iPhone 6s will feature next-gen “3D Touch” display which can differentiate between three levels of pressure: a tap, a press, and a deeper press
iPhone 6s to have ‘3D Touch’ three-level, next-gen Force Touch interface — One of the cornerstone features of the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus …
Comcast tests letting Florida customers pay an extra $30 per month to avoid 300GB data cap
New Comcast innovation: A $30 charge to eliminate your data cap — Florida data cap trial limits users to 300GB unless they pay extra each month. — Comcast has unveiled a new $30 charge …
FDA-approved Eko Core stethoscope attachment records and sends heart audio wave images to an iPhone app; abnormality-detecting algorithm is in clinical trials
Take a Deep Breath, Then Check Your Smartphone — The stethoscope, that iconic tool of doctors, has been upgraded several times since it was invented two centuries ago.
Apple ramps up hiring of artificial intelligence experts specializing in machine learning
Exclusive: Apple ups hiring, but faces obstacles to making phones smarter — Apple has ramped up its hiring of artificial intelligence experts, recruiting from PhD programs …
Zomato raises $60M and launches a white-label service to help restaurants go online
Restaurant search service Zomato has raised a fresh $60 million in funding in a round led by new entrant Temasek Holdings and existing investor Vy Capital. — Founded in 2008, Zomato offers an online...
Pagefair's estimate that publishers will lose $21.8B due to ad blocking ignores law of supply and demand, so is likely overstated
Widely Cited Ad Blocking Study Finding $21.8 Billion Loss Is Incorrect — Supply and demand were purposefully overlooked, leading to larger number.
Twitter's core product is fine for current users, but company is overvalued and has to show investors it can grow with projects like Vine, Periscope
Twitter's Product is F**king Fine — It seems all the range to write thought pieces on Twitter's product problems.
Twitter should remove arbitrary 140 character limit and other legacy restrictions to appeal to mainstream users, recognize its true strength is its network
The network's the thing — Last week Instagram announced it was supporting more than just square aspect ratios for photos and videos.
Hachette, HarperCollins Publishers, and Simon & Schuster report declining revenues on ebooks after winning the right to set prices in deal with Amazon
E-Book Sales Fall After New Amazon Contracts — E-book revenue is falling, and some people in the publishing industry say it is partly …
Uber Confirms It's Raised $1.2B More In China Led By Baidu As Rival Didi Kuaidi Gets $3B
Uber — the app-based, on-demand transportation service — has been on has been on a fundraising tear as it expands globally in the face of major competition. China is the company's latest battleground...
LG V10 leaks, said to have 5.7-inch display with auxiliary ‘ticker’ screen
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High-end Android OEMs like Samsung, LG struggle in Q2 as cheaper phones take Chinese business, appetite for upgrades in the west wanes
Premium Android hits the wall: the Q2 2015 smartphone scorecard — Premium Android phones went off track in the second quarter. Photo by -Jeffrey- on Flickr.
Why Facebook chose Haskell, a functional programming language that ranks 23rd in overall popularity on Github, to build its complex anti-spam system
Facebook's New Spam-Killer Hints at the Future of Coding — Louis Brandy pauses before answering, needing some extra time to choose his words.
Beta of Microsoft's Skype Messaging app available to Windows 10 Mobile testers
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet :
Samsung looking to open Gear S2 to iOS after adding support for non-Samsung Android devices
Luke Johnson / Digital Spy :
Oppo's 6" R7 Plus with 3GB RAM, 13MP camera, and fingerprint sensor now available for pre-order for $499
Abhimanyu Ghoshal / The Next Web :
Facebook begins testing new, content-heavy, immersive mobile ad format
Kurt Wagner / Re/code :
Snapchat now draws 4B daily video views, putting it on par with Facebook, and doubling its views in just 3 months
Los Angeles Times :
Latest Chrome for Android brings “custom tabs”, a faster alternative to WebView for apps
Yusuf Ozuysal / Chromium Blog :
YouTube to allow third parties to track and verify video ad views by the end of the year
Robert Cookson / Financial Times :
ZTE nearly doubles its US smartphone marketshare to 8% in the past 15 months through low-cost offerings, ranking it as the fourth largest smartphone maker in US
Bruce Einhorn / Bloomberg Business :
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