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Sources: iPhone 7 will do away with the standard 3.5mm headphone jack; premium Bluetooth Beats earbuds with charging carrying case could debut this fall — Apple developing revamped, cord-free Beats with charging case ahead of iPhone 7 — With its resources from the 2014 acquisition …
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| Antony Leather / Forbes: |
Amid reports the next iPhone won't have a headphone jack, 200K+ sign petition asking Apple to keep it — Could Apple Cripple iPhone 7 Sales By Removing The Headphone Jack? — We're still more than half a year away from the expected launch date of Apple's iPhone 7, but the rumour mill …
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| Alex Sherman / Bloomberg Business: |
Sources: Yahoo reassesses whether to spinoff its main Internet business, considers outright sale — Yahoo to Reconsider Sale of Web Business Instead of Spinoff — A decision to sell would contradict Yahoo's intent to spin — Verizon has publicly stated interest in acquiring Yahoo| Michelle Castillo / CNBC: |
Sources: Yahoo's programmatic ad program generates mostly fraudulent traffic, ad management system is broken — Inside Yahoo's troubled advertising business — Between a sinking stock, an embattled CEO and restless investors demanding that the company be dismantled, these are not great days for Internet pioneer Yahoo.| Wall Street Journal: |
Top US government officials meeting with Silicon Valley CEOs to discuss whether tech firms can do more to thwart terrorists online — Top U.S. Officials to Meet With Tech CEOs on Terror Concerns — Discussion to focus on whether social-media firms can do more to thwart terrorists
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft's cellular data app for Windows 10 suggests it may be developing its own SIM card — Microsoft is building its own SIM card for Windows — Microsoft is planning to make LTE access a little easier soon, thanks to its own SIM card. The software giant is currently testing …
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Samsung sees mild recovery for Q4 with operating profit of $5.1B, up 15% YoY, says aim in 2016 is to “minimize the damage from tough business conditions” — Samsung Sees Mild Recovery for Fourth Quarter, but Warns of Tough 2016 — In its search for new avenues of growth … | Tom's Hardware: |
Dell offers $200 off the Oculus Rift when purchased with an Oculus Ready PC; bundles start at $1600 — Alienware And Dell Announce Oculus Ready PC Bundles For $1,600 — At CES 2016, Alienware and Dell announced Oculus Ready PC bundles that will start at $1,600.
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
CES: Increasing number of third-party smart home products integrate with Amazon's Alexa — Amazon's stealth takeover of the smart home at CES 2016 — Of all the forecasts made here at CES, the smart home feels like one of the nearest to coming true. Nearly every big-name technology brand …
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| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
In Y Combinator reorg, Paul Buchheit, Gmail creator and FriendFeed founder, is now managing partner of core YC program, Altman remains president — YC Switches Up Its Management, As Altman Shifts Focus — Famed accelerator Y Combinator has grown a lot under the direction of Sam Altman … | Steven Tweedie / Business Insider: |
Lily drone saw $34 million in pre-orders from 60,000 people — If you're like me, drone photography and videos are fun to look at online but seemingly daunting hobbies to get into if you're a first-timer. Where do you start? How do you build or buy a drone that's ready to take video?
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Google: |
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