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Our Sources Say the Next iPhone Will Include NFC Mobile Payments — Platforms like Google Wallet, Isis, and Square have been around for years, while Apple has remained curiously silent on the mobile payments front. Well not anymore. — The company's next iPhone will feature its own payment platform …
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| Jim Dalrymple / The Loop: |
Apple announces special event for September 9 with tagline “Wish we could say more” — Apple announces special event for Sept. 9 — Apple on Thursday sent out invitations to a special event being held on Sept. 9, 2014 at 10:00 am. — Typically Apple's events are held either …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple builds a hidden structure at Flint Center, site of Mac unveiling, ahead of Sept. 9 event — Apple Building Massive Structure at Flint Center for iPhone 6 Event — Apple today issued invitations for its upcoming iPhone 6 event on September 9, which is also said to include its much-anticipated wearable device.
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| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
IFTTT raises $30M from Norwest Venture Partners and Andreessen Horowitz to integrate with internet-connected hardware — With $30 Million More in Hand, IFTTT Looks to the Internet of Things — One ambitious start-up wants to reroute the plumbing of the consumer Internet.| Steven Levy / Wired: |
Behind Todd Park's new Silicon Valley-based mission to attract talent to reboot Federal IT, as he departs US CTO role — America's Tech Guru Steps Down—But He's Not Done Rebooting the Government — Todd Park (third from left) with members of his digital team (from left): Haley Van Dyck …
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Deutsche Telekom Said Open to T-Mobile Talks at $35/Share — Deutsche Telekom AG (DTE) is willing to negotiate a sale of its T-Mobile US Inc. (TMUS) unit, the fourth-largest wireless carrier in the U.S., if an offer values the business at $35 a share or more, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.| Eric Johnson / Re/code: |
Leap Motion Hooks Up to Oculus for Controller-Free Virtual Reality — Earlier this year, Facebook turned “Oculus” into a household name by betting $2 billion that virtual reality is ready for prime time. — One problem with that vision, as we've written before, is that there's no clear standard …
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| Nicole Perlroth / New York Times: |
JPMorgan and four other US banks hacked this month, gigabytes of data including account information stolen — JPMorgan and Other Banks Struck by Hackers — A number of United States banks, including JPMorgan Chase and at least four others, were struck by hackers in a series of coordinated attacks …
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| Roberto Baldwin / The Next Web: |
Apple updates HealthKit privacy rules to keep your health data out of the hands of advertisers — Ahead of the September 9 event, Apple has updated its HealthKit privacy policy for developers to keep user data out of the hands of advertisers and data brokers.
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Microsoft CEO Nadella to visit China amid antitrust probe: source — (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella is set to visit China in late September, the company said on Thursday, as the Chinese government conducts an antitrust investigation into the world's largest software company.| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Ticket Search Engine SeatGeek Raises $35M Round From Accel And Some Big-Name Athletes — SeatGeek, a company that bills itself as “the web's largest ticket search engine”, is announcing that it has raised $35 million in Series B funding. — The round brought was led by Accel Capital …
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| Surface Blog: |
Surface Pro 3 now available in 28 markets around the world — The next 24 hours are huge for Microsoft and Surface fans everywhere. Starting just minutes from now in New Zealand, retailers and resellers in 25 additional geographies will begin selling Intel® Core™ i3 …
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| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Microsoft integrates OneDrive for Business into main OneDrive for Android app, iOS app gets native search — Microsoft today announced updates to its OneDrive apps for Android, iOS, and Windows Phone. The biggest changes are being made on Google's mobile platform, but users of the other two platforms …
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| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
Facebook testing feature in mobile app to enable keyword search of old posts from friends — Facebook Test Lets Users Search Old Posts by Keyword — Facebook Inc. (FB) is testing a feature for its mobile application that lets people search through old posts from friends by keyword …
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| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Desire 510 has 64-bit hardware, but 32-bit software; needs 64-bit Android L, due later this year — First 64-bit Android phone has no 64-bit software — When Apple launched the iPhone 5S with a 64-bit processor, it sent the rest of the spec-obsessed SoC world on a race to catch up.
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