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LG unveils V20 5.7-inch phone with Android 7.0 Nougat, secondary “ticker” screen, 3200mAh removable battery, available in Korea this month, other regions later — LG's latest big-screened handset boasts a metal body and removable battery — along with new cameras and a secondary ticker display.| Mehedi Hassan / MSPoweruser: |
Sources: Microsoft working on a Slack competitor called Skype Teams; service to include threaded messages, channels, DMs, video calls, meeting scheduling, more — It was recently reported that Microsoft wanted to buy Slack for $8 billion. Slack, for those unfamiliar …
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Thanks:@pradeepviswav| Neil Hughes / AppleInsider: |
KGI: Apple to announce new wireless earbuds called AirPods, which will target the premium headphone market and use custom “Bluetooth-like” low-power tech — Apple's new wireless earbuds, expected to be announced this week as “AirPods,” are said to feature a custom-designed wireless chip …
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| Mike Wuerthele / AppleInsider: |
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| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
IDC: Fitbit leads wearables as Apple Watch shipments drop 58% YoY; basic wearable devices like simple fitness bands rise 48% YoY; smart wearables down 27.2% YoY — According to new data from IDC, Apple Watch shipments plunged nearly 58 percent compared to the same quarter last year.
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Business Wire, The Register, Pocketnow, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, IDC, Silicon Valley Business … and Fortune. Tweets: @w_scottweiss
| Kyle Orland / Ars Technica: |
What to expect from Sony's Sept. 7 event: quieter PS4 Slim with updated DualShock controller, more powerful PS4 “Neo”, and an update on PlayStation VR — Slim PS4, upgraded “Neo” console, and more should be discussed. — Sony stayed strangely quiet about its upcoming hardware plans …
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| Ginny Marvin / Search Engine Land: |
Google tests mobile Shop the Look ads for apparel and home products in search results, which offer products via partners like LIKEtoKNOW.it, Polyvore, Curalate — Google is mixing up the mobile shopping experience in search again with a new format called shop the look.
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| David Smith: |
Indie developer maps App Store revenue from paid to ads, says advertising in his apps made up around 10% of sales in 2012 whereas now it accounts for nearly 80% — I've been thinking this past week (as I often do) about the ever-changing landscape of the App Store.
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| Chase Gunter / Federal Computer Week: |
ITIF releases review of Clinton's and Trump's positions on tech; Clinton provides specifics, Trump lacks articulated policy — With the presidential election fast approaching, technology-minded groups are delving into the agendas put forth by the presidential candidates.| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Pinterest hires Li Fan, former head of image search at Google and VP of search at Baidu, to lead engineering — Pinterest announced that it has hired Li Fan as its new head of engineering, where it's likely that she'll utilize her experience in image search, infrastructure …
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Digital Trends and TechCrunch
| Emma Hinchliffe / Mashable: |
Instagram kills its photo maps feature, citing low usage — Instagram is taking away your photo maps. — The photo-sharing app has begun to kill its photo map feature, with some users already seeing the option removed when visiting other profiles. — Instagram confirmed the changes to Mashable on Tuesday.
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The Next Web, Macworld, Engadget, The Verge, Social Media Today, SocialTimes, Refinery29, Ubergizmo, Fortune, SlashGear and iPhone in Canada Blog
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| TechCrunch: |
Sources: Postmates raising $100M+ led by Founders Fund with a valuation at least as high as last round — We're hearing from sources that Postmates, which is among a few companies that are seen as operating in the difficult on-demand space, is raising at least $100 million in a round led by Founders Fund.
Tweets: @zoe_leavitt and @caseynewton
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon updates Fire TV and Fire TV Stick with personalized recommendations from streaming sites like HBO and Netflix; Alexa voice search now works in 75+ apps — Amazon announced an update to Fire TV and its smaller companion, the Fire TV Stick, which will bring expanded Alexa-powered voice search … | Joseph Cox / Motherboard: |
ACLU files motion to unseal court docket sheet containing the search warrant for FBI's mass hacking of TorMail users' systems, to ascertain scope of campaign — Mass hacking is now one of the FBI's established tactics for fighting crime on the dark web. In February 2015 …
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