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Amazon to offer $8.99/month stand-alone video streaming option in US; Prime membership to be offered monthly for first time for $10.99/month in US — Amazon Ups the Ante on Streaming Video — New stand-alone option for its service is direct challenge to rival Netflix
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9.7-inch iPad Pro has the “best performing mobile LCD display that we have ever tested” — iPad Pro 9.7 Display Technology Shoot-Out — iPad Air 2 and iPad Pro 9.7 — President, DisplayMate Technologies Corporation — into any other work without the prior written permission of DisplayMate Technologies Corporation| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Verizon tops pack of Yahoo bidders as deadline arrives; Time, AT&T, others drop out as Daily Mail remains in talks with private equity co-bidders — Verizon Tops Pack of Suitors Chasing Yahoo — Telecom giant looks to build online ad business; Time, other potential bidders won't make offers| Sharyn Alfonsi / CBS News: |
On 60 Minutes, security expert Karsten Nohl eavesdrops on cellphone calls and texts knowing just the phone's number by hacking SS7, a global carrier protocol — Hacking Your Phone — Sharyn Alfonsi reports on how cellphones and mobile phone networks are vulnerable to hacking| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
LinkedIn launches LinkedIn Students app for Android, iOS in the US to help college grads find a job — LinkedIn's newest app helps college grads find jobs — For all the talk about its benefit to the “economic graph,” one of the main things LinkedIn is recognized for is being an online resume …
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| Anton Shilov / AnandTech: |
Intel unveils Apollo Lake next generation platform for cheap Atom-based devices, with first products shipping in the second half of 2016 — Intel Unveils New Low-Cost PC Platform: Apollo Lake with 14nm Goldmont Cores — This week, at IDF Shenzhen, Intel has formally introduced … | IFPI: |
Global streaming music revenues grew 45% to $2.9B in 2015; paying users hit an estimated 68M, up from 41M in 2014 — IFPI Global Music Report 2016 — Global music revenues increase 3.2% as digital revenues overtake physical for the first time — Digital sales contribute 45 per cent …
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Facebook's David Marcus on bots rollout: bots should respond in under 5 seconds, server load may be to blame for latency; new ecosystem takes time to get right — Facebook Messenger's David Marcus on the rocky rollout of bots — The search for the killer bot is well underway in Silicon Valley — but it's off to a rocky start.
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Google VP of VR Clay Bavor describes his vision for VR: perfectly capture and depict reality, create VR spaces for free expression — Clay Bavor, Google's VP of VR, on His Plan to Make Virtual Reality Amazing for Everyone — In late 2013, Clay Bavor began experimenting with teleportation.
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| James Trew / Engadget: |
GoPro announces GoPro VR 360-degree video channel, mobile apps, discloses $5K Omni VR rig price tag, will demo “LiveVR” streaming at NAB show starting on Monday — GoPro announces VR video app and livestreaming tools — It's been a busy few days for GoPro.| Christian Oliver / Financial Times: |
Sources: EU antitrust charges against Google over Android may be announced very soon — Europe nearing Google antitrust charges — Brussels has stepped up its efforts to finalise antitrust charges related to the Android mobile operating system, advancing a case which is set to sharply escalate …
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European Commission, Reuters, Android Authority, International Business Times, Marketing Land, 9to5Google, Politico, TechCrunch, PhoneArena and Fortune. Tweets: @aoifewhite101
| Ben Popper / The Verge: |
DJI releases the Matrice 600, a $4600 drone which can stream in 1080p at 60 FPS from a distance of 3 miles, as well as the $1600 Ronin-MX aerial gimbal — DJI just released its most powerful drone yet — The film and television industry are gathered in Las Vegas this week … Sponsor Posts
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