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YouTube forced creators to accept subscription service or lose all videos

YouTube creators were forced to accept the subscription service new terms, or have their videos removed from the service.
Web News
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Sony reaffirms position in mobile business, opens first factory in 20 years

Sony has confirmed plans to open a new mobile factory in Thailand, the first in 20 years. It is a big step for the Japanese company.
Mobile News
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Apple goes green in China with new solar-powered factories

Apple has announced two new energy programs in China aimed at reducing the carbon footprint in the region by 20 million metric tons.
Mobile News
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Popular messaging app Telegram booted out of Iran for refusing to spy on users

Popular messaging app Telegram has been blocked in Iran, after refusing to send private information to the country's surveillance department.
Mobile News
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YouTube Red serves up ad-free, downloadable videos for $10 a month

YouTube has officially launched its subscription service, letting you watch ad-free content for $10 per month.
Web News
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Fossil’s Q Founder runs Android Wear, but its other new wearables are fitness trackers

American watchmaker Fossil has announced four wearables earlier today, including two fitness trackers for men and women, a wearable watch and a smartwatch.
Wearables News
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BBC begins crackdown of iPlayer viewers using a VPN

BBC is blocking VPN users trying to access iPlayer through a VPN, in a new move to make sure only U.K. residents are able to view the content.
Web News
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Facebook launches Instant Articles on the iPhone, offering super-fast news to mobile users

Facebook has launched its Instant Articles platform on the iPhone today, providing millions of mobile users with super-fast news.
Mobile News
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Xiaomi revives the Segway with Ninebot mini, costing a twentieth of the original price

Xiaomi and Ninebot are launching a new Segway, the Ninebot mini. The scooter looks smaller than the original and will cost one twentieth the price.
Emerging Tech News
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Waze announces largest update since Google’s acquisition two years ago

Mobile mapping app Waze has announced its biggest update since Google acquired the company in 2013.
Mobile News
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Apple purges hundreds of apps that collected personal data from the App Store

Apple has purged the App Store of 256 apps earlier this week, which were using a faulty API to steal personal data from users.
Mobile News
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The future of vacuums and beyond? Dyson acquires experimental solid-state battery startup

Dyson has acquired Sakti3, an experimental solid-state battery Michigan startup for $90 million.
Smart Home Smart Home News
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Intel making a huge push for the iPhone chipmaker position

Intel really wants to make a break into the mobile market, and is throwing 1,000 engineers on the iPhone 7 LTE modem job.
Mobile News
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Amazon files smart glasses patent for watching movies and augmenting real life

Amazon has filed a new patent to the U.S. Trademark and Patent Office, revealing internal work on smart glasses with augmented-reality features.
Computing News
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Uber begins Scottish taxi invasion, starting in Glasgow

Uber is expanding into Scotland, starting in Glasgow before the end of 2016. It has Aberdeen and Edinburgh on its radar for 2016.
Mobile News
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Take a virtual ride on a real paper airplane with the PowerUp FPV

PowerUp Toys has announced a new paper airplane drone, offering live POV from the drone through Google Cardboard or your smartphone.
Emerging Tech News
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Apple sets ResearchKit to work on cures for autism, epilepsy, and melanoma

Apple has announced three new studies coming to ResearchKit, focused on autism, epilepsy, and melanoma.
Mobile News
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Nowhere is safe: Microsoft begins advertising on the Start Menu in Windows 10

Microsoft is testing a new advert slotted inside the Start Menu, in a new move to bring advertising outside of the Web.
Computing News
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Apple’s App Store revenue surges 80 percent higher than Google Play store

Even with the huge growth of Android in the past year, Google Play store revenue still pales in comparison to Apple's own app store.
Mobile News
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Microsoft reportedly tests an Android dialer app, may launch in December

Microsoft is apparently working on a new dialer app for Android. The app is currently being tested in India and worked on by the Skype team.
Mobile News
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ZTE introduces ‘lease-to-own’ plan in the U.S. for customers who want to buy direct

ZTE has announced a lease-to-own plan in the United States, letting customers pay monthly for devices directly from the company.
Mobile News
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Your next pizza might be delivered by Uber’s courier service, launching today

Uber is expanding into the courier market, launching Uber Rush in San Francisco, New York, and Chicago earlier today.
Business News

OnePlus X ‘Powerfully Beautiful’ event scheduled for October 29

OnePlus has announced an event on October 29 in London, with the tagline Powerfully Beautiful. The event will be focused on the OnePlus X.
Mobile News
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Google-commissioned security report paints a bleak picture of Android

In a new security report co-funded by Google, 87 percent of Android devices are potentially vulnerable to one of the 12 known critical vulnerabilities.
Mobile News
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Twitter plans to layoff 8 percent of its workforce

Twitter has announced plans to layoffs 336 employees, or eight percent of the workforce, one week after Jack Dorsey reclaimed his position as CEO.
Social Media News
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Shop ’til you drop: Facebook shows off shopping feed and new ads for brands

Facebook wants you to shop with the brands you like right in its app. The social network developed new ads and a shopping feed for users to browse through.
Social Media News
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Apple snaps up a startup with facial recognition that doesn’t invade user privacy

Apple acquired Palo Alto-based company Perceptio. The startup was developing facial recognition and other photo tech with a focus on privacy.
Mobile News
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OnePlus promises 60-minute delivery in Bengaluru, India or you get the phone for free

OnePlus is so confident in its Indian delivery service that it will give the phone away for free if it takes more than an hour to deliver.
Mobile News
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Apple throws selected apps out of the App Store, all in the name of privacy and security

Apple has removed "a few" apps from the App Store for installing root certificates, which allowed traffic from other apps to be moved to a different server.
Mobile News
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You can now back up all your WhatsApp messages onto Google Drive

WhatsApp and Google have announced a new partnership that allows Android users to backup all their messaging data through Google Drive.
Mobile News
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Drone postal deliveries could mean the mailman’s days are numbered in Singapore

The national postal service in Singapore has successfully completed a drone delivery mission, sending a package and a letter over two kilometers in just five minutes.
Emerging Tech News
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Apple approves Facebook and Apple News ad blocker on iOS 9

Apple has gone one step further in its privacy battle, approving an ad blocker capable of intercepting and removing native ads from apps like Facebook.
Mobile News
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Sony once again considers leaving the mobile market if new Xperia phones fail to sell

Sony is very hesitant on selling its mobile unit, but if it continues to stay in the red after 2016 it might consider flogging the unit.
Mobile News
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This 3D Touch-style tech could mean Android phones will get pressure-sensitive screens

Android fans looking enviously at the iPhone 6S's pressure sensitive screen may not have long to wait before they can buy a phone with similar features, thanks to Synaptics new ClearForce technology.
Mobile News
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