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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 …
| OpenSignal: |
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.
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| 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.
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| 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?| 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 … | 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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| 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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| Karl Bode / DSLreports: |
Akamai study finds average US connection speed was 11.7 Mbps in Q2, up 2% YoY, places US in 20th place globally; South Korea takes top place at 23.1 Mbps — Average US Connection Speed Now 11.7 Mbps, 20th Globally — The global average connection speed increased 3.5% to 5.1 Mbps …
| Nikkei: |
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 …
| 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.| 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 … | Julia Carrie Wong / SFWeekly: |
DoorDash and GrubHub Are Latest On-Demand Companies Sued over Independent Contractor Classification — Class action lawsuits were filed against on-demand delivery companies DoorDash and GrubHub in California state court today. The lawsuits allege that DoorDash and GrubHub …
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