Guide to New Features in iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus (video)

Your Guide to the New Features in the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus:

Bloomberg Technology Reporter, Mark Gurman was at the annual Apple product launch event on September 7, 2016 in San Francisco, where he got a first look at the new iPhone 7 and 7 Plus.


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Google Daydream View: Mobile VR Gets a Controller (video)

Google Daydream View: Mobile VR Gets a Controller:

Video above published Nov 10, 2016: Google pushes phone-powered VR forward with a simple concept: a controller for games and apps. Nathan Olivarez-Giles reviews the Daydream View headset. 

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Google Pixel vs. iPhone 7: A Day in the Life (video)

Google Pixel vs. iPhone 7: A Day in the Life:

What happens when you replace your iPhone with an Android smartphone? WSJ.com's Joanna Stern compares the iPhone 7 and its lookalike, the Google Pixel, during a day of fun-filled adventures. 

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Taking Apart iPhone 7 To See The New Technology Inside (video)

We Tore Apart an iPhone 7 to See All the New Technology Inside:

September 16, 2016: "We waited in line to buy a new iPhone 7. And now we're going to tear it apart to show you what's new."

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Can We Make an Ethical Smartphone? (video)

Can We Make an Ethical Smartphone?

Gadgets with roots in African mines and Asian assembly lines might support forced labor or armed militias. WSJ's Geoffrey A. Fowler reviews the Fairphone, a brand that pulls back the curtain on the electronics supply chain to show us the real cost of our beloved phones. Published July 6, 2016

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Should You Wait To Get a New iPhone in September? (video)

Why You Should Wait for the Next iPhone:

Will Apple wow you in September? WSJ.com's Joanna Stern on the latest report on the next iPhone and ways to keep your current iPhone running longer. Published July 6, 2016.

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Apple's New Downsized iPhone Launching March 21 (video)

Cell phones used to be big, clunking handsets. Then they got small. And then they got big again. But bigger might not be better. Apple is expected to unveil a new iPhone on Monday, March 21 that is the same size as the iPhone 5 but with the more advanced guts of the iPhone 6. Bloomberg's Alex Webb explains why Apple is offering a downsized iPhone. Published on Mar 18, 2016

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MWC2016: Smartphone Makers Turn to Wearable Devices (video)

From Mobile World Congress 2016:  Phone makers turn to wearable devices (video from FT.com)

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The Best Smartphones You Can Buy (video)

The Best Smartphones You Can Buy - What's the best iPhone to buy? Is the Galaxy S6 a good bet? WSJ's Joanna Stern reviews the top iOS and Android smartphones for 2015. Video: Drew Evans/The Wall Street Journal. Published Dec 2, 2015

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Favorite Mobile Apps for CEOs, From Wine to Traffic (video)

Favorite Mobile Apps for CEOs - From wine to traffic, CEOs representing various industries weigh in on their favorite smartphone and tablet apps. WSJ's Shelby Holliday reports from the CEO Council in Washington. Published on Nov 24, 2015

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How To Avoid Android Smartphone Malware: Only Install Apps From Google Play Store

Beware: New Android malware is ‘nearly impossible’ to remove. - The Washington Post: "... luckily, there is a pretty easy way to avoid them: Only install apps from Google's official Play Store." (emphasis added)

Here's the "money quote"--

 "Malicious actors behind these families repackage and inject malicious code into thousands of popular applications found in Google Play, and then later publish them to third-party app stores," Lookout noted in a blog post about the malware. That means the victims here were people who went outside of Google's official channels to install the imposter apps."

Buyer beware!

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Review: Moto X Style, Big, Powerful, Affordable (video)

Review: Moto X Style Is Big, Powerful and Affordable - In an extremely crowded sea of Android phones, the Moto X Style sets itself apart by giving users what they want - a big screen, sharp camera and long-lasting battery - while making it easy to buy one at a more affordable price. Bloomberg's Stephen Pulvirent has a first look at the phone customers and competitors should both being paying attention to. (Video by: Zach Goldstein, Joe Medina)(Source: Bloomberg; Published on Sep 2, 2015)

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DefCon, Blackhat, Blackphone, Ultimate Hack-Proof Smartphone?

