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• Apple Music snags 11 million users in its first month

  06-08-2015 23:50
  
  Steve Jobs would be proud. One month after its June 30 launch, Apple's new music streaming service Apple Music already has 11 million trial members. The numbers come from USA Today, who snagged an in interview with Apple's senior vice president of Internet software and services, Eddy Cue. Cue said that Apple Music's cost-effective family sharing plan already has 2 million paying users and says Apple is "thrilled with the numbers so far." To put that number in perspective, Tidal - anoth
  
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• Time magazine's latest cover made a meme out of VR

  06-08-2015 23:45
  
  If you've been online today, you have probably seen Time magazine's latest cover featuring Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey.No one is impressed.What's even supposed to be happening in that photo? The cover has managed to spark a massive response to that question with everyone taking to social media with a Photoshopped image, with some even naming the cover to be the reason VR tech will fail.This may be taking it all a little too far, and at least most of us are laughing. The cover has undoubtedly
  
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• OPM wins Pwnie, Google on Android security, DoJ on CFAA: Black Hat 2015 roundup

  06-08-2015 22:59 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Black Hat USA is finishing up in Las Vegas. News from its 18th year includes nuclear nightmares, Department of Justice on computer crime and research, Google on the state of Android security and much more.
  
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• New Relic leads growth charge among next-gen enterprise vendors

  06-08-2015 22:34 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  New Relic, an application monitoring and analytics player, reported results along with Cornerstone OnDemand and HubSpot.
  
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• Fallout 4 will let you level up indefinitely

  06-08-2015 22:13
  
  Fallout 4 is rewriting all sorts of rules for the post-apocalyptic series by introducing a talking protagonist, a customizable settlement, and now getting rid of level caps.According to aBethesda Game Studios tweet, when players finish Fallout 4 they won't be stuck at level 30, 41, 59 or any other arbitrary number. Instead, gamers can continue keep leveling up and exploring after wrapping up the main campaign.It's a big change for RPGs, which typically come with a set maximum level cap that deve
  
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• Informatica goes private, counts Microsoft, Salesforce as strategic investors

  06-08-2015 20:51 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Salesforce Ventures and Microsoft buy into partner Informatica as the data integration and management company goes private in a $5.3 billion deal.
  
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• AI decodes Islamic State strategy

  06-08-2015 19:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Researchers in the US have used artificial intelligence to better understand the military strategy of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
  
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• VIDEO: Phones overtake laptops for going online

  06-08-2015 18:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Smartphones have edged ahead of laptops for the first time as the preferred devices for connecting online in the UK, according to a report by Ofcom
  
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• Review: 4GEE Action Cam

  06-08-2015 18:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Build, features and performanceFast frame rates and 4K video are the big hit features for action cameras, enabling you to capture high-quality footage. However, once the action has been captured that footage still needs to be edited and uploaded, and this process usually takes place some time after the event. That's set to change with the arrival of the 4GEE Action Camera, which features the same tough build and latest video technology, but incorporates a 4G network connection that enables you t
  
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• Review: Polaroid P55D600

  06-08-2015 17:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and features Polaroid, the TV brand, tends to make headlines only once a year. When prices are slashed in the Black Friday sales, it's invariably a Polaroid panel rabid bargain hunters are photographed squabbling over. Now the brand has moved up market with its first 4K Ultra HD panel, the 55-inch P55D600. So should you be mentally counting down the days to this year's inevitable mark down? Obviously, the Polaroid name comes with decades of imaging credibility. However any link betw
  
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• Dark Souls 3: with Miyazaki back the future looks magical

  06-08-2015 17:08 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Far more fluid than its predecessor, at first play it’s clear this game has definitely taken a few pointers from stablemate BloodborneWith series creator Hideki Miyazaki back at the helm for Dark Souls 3 expectations for the latest in the notoriously difficult action-RPG series are probably higher than they’ve ever been.While Dark Souls 2 was respected – loved, even – as a very good game, it always felt as though it was lacking something. There were elements that didn’t suit the mood,
  
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• Xiaomi Mi 4i phablet: Stylish looks and great performance

  06-08-2015 16:51 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  The Mi 4i phone from Xiaomi is a high quality build device with a solid look and feel and good performance.
  
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• Photoshop CC 2015, First Take: Useful UI, cloud service and feature improvements

  06-08-2015 16:48 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  More cloudy and faster all round, the 2015 Creative Cloud version of Adobe's Photoshop offers bold ideas and useful improvements.
  
