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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Following the latest Mueller indictments, Twitter bans DCLeaks and Guccifer 2.0 accounts, says it is reviewing company policies and expects to make updates soon — The US' indictment of Russian officers over the DNC hacks is having an effect... at least, on Twitter.
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The Verge, Gizmodo, sandiegouniontribune.com, TechSpot, Axios, HuffPost, The Guardian, and CNBC
Tweets: @jimrutenberg, @brianfagioli, @quinnnorton, @ghhshirley, @slpng_giants, @jimrutenberg, and @jimsciutto
| Lauren Goode / Wired: |
Interview with Panos Panay and other Microsoft execs on how the Surface Go was made, and why they think it has an edge over Chromebooks and the iPad — PANOS PANAY IS the betting type. You can see the evidence in Microsoft's Building 37, where two $1 bills stick out from beneath a Surface tablet sitting on a shelf.| Matt Weinberger / Business Insider: |
Online game creation platform Roblox, which is reportedly raising at a $2.4B valuation, says it's on track to more than double developer payouts to $70M in 2018 — - Roblox, the video-game app that's wildly popular with younger players, is on track to pay out $70 million to its developers this year.
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MarketWatch, VentureBeat, Pocket Gamer.biz, and GamesIndustry.biz
Tweets: @adamnash, @danielsinger, and @insideroblox
| The Guardian: |
Lancaster University's Litcraft uses Minecraft to create accurate scale models of places from books like Treasure Island to promote reading among school kids — Ever wanted to explore Treasure Island or pretend to be Robinson Crusoe? Minecraft is now being used to create an 'immersive experience … | Rory Smith / New York Times: |
How widespread use of translation apps like Google Translate helped bring international fans and locals together during the World Cup in Russia — MOSCOW — On a warm, sticky morning in Kazan, Russia, a couple of weeks ago, a British journalist decided to brave the heat and go for a run.| Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: |
Counterpoint Research: Apple sold less that 1M iPhones in India in the first half of 2018; sources: three key Apple India sales executives have left — - Recent exits are said to include sales and distribution heads — The iPhone maker struggles to compete in a fast-growing market
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Gizmodo, AppleInsider, The Verge, 9to5Mac, iPhone Hacks, Firstpost, and Ubergizmo. Tweets: @pranavdixit
| Joan E. Solsman / CNET: |
Smule rebrands its Sing! Karaoke app, which lets users record music videos solo or as duets with other users or artists, to Smule, says the app has 50M MAUs — Smule wants everyone to know its name. — The company, a San Francisco-based startup named from a portmanteau of “sonic” and “mule,” runs a collection of music-related apps.Thanks:@rogerwcheng
| Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic: |
As Facebook and Instagram crack down on explicit content, Twitter has become the platform of choice for nudists as it allows content with full or partial nudity — Since Martin Belcher, a 50-year-old customer-services adviser based in the U.K., joined Twitter in 2012, he's tweeted out thousands …
Tweets: @dsilverman and @theatlantic
| Amanda Lee / South China Morning Post: |
As mobile payments in China proliferate, Peoples Bank of China warns businesses not to refuse cash payments from customers — The banking regulator reminds businesses to accept cash payments even as mobile payment transactions reached a record US$12.8 trillion| Hanna Kozlowska / Quartz: |
Germany's highest court rules that the parents of a teenager who died in 2012 should inherit access to her Facebook account, including private messages — Germany's highest court ruled Thursday (July 12) that the parents of a teenager who died in 2012 after being hit by a train should be allowed …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Hands-on with the top-of-the-line 2018 15-inch MacBook Pro: it's fast, keyboard is quieter with similar key travel as the 2017 model, and True Tone works well — It's a MacBook, alright — The new MacBook Pro keyboards are quieter. — We've had a top-of-the-line 15-inch MacBook Pro review unit …
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hrtapps.com, Geekbench, Cult of Mac, MacRumors, iPhone in Canada Blog, Patently Apple, iPhone Hacks, Laptop Mag, Laptop Mag, Redmond Pie, Mashable, MacDailyNews, and Neowin
Tweets: @laptopmag, @reneritchie, and @tomwarren
| Sam Lionheart / iFixit: |
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MacRumors, Mashable, Pocketnow, MySmartPrice, BetaNews, Ubergizmo, Cult of Mac, Neowin, iPhone in Canada Blog, 500ish Words, Thurrott.com, Forbes, Digital Trends, Firstpost, 9to5Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, TechCrunch, Houston Chronicle, iPhone Hacks, BGR, iMore, SlashGear, Business Insider, AppleInsider, Engadget, and CNET
Tweets: @ifixit, @stevestreza, and @reckless
| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Mobvoi Ticwatch Pro review: the best Wear OS smartwatch, combination of OLED and LCD displays gives two days of battery life, but has average performance — When you look at the smartwatch market you really only need to look at the Apple Watch and Samsung's Gear lineup to know what's good.
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Android Police, Android Authority, and Digital Trends
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
eMarketer estimates Amazon will account for $258.22B or 5% of US retail sales in 2018, about 49.1% of total US online retail spend — Amazon has already been in the crosshairs of the White House when it comes to threats of antitrust investigations, and while some say this is simply Trumpian bluster … Sponsor Posts
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