech, PC Magazine, SlashGear, WebProNews, TIME, ABC News, InvestorPlace, Telegraph, Inquirer, International Business Times, VRFocus, iPhone Hacks, Digiday, Socialnomics, Consumerist, VatorNews and Ubergizmo. Tweets: @joshconstine. Thanks:@dseetharaman
| Ollie Barder / Forbes: |
Nintendo Names Tatsumi Kimishima Its New President — Following the deeply sad passing of Satoru Iwata, Nintendo has recently announced that the long-term member of the company Tatsumi Kimishima will replace him as president.
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VentureBeat, SiliconANGLE, Engadget, CNET, GeekWire, Telegraph, The Next Web, Wired and The Verge. Tweets: @mgsiegler
| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Facebook open-sources React Native for Android to speed up mobile development — Facebook today announced the release of React Native for Android, a new open-source software project intended to speed up the process of making sophisticated native apps for Android using JavaScript.
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