Note8 costs $960 on Verizon, $950 on AT&T, $930 on T-Mobile; preorders begin Aug. 24, bundled with Gear 360 camera or 128GB SD and charging pad; ships Sept. 15
the Galaxy Note 8 — is here. And it's big. Chris Smith / BGR : Trustworthy report says iPhone 8 will start at $999 Aatif Sulleyman / The Independent : SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 8 HANDS-ON REVIEW: SLICK AND ...
Class action lawsuits now filed in 8 states against CenturyLink, alleging the telecom has systematically overcharged customers, with Minnesota filing today
Update Ashlee Kieler / Consumerist : Lawsuit Claims CenturyLink Continuously Offers Bogus Price Quotes The News Star : Minnesota AG sues CenturyLink, alleges false billing Tweets: Usa Today / @usatoda...
Password manager OneLogin compromised, says hackers have ability to decrypt encrypted data and all users served by US data center are affected
attackers access data and decryption keys Alvaro Hoyos / OneLogin Identity Management Blog : May 31, 2017 Security Incident (UPDATED June 1, 2017) JC Torres / SlashGear : OneLogin attacker may have go...
Outlook, Skype, Xbox issues resolved, but OneDrive still experiencing problems after Microsoft services hit by account authentication issue earlier today
Microsoft is working on a fix Ashlee Kieler / Consumerist : Several Microsoft Services — Including Xbox Live, Outlook — Suffering Outages Samit Sarkar / Polygon : Xbox server issues affecting sign-in,...
Sources: Wal-Mart is in talks to buy online retailer Jet.com; one source says Jet.com could be valued at up to $3B in private markets
Thursday, August 4, 2016 Mike Flacy / Digital Trends : Can a Jet.com acquisition help Walmart compete with Amazon? Teresa Novellino / Upstart Business Journal : Wal-Mart reportedly looking to acquire ...
Airbnb's in-house innovation lab “Samara” for experimental hospitality projects launches with a “community center” to attract tourists to little-traveled towns
Igor Schwarzmann is the German co-founder … Rob Price / Business Insider : Airbnb is building hotels Adam Rowe / tech.co : Why Airbnb Will Move Beyond Home Rentals HYPEBEAST : Airbnb Participates in H...
FTC fines 4 linked data brokers that sold personal info to scammers: LeapLab, Leads, John Ayers get $5.7M suspended fine, SiteSearch gets $4.1M unsuspended fine
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Postmates partners with Starbucks, debuts pilot service in Seattle, promising delivery in less than an hour for a $5.99 fee, available only on iOS
but there's a huge catch Kirsty Styles / The Next Web : Drink your Starbucks without getting dressed, but you may wait an hour to get it Ashlee Kieler / Consumerist : Starbucks Starts Delivery Test In...
Sources: Twitter building new product to let users share tweets longer than 140 characters
People are suddenly … Nick Cowen / htxt.africa : Twitter may be expanding the character limit on tweets Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch : The Super Tweet — Twitter is about nine years old and has a little...
Snapchat Acquires Looksery To Power Its Animated Lenses
For a Fee Ruth Reader / VentureBeat : Snapchat now lets you pay 99 cents to replay any snap Selena Larson / The Daily Dot : Snapchat now allows you to pay 99 cents to replay a snap Andrew Hutchinson /...