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Amazon to stop listing Apple TV and Google Chromecast for sale from October 29 citing the need to “interact well” with Prime Video — Amazon Will Ban Sale of Apple, Google Video-Streaming Devices — Amazon.com Inc. is flexing its e-commerce muscles to gain an edge on competitors …
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Peeple, a Yelp-like app that lets you rate other people with no opt out, faces backlash before potential November release — Everyone you know will be able to rate you on the terrifying ‘Yelp for people’ — whether you want them to or not — You can already rate restaurants, hotels …
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard: |
New Stagefright Bugs Leave More Than 1 Billion Android Users Vulnerable — In July, a security researcher revealed that Android phones could be hacked with a simple text, thanks to a series of bugs in the Android operating system that are now commonly known as Stagefright.
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| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Nest is releasing its Weave communication protocol for other connected devices to use — Ever since Nest Labs first started selling its learning thermostat in 2011, consumers have responded to its simplicity and the fact that it just works. It wasn't the first thermostat on the market … | Reem Nasr / CNBC: |
Experian reports data breach affecting personal information of about 15M T-Mobile customers — Experian reports data breach; more than 15M T-Mobile customers affected — Global information services group Experian announced that one of its business units has been hacked.
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| Jacob Demmitt / GeekWire: |
Microsoft's real-time language translator coming to Skype as baked-in feature on Windows PCs … Microsoft is about to start building its real-time language translation tool directly into Skype for Windows PCs, meaning the 100 million users already on the service will soon be able to have video chats …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Verizon's new mobile video service go90 launches with 8K titles and 35+ original series, available now on iOS and Android — Verizon's Mobile Video Service Go90 Launches To Public — Verizon's new mobile video service go90, which is aimed at capturing a younger demographic who spends … | Hannah Kuchler / Financial Times: |
Sources: Snapchat to sell “sponsored lenses” for selfies at a cost of up to $750K for peak days like Halloween, Thanksgiving, or Black Friday — Snapchat to launch new advertising format — Snapchat is preparing to launch a new advertising format that will allow brands to slip … | Mark Scott / New York Times: |
Mike Lynch, Founder of Autonomy, Sues Hewlett-Packard for $150 Million — The legal wrangling surrounding Hewlett-Packard's much-maligned takeover of Autonomy, a British data intelligence company, shows no signs of ending. — On Thursday, Mike Lynch, the founder of Autonomy …
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| Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal: |
A growing number of new media companies like Vice Media, BuzzFeed, and Vox Media are avoiding automated ad sales from third-party firms — Publishers That Say No to Automated Ad Sales — Some websites believe they can make more money on their own and reduce annoyance
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| Mark Bergen / Re/code: |
Google Ads SVP Sridhar Ramaswamy: we need to deal with ad blocking as an industry by defining what an acceptable ad is and improving the user experience — Google Ads Boss: ‘We Need to Deal With’ Ad Blocking as an Industry — Sridhar Ramaswamy, Google's top advertising executive … | Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Tweetbot 4.0 released as a new universal iOS app, adding activity tab and fully redesigned iPad version for launch price of $4.99 — Tweetbot 4 is the new best way to use Twitter on iOS — There was a time when I'd swear by Tweetbot. Tapbots' quirky iOS Twitter client won a ton of people …
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