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Apple adds 9 more auto makers, including Audi, Chrysler and Dodge, to its CarPlay program

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by on July 1, 2014 at 4:45 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Apple on Tuesday updated the official partners list for its CarPlay in-vehicle entertainment system, adding nine major auto makers: Abarth, Alfa Romero, Audi, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Jeep, Mazda and Ram, to the list. The new additions bring the total number of partners to 29. Ferrari, Honda, Hyunda, Mercedes Benz and Volvo have committed to releasing compatible models this year, while the other 24 are listed only as committed partners for “future models.” Audi, for instance, has said it will roll out its CarPlay integration in 2015. Apple officially announced CarPlay in March after previewing its iOS in the Car initiative…

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Vine adds ‘loop counts’ to reveal how many times people have watched a video

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by on July 1, 2014 at 4:18 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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Vine is introducing a new ‘loop count’ feature to its website and Android/iOS apps today, revealing how many times a video has been looped. No word yet on whether it will be arriving for Windows Phone users. It’s an obvious feature to introduce for a service that has burgeoned in popularity over the past year, and apes other platforms such as YouTube which reveal at a glance how many times a particular skit has been viewed. The numbers update in real time too, which will give a good reflection of how many people are watching it concurrently. It’s also worth…

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Microsoft boosts Outlook.com email encryption and opens its first transparency center

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by on July 1, 2014 at 3:19 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Microsoft has announced a trio of security-focused nuggets today. First up, Outlook.com is now cloaked in Transport Layer Security (TLS), cryptographic protocols used to safeguard data traveling between users – this works for both outbound and inbound messages. Matt Thomlinson, Vice President, Trustworthy Computing Security, at Microsoft says: “Over the past six months, we have been working across the industry to further protect and help ensure your mail remains protected. This includes working closely with several international providers throughout our implementation, including, Deutsche Telekom, Yandex and Mail.Ru to test and help ensure that mail stays encrypted in transit to and…

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Do venture capitalists have an ethical duty to startups?

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by on July 1, 2014 at 2:49 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Entrepreneur

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Janine Yancey is the CEO & President of Emtrain — an organization dedicated to creating user-friendly, memorable and scalable ethics and harassment prevention training for the workplace. Before I get into the “ethical duty” mentioned in the title, allow me to quickly run a few things by you. In the past few months, we’ve seen a number of entrepreneurs at startups make some serious ethical and professional mistakes. It started with GitHub — a founder and his wife making inappropriate comments and requests of a female software developer. Shortly after, we had an Uber team that felt it was “okay” to begin…

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The network effect: Original TV shows have made video streaming complicated

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by on July 1, 2014 at 2:35 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web

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Video streaming was supposed to be simple. One small, monthly fee and a wealth of ad-free content at my fingertips. In the face of expensive, counter-intuitive satellite and cable TV packages, it felt like a breath of fresh air. But that’s starting to change. One of my biggest gripes with conventional TV providers is the way content is gated. I have to figure out which programs I want to watch, the channels they’re being shown on and the relevant bundles that will give me unfettered access. For instance, if I were a Sky TV customer in the UK, I would…

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