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Touchscreen chip flaw renders some iPhone 6 and 6 Plus devices useless

Apple’s iPhone 6 and 6 Plus appear to be vulnerable to so-called “touch disease”, a hardware problem that is crippling phones, according to reports from users and third-party repairers.

The issue, which has been observed in iPhone 6s since the beginning of the year, seems to affect the touchscreen controller chips, resulting in problems for the high-end smartphones in responding to touch input.

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Grab your headphones: Facebook is testing video with autoplay sound

Facebook has made no secret of its love for video, challenged only perhaps by its affection for bots.

The re-creation of Facebook as a video platform is well underway: Facebook Live experiments abound, it’s trialling what are basically 15-second ad breaks, and now the social media behemoth is treading delicate ground; testing how users react to autoplay video in their newsfeeds. With sound.

SEE…

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Apple releases 4 new emoji sticker packs for iOS 10 beta users

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Apple recently revealed that its upcoming iOS 10 update holds some good news for emoji lovers: The iPhone’s pictograph palette will soon be more extensive than ever.

The Cupertino company gave a clearer picture of what that new emoji-verse will look like this weekend with the release of four new animated sticker packs for those testing the beta version of the…

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Facebook cuts Paper app from its lineup

The world’s largest social network initially created its Paper app to experiment with new ways to read Facebook. Two and a half years later, it’s being shut down. In Silicon Valley, hype and praise can only get you so far.

The latest example is Facebook’s Paper app, originally revealed in January 2014 as a new way to read news while also surfing the social network. The app had two main…

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Google launches giant undersea internet cable

The world’s highest-capacity undersea internet cable, a 5,600-mile link between the US and Japan backed by Google has been activated.

The fibre cable, which can transport data at 60 terabits per second (60 million Mbps) is expected to be a significant boost to trans-pacific internet speeds.

Google is one of six companies behind the project, alongside Asian telecoms groups. Google’s Urs Hozle…

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Facebook wins appeal on Belgian tracking Facebook has won a long-running legal battle with the Belgian data protection authority over how it tracks non-users.

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YouTube ready to put live streaming in the palm of your hand

YouTube promises its app will offer live streaming on mobile devices, complete with all the features of regular videos.

YouTube is about to push live streaming from the web to your mobile device.

The video-sharing site will soon offer support for live streaming on its YouTube app, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki said Thursday at the VidCon conference in Anaheim, California.

The Google-owned company…

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German publishers appeal decision in market power case against Google

German publishers have appealed a Berlin court’s rejection of a case in which they accused Google of abusing its market power by refusing to pay them for displaying newspaper articles online, a lawyer for the publishers said on Monday.

Germany’s biggest newspaper publisher, Axel Springer and 40 other publishers had accused Alphabet Inc’s Google of unfair treatment.

The court had rejected the…

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Google Play Newsstand starts showing Accelerated Mobile Pages on Android and iOS

Google has started showing lightweight, fast-loading Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) in its Google Play Newsstand news and magazine app for Android and iOS.

The launch only applies to free content. “We are exploring extending it for paid content in the future,” Sami Shalabi, head of product and engineering for Google Play Newsstand, wrote yesterday in a blog post.

Previously Google has rolled out…

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WWDC 2016: All you need to know about Apple's new software updates

WWDC 2016: All you need to know about Apple’s new software updates

Apple commenced its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on Monday in San Francisco “with major upgrades for the operating systems powering its computers, mobile devices, smartwatch and TV box”, reported the New York Times.

Here are all the major updates and features announced by Apple:

iOS 10:

The OS will not be available to customers until later this year. The company rolled out the…

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#apple #iOS 10 #MacOS #news #Siri #WWDC

Twitter invests $70 mn in music streaming service SoundCloud

Micro-blogging website Twitter has invested $70 million in popular music streaming service SoundCloud, a move that may push Twitter’s stalled growth and engagement with its over 300 million users. According to a Re/Code report, “Twitter has invested around $70 million in the music service, as part of a round that should end up in the $100 million-range.” Nearly two years ago, the micro-blogging…

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Microsoft to Acquire LinkedIn for $26.2 Billion

Microsoft Corp. snapped up LinkedIn Corp. for $26.2 billion in the largest acquisition in its history, betting the professional social network can rev up the tech titan’s software offerings despite recent struggles by both companies.

The deal is Chief Executive Satya Nadella’s latest effort to revitalize Microsoft, which was viewed not long ago as left behind by shifts in technology. Mr. Nadella…

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#Business #LinkedIn #microsoft

Apple to lower App Store 'tax' for loyal subscribers

Apple to lower App Store ‘tax’ for loyal subscribers

If you sell an app, subscription or other product through the App Store, Apple gets 30% of the money. That’s how its been since the App Store’s inception seven years ago. But soon Apple will for the first time lower its App Store commission on one condition: if an app can retain a subscriber for over a year, the revenue split will be 85/15. The change will apply immediately to existing apps with…

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Facebook Drops the Curtain on Mobile Web Chat, Pushing Users to Messenger

The final move to a separate app was inevitable, but may frustrate some. TechCrunch reports that Facebook has begun to notify users of its mobile web interface that chat features will be removed soon. When mobile web users access their messages, a popup notifies them that “Your conversations are moving to Messenger. Soon you’ll only be able to view your messages from Messenger.” A link to…

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Twitter's next big bet in Asia: C-Pop live streaming

Twitter’s next big bet in Asia: C-Pop live streaming

Twitter has been part of major conversations around the world in its ten years of existence, with 140 character tweets ranging from historic elections to star-studded Oscar selfies to live cricket tournaments.

Now, the company is focusing on a new, growing phenomenon, according to one of its executives: live video streaming.

Rishi Jaitly, vice president for Asia Pacific, Middle East and North…

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#cpop #live streaming #twitter

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