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Videoconferencing based on WebRTC and Janus Gateway with an UI inspired by Google Hangouts

Catch Up:

• OTA-5 landing on bq E4.5 now!

• A new version of Ubuntu MATE Welcome is ready for testing in the PPAs for 14.04, 15.04 and 15.10

TING

• Ting – mobile that makes sense

• AMD Catalyst Linux Driver Performs Wildly Different Based On Program’s Name

Linux Academy

• Linux Academy | Linux and AWS Online Training

FSF and SFC work with Canonical on an “intellectual property” policy update

DigitalOcean

• DigitalOcean: SSD Cloud Server, VPS Server, Simple Cloud Hosting

Dell Temporarily Suspends XPS 13 Developer Edition Sales to Fix Issues

• Remix Mini – The World’s First True Android PC. by Jide Tech — Kickstarter

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The FBI is making a big stink about Apple & Google turning on encryption by default without the keys.

Eric Schmidt says the battle between Google & Apple is defining the industry, Ubuntu Touch goes RTM & more!

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BBC News – FBI boss ‘concerned’ by smartphone encryption plans

“I’d hate to have people look at me and say, ‘Well how come you can’t save this kid?’ ‘How come you can’t do this thing?'” said Mr Comey in a briefing.

His comments came in reaction to a decision by Apple to enable a file encryption system on its iOS 8 software for which it has no keys. This means it would not be able to comply with any official request to help police get at the data on those devices.

Mr Comey said he was “very concerned” about these plans because of what they would allow people to do.

“What concerns me about this is companies marketing something expressly to allow people to place themselves beyond the law,” he said.

“I am a huge believer in the rule of law, but I am also a believer that no-one in this country is beyond the law,” he added.

Apple and Google have yet to respond to Mr Comey’s comments.

Google Chairman Eric Schmidt: Competition Between Apple and Google is More Brutal Than Ever – Mac Rumors

Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt and former SVP of products, Jonathan Rosenberg, recently published a new book entitled “How Google Works, which explores topics like corporate culture, strategy, talent, innovation, dealing with disruption, and more. The duo have done an interview with Bloomberg to promote the title, with Schmidt commenting on the state of affairs between iOS and Google and Apple’s new larger-screened iPhones.

According to Schmidt, competition between Apple and Google is more brutal than ever before, with “enormous, enormous racing” going on between the two companies, which ultimately has “enormous benefits for consumers worldwide.”

• Eric Schmidt on New Book, Apple-Google Competition: Video – Bloomberg

Google Inc. Chairman Eric Schmidt and former Senior Vice President Jonathan Rosenberg talk about their book “How Google Works,” the mobile industry and Google’s competition with Apple.
They speak with Stephanie Ruhle and Erik Schatzker on Bloomberg Television’s “Market Makers.” (Source: Bloomberg)

Lenovo set to complete acquisition of IBM x86 server business

Lenovo has announced that it will be closing the acquisition deal of IBM’s x86 server business on October 1. The closing purchase price is lower than the $2.3 billion announced in January because of a change in the valuation of inventory and deferred revenue liability, Lenovo said. Roughly $1.8 billion will be paid in cash and the remainder in stock. Lenovo says it had “big plans” for the enterprise market. “We will compete vigorously across every sector, using our manufacturing scale, and operational excellence to repeat the success we have had with PCs,” the company added.

Ubuntu Touch For Phones Hits RTM, First Phones Coming This Year

In early 2013, Canonical showed the world Ubuntu Touch, a version of Ubuntu developed specifically for smartphones. Now, the mobile operating system has finally reached “release to manufacturing” status. (Here’s the release announcement.) The first phone running Ubuntu Touch, the Meizu MX4, will start shipping in December. “Details are scarce on its hardware, but a leak from iGeek suggests the Pro variant may have a Samsung Exynos 5430 processor, 4GB of RAM, and a 2560×1536 resolution screen. … This more powerful hardware is good news if true, and it bodes well for Ubuntu’s vision of computing convergence.” Softpedia has a preview of the RTM version of the OS. They say performance has improved significantly, even on old phones, and that the UI has been polished into a much better state.

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