Apple to disable plug-ins like Flash, Java, Silverlight, and Quicktime by default in Safari 10, to focus on HTML5 content
In Safari 10, set to ship with macOS Sierra, Apple plans to disable common plug-ins like Adobe Flash, Java, Silverlight, and QuickTime by default in an effort to focus …
Rhapsody rebrands itself as Napster, the service it acquired in 2011
Rhapsody is part of the old guard of music streaming services, launched way back in 2001 as Listen.com. It never got the traction of it's rival Spotify, and is now competing against titans like Apple...
Apple Maps will record a vehicle's location at the end of a trip in iOS 10
Forgetting where you parked could soon be an issue of the past, thanks to a new feature in Apple's upcoming iOS 10 that automatically remembers where your car is located. — Using Apple Maps for dire...
Twitter Ventures invests in SoundCloud; sources say investment is $70M in a round valuing SoundCloud at about $700M
Twitter wanted to buy the company a couple years ago; now it has invested $70 million instead. — Two years ago Twitter thought about buying SoundCloud, but ended up walking away from the music servi...
Facebook adds SMS support back to Facebook Messenger for Android after pulling it in 2012; SMS support is not currently planned for Messenger on iOS
Surround and conquer is Facebook's new strategy for getting people to switch from SMS to Messenger. You can now read and send old-school text messages …
Apple says apps submitted to App Store must enforce App Transport Security by Jan. 1, 2017
During a security presentation at Apple's Worldwide Developers' Conference, the company revealed the deadline for all apps in its App Store to switch on an important security feature called App Transp...
Dropbox says it is now cash-flow positive but not profitable, not in rush to IPO
Drew Houston said at the Bloomberg Technology Conference that the company is cash-flow positive. — Since attaining a $10 billion valuation from investors in 2014, Dropbox Inc. has become a symbol of...
Q&A with Apple's Iovine, Reznor, Cue, and Kondrk on Apple Music, Beats 1, and YouTube's “disingenuous” business model, and more
Eddy Cue, Apple senior vice president of internet software and services, helps introduce the new iOS software at an Apple event …
Sources: Russian government hackers had access to computer network of the Democratic National Committee for about a year, stole opposition research on Trump
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Dating app Bumble is partnering with Spotify so you can swipe based on someone's favorite music
Bumble, the fast growing female-led dating app, is partnering with Spotify. — Bumble users will soon have the option of connecting their dating profile to their Spotify account so it can include …
Profile of Vitalik Buterin, inventor of Ethereum, the cryptocurrency rivaling Bitcoin and inspiring a movement
Vitalik Buterin invented the world's hottest new cryptocurrency and inspired a movement—before he'd turned 20. — I met Vitalik Buterin for the first time in Miami, during a Bitcoin conference in 201...
One Kings Lane, once valued at $900M+, acquired by Bed Bath & Beyond in all-cash deal, at a price “not material” to BB&B Inc.
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Chef launches Habitat, an open source project to make applications infrastructure-independent
a new open source project for automating applications Cade Metz / Wired : The Quest to Make Code Work Like Biology Just Took A Big Step Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE : Chef cooks up a new open-source a...
Hands-on with Microsoft's new Xbox One controller: Bluetooth, better grip, and improved thumbsticks
Microsoft is now on the third revision of its standard Xbox One controller, and it's a noticeable improvement. — The company revealed the gamepad during its media briefing prior …
Twitter now lets you retweet your own tweets
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macOS Sierra tidbits: Gatekeeper “Anywhere” option removed, optimized storage with iCloud, RAID support, more
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Net neutrality and Title II win in court, as ISPs lose case against FCC
June 14, 2016, will go down in history as either … Nick Farrell / TechEye : US court upholds Net Neutrality Troy Wolverton / Mercury News : Net neutrality decision a big win for all of us Wayne Rash /...
Sources: Didi Chuxing raises $7B round, including the $1B announced by Apple, valuing it at over $25B
Ride-sharing company will have more than $10 billion in cash on hand to fend off U.S. competitor — HONG KONG—China's homegrown competitor to Uber Technologies Inc. has raised $7 billion …
Ubuntu's container-style Snap app packages now work on other Linux distributions
coming to Linux distros like Fedora, Arch, OpenSUSE, and more! Iain Thomson / The Register : Linux devs open up universal Ubuntu Snap packages to other distros Brad Linder / Liliputing : Ubuntu's “sna...
OnePlus 3 review: excellent performance, 6GB of RAM, sharp 16MP camera, clean interface design, and fast battery charging; at $400, this is a great phone
OnePlus finally has a genuine flagship killer Sam Byford / The Verge : OnePlus won't release any more low-end phones Andrew Martonik / Android Central : OnePlus 3 review: Finally all grown up Napier L...
Around 40% of iPads in use will not be supported by iOS 10, according to Localytics, whereas all but the first-gen iPad supported iOS 9
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / ZDNet :
Apple's app-based, device-centric approach for Siri appears less expansive than Google's and Amazon's efforts
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times :
FCC's proposal to open cable boxes to competition gets pushback from the ad industry and lawmakers like Senator Mitch McConnell
Ana Radelat / Ad Age :
Playstation VR launching in the US October 13th for $399, will cost $499 when bundled with the camera and Move controllers
Jamieson Cox / The Verge :
Facebook rolls out new suicide prevention tools, including faster message flagging for moderators, self-help guides, more
Mike Isaac / New York Times :
Sources: Uber has hired Morgan Stanley, Barclays PLC to sell a leveraged loan of $1B-$2B to institutional investors
Wall Street Journal :
Steve Case's Revolution Growth DC-based fund raises $525M with an eye toward startups that need regulatory help
Alex Konrad / Forbes :
Barefoot Networks, founded by Stanford professor Nick McKeown, plans to sell networking chips, discloses a $57M funding round led by Google and Goldman Sachs
Don Clark / Wall Street Journal :
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