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Tech News Flash: Thursday -- June 29, 2017

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At 10, the World-Changing iPhone Is Kind of the Same
Google Makes It Easier to Create Virtual Reality Videos
Cyberattackers Kick Down a Few Parliament Email Doors
Xinix Offers Linux Lovers a Path to Zen
The United States of Amazon
Rivals Rev Up as Uber Hits the Skids

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At 10, the World-Changing iPhone Is Kind of the Same
Apple celebrated the 10th anniversary of its iconic iPhone on Thursday.
Since former CEO Steve Jobs debuted the original device, the company has
gone on to sell more than a billion handsets worldwide, and the iPhone
has become one of the most successful product categories in the
electronics industry. The iPhone proved to be a major disrupter in the
mobile phone category after its unveiling.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84646.html

Google Makes It Easier to Create Virtual Reality Videos
Google has introduced a new video format, VR180, developed with input
from its Daydream team. The VR180 format, which displays what's in front
of the user only, delivers good video quality both on desktop PCs and
mobile devices. While VR180 videos appear in 2D on desktops and mobile
devices, they appear in 3D VR when viewed with Cardboard, Google's
Daydream headset or a PlayStation VR headset.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84635.html

Cyberattackers Kick Down a Few Parliament Email Doors
The United Kingdom's Parliament on Monday reported a cyberattack on its
email system over the weekend, when hackers attempted to access user
accounts without authorization. Due to the "robust measures" in place to
protect the legislative body's accounts and networks, fewer than 1
percent of the 9,000 accounts on the network were compromised, officials
said. Accounts that were compromised reportedly had weak passwords.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84640.html

Xinix Offers Linux Lovers a Path to Zen
Xinix is an innovative newcomer to the world of Linux distros. Now in
beta, this distro has been spearheaded by a single developer who slowly
is bringing other programmers on board to move things along. Despite its
early development status, Xinix has potential for Linux fans who like to
experiment with new platform concepts and do not mind trying out an OS
that is not yet fully functional.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84641.html

The United States of Amazon
Amazon's significant expansion into yet another market -- this time,
grocery stores -- dominated many of my conversations last week. Clearly,
Amazon warned us. I've been here before -- back in the 1990s, when
Amazon was just books, I was running the company's e-commerce unit. I
got into an argument with one of the analysts focused on Amazon, who
believed the company wouldn't go beyond books.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84634.html

Rivals Rev Up as Uber Hits the Skids
As Uber reels from the fallout of a sexual harassment scandal that led
to this week's ouster of Travis Kalanick and several of his top
executives, the company faces twin dilemmas: how to clean up its
corporate work environment and restock its executive ranks; and how to
maintain credibility with its customer base and core team of street
level drivers.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84630.html

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