en-ug-hotdailynews: 2015-09-24 Uganda Technology

Instagram overtakes Twitter with 400million users worldwide
Mirror.co.uk
How can Instagram make it so easy for you to like photos you don't actually like? Instagram is celebrating after seeing 100 million users sign up within nine months, taking it to 400 million worldwide. The San Francisco-based photo app, bought by ...
Instagram has 400 million monthly active users; 80 million photos shared per day!   Firstpost
Instagram tops 400 million users   The Nation
Biz Break: Instagram growth boosts Facebook, but trouble looms in Europe   San Jose Mercury News
Gizmodo
iSchoolGuide
The Guardian
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Cyber security firm offers $1 million for Apple hack
New Vision
Computer security firm Zerodium on Tuesday offered a $1 million bounty to hackers who can find a way to breach Apples latest iOS 9 mobile operating system. mail. img. newvision. mail; img. PARIS - Computer security firm Zerodium on Tuesday offered a $1 ...

World Briefs: $1.4m bounty for hacking into iOS 9   The Straits Times
Win $1 million dollars for hacking iPhone   Jewocity.com (press release) (blog)
There's US$1000000 Going To The First Person Who Jailbreaks Apple's iOS 9   Pedestrian TV
Daily Bhaskar (press release) (blog)
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Twitter buttons get a new look and lose the share counts
Mashable
Twitter's buttons are getting a new look, with share counts seeming to go the way of the manual retweet. Twitter announced Wednesday it was updating the look of its Tweet and Follow buttons for the first time since 2011, in a post on its Developer Forums.
Twitter Inc. (NYSE:TWTR) is renovating is Follow and Tweet buttons   Markets Morning
Twitter is redesigning its follow and tweet buttons   PC Tech Magazine
Twitter revamps Tweet and Follow buttons with a modern new design   BetaNews
Opptrends
Tech Times
VentureBeat
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Volkswagen CEO quits amid emissions-cheating scandal
Washington Post
Embattled Volkswagen chief executive Martin Winterkorn resigned Wednesday, less than a week after an emissions-cheating scandal erupted in the United States and quickly spread around the world, leaving the German car giant at risk of billions of ...
A Car Scandal Shoves Berlin Off High Ground   New York Times
Volkswagen CEO Resigns as Car Maker Races to Stem Emissions Scandal   Wall Street Journal
Volkswagen: a history of boardroom clashes and controversy   The Guardian
Reuters
New Zealand Herald
Irish Times
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The Story Behind The New Pebble Time Round
TechCrunch
Pebble has a new watch, the Pebble Time Round. Announced this morning, Pebble co-founder and CEO Eric Migicovsky was interviewed on stage by our own Greg Kumparak at Disrupt SF to share the story behind this new watch, and what's currently ...

Pebble Time Round Hands On: A Smartwatch For People Who Don't Like Smartwatches   Gizmodo Australia
Pebble launches round, thin smartwatch   CNN
Pebble unveils Time Round, the world's thinnest and lightest smartwatch   Sydney Morning Herald
Herald Sun
Brisbane Times
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Facebook launches 360 video with Star Wars exclusive
BBC News
A short, exclusive Star Wars clip is among the first 360-degree videos to be posted on Facebook. The sequence, created by Lucasfilm's special effects team ILMxLAB, allows users to look in all directions as the camera whizzes through the sci-fi scene.
Facebook adds 360-degree video viewing to News Feed   Business Standard
Facebook launches 360-degree videos with 'Star Wars,' 'SNL'   Toronto Sun
Facebook adds 360-degree video to News Feed   Inquirer.net
PC Magazine
Daily Mail
Mashable
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UPDATE 1-Under fire from rivals, BT vows to improve broadband network
Reuters
(Adds CEO comments on capex, rival's reaction). By Paul Sandle. LONDON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Facing a sustained attack from rivals, Britain's BT pledged to improve the speed and quality of the country's broadband network on Tuesday in a bid to ward off ...

BT Boosts Broadband Plan as Regulator Considers Split   Bloomberg
BT commits to extending UK broadband to minimum speed of 5-10 Megabits per second   FinancialNews.co.uk (blog)
BT details broadband expansion plan as it battles demands for a break-up   The Independent
The Star Online
Financial Times
TV Newsroom
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What you won't get in your iPhone 6s plan
Sydney Morning Herald
Apple's new iPhone 6s hits stores on Friday, with several solid improvements indicative of a company at the peak of its game. It is also the most expensive iPhone to date, and a lack of innovation from Australian mobile carriers means many will again ...
China's 'fake' Apple stores thrive ahead of iPhone launch   Moneycontrol.com
China's 'fake' Apple stores thrive ahead of new iPhone launch   Reuters
How Apple's iPhone Upgrade Program Will Impact Wireless Carriers   Motley Fool
Apple Insider
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eWeek

T-Mobile to Sell iPhone 6s for as Low as $5 Month with Trade-In
eWeek
As the new iPhones set to launch Sept. 25, T-Mobile is cutting its prices if customers trade in certain recent models of smartphones. T-Mobile has announced a new initiative to sell Apple's latest iPhone 6s and 6s Plus smartphones for as little as $5 a ...
Should You Upgrade to the iPhone 6S this Friday?   Ledger Gazette
Apple Watch to invade T-Mobile stores soon   Rapid News Network
IOS 9 update problems: Unresponsive screen adds to Apple OS update woes   NYSE Post
iFreePress.com (blog)
New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV
TIME
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Gmail adds new block feature, unsubscribe button comes to Android
Firstpost
Google continues to add timely tweaks to its products and this time around Gmail gets new updates. Gmail for web will now allow users to block specific email addresses and this definitely seems like a respite for many users. On blocking email addresses ...
Gmail adds 'Block' to options, 'Unsubscribe' now on Android   The Star Online
Google's Gmail now allows users to block email IDs   Times of India
Gmail makes blocking easier   The Hindu
Mashable
Telegraph.co.uk
Financial Express
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