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• Google releases Stagefright megabug patch for phones

  06-08-2015 16:36 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Samsung joins company in promising monthly security updates in order to prevent Android platform from falling behind fight against malware
  Google and Samsung will release new security updates for Android phones every month, in an attempt to prevent the platform from falling behind in the fight against malware.The two companies’ announcements come in the wake of an embarrassing bug in Android’s media handling framework, called Stagefright, which had been dubbed “Heartbleed for mobile” aft
  
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• Facebook launches live video for celebs

  06-08-2015 16:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The social media firm will be in competition with Meerkat and Periscope with live video launching on its Mentions app.
  
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• Modem Butterfly? New opera to tell life story of Steve Jobs

  06-08-2015 15:47 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Santa Fe Opera is to stage The Revolution of Steve Jobs, which will follow the Apple founder as he confronts cancerHe is already the subject of two feature films and a bestselling biography, but the ongoing lionisation of Steve Jobs is about to get rather more highbrow, as an opera about his life is announced. Related: Watch Michael Fassbender in the trailer for the Steve Jobs movieContinue reading...
  
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• Security experts hack Tesla car

  06-08-2015 15:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Security researchers at the Def Con hackers' conference reveal another car's vulnerability to attack.
  
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• Pornhub launches 'Netflix for porn' subscription service

  06-08-2015 15:12 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  The service will complement the company’s free offering and users will be asked to cough up $9.99 a month for the premium servicePornhub, a vast network of online adult content which attracts a 6 million visitors a day, has launched Pornhub Premium, a paid subscription platform it calls “Netflix for porn” in a move that will be closely watched by all of the online media world from music to news.From music to television to journalism, persuading users to pay for content has proved a tough j
  
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• Monument Valley developer moves into mental health with Moodnotes app

  06-08-2015 15:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Ustwo’s mood-tracking joint venture is based on cognitive behavioural therapy principles, aiming to help people understand their highs and lowsUstwo had a big hit with mobile game Monument Valley, but now the company is moving into a new apps are: mental health and wellbeing.The UK-based studio is releasing an app called Moodnotes for people to track their moods and develop “healthier thinking habits”, as part of a joint venture with US developer Thriveport. Continue reading...
  
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• CoreOS and Mirantis link up to put Kubernetes distro Tectonic onto OpenStack

  06-08-2015 15:00 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  ​Following Google's recent release of container management software Kubernetes 1.0, CoreOS says its Tectonic commercial version now runs on Mirantis OpenStack.
  
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• ​Android fragmentation: There are now 24,000 devices from 1,300 brands

  06-08-2015 14:38 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  The number of new Android manufacturers has exploded in the past three years, but in 2015 growth almost came to a halt.
  
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• Leak suggests Uber 'losing millions'

  06-08-2015 14:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Financial documents, allegedly from car-share start-up Uber, suggest the firm is running at losses of several million dollars each quarter.
  
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• The unstoppable rise of the smartphone: UK users now prefer mobiles to laptops

  06-08-2015 14:05 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Regulator Ofcom has also confirmed the huge rise of 4G phone subcribtions from 2.7 million to 23.6 million over the course of last year.
  
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• Two-thirds of UK's Netflix and Amazon users don't watch their original shows

  06-08-2015 13:58 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  More British online TV subscribers say they view films or US shows than exclusive programmes such as House of Cards or Orange is the New BlackTwo-thirds of online TV subscribers in the UK say they don’t watch original shows such as House of Cards or Transparent that have cost their providers millions to commission.The two biggest online TV services in the UK, Netflix and Amazon’s Prime Instant Video, have invested heavily in original programming in a bid to attract more subscribers. Amazon r
  
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• Are hackers helping or harming us?

  06-08-2015 13:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Should we fear or respect the people that are increasingly finding flaws in the devices and gadgets all around us?
  