Is Blackphone the Ultimate Hack-Proof Smartphone? (July 16, 2015): While smartphone apps may make life a little more convenient, there are concerns over their security. Javier Aguera is co-founder of Blackphone, which has been praised for its tough encryption and hack-proof reputation. Bloomberg's Stephen Engle speaks to Aguera about their upcoming mobile phone expected to be released in September.

Also this week:

• Blackhat, August 1-6, Las Vegas
• Defcon, August 6-9, Las Vegas

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Securing Your Smartphone (video)

Securing Your Smartphone -

Gary Kovacs discusses the importance of securing your smartphone. He speaks with Trish Reagan on "Street Smart." (Source: Bloomberg; Feb 27)

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Facebook Messenger, Payments Feature

TechCrunch (blog)
Hacked Screenshots Show Friend-To-Friend Payments Feature Hidden In Facebook Messenger
TechCrunch (blog)
Facebook Messenger is all set up to allow friends to send each other money. AllFacebook has to do is turn on the feature, according to screenshots ...
Stanford student reveals Facebook Messenger payment feature - VentureBeat

Is Apple Nearing 20 Million iPhone 6 Sales Already? Signs Point To Yes
Forbes
The opening weekend for the iPhone 6 was Apple's best ever for a new smartphone, with 10 million sold in just three days. But with those initial totals ...


ZDNet
Feds only have themselves to blame for Apple and Google's smartphone encryption efforts
ZDNet
A "back door" for law enforcement — exactly the kind of back door that Apple, Google, and other Silicon Valley technology giants denied they installed ...

The existential mystery of the Apple Watch
Fortune
Nobody has worked harder — or more publicly — to figure out what the Apple Watch is for than Ben Thompson, an independent analyst who ...

How Facebook And Alibaba Are Turning The World's Poor Into Entrepreneurs
Forbes
After connecting more than a billion people, Facebook's (NASDAQ:FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg is teaming up with first Internet.org to help the world's ...


San Jose Mercury News
Quinn: Google turns security guards into Googlers and makes us think about accepting a two-tier ...
San Jose Mercury News
In a small move with potentially big implications, Google has quietly decided to hire its own ... Recently, groups staged protests at Apple stores.


The Guardian
How Apple's Cork HQ became the centre of a bitter global war over corporate tax avoidance
The Guardian
Apple, which employs more than 4,000 people in Cork, is under ... prestigious employers,technology giant Apple – not to mention the other IT .... A significant portion of Microsoft's intellectual property is located in exotic offshore locations. Google declares profits in Bermuda, where corporation tax is zero.

The psychological addiction behind Facebook's success
The truth is that Facebook allows us to connect not only with loved ones, but with our ... The psychological addiction behind Facebook's success ... site has even topped Google as the most visited site in the US suggests that Facebook has .... How you could track your sleep pattern with the Apple Watch.

Google Glass App Gives Conversations Real-Time Closed Captioning
Georgia Tech researchers have come up with an app that turns Google Glass into a ... Report: Apple's Showing Off Its New iPads on October 16th ...

Upgrade to LTE Will Let Phones Talk without Cell Towers, Allowing New Forms of Social Apps and Advertising | MIT Technology Review: "Qualcomm, Facebook, and other tech companies are experimenting with technology that lets smartphones use their LTE radio to connect directly to other devices up to 500 meters away."

Apple's Health App Is An Embarrassment - ReadWrite: "The challenge for Apple is that the Health app, by itself, doesn't do anything. It's dependent on other apps to feed it nutrition data, workout sessions, and vital signs via Apple's HealthKit software, which developers build into their offerings."

Allen Institute’s Christof Koch on Computer Consciousness | MIT Technology Review: "The world’s best-known consciousness researcher says machines could one day become self-aware."

Google's Schmidt: Tim Cook is wrong about us: ""Someone didn't brief him correctly on Google's policies," Schmidt said. "It's unfortunate for him." Google recently unveiled a system that allows Gmail users to fully encrypt their emails, and the company said Android phones -- like iPhones -- will be encrypted by default when the next version of the operating system comes out this fall. That makes it difficult -- though not impossible -- for governments and law enforcement to look at the content stored in your email and phones."

