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iPhone 7 rumor rollup: Thicker and curvier devices, but beware “smartphone elbow”

Massachusetts examining how Uber, Lyft cater to the disabled

Google Capital likes CrowdStrike for endpoint protection

Money will go to beef up sales, engineering and to unseat anti-virus software

Homejoy’s loss could be Google’s gain

For Windows 10 Home users, Windows Update is mandatory

Once you agree to that EULA, you are committed to automatic updates.

Telecom providers launch app challenges to spur innovation in Africa, Asia

Windows 10 license confirms no-warning automatic updates and upgrades

Defines rights for pre-installed Office for Windows 10 apps, tells pirates there is no free ride

Faced with power crisis, Africa looks to renewable energy technology

U2 tours with all-flash array to rock latest video effects

T-Mobile to pay $17.5 million fine for 911 outages

Huddle chases Box, introduces deeper integration with Microsoft Office

Another standalone cloud storage provider integrates with Microsoft Office.

Latest Flash Player version has improved exploit defenses

Indoor phone positioning might soon be easier, cheaper to deploy

A research institute say they've developed an indoor phone positioning system that can be achieved with $6 chipsets, and simple software upgrades of existing access points. And they say it works.

Rules favoring banks said to curb mobile money growth in Africa

Will the White House disappoint on H-1B displacements?

The Obama administration is either preparing for action on H-1B 'abuse,' or it will punt to Congress

DataSift unveils machine learning for developers and marketers

The BYOD debate is not over

Another poll, and new wireless carrier policies, signal BYOD could have renewed life

The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Friday, July 17

Bogus news app used to deliver Hacking Team spy tool

Google reports strong earnings, propelling its stock

CoolaData offers behavorial analytics as a cloud service

Microsoft exec: Forget the past

COO Kevin Turner says it 'feels so good … not to be yearning for something we don't have,' alluding to the retreat from a broad-based smartphone strategy

Google becomes an OpenStack sponsor. What is happening in this world?

Things used to be so simple. It was once easy to characterize companies as either open or closed. But the sands are changing and companies that formerly wouldn't have had a bar with Open Source are jumping on board with abandon.

Windows 10 reaches RTM status, available now to Insiders

Works is not done by a long shot. Patches will come on rollout day in two weeks.

Here’s how to keep your employees engaged in their jobs

GAO study constructive and standardized performance reviews, more employee involvement go a long way toward engaging workers

Illumio takes a unique approach to adaptive security

Adaptive security is becoming more important as breaches appear to become inevitable.

Three things I learned from chatting with Amazon’s CTO

Werner Vogels answers: Is AWS an IaaS or a PaaS?

Jitterbit extends beyond application integration, articulates an IoT and API play

Jitterbit, the well-known integration platform, is jumping on the API integration bandwagon. Smart move or not?

Microsoft explains timing of Windows 10 updates

Windows 10's staggered timetable will kick off by early December

New point-of-sale malware distributed by Andromeda botnet

Encrypted Web and Wi-Fi at risk as RC4 attacks become more practical

CenturyLink launches broad IT services because… it’s different strokes for different folks

The future state of enterprise IT is going to be far more complex and heterogeneous than today. CenturyLink realizes this and is today rolling out the product updated to give people more choice.

Apple’s help of enterprises is underwhelming

If Apple wants to wins hearts and minds of enterprise customers, it can start by showing interest in them

Regulators seek to limit security software exports

The comment period on Wassenaar ends next Monday

The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Thursday, July 16

Facebook’s Internet.org could face regulation in India

Qualcomm hit with two EU antitrust probes

Jolla signs up India’s Intex as first Sailfish OS licensee

Apple updates the iPod Touch with impressive new upgrades

Apple on Wednesday updated its iPod lineup, proving that the company's iconic music player isn't dead just yet.

California fines Uber $7 million for not handing over service data

Intel pushes 10nm chip-making process to 2017, slowing Moore’s Law

BitTorrent teams with Onehub for ‘hybrid’ enterprise file-sharing service

Code42 snags ex-Eloqua CEO Joe Payne

An emerging cloud security company adds some valuable SaaS experience.

How NASA is (slowly) talking to the spacecraft snapping pictures of Pluto

It takes 4.5 hours to transfer data 3 billion miles from Pluto back to earth at 1,000 to 2,000 bits per second

Red Hat pushing hard beyond Linux in the data center

Infrastructure, app development are target areas for open source stalwart Red Hat

Researchers suggest new method to improve Wi-Fi propagation

Data transmissions could run in parallel with TV broadcasts on propagation-friendly spectrum, according to scientists.

Microsoft rallies partners around cloud, mobile, Windows 10

No longer just jet engines and wind turbines, GE moves to be a software vendor

With a new partnership aimed toward the Internet of Things, how much of GE's move into the software space is real?

Here’s how Google wants you to buy stuff on mobile

What to know two weeks ahead of Microsoft’s Windows 10 release

No more beta builds as it works on other areas, including in-store events.