August, 2017

• 1 August

  Nearly half of young internet users come from China, India

  

  There’s a reason post-millenials are known as the digital generation. Almost a quarter of the world’s internet users are between the ages of 15 and 24, according to a new report by the International Telecommunication Union. The ITU added that nearly 40 percent of these people (or 320 million) come from China and India. The numbers …

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• 1 August

  Sprint’s trick to making money: A year of free of service

  

  Sprint is finally back in black.  The nation’s fourth-largest wireless carrier has posted a quarterly profit for the first time in three years. The company also added a net 61,000 new customers in its fiscal first quarter, although that was a significant drop from a year ago.  “This represents the progress of a turnaround journey that has delivered improvements in …

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• 1 August

  Amazon to deliver London Fashion Week clothes in an hour

  

  This season’s latest designer looks are walking straight off the London Fashion Week catwalk and straight to you in less than an hour, thanks to Amazon. The online retail giant’s Amazon Fashion arm has partnered with designer Nicola Formichetti to deliver the six-piece collection to customers as soon as it’s debuted on 16 September. If you’re in London and you …

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• 1 August

  ‘Ghost in the Shell’ studio leads Netflix’s anime Originals lineup

  

  Netflix is betting that more of us will be watching anime in the future. The company will partner with more studios in Japan to bring original anime titles to its platform either later this year or early next year, Netflix announced at its 2017 Anime Slate event in Tokyo today. This is in addition to already announced titles such as …

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• 1 August

  Microsoft wants you to upgrade to a new Surface every 18 months

  

  Microsoft is making Surface products easier to buy and upgrade, with a new monthly financing plan called Surface Plus.  With the Surface Plus plan, customers in the US can now own expensive products such as the Surface Laptop, Surface Pro, Surface Book and Surface Studio, and pay them off with a 24-month, zero-interest payment plan. It’s targeted at students, educators …

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• 1 August

  Telstra launches network for smart devices and connected cows

  

  In a world where everything is connected and communicating, how will our networks cope? More importantly, where are my cows? Telstra has the answer to all these questions (yes, all of them) with the switch-on of new network technology that it hopes will drive adoption of smart home devices. And apparently it’s going to be perfect for internet-connected livestock (not …

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• 1 August

  How to get around YouTube like a pro

  

  Now playing: Watch this: How to navigate YouTube like a pro 1:52 On the surface, YouTube can be a bit boring. Sure, the videos you watch are entertaining, but the app or website itself doesn’t offer much. Or does it?  As it turns out, there’s a whole heckuva lot to YouTube, on mobile and the desktop. Below are a few …

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• 1 August

  Apple followed Chinese law in pulling VPN apps, Cook says

  

  A tighter crackdown on VPN apps in China forced Apple to remove the software from its China App Store over the weekend, CEO Tim Cook said Tuesday during the company’s earnings call with analysts. On Saturday, Apple began informing creators of such apps that their VPN apps had been removed because they included “content that is illegal in China, which …

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• 1 August

  iPhone, iPad and Mac sales are all up before iPhone 8

  

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• 1 August

  Amazon stops selling Blu phones over spyware worries

  

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