Facebook wins EU approval for $19 billion WhatsApp bid | Reuters: "Facebook (FB.O), the world's most popular social network, gained European Union clearance on Friday for its proposed $19 billion takeover of mobile messaging startup WhatsApp in a deal setting it against the telecoms industry. The landmark deal is the largest in Facebook's 10-year history and will give it a strong foothold in the fast-growing mobile messaging market."
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Bad Software, Bending iPhones, Apple #FAIL (videos)

iPhone Problems Risk Making Apple Like Microsoft--Milo Yiannopoulos, author of “The Sociopaths of Silicon Valley,” discusses Apple’s crisis management as it pertains to bad software updates and bending iPhones. He speaks with Guy Johnson on Bloomberg Television’s “The Pulse.” (Source: Bloomberg--Sept 25)

Bloomberg Contributing Editor Paul Kedrosky discusses both software and hardware snafus with Apple’s new products. He speaks with Erik Schatzker on Bloomberg Television's “Market Makers.” (Source: Bloomberg--Sept 25)

iPhone 6 bends less than 6 Plus but Moto X is most resilient, test shows | Technology | theguardian.com: "Users need not worry about the iPhone 6 bending in their pockets quite like the larger iPhone 6 Plus, but other competitors’ products are hardier"


Forbes
Amazon Begins Contacting Developers For Secret Smart Home Projects
Forbes
Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos presents the company's first ... “Amazon is looking at this space very intently,” said the person who wished to ... with fellow technology giants Apple Apple and Google Google in the smart ...


USA TODAY
Two Apple screw-up stories in one day: Bendgate and Updategate
Fortune
“I cannot believe that this 'bent iPhone 6 Plus' thing is becoming a thing,” wrote Daring Fireball's John Gruber, a veteran Apple watcher who can ...
Apple Pulls iOS Software Update - Wall Street Journal
Apple pulls iOS 8 update as dropped calls add to app crashes, bending phones - Kansas City Star
Apple offers fix to reverse glitchy iOS 8.0.1 update for iPhones - The Post-Standard - syracuse.com

Apple Insiders Sold $143M in Stock Through Plans
Barron's
As speculation about the iPhone 6 and Apple Watch raged and through the actual Sept. 19 launch of the device,Apple insiders were reducing ...


USA TODAY
Apple stock dinged $23B since iPhone 6
USA TODAY
Plagued with allegations of hardware that's a little too bendy for its newest iPhone and a problematic software update, shares of Apple (AAPL) are ...


The Guardian
Facebook set to become latest tech giant to abandon rightwing lobby group Alec
The Guardian
Google's chairman Eric Schmidt said this week the company could no ... In AugustMicrosoft severed its ties, saying Alec's stance on climate change ... limit our engagement to their Communications and Technology Task Force.” ... Terrell, representing Yahoo, Facebook and eBay as well as Google, told ...


Economic Times
#Bendgate: LG, BlackBerry Poke Fun at Apple's iPhone 6 Problem
NBCNews.com
Apple has been hit by #Bendgate and other companies are trying to cash in. The Internet brouhaha started when users began posting photos of their ...

Apple explains how to fix its busted iOS 8 update, new one coming soon
Mat Smith
Apple's released a statement saying that users who have lost carrier service or Touch ID functionality should reinstall the initial version of iOS 8, until ...

Apple says some bent iPhone 6/Plus phones will be replaced under warranty
Ben Lovejoy
An Apple support representative has told TNW that iPhone 6/Plus phones ... Apple was not able to provide any information on what the test involves, ... Facebook photo .... Probably Samsung, Google, LG and HTC combined. ... Amazon Student Day: Fire TV $65, free $10 Amazon App Store credit, more ...

Errata Security: Bash bug as big as Heartbleed: "Today's bash bug is as big a deal as Heartbleed. That's for many reasons. The first reason is that the bug interacts with other software in unexpected ways... "

furbo.org · In-App Browsers Considered Harmful: "There is always a tradeoff between usability and security. Doing the OAuth token exchange with an in-app browser makes it easier for a user to login, but they’ll have no idea if their personal information was captured. That is why Twitterrific did its token exchange in Safari, even though it’s a more complex user interaction and a more difficult technical implementation. As a user, I know that there’s no way for my login to be compromised when the transaction involves Safari."

