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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Apple stops patching QuickTime for Windows despite 2 active vulnerabilities — If your Windows computer is running Apple's QuickTime media player, now would be a good time to uninstall it. — The Windows app hasn't received an update since January, and security researchers from Trend Micro …
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Researchers detail how they brute forced shortened URLs from OneDrive and Google Maps to access private information; Microsoft and Google respond — Researchers Crack Microsoft and Google's Shortened URLs to Spy on People — For anyone with minimalist tastes or an inability …
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| Richard Lai / Engadget: |
Huawei VR headset announced in China, works like Samsung Gear VR but with P9, Mate 8 phones — Of course Huawei is making a Gear VR rival — Huawei may have just announced the fancy P9 and P9 Plus smartphones in London last week, but it actually saved a little surprise for its Shanghai launch today.
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Updated Apple webpage suggests company will rebrand OS X to MacOS, possibly as early as WWDC — Apple hints at future ‘MacOS’ name change on new environmental webpage — Earlier today, Apple unveiled the beginnings of its efforts for Earth Day 2016, and with it came an updated webpage …
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| Fortune: |
Sources expect fewer than ten offers from bidders by Yahoo's Monday deadline; many of the rumored 40 bidders have not even read Yahoo's sale book — Don't Believe Everything You Read on the Yahoo Sale — If you believe everything you read about Yahoo YHOO , then you'd expect the company …
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| Emily Green / San Francisco Chronicle: |
SF to send letters to 37K Uber drivers demanding they obtain a $91 business license if they drive in the city more than seven days per — SF to require Lyft, Uber drivers to obtain business licenses — For the first time, San Francisco is going to require the 37,000 Lyft and Uber drivers … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: New Apple team led by former iAd head Todd Teresi explores Google-like paid search model for App Store — Apple Pursues New Search Features for a Crowded App Store — Company explores adding Google-like ‘paid search’ feature — Effort follows last year's App Store leadership change
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Tweets: @rabois, @johnolilly, @joshk, @anildash, @bgurley, @jakemarsh, @owensd, @_davidsmith, @mdudas and @jyarow
| Zen Soo / South China Morning Post: |
Twitter appoints Kathy Chen as managing director in China as number of Chinese advertisers grows over 340% — Twitter appoints new Greater China head as number of Chinese advertisers balloons over 300 per cent — Pioneer microblogging service Twitter has named a new head for its Greater China operations …
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Naked Labs unveils 3D Fitness Tracker, which uses a mirror and scale to scan your body in 3D and track changes over time; set available for preorder at $500 — Naked Labs' home fitness scanner captures your entire body in 3D — Naked Labs is unveiling what it calls the world's first 3D Fitness Tracker.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Mitel buys Polycom for $1.96B in enterprise communications consolidation play — As more enterprises move their communications services over to IP networks and cloud-based services, we're seeing an increasing amount of consolidation as the businesses that serve them continue to grow … | Dave Zatz / Zatz Not Funny!: |
Sling is working on AirTV box able to stream local TV channels, FCC filing shows — AirTV Streams Local Channels Directly Into Sling TV — Bypassing content licensing, Sling TV will soon cram customer's local television channels directly into the company's pay TV service via a small set-top box and antenna.| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google updates Chrome Web Store user data policy with stricter privacy and transparency requirements, gives developers until July 15 to comply — Google updates Chrome Web Store user data policy, will remove violating apps and extensions on July 15, 2016 — Google today updated …
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