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• Serial podcast spearheading new era of online radio, says Mixcloud

  06-08-2015 13:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  ‘Just the first of many viral, audio-only drama shows,’ says streaming firm boss, who is hoping for growth despite Apple and Spotify competitionThe success of the podcast Serial is part of a wider “radio renaissance” that goes well beyond traditional broadcasters, according to streaming service Mixcloud.The company has just announced the winners of its second Online Radio Awards, which aim to spotlight the best internet shows, with NPR Radio’s whodunnit documentary winning the best onl
  
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• Tesla’s Model X electric SUV will ship in September

  06-08-2015 12:39 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Elon Musk’s third electric car will be delivered to customers in the US after three years of delay, with over 20,000 pre-orders Tesla’s much delayed electric sports utility vehicle is due to finally reach customers, starting in September, Elon Musk has announced.
  The Model X was originally unveiled in 2012 alongside the first deliveries of the Model S sedan and was expected to go into production in 2013. Musk announced two subsequent delays as the company struggled to meet demand for the Mod
  
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• Reddit finally bans its white-supremacist subreddits

  06-08-2015 12:19 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Social news site closes racist forums because redditors have to ‘spend a disproportionate amount of time dealing with them’, says chief executive
  Social news site Reddit has banned six forums, or “subreddits”, that form the core of its white-supremacist community.The banned subreddits included “CoonTown”, “WatchNiggersDie”, “bestofcoontown”, “koontown”, “CoonTownMods”, “CoonTownMeta”, although more have been banned since, as users attempt to recreate them and get
  
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• Review: EE Harrier Tab

  06-08-2015 11:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and designEE has gone big on hardware in 2015. As well as a phone line-up that offers more tech for your money than any of the big names, the EE Harrier Tab is a pretty compelling alternative to premium mid-sized tablets like the Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 and budget stars like the Tesco Hudl 2. What EE really wants you to do is to sign up for one of its data contracts. Spend £16 a month on a 2GB data deal and you only have to pay £30 for the tablet itself. This means that at the en
  
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• How can I get into my PC without an admin password?

  06-08-2015 11:27 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Stephen has been using a standard user account in Windows 8, but he’s forgotten the admin password. Now he needs admin access in order to install Windows 10I have an HP laptop running Microsoft Windows 8. As recommended by many sources, I created separate user accounts for my wife and myself, and I have not needed to log in as admin for a while. Now I have simply forgotten the password. I’ve tried all of the obvious variations, which followed a pattern I used for my old iMac. I’ve also tri
  
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• After Stagefright, Samsung and LG join Google with monthly Android patches

  06-08-2015 11:25 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Google and its main Android partners have vowed to fix the haphazard approach to patching the world's most widely used mobile OS.
  
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• Uber losing millions of dollars, documents reveal

  06-08-2015 10:39 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Leak confirms taxi-app firm’s losses growing faster than revenues as it invests in future growth Taxi-app Uber is losing millions of dollars every year, despite the company’s rapid growth and international notoriety, according to documents obtained by US news site Gawker.The financial reports, which span Uber’s history from the beginning of 2012 to the second half of 2014, show the company’s revenue rising from just $1.4m a quarter to almost $57m in just over two years. But in the same p
  
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• The Guardian Cities: Skylines challenge – can I build the world's greenest city?

  06-08-2015 09:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Will real-world ideals of urban planning work on a computer simulator? Environmental writer Karl Mathiesen tests the eco-limits in ‘Hopenhagen’
  Finn Williams: can I build a truly anti-capitalist city?Welcome to a city built with one goal: to be the greenest of bergs. I aimed to use the Cities: Skylines simulator to provide the residents of my little city (current population: 78k) with 100% renewable electricity, effective mass transportation and well-paid jobs in clean industries and high-te
  
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• The Guardian Cities: Skylines challenge – can I build a truly anti-capitalist city?

  06-08-2015 09:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Urban planner Finn Williams uses the building simulator to create a ‘post-growth city’ with an economy based on social exchange rather than consumptionKarl Mathiesen: can I create the world’s greenest city?There is no “game over” in Cities: Skylines, just 400 or so citizens rattling around the remains of my city. Whole districts are abandoned, public services have been shut down, employment has collapsed and the budget is crippled by Greek magnitudes of debt. There is also no democracy
  
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• Samsung to supply AMOLED panels to Huawei: Report

  06-08-2015 08:59 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Samsung Display is reportedly said to be providing AMOLED panels to Chinese smartphone maker Huawei in a bid to diversify its customer base.
  