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Amazon Fire Phone #FAIL; LA Schools Suspend iPads

35,000. That’s the maximum potential number of Fire Phones Amazon has sold so far, according to an estimate by The Guardian’s Charles Arthur. (source infra)

There's no hope for Amazon's Fire Phone | VentureBeat | Mobile | by Devindra Hardawar: "The ultimate problem? With the Fire Phone, Amazon ended up serving itself more than it actually served consumers."

L.A. Unified halts contract for iPads - LA Times: "LA schools Supt. John Deasy suspended future use of a contract with Apple on Monday that was to provide iPads to all students in the nation's second-largest school system amid mounting scrutiny of the $1-billion-plus effort. The suspension comes days after disclosures that the superintendent and his top deputy had especially close ties to executives of Apple, maker of the iPad, and Pearson, the company that is providing the curriculum on the devices. And an internal report that examined the technology effort showed major problems with the process and the implementation."Moving forward, we will no longer utilize our current contract with Apple Inc.," Deasy wrote in a memo sent to the Board of Education on Monday...Under the contract approved just over a year ago, Apple had been expected to provide iPads with Pearson as the subcontractor...."

Huawei Is Shaking Up the Smartphone Market - WSJ: "WSJ: Have you ever considered using the Tizen operating system [developed by Samsung and backed by Intel Corp. and others]? Mr. Yu: We have no plans to use Tizen. Some telecom carriers are pushing us to design Tizen phones but I say "no" to them. In the past we had a team to do research on Tizen but I canceled it. We feel Tizen has no chance to be successful. Even for Windows Phone it's difficult to be successful. We have no plans to build our own OS. It's easy to design a new OS, but the problem is building the ecosystem around it."

Speed and Spectators Lead to Twitch, a Gaming Nexus
New York Times
The website has quickly emerged as the go-to destination for watching video games, drawing tens of millions of viewers each month. On Monday, that success led to a huge payday for the company's founders, as Amazon said it had reached a deal to buy ...


Daily Mail
Is the universe a 2D hologram? Fermilab intends to find out
CNET
An experiment at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory called the Holometer intends to test several theories about the universe, including the holographic principle...


CNN
A quick photo primer on Instagram's Hyperlapse app
CNET
Instagram's new time lapse toolkit is a ton of fun -- more so if you know the ins and outs of the art form. Here's a best practices guide for snapping sped-up shots through space...


Laboratory Equipment
Cosmic effort provides best view yet of distant colliding galaxies
CNET
Behold the best look yet at a massive intergalactic train wreck in progress. It's also a glimpse at what the universe looked like when it was only half its current age...


Businessweek
Is Apple Prepping a Bigger iPad for 2015?
Businessweek
Remember when gadgets used to keep getting smaller? Now they keep getting bigger. Apple (AAPL) is rumored to be bringing out a larger iPhone this fall, and now our colleagues at Bloomberg News are reporting that a larger iPad is in the pipeline, too.


MiamiHerald.com
Social media not a vehicle of debate, instead encourages self-censorship: Study
IBNLive
Washington: People who use Facebook and Twitter are less likely than others to share their opinions on hot-button issues, even when they are offline, according to a surprising new survey by the Pew Research Center. The study, done in conjunction with ...


New York Times
Google Acquires Video and Special-Effects Startup Zync
Wall Street Journal
The service operated on Amazon computers, but Google said it would move ... Googlelaunched a push earlier this year to get more developers and ...

Here’s How Amazon Might Take Over Brick-and-Mortar Retail | Re/code: "Broadly, they said the world’s largest online retailer aims to make it easy for a wider array of brick-and-mortar shops to sell on Amazon while giving Amazon shoppers another way to receive orders on the same day they are purchased. The move would extend Amazon’s reach far beyond the virtual checkout aisle to the real ones in your neighborhood."

