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Facebook changes News Feed to automatically detect “clickbait” headlines, rank stories lower if they “withhold or distort information” — Facebook says it plans to marginalize what it considers to be “clickbait” news stories from publishers in its news feed …
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Apple is launching an invite-only bug bounty program in September with a few dozen researchers — It's one of the last major tech companies to start paying for exploits — Apple is planning a new bug bounty program that will offer cash in exchange for undiscovered vulnerabilities in its products …
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| Peter Kafka / Recode: |
Sources: Apple is talking to TV firms about building a TV guide for Apple TV and iOS, letting viewers browse available in-app content, play shows with one click — Tim Cook doesn't want to sell you TV anymore. He wants to tell you what's on TV. — Last year, Apple shelved its plan to sell you TV.
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| Kara Swisher / Recode: |
Blake Krikorian, co-founder of Sling Media and former board member at Amazon, has died at 48 — The Slingbox founder had been involved with Microsoft, Amazon and dozens of startups — Blake Krikorian, longtime and much beloved Silicon Valley entrepreneur, died yesterday.
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| Alan Boyle / GeekWire: |
Amazon unveils its first freighter “Prime Air” jet, the first of twenty to be leased from Atlas Air, in addition to the twenty leased from ATSG — The first freighter jet to carry the Amazon brand is primed for its public debut in Seafair's sunny skies, after making a stealthy flight …
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Sources: Rackspace Hosting is in advanced sale talks with one or more private-equity firms, could reach deal this week; firm could be valued at up to $4B — Move comes two years after cloud-computing company says it would explore deal amid heightened competition
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Tech Trader Daily, cloudpro.co.uk, SiliconANGLE, TheStreet.com, ZDNet, Fortune and theWHIR.com
Tweets: @maxclark, @ingridlunden and @davecbenoit
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Valve will license its SteamVR Tracking system used in HTC Vive to developers for free, allowing custom motion controllers for the Vive headset — A new Valve program will let companies use the HTC Vive virtual reality tracking system for their own hardware.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Dashlane and Google unveil OpenYOLO, an open-source API for apps to securely access passwords stored in password managers — Password management is one of the key defenses — or key weaknesses — when it comes to protecting your data and identity online, and today Dashlane …
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Guardian, Dashlane Blog, Neowin, eWeek, Ausdroid, PR Newswire, Droid Life, 9to5Google, Android Police, Greenbot, Liliputing and AgileBits Blog
Tweets: @inafried and @swiftonsecurity
| Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
Pinterest to launch native video player in the next few months, wants to leverage its visual search technology for better discoverability of videos — Video has generally been available — and is often shared — on Pinterest, but it hasn't quite received the same treatment that the company's traditional content has seen.
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Digital Trends, Pinterest Blog, Social Media Today, SocialTimes, VentureBeat and Fortune. Thanks:@malliegator
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Xiaomi announces Cardboard-like Mi VR Play headset, wrapped in Lycra, compatible with 4.7" to 5.7"phones — Xiaomi is making an entry-level VR headset, and developers can buy a pre-release version of it for just $0.15. — Called the Mi VR Play, Xiaomi's device is smartphone-based, like the Samsung Gear VR.| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Jim Prosser, Twitter's head of corporate and policy communications, leaves for financing and loan startup SoFi — Twitter's communications team is changing very quickly. — Twitter is losing another key member of its communications team. Jim Prosser, the company's head of corporate …
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Tweets: @jimprosser, @krogsgard, @vindugoel, @kurtwagner8, @mattrosoff and @caseynewton
| Kathleen Chaykowski / Forbes: |
LinkedIn beats Q2 expectations as it prepares to merge with Microsoft, posts revenues of $933M, up 31% YoY, $119M loss related to tax expenses — LinkedIn's reported a strong second quarter with revenue and and earnings that beat estimates, about two months after Microsoft announced … Sponsor Posts
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