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Sources: this year's iPhones will be thinner with same size displays, lose headphone jack, have improved water resistance; big changes expected for 2017 models — Tech giant plans to break with tradition of overhauling its design every two years; headphone plug likely to disappear
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Tweets: @mattmcgee, @danieleran, @pkafka, @geoffreyfowler, @joshconstine and @m_delamerced
| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Removing headphone jack from phones is something that no one is asking for and has serious drawbacks including poor compatibility and accessibility, DRM audio — Another day, another rumor that Apple is going to ditch the headphone jack on the next iPhone in favor of sending out audio over Lightning.
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Tweets: @reckless, @micahsingleton, @joshconstine, @geoffreyfowler, @codinghorror, @joannastern, @backlon, @tcarmody and @kennethreitz
| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Twitter and Vine to support 140 second videos, will share revenue with influential Vine creators — Vine is expanding its video limit to 140-seconds. — There are a lot of places you can go on your phone to watch videos — Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat are a few popular options.
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Tweets: @msuster, @annarussett, @dannygonzalez and @gereezi
See also Mediagazer| Jason Abbruzzese / Mashable: |
Twitter's new Engage app makes it easier for celebs to handle their fans, by filtering out some interactions — A decent chunk of Twitter's early success came from its adoption by major celebrities as a way to speak directly to their fans — with the occasional chance for those fans to speak back.
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Tweets: @marcoarment, @jo_bouk, @pkedrosky, @whatthebit, @ninjaeconomics, @monteiro and @fmanjoo
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Instagram doubles monthly users to 500M in 2 years, with 300M checking daily, but the rate of growth for images shared per day is slowing — Photos transcend language barriers, leading Instagram to hit a major milestone today, Its growth is actually accelerating over time …
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Document lists deals with media firms and celebrities for Facebook Live, totaling $50M+ on nearly 140 contracts; BuzzFeed is highest paid at $3.05M for one year — Nearly 140 contracts with video creators total more than $50 million — Facebook Inc. is paying an array of media companies …
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Tweets: @shansquared, @dseetharaman, @wsjcmo, @jwherrman, @baekdal and @alexweprin
See also Mediagazer| Ben Popper / The Verge: |
FAA unveils new rules for low-altitude drones weighing less than 55 pounds, letting US firms operate drones with just a certificate and test rather than license — This morning the Federal Aviation Administration unveiled “Part 107,” a new set of rules to govern the use of drones by commercial operators.
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FAA, The Register, Reuters, faa.gov, Engadget, AppleInsider, TechSpot, CNET, Quartz, Hackaday, TIME, TIME, Robotics Trends, ZDNet, BGR, Tech Insider, Gizmodo, GeekWire, ABC News, Associated Press, Future of Privacy Forum, internetretailer.com and TechCrunch. Tweets: @jaycuthrell. See also Mediagazer
| Alex Webb / Bloomberg: |
Pearl, a startup with 50 Apple alumni, plans slew of devices to retrofit cars to enable latest autonomous driving capabilities, starting with a rear-view camera — Pearl Inc. introduces rear-view camera beginning in September — Startup plans to offer technology to retrofit current autos
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Tumblr launches live video support in partnership with YouTube, YouNow and others; 15 media partners committed to publishing videos, including MTV — Tumblr this morning announced support for live video on its service, confirming our report from yesterday that such a move was in the works.| Tom Simonite / MIT Technology Review: |
The kernel of iOS 10 preview released last week was not encrypted, puzzling researchers — When Apple announced a new version of its mobile operating system in San Francisco last week, executives boasted of features such as a smarter Siri and improved copy and paste.| David Katzmaier / CNET: |
PlayStation Vue live TV service now available on Roku, hits Android devices next week — The app for Sony's live TV service, which offers a variety of TV channels nationwide starting at $30 per month, is now available for download on Roku streaming sticks, boxes and TVs, with an Android mobile app coming soon.
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PlayStation.Blog, Digital Trends, Engadget and Droid Life
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google will soon list possible health conditions when you search for symptoms, will start rolling out the changes on mobile in coming days — From sport results to maps, Google Search now shows a lot more than just 10 blue links. Especially useful on mobile, Knowledge Graph aims … | Michael Riley / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Clinton Foundation among organizations breached by suspected Russian hackers, government investigators find — Trump, Democratic camps said briefed on effort to steal data — Democrats hire security firms to confirm ID of attackers — The Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation … | Wall Street Journal: |
Tencent and its partners to pay $8.6B for a majority stake in Supercell, in a deal that values the Finnish game maker at $10.2B — Chinese internet major's deal to buy stake from Japan's SoftBank values Supercell at $10.2 billion — HONG KONG—Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd … | Brent Kendall / Wall Street Journal: |
Supreme Court upholds USPTO rules that have helped challenge questionable patents — Affirms quicker and cheaper procedures for contesting patents in front of Patent Office — WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court on Monday blessed new government procedures for challenging patents …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Docker builds container orchestration right into its core Docker Engine — Docker, which is hosting its sold-out developer conference in Seattle this week, today announced a major addition to its core Docker Engine. While the company previously split up many of the features it takes …
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