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Cambridge Analytica shuts down. Hope every company that has played with data privacy goes down too.

Netflix will be live-streaming a presentation on the next-gen Video Codecs at 8am PDT.

Synopsis:
Netflix ran a large scale comparision of the efficiency of 3 modern Video Codecs:
x264 - most widely used right now
x265 (HEVC) - successor to x264, achieves upto 50% higher comparision
libvpx - Google's developing this. Almost equal to x265. (x265 found to perform better in most cases)

Find the live youtube link here - http://techblog.netflix.com/2016/08/a-large-scale-comparison-of-x264-x265.html

The Netflix Tech Blog: A Large-Scale Comparison of x264, x265, and libvpx - a Sneak Peek

Apple’s iPhone 7 event is scheduled for September 7th, with possible updates to MacBook Pro, iMac and MacBook Air & screens. 8 days to go!

It's back to basics, like customer satisfaction and focus on Retail and delivery, for Flipkart https://news.nextbigwhat.com/back-basics-flipkart-focus-shifts-retail-model-297/

It's Back to Basics for Flipkart, as Focus Shifts to Retail Model It's Back to Basics for Flipkart, as Focus Shifts to Retail Model

15Mn Telegram messaging app accounts hacked

"The attacks, which took place this year and have not been previously reported, jeopardized the communications of activists, journalists and other people in sensitive positions in Iran, where Telegram is used by some 20 million people, said independent cyber researcher Collin Anderson and Amnesty International technologist Claudio Guarnieri, who have been studying Iranian hacking groups for three years."

Hackers accessed Telegram messaging accounts in Iran, identified phone numbers of 15M+ users, say experts (Reuters) http://techme.me/LsFB

A 1-min guide to pricing your App right https://t.co/oETluJ44PT

Want a Top Grossing app? Here’s the pricing recipe. — Growth Bug - App World Even the best products fail if the price isn’t right. Whilst pricing isn’t the only thing that determines how your app performs, it can…

Verizon nears deal to acquire Yahoo for ~$5Bn!
Yahoo's acquisitions in the last few years didn't do much to save the company. http://venturebeat.com/2016/07/21/beyond-tumblr-remembering-yahoos-48-other-acquisitions-under-marissa-mayer/

Beyond Tumblr: Remembering Yahoo’s 48 other acquisitions under Marissa Mayer When it comes to the slow-motion pratfall of Yahoo's bidding process, much attention has been appropriately paid to the latest writedown of Tumblr.

How much control are you ready to handover to the machines that can think? https://t.co/oj1blYB7Xg

Who Put the Robot in Charge? — What’s The Future of Work? This morning I tried to read an urgent email message from my wife, but my computer insisted that I finish installing some updates first…

In short, software is eating the world. - Marc Andreessen

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1 min video by on why acceptence of failure is critical to startup success
https://t.co/2KQE1LZdMK

Stop Dreading The "F" Word Why failure can be a force for innovation and other business wins.

React has steadily overtaken Angular and Angular2 over the last year https://t.co/v3EM7b7Bfm

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