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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Pebble debuts Pebble Time Round, its first round smartwatch, with slim 7.5mm design, arriving in November for $249, available to preorder today — Pebble introduces its first round smartwatch — Take a look around at the watches on people's wrists. It doesn't take long to notice a trend: the vast majority of them are round.
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| Alexandra Alter / New York Times: |
E-book sales fell 10% in first five months of 2015, while print books and bookstores are showing resilience — The Plot Twist: E-Book Sales Slip, and Print Is Far From Dead — Five years ago, the book world was seized by collective panic over the uncertain future of print.
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Stratechery, Fortune, The Digital Reader, Gizmodo UK, GeekWire, Ubergizmo, Nieman Lab, Poynter, BOOK RIOT and Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check
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Microsoft partners with Baidu to create local Windows 10 experience in China; Baidu will be homepage and provide search in Microsoft Edge — Windows 10 in China — China is a global epicenter for innovation and as we shared back in March at the Windows Hardware Engineering Community summit in Shenzhen …
| Mathew Ingram / Fortune: |
UBS note contradicts Pagefair's recent claim that ad blocking will lead to $20B+ in lost revenue, says impact will be at most $1B — Cost of ad-blocking will only be $1 billion, research firm says — There's been a lot of angst in the media and advertising industries about the potential effects … | Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
OPM now reports 5.6M federal employees' fingerprints stolen in breach, up from 1.1M — OPM Now Admits 5.6m Feds' Fingerprints Were Stolen By Hackers — When hackers steal your password, you change it. When hackers steal your fingerprints, they've got an unchangeable credential that lets them spoof your identity for life.
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Facebook works with Oculus to roll out 360-degree videos in News Feed, launching today with six partners including Star Wars, Vice, and SNL — Facebook brings 360-degree video to the News Feed with help from Oculus — For the first time, Facebook has collaborated with its Oculus division …
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Facebook, Facebook Media, SiliconBeat, Reuters, TechnoBuffalo, moviepilot.com, ABC News, SocialTimes, Geek.com, PhoneDog.com, Android Beat, Marketing Land, The Next Web, Gizmodo, Road to VR, Tech Insider and NBC Bay Area. Tweets: @dannysullivan
| Swati Khandelwal / The Hacker News: |
iOS 9 security flaw allows access to photos and contacts via passcode bypass on locked phones — iOS 9 Hack: How to Access Private Photos and Contacts Without a Passcode — Setting a passcode on your iPhone is the first line of defense to help prevent other people from accessing your device.
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BGR, WCCFtech, Macworld UK, Inquirer, iThinkDifferent, TechnoBuffalo and AppleInsider. Tweets: @scribblings
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Sources: Foxconn in talks to buy Sharp's LCD business, Sakai Display Products, with Apple as secondary investor — Foxconn offers to buy Sharp's LCD business — OSAKA — Electronics assembler Hon Hai Precision Industry has proposed acquiring Sharp's LCD business, sources said Sunday …
| Rita El Khoury / Android Police: |
Khan Academy's Android App Is Out Of Beta And Available To Everyone — It's been merely a week since the official Khan Academy app was made available in Beta on Android. Now the app is ready to graduate to be visible to everyone on the Play Store, not just those that joined the Google+ beta community.
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Khan Academy, Android Community, SlashGear, MobileSyrup.com, 9to5Google and Engadget
| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Moto 360 second gen review: compact design, improved speed, and better battery life than Moto 360, but inaccurate heart monitor and little new technology — The second generation Moto 360—a beautiful, compact design without much new tech — Review: It doesn't move the needle much, but design is what really matters in wearables.
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LTE adoption report: Asia has the best performing networks, 20 Mbps connections now commonplace, and the US is falling behind others in speed — The State of LTE — Have we fully entered the 4G age? The answer to that question depends on where on the globe you live.
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Firefox 42 beta arrives with tracking protection, tab audio indicators, and background link opening on Android — Following the release of Firefox 41 just yesterday, Mozilla today updated the beta version of its browser to version 42 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.
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