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Questions rage on social media over death of black woman in Texas jail

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The death of Sandra Bland on July 13 in a Waller County jail northwest of Houston comes amid a national outcry over police violence toward minorities, sparked by high-profile killings of unarmed black men over the past year. The Houston Chronicle newspaper reported that several dozen people gathered at the jail in protest on Friday, while others questioned her death on social media and left instructions to friends, family and the media should they die after an arrest. Some also took issue with Sheriff Glenn Smith, who the Chronicle reported was fired as police chief of Hempstead, Texas, in 2008 after allegations arose of police misconduct toward African-Americans there.

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Google gains billions in value as YouTube drives ad growth

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Google's class A shares chalked up their largest single-day percentage change in more than seven years on Friday. The rise in Google's market value was more than the total market capitalization of Caterpillar Inc , the world's biggest construction equipment maker

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Symphony’s Wall Street messaging system aims to widen reach

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By Lauren Tara LaCapra NEW YORK (Reuters) – Symphony Communication Services LLC, a Wall Street-backed messaging and information startup, is about to start offering its product more widely. The company, which has more than 30,000 users in a “beta” version of its product, will roll out a new interface and iPhone application for them on Monday, Chief Executive David Gurle told Reuters in a recent interview.

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Bullish options bets on Google set to pay off big

July 16, 2015 creative after-the-bell, broadcasters, calls-on-google, china, copyright, earnings, heavily-traded, meets-the-law, over-the-last, programs, ruling, shares, shares-rising, the-shares, were-unusually

Some bullish bets on Google Inc’s shares, placed ahead of its second-quarter results on Thursday, look set to reap big profits with the shares up 9.5 percent in trading after the bell. Headed into the earnings report, trading in Google’s call options, usually used for bullish bets on the shares, were unusually active. Calls on Google shares rising above $600, $620 and $630 by Friday were among the most heavily traded Google options contracts over the last two days.

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Tale of beer served for fallen U.S. soldier spreads online

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The woman ordered a Blue Moon and a Corona at a Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant in Tacoma on July 9, telling a bartender the second bottle was for her fallen brother, bartender Brian Avey said in a telephone interview on Tuesday. “When I brought her bill I told her Buffalo Wild Wings will be buying that beer,” he wrote.

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Uber settles wrongful death lawsuit in San Francisco crash

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By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Ride service Uber has reached a tentative settlement in a lawsuit brought by the family of a 6-year-old girl who died in a San Francisco car accident, according to court filings. The girl, Sofia Liu, died after she, her younger brother and their mother were hit by a car in a San Francisco cross-walk on New Year's Eve in 2013. At the time of the crash, the driver was logged on to the Uber X smartphone app and was available to provide rides, the lawsuit said

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As tech firms track your location, advertisers zero in for the sale

July 14, 2015 creative app-showcasing, california, discount-coupon, driver, encinitas, facebook, mobile-phone, some-particular, walk-on-new, younger

By Yasmeen Abutaleb SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Mapping technology advancements from Google Inc and Facebook Inc that provide more precise user location data than ever before are starting to dent advertisers' longtime skepticism about boosting mobile ad spending.

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Apple Pay launches in Britain as hold-out Barclays signs up

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Apple introduced its mobile payments service to Britain on Tuesday as Barclays confirmed its participation in the U.S. tech giant's move to capitalize on the increasing number of consumers who are comfortable making tap-and-go purchases

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Comcast to offer streaming services for $15 a month

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(Reuters) – Cable company Comcast Corp said it is beta testing a new cable streaming service called Stream, which will broadcast live TV from HBO and about a dozen other networks for $15 per month. Launching with Boston, followed by Chicago and Seattle, Stream would let Comcast’s Xfinity Internet customers stream live TV over phones, tablets and laptops. (http://comca.st/1HXZAkF) The service, which will be available everywhere in the United States by early 2016, also comes with on-demand movies and recording features, Comcast said

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Italian cyber-security firm suspects foreign government was behind mass attack

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Italian cyber-security firm Hacking Team said a government might have been behind a massive hack of its systems and warned that the subsequent leaking of its computer codes could prove a field day for criminals. Unknown hackers last week downloaded 400GB of data from the firm, which makes surveillance software that allows law enforcement and intelligence agencies to tap into the phones and computers of suspects