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• Paul Mason: Is new tech killing capitalism? – Tech Weekly podcast

  06-08-2015 08:30 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Paul Mason argues that information technology can restructure global economicsIn his latest book, Post-Capitalism: A Guide to Our Future, Paul Mason argues that new technology is circumnavigating capitalism by setting up new ways of sharing information and organising labour. It's happening now and it's happening everywhere. In this week's podcast we hear an excerpt from a recent GuardianLive event where Paul is joined by a panel of experts to dissect his ideas. Olly is joined by his own panel fr
  
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• Apple Music has 11m listeners five weeks after launching

  06-08-2015 08:16 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Spotify rival is still in its free trial period, so the real crunch will come when those users are prompted to payApple’s new music streaming service, Apple Music, has attracted 11 million trialists since its launch at the end of June, the company has announced.The figure was revealed by Apple executive Eddy Cue in an interview with USA Today. “We’re thrilled with the numbers so far,” said Cue, who added that 2m of those trialists have opted for the service’s family plan rather than an
  
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• Angry Birds 2 review – new twists on a familiar friend

  06-08-2015 08:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Rovio’s furious birds and egg-stealing pigs are back, but will their freemium nest-feathering make players fly away in search of a new gaming fix?Angry Birds 2? This is actually the eighth sequel to Angry Birds, following the Seasons, Rio, Space, Slingshot Stella, Friends and two Star Wars games.That’s just counting the ones that followed the original’s form: spin-offs exploring other forms of gameplay include Angry Birds Transformers, Angry Birds Epic RPG, Angry Birds Pop, Angry Birds Fig
  
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• ICANN website usernames and encrypted passwords stolen

  06-08-2015 07:42 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  The organisation charged with looking after the coordination of key internet systems has had its user profile database compromised.
  
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• LG, Google to launch new Nexus phone armed with Android Pay in October

  06-08-2015 07:13 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  LG and Google will launch the new generation Nexus phone in October which will be the first model to have Android Pay mobile payment system.
  
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• Fitbit sees revenue more than triple

  06-08-2015 07:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wearable technology company Fitbit sees its revenue beat expectations and more than triple to $400m (£256m) in the second quarter.
  
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• ​AU$77,000 to be seized following online account hacking and stock manipulation

  06-08-2015 07:03 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  A joint investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, and the Australian Federal Police has uncovered that a suspected Russian hacker may have generated more than AU$77,000 from manipulating the stock market.
  
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• ASG renews Western Power contract for AU$40m

  06-08-2015 06:18 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Australian-listed IT services provider ASG Group has renewed its managed services contract with West Australian government-owned electrical infrastructure and maintenance provider, Western Power, in a AU$40 million deal.
  
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• Google Translate's new sign-reading feature takes on La Bamba – video

  06-08-2015 04:09 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  The team at Google headquarters in California tests Google Translate’s new ‘sign-reading’ feature and shows how it quickly translates La Bamba into 27 languages simply by having the camera pointed at printed text. You may not want your doctor using it any time soon though. Click here for another video that explains how the technology actually works Continue reading...
  
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• StarHub profit shrinks by 3.2 percent for first half of 2015

  06-08-2015 03:17 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Singaporean telco StarHub has reported a loss of SG$5.7 million for the half year, thanks to declining broadband revenues and a stagnant mobile business.
  
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• Can South Korean smartphones beat back 'market squeeze'?

  06-08-2015 02:57 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  As it faces challenges at both the high and low end of the smartphone sector, the global market share of South Korean electronics companies is threatened like never before.
  
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• UK 'loves smartphones and selfies'

  06-08-2015 02:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Smartphones have edged ahead of laptops for the first time as the preferred devices for connecting online in the UK, a report by Ofcom says.
  
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• NTT Com drops 5.8B yen in Q2, stops ADSL signups

  06-08-2015 01:40 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Japanese telco NTT Communications has revealed a decline in net income of over 25 percent for the second quarter of 2015, with declining revenues across its voice and data businesses.
  
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• Apple Mac attacks are 'trivial'

  06-08-2015 01:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Creating malicious software that can attack Apple Mac computers is "trivial", a leading security researcher has claimed.
  
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• Smartphone now most popular way to browse internet – Ofcom report

  06-08-2015 01:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Study finds third of all online access is via smartphones, after stark increase in use of 4G fuels rise of mobile surfingSmartphones are the UK’s most popular device for getting online for the first time, according to industry monitor Ofcom.The change has largely been driven by our increased appetite for video, and its availability with the expansion of high-speed 4G data networks. Over the past 12 months this has allowed many more people to watch video clips from YouTube or Vine and TV on-dem
  
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