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Sources: Apple acquires mapping analytics and visualization startup Mapsense for $25M-$30M — Apple Acquires Mapsense, a Mapping Visualization Startup — Apple's steady stealth campaign to rival Google in maps continues apace. This month, the company acquired Mapsense … | Marco Arment / Marco.org: |
Marco Arment launches Peace, a $2.99 privacy-focused content blocker for iOS 9 that uses Ghostery's robust tracker database — Introducing Peace, my privacy-focused iOS 9 ad blocker — Running the Ghostery browser add-on in my Mac browsers has been illuminating:
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Didi Kuaidi and Lyft in discussions with India's Ola and Singapore's GrabTaxi to expand ride share alliance internationally — Uber Rivals Form International Alliance — San Francisco's Lyft, China's Didi agree to allow their apps to work in respective countries
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Times of India, SiliconANGLE, Engadget and TechNode
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Google hiring engineers, including three from Amazon's Lab126, for Project Aura, a new wearable tech initiative that builds on Glass — Google has hired a bunch of engineers from Amazon's Lab126 for a new wearable tech initiative called ‘Project Aura’ — Google is working …
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Wall Street Journal, Engadget, VatorNews, Android Authority, SlashGear, Pocketnow, Fone Arena, Pocket-lint, The Next Web, 9to5Google, Phandroid, The Verge, Re/code and Seeking Alpha. Thanks:@lexnfx
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Apple's first Android app ‘Move to iOS’ is now available in Google Play store — Apple's ‘Move to iOS’ app is now available on Android — The first Android app credited to “Apple Inc.” has arrived. Apple's still working on Apple Music for Google's mobile OS … | Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
Apple Delays Release Of watchOS 2 Due To Bug — Apple has delayed the release of watchOS 2, which was expected to be available today to owners of the Apple Watch. — “We have discovered a bug in development of watchOS 2 that is taking a bit longer to fix than we expected,” an Apple spokesperson told TechCrunch.
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| Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat: |
Germany's HelloFresh raises $85M, values Rocket Internet company at $2.9B — Hello Fresh, the Berlin-based company that delivers meal kits and recipes to subscribers, announced today that it has raised another $85 million. — The company, which is a product of Germany's Rocket Internet's startup factory …
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Tech.eu and TechCrunch
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Updating to iOS 9 and El Capitan partially mitigates AirDrop exploit on iOS and OS X; otherwise disable AirDrop until patch issued — One Great Reason To Update To iOS 9 - A Nasty Silent AirDrop Attack Is In Town — It's another big Apple AAPL -0.04% launch week with iOS 9 landing today …
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| Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter: |
News Corp to Acquire Social Video Ad Platform Unruly for up to $176 Million — Rupert Murdoch's News Corp will acquire social video advertising platform Unruly for up to $176 million, the company said Wednesday. — “Unruly is a feisty and creative company with a start-up sensibility … | Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple releases iOS 9 for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch; many users reporting issue downloading the update — Apple releases iOS 9 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch — here's a full walkthrough of all the new features — After a few months in beta, Apple has today released iOS 9 to the world …
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SiliconANGLE, AppleInsider, iMore, BGR, SlashGear, The Verge, MacRumors, O'Grady's PowerPage, Business Insider, TechCrunch and The Next Web. Thanks:@apollozac
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| Stephen Schenck / Pocketnow: |
Leak of Amazon 10-inch Fire tablet shows repositioned front-facing cam, new button placement, lightweight UI, more — Amazon ten-inch Fire tablet leak hints at lightweight new UI — It's been about a year now since Amazon's last big refresh of its Fire tablet lineup …
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AFTVnews, Good E-Reader, TechnoBuffalo and Phandroid
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iRobot's WiFi-connected Roomba 980 maps your home via camera and can be controlled with an app, available in October for $900 — iRobot's Roomba 980 Maps Your Home Via Camera and Takes Smartphone Commands — iRobot Corp. decided to straighten its Roomba robot vacuum out.
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The Next Web, Engadget, Mashable, USA Today, TIME, CNNMoney, PC Magazine, CNET, Wired and The Verge
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Facebook will likely launch a freemium version of its workplace product Facebook at Work by the end of the year in attempt to compete with Slack, Yammer — Facebook Is About to Take the Training Wheels off Facebook at Work — Facebook is preparing to push its new workplace product into a lot more cubicles.
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The Verge, Social Media Today, Business Insider, WebProNews and BuzzFeed
| Paul Mozur / New York Times: |
China asks US tech firms to pledge compliance for questionable practices including sharing user data and intellectual property — China Tries to Extract Pledge of Compliance From U.S. Tech Firms — HONG KONG — The Chinese government, which has long used its country's vast market as leverage …
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