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Apple Watch Series 2 review (as written by a marathoner)

When the Apple Watch first came out last year, Engadget published not one but two reviews. There was the "official" review, which provided an overview of the device's features and, more important, attempted to explain who, if anyone, should buy it. [Read more...]

The Puerto Rico blackout, from space

A fire at a power plant in Puerto Rico left almost 1.5 million homes and businesses without power on Wednesday night. [Read more...]

Mysterious Apple device surfaces in FCC filing

What is the A1844? We don't know, but an FCC filing for the Apple-built hardware popped up, revealing a few interesting details that raise more questions than answers. [Read more...]

YouTube Heroes will help keep the website's comments clean

If you've ever ventured into YouTube's comments, you know how nasty things can get. To help it purge all the bad juju the section brings, the video-sharing website is enlisting the help of volunteers called "Heroes." It's an expanded version of the Trusted Flaggers Program and gives users who want to help out not just the power to flag inappropriate comments and videos, but also to add captions and subtitles. [Read more...]

LinkedIn Learning arrives to build out your 'skills' section

With the ink still drying on Microsoft's purchase of LinkedIn, the social network everyone loves to hate is now looking to break into the online education with today's launch of LinkedIn Learning. [Read more...]

Samsung already exchanged half of recalled Galaxy Note 7s

A lot of Note 7 owners don't have to sleep with one eye open anymore, according to Samsung's latest press release. [Read more...]

'League of Legends' owners open up revenue streams to pro teams

"We recognize that the current ecosystem isn't consistently profitable yet for team owners or for the league." That's how Riot Games' directors of eSports Jarred "Bradmore" Kennedy and Whalen "Magus" Rozelle laid out the studio's plans to funnel more money to professional League of Legends teams in 2017. [Read more...]

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E-Commerce Minute

E-Commerce Minute: Friday -- September 23, 2016

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Headline Scan
Hack of Half a Billion Records Takes Shine Off Yahoo's Data Trove
Samsung Green-Lights Galaxy Note7 Replacements
Work in a New Automation Era
Comcast Takes the Wireless Plunge
Incentives-Driven Disaster: Wells Fargo's Ethical Implosion
Oracle Snags Palerra to Beef Up Cloud Security
Samsung Troubles Deepen Following Formal CPSC Action
Oracle Does the Cloud Dance
Pandora Plus Trades Ad Views for Extra Features
Oracle's Earnings Call
Google Pursues Both Fiber and Wireless Broadband Ambitions

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Hack of Half a Billion Records Takes Shine Off Yahoo's Data Trove

Yahoo on Thursday disclosed that a data breach in late 2014 resulted in
the theft of information from at least 500 million customer accounts. It
appears that state-sponsored hackers carried out the attack, the company
said. Account information compromised includes names, email addresses,
telephone numbers, dates of birth, hashed passwords, and security
questions and answers.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83923.html

Samsung Green-Lights Galaxy Note7 Replacements

In an update to its Galaxy Note7 recall, Samsung announced that more
than 500,000 new replacement devices would be available for exchange at
U.S. retail outlets on Wednesday. The company also announced the rollout
of a software update that will display a green battery icon on the
screens of new Note7 devices to distinguish them from those subject to
recall.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83918.html

Work in a New Automation Era

Automation has a habit of killing jobs, which has been true since the
Industrial Revolution. However, it seems that we're discovering this
truth all over again. We easily forget when we focus only on the job-
creation aspects of automation, and that usually gets us in trouble.
Since the IR, there have been five distinct economic waves lasting
between 50 and 60 years.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83919.html

Comcast Takes the Wireless Plunge

CEO Brian Roberts on Tuesday announced that Comcast will enter the
wireless phone market by mid-2017 as a mobile virtual network operator.
A 150-strong Comcast Wireless team, headed by Greg Butz, is "getting
ready next year ... to launch a WiFi and MVNO-integrated product,"
Roberts said at the Goldman Sachs Annual Communacopia Conference in New
York.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83916.html

Incentives-Driven Disaster: Wells Fargo's Ethical Implosion

Anyone who works with sales people knows that their ultimate incentive
is their commission check. Since the first time that "sales" was
identified as a profession, we've been paying the people who sell based
primarily on their results. This has worked well -- but things are
starting to change. The drive for results at the expense of all other
considerations is running smack dab into new realities.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83914.html

Oracle Snags Palerra to Beef Up Cloud Security

Oracle has agreed to buy cloud access security broker Palerra, whose
LORIC software manages security and compliance for applications,
workloads, and sensitive data stored across cloud services. Palerra
"offers a unique combination of visibility into cloud usage, data
security, user behavior analytics and security configurations, with
automated incident responses," wrote Oracle SVP Peter Barker.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83911.html

Samsung Troubles Deepen Following Formal CPSC Action

The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Samsung last week announced a
formal voluntary recall of about 1 million Galaxy Note7 smartphones,
after the high-end flagship device was found to have overheated or
caught fire in at least 92 incidents. Samsung was notified of 26 cases
of people being burned by the defective 5.7-inch smartphones and 55
cases of property damage, according to the CPSC.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83907.html

