Sources: Apple escalates talks with Hollywood execs, seeking to have development and production teams ready by 2016 to compete with Netflix
Apple Eyes Move Into Original Programming (EXCLUSIVE) — The moment the media and technology industries have been expecting for years may finally be arriving …
Ashley Madison created 70K female bots which sent fake messages to 20M of 31M men in the database; 11M of them were chatted up by automatic ‘engagers’
Ashley Madison Code Shows More Women, and More Bots — After searching through the Ashley Madison database and private email last week …
Amazon Lets Apple, Android Users Download Prime Videos
Amazon's Prime Video is a lot like Netflix: Both of the video streaming services have a lot of old TV shows, some old movies and some new stuff the companies make themselves. — Now Amazon gets to bo...
PayPal Launches PayPal.Me, A Simpler Way To Request Money Using Your Own Personalized URL
PayPal today is launching a new take on peer-to-peer payments with the debut of a platform it's calling PayPal.Me. For the first time, PayPal customers will be able to set up their own user profiles ...
Google reveals new logo
Google's look, evolved — So why are we doing this now? Once upon a time, Google was one destination that you reached from one device: a desktop PC. These days, people interact with Google products...
Third-generation Nest Thermostat launches today with a bigger, brighter screen for $249
Nest's Smart Thermostat Gets Updated With A Bigger, Brighter Screen — Back in June, Nest overhauled just about every product they make... save for one curious exception: the smart thermostat that mo...
Nextbit launches Kickstarter seeking $500K for Robin, a $400 32GB Android phone with 100GB of cloud storage
Nextbit's Robin Is An Android Smartphone That Taps The Cloud For Bonus Smarts — A little over a year ago, we broke the news that Nextbit, a company founded by early Android veterans …
GoPro releases trim and share feature to create short video clips directly on HERO4 and HERO+ LCD, or via app on all Wi-Fi enabled GoPros
GoPro Releases New Trim and Share Feature for Cameras and App — GoPro is very excited to release its latest feature that further enables users …
European Firms Team Up to Target Google in Civil Lawsuits
Google already faces antitrust charges from Europe's competition authorities. — Now, the American search giant may be the target of a series of new civil lawsuits that claim Google abused its market...
A breakdown of Silicon Valley's donations to 2016 presidential candidates: who is giving, who is receiving, and how much
Which Presidential Candidate Is Winning the Tech Money Race? — It is becoming clear that the road to the White House in 2016 leads straight through Silicon Valley.
Google Here project enabling third parties to send proximity based Maps alerts via beacons was killed due to privacy concerns, doubts about demand
Google shut down a secret Google Maps project called ‘Google Here’ — Google GOOG was set to launch a new product that added context to one of its most successful apps, Google Maps.
Sony using its crowdsourcing platform for Wena smartwatch; has analog face with electronics in wristband, available in Japan for iOS March 2016 from ¥34,800
Sony is crowdfunding this premium smartwatch — The latest product to hit First Flight, Sony's own crowdfunding platform in Japan …
Google's new logo ditches serif look, is no longer just a static mark but an animated figure
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Wikipedia Blocks Nearly 400 ‘Black Hat’ Accounts for Shady Editing
Kurt Wagner / Re/code :
Former Secret Service agent Shaun Bridges pleads guilty to theft of $820K in bitcoin during Silk Road investigation
Joe Mullin / Ars Technica :
Samsung announces Gear S2 and Gear S2 Classic smartwatches with round 1.2-inch Super AMOLED displays, 1.0GHz dual-core processors, running Tizen OS
Kellex / Droid Life :
Hotels fight back against travel sites like Expedia and Priceline, luring guests to book with them directly by offering digital check-in, free meals, WiFi, more
Hotels Fight Back Against Sites Like Expedia and Priceline — For years, travelers have been drawn to online sites like Expedia … Tweets: @glennf Tweets: Glenn Fleishman / @glennf : So...I can find t...
KeyRaider malware infecting jailbroken iPhones stole over 225K valid Apple account logins, thousands of certificates, private keys, and purchasing receipts
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica :
Source: LG Nexus will come with Snapdragon 808, 5.2" 1080p display, 3GB RAM, 2700mAh Battery, USB-C, more
David Ruddock / Android Police :
Everything announced at VMworld 2015 so far
Jordan Novet / VentureBeat :
Chinese Food-Delivery Company Ele.me Raises $630 Million, Valued At $3 Billion
Yue Wang / Forbes :
European Payments Power Klarna Launches in the U.S. With Overstock.com as a Customer
Jason Del Rey / Re/code :
Google+ Brings Its Interest-Based “Collections” Feature To iOS
Google+ users … Sandy Stachowiak / App Advice : Start browsing, Google+ Collections are now available on iOS Abhimanyu Ghoshal / The Next Web : Google+ brings its Collections post curation feature to ...
Apple TV 4: near universal Siri control, focus on gaming, support for third-party game controllers, Bluetooth 4.2, and 802.11ac Wi-Fi
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac :
Apple and Cisco partner to optimize enterprise networks using Cisco hardware, creating a “fast lane” for iOS devices and apps
Wall Street Journal :
Messaging Firm Line Introduces A Launcher App For Android Devices
Jon Russell / TechCrunch :
Russia won't check whether Google, Facebook, Twitter, and others have complied with local data storage law that goes into effect on Sept. 1 until 2016
Wall Street Journal :
China and Russia cross-referencing data from OPM, Anthem, other hacks to identify US spies; at least one support network for US spies compromised
Los Angeles Times :
Twitter is testing new photo and video editing tools with stickers, doodles, text, and more
Jon Russell / TechCrunch :
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