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Edward Snowden and hacker Andrew Huang present designs for a device to monitor whether your iPhone's radios are transmitting when they are supposed to be off — When Edward Snowden met with reporters in a Hong Kong hotel room to spill the NSA's secrets, he famously asked them put their phones …
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| Tom Spring / Threatpost: |
EFF sues US over Digital Millennium Copyright Act clause that restricts tinkering with systems that protect copyrighted materials like films, audio, and code — The Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a lawsuit Thursday against the U.S. Government over a provision within …
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See also Mediagazer| Kara Swisher / Recode: |
Sources: Verizon is close to a deal to acquire Yahoo for about $5B — The plan is to combine it with AOL. — Verizon is closing in on a deal to buy Yahoo's core business for about $5 billion, according to sources familiar with the talks. — Verizon has long been considered the favorite …
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| Brad Chacos / PCWorld: |
Nvidia unveils new flagship graphics card, the $1,200 Titan X with 12GB GDDR5X memory, claims it is up to 60% faster than previous Titan X, goes on sale Aug. 2 — Well THAT came out of nowhere. — While much of the United States was either preparing to tuck in for the night … | TechCrunch: |
Sources say Reddit's efforts to remake itself are faltering under CEO Steve Huffman and founder Alexis Ohanian's leadership as more key employees depart — It's been one year since Reddit revolted. When the company cracked down on revenge porn and subreddits containing offensive content last summer …
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| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Redbox confirms it is testing Redbox Digital video streaming service — Redbox is officially venturing back into streaming — on a trial basis, anyway. A Redbox spokesperson told Variety Thursday that the company has started to test its new streaming service, dubbed Redbox Digital, with some customers.
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| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Salesforce acquires data center analytics startup Coolan — Coolan, a startup that developed software for analyzing data about data center hardware, today announced that it has been acquired by Salesforce. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed. — It was not long ago that Coolan launched.
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| Lisa Beilfuss / Wall Street Journal: |
AT&T reports Q2 revenues of $40.52B, up 23% YoY, profit of $3.41B, up from $3.08B a year ago; adds 2.1M wireless customers but loses 49K video customers in US — Revenue for the telecom giant still falls short of Wall Street expectations — AT&T Inc. logged 23% sales growth … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei, whose company controls Sirius XM, floated an offer to buy Pandora for $3.4B+ but was rejected by Pandora's board — Pandora's board rejected bid, wanted better offer, sources say — Liberty Media Corp. Chief Executive Greg Maffei … | Tinder: |
Tinder launches Tinder Social, a feature that lets groups plan nights out and “match” with other nearby groups that are also going out — Get ready to roll. Your night just got better. — Tinder has always been about getting you out of the house to meet someone new.
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Socialnomics, Fox News, Engadget, Trak.in, TalkAndroid.com, Digital Trends, CNET, Lifehacker, Android Authority, Global, VatorNews, International Business Times, Phandroid, Ubergizmo, Reuters, TechSpot, Consumerist, Tech Times, TIME, TechCrunch, Techvibes and The Next Web. Tweets: @madmanweb
| Greg Hartrell / Official Android Blog: |
Google Play Books debuts Bubble Zoom, which uses machine learning to detect and expand speech bubbles in comic books, starting with some Marvel and DC volumes — Whether it's reading up on the origins of Justice League or enjoying a reboot like Invincible Iron Man, we all love our heroes …
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The Next Web, Neowin, SocialTimes, The Digital Reader, Business Insider, Pocket-lint, Forbes, Lifehacker, The Verge, Android Police, Fortune, Tech Times, Liliputing, 9to5Google, Droid Life, Android Central, Phandroid, BetaNews, PhoneDog.com, Engadget, VentureBeat and TechCrunch
Tweets: @notpatrick and @daviduzumeri
See also Mediagazer| Se Young Lee / Reuters: |
Samsung Electronics countersues Huawei in China for patent infringement — Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) said on Friday it sued smartphone rival Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [HWT.UL] for patent infringements through multiple courts in China, escalating a legal conflict between the two companies.Sponsor Posts
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