Oracle Does the Cloud Dance

Sunday's Oracle OpenWorld keynotes were good -- especially compared with
prior years -- but they still suffered from the perennial problem of
trying to stuff too much content into a two-hour event. Diane Bryant,
SVP at Intel and a big Oracle partner, spent an hour covering a very
broad landscape. Perhaps the most interesting information in Bryant's
presentation concerned Intel's new line of chips.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83909.html

Pandora Plus Trades Ad Views for Extra Features

Pandora on Thursday launched Pandora Plus, a replacement for its $5-a-
month Pandora One streaming music service. The 4 million Pandora One
subscribers will be switched over to Plus, which will continue to offer
ad-free listening at the same price. However, Pandora Plus also offers
an opt-in video advertising feature that lets users skip or replay
songs. Plus also has an offline mode.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83905.html

Oracle's Earnings Call

Oracle is flying high as it goes into its annual Oracle OpenWorld
customer conference, based on the news from its earnings call on
Thursday. It's clear that the company has succeeded in pivoting from on-
premises to cloud software offerings. The revenue acceleration from
cloud products and services suggests that Oracle will derive an
increasing share of its future revenues from cloud solutions.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83904.html

Google Pursues Both Fiber and Wireless Broadband Ambitions

Google Fiber is reaching its tentacles into North Carolina's Research
Triangle, a move that seems to contradict the gloom-and-doom rumors of
layoffs and low consumer interest. The Triangle is Google Fiber's eighth
incursion. It's already available in Atlanta; Austin, Texas; Charlotte,
North Carolina; Kansas City, Kansas and Missouri; Nashville, Tennessee;
Provo, Utah; and Salt Lake City.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83901.html

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Tech News Flash

Tech News Flash: Friday -- September 23, 2016

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Headline Scan
Social Networks Prep for Key Role in Presidential Debates
Senate Leadership Rebuffs Cruz's Shutdown Threat Over Internet Control
GoPro Karma Lets New Hero5s Fly High
Opera's Free VPN Takes On Internet Privacy Challenge
Nikon Gets In On the Action
The Internet's Shameful Role in Propagating Body Shaming
DoT Refreshes Rule Book to Include Self-Driving Cars

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Social Networks Prep for Key Role in Presidential Debates

The Commission on Presidential Debates, which has run them since 1988,
last week announced initiatives with social media, academics, and media
organizations to engage the American public in substantive conversations
before, during and after this year's debates. The first debate between
presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump is scheduled
for Monday at Hofstra University in New York.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83924.html

Senate Leadership Rebuffs Cruz's Shutdown Threat Over Internet Control

It appears that the Senate is poised to quash a government shutdown
threat from Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, in spite of presidential candidate
Donald Trump lending his support to his former primary opponent's cause.
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., on Thursday filed a continuing
resolution to fund the government without any language geared toward
blocking the administration's IANA transition.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83922.html

GoPro Karma Lets New Hero5s Fly High

Pro earlier this week refreshed its product line, announcing two new
action cameras, a cloud service and a drone. Its new Hero5 Black camera
can capture 4K video at 30 frames a second and still photos at 12
megapixels, with RAW and WDR support. It has a 2-inch touch display, and
stereo sound recording with advanced wind noise reduction. It can be
voice-controlled in seven languages. The shooter will be available Oct.
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http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83917.html

Opera's Free VPN Takes On Internet Privacy Challenge

Opera earlier this week released a new version of its browser, Opera 40,
which comes with a free virtual private network service built in. The
official rollout follows five months of user experimentation with a beta
version. After evaluating beta users' feedback, the company brought on
additional servers, added options for global or private browsing, and
created iOS and Android versions.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83920.html

Nikon Gets In On the Action

Nikon has announced its new KeyMission line of shooters, marking its
entry into the 360-degree and action camera business. The KeyMission 360
can corral 360-degree video in 4K UHD at 24p, as well as in the more
traditional HD 1080p. It also shoots 30-megapixel stills. The unit has
two f/2.0 lenses, each with a 20-megapixel CMOS sensor. The dual units
eliminate blind spots.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83913.html

The Internet's Shameful Role in Propagating Body Shaming

A problem once associated mainly with school playgrounds often follows
people into adulthood, and the anonymity of the Internet has aided its
proliferation. People have been shamed for being overweight,
underweight, too conservative, too revealing, too young, too old, too
plastic or too real. Bullying and harassment are very real problems not
only for children, but also for countless adults.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83915.html

DoT Refreshes Rule Book to Include Self-Driving Cars

U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx has introduced new federal
guidelines for the emerging highly automated vehicle industry --
including self-driving and semi-autonomous vehicles -- creating a
framework that will help drive one of the most important new sectors in
the national economy. Foxx was joined by Mark Rosekind, administrator of
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83912.html

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