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Verizon to start throttling video on smartphones on all unlimited data plans to 720p, with the cheapest “Go Unlimited” plan limiting video to 480p — Cheapest plan limits video to 480p, and there's no way to watch 1080p on a phone anymore — Well, now we know why Verizon Wireless was …
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| Zack Whittaker / ZDNet: |
AccuWeather iOS app sends user's location info to data monetization firm, even with location sharing turned off — A security researcher has found that the popular weather app sends private location data without the user's explicit permission to a firm designed to monetize user locations.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google debuts Chrome Enterprise subscription service for $50 per Chrome OS device per year, includes support for Microsoft Active Directory, VMware's AirWatch — Google is launching a new enterprise service for large businesses that want to adopt Chrome OS devices.
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Medium will pay writers based off number of “claps” they get, from subscribers' $5/mo. fee, expands the number of authors who can publish paywalled articles — [Jeb gif] — Medium plans to start letting more and more authors publish paywalled articles.
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| Thuy Ong / The Verge: |
Samsung's Bixby launches in more than 200 countries including the UK, Canada, Australia, and South Africa, is currently available in US English and Korean — But it only recognizes English and Korean — Samsung's voice assistant Bixby is now accessible in more than 200 countries worldwide …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft to cease work on its GigJam lightweight collaboration service, before it exited preview — Microsoft is halting work on its GigJam collaboration service in September, two years after its initial launch and before it ever exited preview. — Microsoft is throwing in the towel …
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| Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
Salesforce beats estimates with Q2 revenue of $2.56B, up 26% YoY, on track to hit its $10B annual revenue run rate target — Earlier this year it looked as though Salesforce was starting to position itself as a company that would hit $10 billion in annual revenue run rate later this year … | Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Uber adds new driver-friendly features such as alerting drivers before picking up rider if trip will take 45+ minutes, says it will hit $50M in tips this week — Uber has made some changes to its driver experience, as part of its ongoing ‘180 Days of Change’ campaign.| Robert Hackett / Fortune: |
IBM announces collaboration with Walmart, Unilever, Nestlé, and other food giants, to apply blockchain tech to food supply chains and improve food safety — Walmart and a group of food giants are teaming up with IBM to explore how to apply blockchain technology …
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Engadget, TechCrunch, Forbes, BetaNews, Computer Business Review, and CNBC. Tweets: @om. Thanks:@leesadalto
| Ernesto / TorrentFreak: |
The Windows Store has dozens of pirate streaming apps, some of which have pre-roll ads using Microsoft's Ad Monetization platform — In recent years streaming piracy has become a popular pastime for millions of people. A lot of this takes place through ‘rogue’ websites or dedicated pirate devices …
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| Anita Balakrishnan / CNBC: |
GoDaddy's Blake Irving stepping down as CEO at end of 2017; COO Scott Wagner to be new CEO — With the events that happened in Charlottesville, we felt the Daily Stormer went too far, crossed the line: GoDaddy CEO — GoDaddy named chief operating officer Scott Wagner its new CEO on Tuesday …
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Reuters and TheDomains.com
| The Shield: |
500+ apps, downloaded 100M+ times, removed by Google from Play Store or updated after it was discovered that an ad SDK they used could serve as spyware backdoor — The Lookout Security Intelligence team has discovered an advertising software development kit (SDK) called Igexin that had the capability …
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International Business Times, Ars Technica, and Inquirer
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