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Amazon Buys Twitch For $970 Million (video)

Why Amazon's Spending $970M on Twitch: Video - Bloomberg
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Bloomberg’s Cory Johnson reports on Amazon acquiring video service Twitch for $970 million on “Street Smart.” (Source: Bloomberg Aug 25)

A Letter from the CEO - Twitch: "Today, I’m pleased to announce we’ve been acquired by Amazon. We chose Amazon because they believe in our community, they share our values and long-term vision, and they want to help us get there faster. We’re keeping most everything the same: our office, our employees, our brand, and most importantly our independence. But with Amazon’s support we’ll have the resources to bring you an even better Twitch."--Emmett Shear, CEO

Amazon Buys Twitch For $970 Million [UPDATE]
Jason Schreier
It's official: Amazon has purchased Twitch, following months of rumors that Google was looking to buy the video streaming ...

Forbes
Amazon Grows Rapidly, Traditional Retailers Struggle, Should Brick and Mortar Retailers Partner ...
Forbes
Google Google owns search. Except in one area, product searches. When it comes to product searches many prospective consumers start by going to ...
Amazon Pounces On Twitch After Google Balks Due To Antitrust Concerns - Forbes
Amazon Reaches a Deal for Twitch Streaming Service for Gaming - New York Times
Amazon to Buy Video Site Twitch for $970 Million - Wall Street Journal


CTV News
Apple will replace your defective iPhone 5 battery for free
CNET
A "small percentage" of iPhone 5 devices sold between September 2012 and January 2013 have faulty batteries that drain quickly, the electronics ...

Google Launches New 'Slides'
Juli Clover
Google today launched a new Google Slides app for the iPhone to ... Apple and Microsoft are doing a good job of this while Google seems to be stuck ...

The Next Battleground In The War Against Quantum Hacking | MIT Technology Review: "...in practice the equipment used to carry out quantum key distribution has a number of weaknesses that an eavesdropper can exploit to gain information about the messages being sent. Various groups have demonstrated how quantum hacking presents a real threat to “perfectly secure” communication. So in the cat and mouse game of information security, physicists have been fighting back by designing equipment that is more secure...."


Techsonia
Utah Area of Dinosaurs' Footprints Soon To Open For Public
Techsonia
This fall, the discovered fossilized dinosaurs' footprints will be displayed for general public in Utah. In 2009, a local found these fossilized tracks and the continued discovery of the new tracks made this site to have about 200 dinosaur tracks of around 10 ...


BBC News
LG bets on pricey OLED technology as future of TVs
Chron.com
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — LG Electronics Inc. announced two new giant OLED TVs with ultra-high definition screens Monday, sticking with its strategy of using the exceptionally expensive OLED display technology. The South Korean company said it will ...


The News Ledge
Methane bubbling up off the East Coast
Boston Globe
NEW YORK — Scientists have discovered methane gas bubbling from the seafloor in an unexpected place: off the East Coast of the United States where the continental shelf meets the deeper Atlantic Ocean. The methane is emanating from at least 570 ...


CTV News
China Telecom leaks the iPhone 6 on Weibo
CNET
An official image of the upcoming Apple smartphone gets accidentally revealed by the Chinese carrier on China's version of Twitter...


Reuters
China readies home-grown Windows sub for fall launch
CNET
The new operating system is expected to launch initially on desktops in October, with support for mobile devices coming later....


Firstpost
Motorola Moto E Smartphone Review
TechSpot
While budget smartphones don't get as much attention in the media as their flagship brothers, they're arguably more important globally. The businesses that manage to harness the entry-level market can see huge gains in sales and market share in key ...


Reuters
PlayStation Network, Battle.net go down under DDoS
CNET
Hackers have taken down the PlayStation Network, Blizzard's Battle.net, and others, as well as grounding a flight carrying the president of Sony Online Entertainment.


ZDNet
VMware's vCloud Air Network Validates Hybrid Services from Partners
Converge Network Digest
VMware introduced its vCloud Air Network -- a collection of validated cloud services based on VMware technology and choice of cloud providers on a local basis. The idea is to be able to provision workloads to the public cloud or move existing workloads ...


CNNMoney
Amazon Considers Ad Placement & Sponsored Links: Store Data Could Retailer ...
Latin Post
In an attempt to replicate the successful ad placement system of tech giants such as Facebook and Google, online retail company Amazon is looking at the feasibility of launching its own version of the income-generating system. According to Wall Street OTC, ...

