Samsung Galaxy Note 7 owners can get replacement by Sept. 21

From CNET: If you're a Galaxy Note 7 owner, you're in luck -- finally. You'll be able to get your replacement within the next week.

Samsung on Thursday said new Note 7 replacement devices will be available in the US at most retail locations no later than Sept. 21.

The update came as the US...

Only 13 percent of Samsung Note 7s sold in US have been exchanged

From CNET: Samsung has been warning Galaxy Note 7 users for a couple weeks to exchange their potentially explosive devices, but so far, only a small percentage has responded.

Tim Baxter, president and chief operating officer of Samsung Electronics America, said in a video on Thursday that only 130...

Google's Angular 2 JavaScript framework finally arrives

From InfoWorld: Angular 2, the long-awaited rewrite of the popular JavaScript framework, is finally going live Thursday evening, Google said on Wednesday afternoon. The moves follows a beta release stage last December and a release candidate first offered in May.

With the final release, Google is...

Pandora launches song replays, more skips for all

From CNET: The veteran online radio provider said on Thursday that it will let listeners can skip more songs and replay tracks if they watch an extra ad. For $5 a month, paid members get those perks without any commercials plus a mode for listening offline, in a revamped subscription called Pandora...

Gmail outage for business users lasted over 12 hours

From PC World: Gmail service for users of the Google for Work cloud-based productivity suite was down for over 12 hours on Wednesday, apparently affecting users in a number of countries including the U.S.

Google reported early Thursday that the problem was resolved for the vast majority of affected...

Apple says it has sold out of initial quantities of iPhone 7 Plus

From CNET: If you have your heart set on an iPhone 7 Plus, you may have to be patient.

Apple said late Thursday that initial quantities of the larger version of its new flagship phone were sold out in all colors during the preorder process that began last week. The company also said the smaller...

Google offers $200K for top prize in new Android hack challenge

From InfoWorld: Google yesterday announced a six-month bug contest that will pay up to $200,000 for an Android "bug chain," one or more successful exploits of previously unknown vulnerabilities.

Dubbed "Project Zero Prize," it differed from hacking contests that take place over one or two days...

Twitter launches new app for live-streaming video

From CNET: Looking to expand its flock of followers, Twitter is launching a new app for live-streaming video on Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Microsoft's Xbox One.

The new app will feature all the live-streaming available on the social network, including content from Periscope and Vine. Wednesday's...

Drones and robots will get smarter with Nvidia's Jetson TX1 update

From PC World: Drones and robots are getting computer vision with higher-resolution cameras and artificial intelligence to recognize objects and images.

Many are made with developer boards like Nvidia's Jetson TX1, which provides the smarts for auto-navigation and collision avoidance. TX1 has the...

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