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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| Alex Dobie / Android Central: |
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.
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LG Newsroom, 9to5Google, The Verge, Recode, Ars Technica, Wall Street Journal, Android Authority, Tech Times, International Business Times, Forbes, Android and Me, Android Police, Droid Life, TechCrunch, Neowin, Pocketnow, TmoNews, The Verge, Liliputing, Droid Life, Engadget, Android Beat and TechSpot
| 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, 9to5Mac, Silicon Valley Business …, Pocketnow, AppleInsider, The Register, IDC and Fortune. Tweets: @w_scottweiss
| Joseph Cox / Motherboard: |
Adult site Brazzers forum hacked, 800K account details leaked including emails, usernames and plaintext passwords — Nearly 800,000 accounts for popular porn site Brazzers have been exposed in a data breach. Although the data originated from the company's separate forum …
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mirror, The Independent, BBC, International Business Times, NEWS.com.au, Help Net Security, Infosecurity Magazine, HotHardware, Naked Security, Daily Mail, The Sun, Complex AU, The Inquisitr News, Times of India, The Daily Dot, London Evening Standard, CNET, Mashable, PC Magazine, InvestorPlace, Breitbart, Digital Trends, Slashdot, The Next Web, Newser, TechSpot, Boing Boing, Inquirer, Neowin and The Merkle. Tweets: @j0hnnyxm4s
| Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
Amazon launches restaurant delivery service in London via the Prime Now app; delivery is free on all orders over £15 — Back in July we reported that Amazon was set to launch a restaurant delivery service in London for its Amazon Prime customers and now the e-commerce giant has done just that.
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Thomson IR, The Verge, ZDNet, Engadget, TechnoBuffalo, SlashGear and VentureBeat
| 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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| 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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The Verge, VentureBeat, The Next Web, TechCrunch, Polygon, Digital Trends, Stuff, The Verge and Business Insider
| David Ruddock / Android Police: |
Huawei Honor 8 smartphone review: great performance for price, solid camera, excellent battery life, but is buggy, has subpar LTE performance, slow to charge — Huawei's budget sub-brand Honor is the subject of increasing chatter in phone geek circles of late.
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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.| 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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Inside AdWords, Ubergizmo, The Verge, TechCrunch and internetretailer.com
| 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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MacRumors, iDownloadBlog.com, The Next Web, Macworld, Social Media Today, The Verge, Refinery29, Engadget, SocialTimes, Ubergizmo, Fortune, SlashGear and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @joshconstine and @_emmahinchliffe
| 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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MacStories, Daring Fireball and TechCrunch
Tweets: @jacktreseler, @sch, @digwhich, @_davidsmith, @drbarnard, @marcoarment, @somospostpc, @linusedwards and @nacran
| 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 … | 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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