Here Is Yahoo's Native Ad Network | Digital - Advertising Age: "Yahoo is bringing its native ads to other publishers' sites. Last year Yahoo adopted the low-hanging-fruit version of native advertising, a form of ad that aims to mirror surrounding editorial content. Unlike BuzzFeed's sponsored listicles or The New York Times' brand-penned posts, Yahoo's native "Stream Ads" more closely resemble Facebook's Sponsored Stories in that they refashion display ads as content links within its sites' content streams. Now Yahoo is extending these ads outside of its own properties through a content recommendation system that helps publishers promote their own stories...."

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US Federal Judge Single-handedly Kills US Tech Global Market

"It's not like there was much left in the wake of the Edward Snowden disclosures, which threw nine Silicon Valley giants under the global surveillance bus more than a year ago... To the outside world, lack of trust [is] still a big issue. Particularly for Europe... But as relations were beginning to improve, the US judiciary decided that, for the purposes of its own law enforcement and intelligence agencies, the world was its oyster and data stored outside of its jurisdiction was fair game. US to Europe: We'll take what we want, when we want it... " (source infra)

The final nail in the coffin--there is now every incentive for the rest of the world to reject using US technology companies in almost every area--email and other communications, social media, search, cloud storage, etc. Which foreign tech companies will now capture the global market? Most likely Chinese and some European providers, and perhaps Indian, will take the world markets and leave the US in the dust of its "Patriot Act," institutional and governmental paranoia, and overreaching laws--

How one judge single-handedly killed trust in the US technology industry | ZDNet: "... that's certainly a phrase one US judge can nail on the casket of her career... Some people play video games. Some work tirelessly for 80 hours a week for the sake of their startup. Some destroy the global trust in the US technology industry... US District Judge Loretta Preska ruled on a case that has massive global implications for US technology giants.... " (read more at link above)


Reuters
Microsoft Privacy Case: What's At Stake?
InformationWeek
A ruling that Microsoft must turn over emails in a foreign data center could cost US businesses billions and make a mess of international law, experts say....

Microsoft sues Samsung for license violations, post-Nokia
PCWorld (blog)
Microsoft sued Samsung Friday, saying Samsung violated the terms of a patent ...Microsoft has struck several licensing agreements with technology ...


Black Press USA
Amazon Fire: 5 Things Missing
InformationWeek
Amazon left out some important features in its splashy new Fire smartphone. ... Unfortunately, the high-end flagships of Samsung, LG, Apple, and HTC ... AT&T is most often willing to absorb such risks (remember the Facebook phone?) ... FireOS is an offshoot of Google's Android operating system.



Business Insider Australia
Google Said to Plan Separating Photo Service From Google+
Bloomberg
The world's largest search engine, grappling with competition from Facebook Inc. (FB), Twitter Inc. (TWTR) and Yahoo! Inc., is freeing up services from ...


E! Online
Facebook Messenger: 5 Things To Know
InformationWeek
Facebook will soon require users to download Messenger to chat with friends. Here's the lowdown on important privacy settings and features.


Chron.com
Yahoo's live concert streams could be cure for many ills
San Jose Mercury News
LOS ANGELES -- Sometimes the struggles of an industry can bring music to your ears. And your screens. Live Nation's partnership with Yahoo to ...


Reuters
Apple $450 million e-book settlement wins court approval
Reuters
Apple has been appealing Cote's July 2013 finding, in a case brought by ... to drive up e-book prices and impede rivals such as Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O). In June, Apple agreed to settle related class-action litigation brought on .... business news, technology news, headline news, small business news, ...


Tech2
Google, Apple & The Battle For Your Ears
InformationWeek

Android grabs record 85 percent smartphone share | PCWorld: "Google’s dominance of the smartphone market has reached new heights, with its Android operating system now accounting for a record 84.6 percent share of global smartphone shipments, according to research by Strategy Analytics..."

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How Long Before We Can Stop Using Passwords? (video)

How Long Before We Can Stop Using Passwords?: Video - Bloomberg:
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MicroStrategy President and Chief Legal Officer Jonathan Klein discusses the company’s alternative to passwords. He speaks on “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg July24)

France's Iliad Makes Bid for T-Mobile US - WSJ: "... Iliad said it offered $15 billion in cash for 56.6% of T-Mobile US, or $33 a share. T-Mobile US later confirmed it had received the offer but said it had no further comment...."

