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BlackBerry will stop in-house development of phones and outsource it to partners, as the company switches focus to software and security — The struggling company will cease on internal development of hardware, instead outsourcing it to partners. It will focus instead of security and software.
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Thanks:@rogerwcheng| Jonathan Prynn / London Evening Standard: |
Apple planning new 500K sq. ft. UK HQ at London's Battersea Power Station, to open in 2021, where 1,400 staff will be moved from eight locations around London — “It has always been our clear objective to create one of London's most thriving new communities and this commitment from Apple will undoubtedly help us achieve this goal."
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Sources: after hacks and questions about security, Marissa Mayer denied Yahoo security team financial resources, rejected proposal to reset all user passwords — SAN FRANCISCO — Six years ago, Yahoo's computer systems and customer email accounts were penetrated by Chinese military hackers.| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Report: Spotify is in advanced talks to acquire SoundCloud — Spotify is in advanced talks to acquire rival music service SoundCloud, according to a report by the Financial Times. This comes just months after SoundCloud launched its own paid streaming service.
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| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Apple may release new MacBook Pros in the second half of October; source says Apple is working on optimizing macOS for the new hardware — With the iPhone 7 and Apple Watch Series 2 launches having dominated the Apple news cycle in recent weeks, attention is now turning back to the Mac lineup …
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| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Twitter rolls out the ability to create and curate Moments for all users via the web app, coming soon to mobile — Twitter Moments — those collections of tweets about certain subjects, often the ones that are in the news and are being discussed by lots of users — now make a lot more sense.
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See also Mediagazer| Sam Biddle / The Intercept: |
Leaked document: Apple records some metadata related to whom you're trying to contact on iMessage, including your IP address, and stores it for 30 days — Apple promises that your iMessage conversations are safe and out of reach from anyone other than you and your friends.
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Tweets: @kashhill, @backlon, @theintercept, @kennwhite, @samfbiddle, @dhh and @evacide
Thanks:@samfbiddle| Reuters: |
Uber plans to offer freight hauling services with trucks equipped with Otto self-driving technology in 2017 — With its recent acquisition of self-driving truck startup Otto, Uber Technologies Inc.[UBER.UL]is plotting its entry into the long-haul trucking business, aiming to establish itself …
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| Julia Love / Reuters: |
Apple partners with Deloitte, which will provide more than 5K advisers to help corporate clients work with Apple devices — Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and Deloitte LLP announced a partnership on Wednesday in which the consultant will open a new practice to help corporate clients work with Apple products …
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MacRumors, iMore, AppleInsider, ZDNet, Deloitte United States and VentureBeat
Tweets: @jandawson and @fraserspeirs
| Zack Whittaker / ZDNet: |
Inside a two-year-old catfishing ebook scam on Amazon that has generated over $3M in revenue for its creator, Valeriy Shershnyov — For years, thousands were tricked into buying low-quality ebooks. — NEW YORK — Emma Moore could have been the health and weight loss guru you spent your life looking for.| Lauren Goode / The Verge: |
Amazon launches updated Fire TV Stick which comes with “Alexa” remote, upgraded internals including a quad-core processor, and costs $40 — Why pay extra for Alexa? — PIN — Amazon just announced that it's releasing a new streaming media player for the fall …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Mac: |
Google app on iOS updates with incognito mode, native YouTube playback, and Now cards renamed as “the feed” — Similar to Chrome, an update to the Google app for iOS today adds a new incognito mode that prevents search or browsing history from being saved.| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
SAP announces it will invest $2.2B in IoT companies over the next five years, has acquired Italian IoT firm Plat.One — The funds will support SAP's creation of IoT development labs around the world and the launch of a new product line, dubbed SAP IoT. — German enterprise software giant SAP …
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