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FTC has launched an inquiry into Google's Android business over antitrust concerns — Google Said to Be Under U.S. Antitrust Scrutiny Over Android — New FTC inquiry comes years after it closed search-engine case — Lingering skepticism meets probe over access to phone platform
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| Ina Fried / Re/code: |
BlackBerry confirms “Priv” Android phone will launch at the end of 2015, posts weak Q2 earnings with loss of 13 cents per share — BlackBerry Confirms Android Plans, Posts Weaker-Than-Expected Earnings — BlackBerry on Friday confirmed its plans to launch an Android-based handset …
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| John Chen / Inside BlackBerry: |
BlackBerry and Android: Expanding Our World — There has been a lot of buzz regarding BlackBerry launching an Android smartphone. For those restraining excitement until rumors became reality - the day has come. — I confirmed today that the slider phone we very briefly unveiled earlier …
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| Ryan Gallagher / The Intercept: |
GCHQ debuted a program called Karma Police seven years ago to track the browsing habits and communications of “every visible user on the Internet” — From Radio to Porn, British Spies Track Web Users' Online Identities — THERE WAS A SIMPLE AIM at the heart of the top-secret program …
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Atlassian has filed for a US IPO; the software-tool maker is valued at over $3B privately — Australian Software-Tools Maker Atlassian Planning U.S. IPO — Company is valued at over $3 billion privately and expects to debut on U.S. markets by year-end — At least one more billion-dollar startup … | Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Sources: YouTube finalizing plans to bundle Music Key and ad-free videos for $10/month, could launch at end of October — YouTube Is Prepping Its Subscription Launch: Two Services, One Price — YouTube, which spent the first 10 years of its life as a free service, is getting ready to start selling tickets.| Isaac Salier-Hellendag / Facebook: |
Facebook rolls out redesigned Notes with options for images, captions, other formatting after testing with small group last month — Updates for Facebook Notes — We're rolling out an update to make notes on Facebook more beautiful and customizable. Notes are now an even better …
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Sources: Square to file for IPO in the next two weeks — Payments startup Square plans to file an S-1 document for its initial public offering within the next two weeks, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation. — The San Francisco-based company earlier this summer submitted …
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| Iljitsch van Beijnum / Ars Technica: |
The American Registry for Internet Numbers reports it has run out of IPv4 address blocks to allocate to organizations in North America — North America is out of IPv4 addresses—for really real this time — ARIN's pool is finally empty, so if you have IPv6 plans, maybe now is the time.| Callum Leslie / The Daily Dot: |
Twitch to add video uploads and playlists, ditch Flash for HTML5 in 2016, announces viewing apps for PlayStation — Twitch reveals video uploads, playlists and more at Twitchcon — Streaming giant Twitch isn't content to just be on your desktop and your smart phone.| David Kravets / Ars Technica: |
Forcing suspects to reveal phone passwords is unconstitutional, court says — Demanding “personal thought processes” amounts to compelled self incrimination. — The Fifth Amendment right against compelled self-incrimination would be breached if two insider trading suspects were forced … | iFixit: |
iPhone 6s teardown reveals smaller 1715 mAh battery, 3D Touch display, x-ray view of Taptic Engine — iPhone 6s Teardown — Teardown — Teardowns provide a look inside a device and should not be used as disassembly instructions. — In Progress — This guide is a work in progress.
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iFixit, Inquirer, The Register, MacRumors, PC Magazine, Ubergizmo, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Engadget, Ars Technica, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, CNNMoney, iLounge, Network World, BGR, App Advice, TechnoBuffalo, Geeky Gadgets, The Mac Observer, Fone Arena, Geek.com, Gizmodo, TechSpot, MacNN, Neowin, Reuters, Computerworld, CNET, ZDNet, AppleInsider, iMore, Mashable, Pocketnow, iPhone Hacks, Pocket-lint and MacRumors. Tweets: @benbajarin
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