T-Mobile Adds 1.5 Million More Customers, Swings to Profit on Spectrum Sale | Re/code: "T-Mobile said Thursday that it added a further 1.5 million customers to its network in the second quarter, making this the fifth straight quarter of million-plus customer gains. The company posted a net profit of $391 million... “We have completely reversed T-Mobile’s trajectory and started a revolution that is changing the rules in wireless,” CEO John Legere said in a statement..."

China's Xiaomi Becomes World's 5th Largest Smartphone Maker: "Global smartphone sales are still growing, but the market’s star performer in the last three months wasn’t Apple or even Samsung. It was China’s Xiaomi. The young electronics firm run by billionaire Lei Jun captured a remarkable 5% global market share in the last three months, according to new figures from Strategy Analytics, shipping 15.1 million smartphones in the quarter. It now has a 5.1% share of the market, up from 1.8% this time last year...."

Is Huawei Eating Samsung’s Lunch? - Digits - WSJ: "... Chinese smartphone makers Huawei Technologies and Lenovo Group 0992.HK -2.23% gained market share at the expense of South Korea’s Samsung Electronics in the second quarter, according to the latest data released Tuesday by research firm IDC. Huawei’s shipments in the quarter jumped 95% from a year earlier, while Lenovo enjoyed a 39% increase, IDC said. Both companies outpaced the 23% growth in the overall smartphone market. Shipments at Samsung, the world’s largest smartphone maker, declined 3.9%. While China’s smartphone market is becoming more saturated, demand is strong in emerging markets in Asia, Latin America and Africa, where many consumers are still replacing their basic feature phones...." (read more at link above)


Forbes
Amazon Cloud Luster Fading? Look Closer
InformationWeek
Some skeptics say Amazon's cloud dominance wears thin. I say Amazon's destiny in the cloud is in its own hands -- and you can't say that for IBM, ...


IBNLive
Facebook App Brings Free Internet To Zambia
InformationWeek
The Internet.org app, available first to Airtel subscribers in Zambia, gives users free access to 13 websites, including AccuWeather; Google Search; Go ...


Wall Street Journal
Amazon Ups the Ante in India With $2 Billion Investment
Wall Street Journal
Amazon said Wednesday that it would invest $2 billion to expand its India operations, a day after Flipkart, India's biggest homegrown e-commerce ...


TIME
Amazon Will Pay You to Accept Slower Deliveries
TIME
A worker watches as boxed merchandise moves along a conveyor belt to a waiting truck for delivery at the Amazon.com Phoenix Fulfillment Center in ...


Economic Times
Judge: Microsoft must turn over emails stored in Ireland
San Jose Mercury News
Its arguments were joined by large technology companies, including Apple, Cisco Systems, Verizon Communications and AT&T. The judge stayed the ...


Reuters
Amazon quickens push into tough local services market
Chicago Tribune
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Seattle audio and video technician Todd Mueller showed up last year for what might have been a routine job except for ...


Times of India
Google to face anti-trust probe in Europe over Android
Times of India
Android's 80% market share is at a level akin to Microsoft's Windows, itself the target ... grant better shop-window placement to rival services from Microsoft and Yahoo. ... "In fast-moving technology markets, protracted adversarial antitrust .... Apple leveraging enterprise apps to boost iPad sales in India; 3.


Economic Times
Microsoft's Device Strategy: 3 Unanswered Questions
InformationWeek
InformationWeek: Connecting The Business Technology Community ... Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's scaled-down device strategy creates new questions ... aren't strictly about chasing market share, let alone challenging Apple. ... Microsoft showed off a prototype blade that could be used to mix music, ...

Case tests limits of post-Snowden privacy
Politico
Eighteenth-century rights clash with 21st-century computer technologies Thursday, when a court hears an appeal from Microsoft against a warrant it says tramples the Fourth Amendment. The case — in which Microsoft is resisting a U.S. warrant to turn over ...

Why the Security of USB Is Fundamentally Broken | Threat Level | WIRED: "YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER A USB INFECTED AND THROW IT AWAY AS SOON AS IT TOUCHES A NON-TRUSTED COMPUTER"

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