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September 24, 2015, 10:50 AM
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Bloomberg Business:
Behind the fake traffic schemes using bots that will cost advertisers over $6B this year  —  The Fake Traffic Schemes That Are Rotting the Internet  —  Ron Amram has been in the brand marketing business for about 20 years.  In the 2000s he was media director for Sprint's prepaid cellular group …
Yusuf Mehdi / Windows Blog:
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 …
Nikhil Sonnad / Quartz:
First look at Chinese OS NeoKylin, a Windows like Linux system installed on 40% of commercial Dells sold in China  —  A first look at the Chinese operating system the government wants to replace Windows  —  Microsoft Windows is the dominant operating system in China, but the government is trying to encourage homegrown replacements.
Charlie Osborne / ZDNet:
Trend Micro report finds hacking or malware behind 25% of data breaches in last ten years; payment card data breaches up 169% in past five years  —  The price of your identity in the Dark Web?  No more than a dollar  —  If you or your company is a victim of cyberattack, where does this stolen data go, and to what purpose?
More: PYMNTS.com and The Register.  Tweets: @jjg0
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.
Bruce Upbin / Forbes:
Cloud-based CAD software firm Onshape raises $80M round led by Andreessen Horowitz  —  Onshape Raises $80 Million More To Go Big In Cloud CAD Software  —  Collaboration is very in.  Workplace chat phenomenon Slack hit unicorn status in record time.  All flavors of cloud apps can help teams create …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
LinkedIn And Uber's China Rival Didi Kuaidi Ink Deal To Partner On Apps, R&D And Recruitment  —  LinkedIn took a step today to build up its presence in China, and China's Uber rival Didi Kuaidi took a step to make more inroads into the U.S. tech industry: the two companies have signed a deal …
Dan Seifert / The Verge:
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Scott Nover / Washington Post:
The White House has blocked CNN from traveling with President Trump on Air Force One on Saturday to Knoxville, TN, jeopardizing the rotational TV pool

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Sources: Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg announces a new board and new advisers; board members include two founders of IRL and the author of the Silo book series

Steven Zeitchik / The Hollywood Reporter:
Sources: YouTube, TikTok, and Meta's Instagram and Facebook decline to run paid ads for Alex Gibney's Musk documentary, citing “political content”

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NBC Bay Area:
Uber purchases former Sears building Uptown Station in Oakland, plans to use top 6 floors to house 2-3K employees, move in during 2017

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E-book sales fell 10% in first five months of 2015, while print books and bookstores are showing resilience
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Facebook works with Oculus to roll out 360-degree videos in News Feed, launching today with six partners including Star Wars, Vice, and SNL
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
OPM now reports 5.6M federal employees' fingerprints stolen in breach, up from 1.1M
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