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July 28, 2015
Today in Tabs: Canceling the Tabpocalypse
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Amazon Imagines Exclusive Lane In Skies For Drones
In anticipation of delivery drones, Amazon wants to reserve portions of the world's airspace for unmanned aircraft only.
Amazon's plan to use drones for delivery is looking less like a publicity stunt and more like a sober business plan. During a conference at NASA's Ames Research Center, the e-commerce company proposed setting aside a chunk of the world's airspace exclusively for drone aircraft.
The New Moto Smartphones Are Here And Ready For Selfies
Motorola is launching two all-new smartphones, and giving its low-cost Moto G an upgrade.
At a multicity live-streamed launch event this morning, Motorola unveiled three new smartphones with a sharp focus on personalization, contextual awareness, and selfies. Yes, selfies.
Pandora Wants You To Get Intimate With Brands In Exchange For Ad-Free Streaming
Stare at an ad for 15 seconds, and you can listen to an hour of uninterrupted music.
Will you feel closer to a brand if it serves as your gateway to ad-free music streaming? Pandora sure thinks so. The online radio platform has introduced Sponsored Listening, a new advertising product that lets listeners trade 15 seconds of "engagement" with a brand for an hour of uninterrupted radio time.
These Bendable Shades May Never Go Out Of Style
It only takes a season for sunglasses to go out of style. One company is onto a solution.
You needn't go further than Esquire's summer 2015 roundup of tortoiseshell glasses to understand the hair-splitting nature of eyewear fashions. The slightest angling of the nosepiece can make a pair of glasses go from trendy, to tired, to classic. It's enough to make you wonder, what if I could just bend these old glasses, just a bit…
Why Doesn't The U.S. Have China's Quirkier Smartphones?
Peek inside the factories of Shenzhen to see the phones that don't make their way to America.
A pack of Marlboros flips over to reveal an LCD screen. A tiny bluetooth headset squeezes a full T9 keyboard on its face. These are the quirky frankenphones of Shenzhen, China, the industrial megacity that produces many of the world's most beloved smartphones—including the iPhone. And you can get a good look at them in this gorgeous short by m ss ng p eces and MIT Media Lab.
July 27, 2015
Ebay Shutters Same-Day Courier Service
The company bids adieu to eBay Now, which offered same-day delivery from local stores.
Ebay Now, the e-commerce site's same-day delivery service, is shutting down. As of Monday, eBay has put the brakes on the service, which offered courier delivery of popular items like t-shirts and toilet paper from local retail stores in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, and Dallas.
Delta's Fancy New Upgrade Could Put You On A Private Jet
If first class isn't exclusive enough for Delta's top flyers, this might do the trick.
Delta Air Lines is unveiling a unique new perk for a few lucky customers—and it sure beats getting upgraded to first class. Starting this week, a select number of Delta's commercial flyers will be eligible to board one of its private jets, Bloomberg writes.
Today in Tabs: Denton Folly and the Infinite Tabness
"Do you believe us now?" asks the ever-expanding army of Cosby victims.
35 of the 46 women who have publicly accused Bill Cosby of rape or sexual assault told their stories to New York Magazine. The NYMag website has been down due to a denial of service attack (which might be because some dude doesn't like New York, the city, although that's pretty questionable) but you can read an archive of the main story and listen to two of the women's stories on Instagram. I'm told you can buy printed-out copies of the magazine in the back of most vape shops (??), but you could also read it on Tumblr if you're that desperate.
95% Of Android Phones Could Be Hacked With Just One Text
A new vulnerability could steal a phone's contents with a single MMS message.
Android users, beware: Security researchers have discovered that 95% of Android phones are vulnerable to attack through the dispatch of just one text message.
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