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Apple has considered a $400 price for its wearable device, with some models priced lower — Apple Has Considered $400 Price for Wearable Device — Apple executives have discussed charging around $400 for the company's new wearable device. — Pricing has yet to be finalized for the forthcoming product …
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| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
Apple partnering with American Express to let iPhone 6 owners use their phone to pay for goods in physical stores — Apple Working With American Express on iPhone 6 Mobile Payments — Apple has reached an agreement with American Express to work together on its new iPhone payments system …
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Anand Shimpi stepping down as Editor in Chief of AnandTech and retiring from tech publishing — The Road Ahead — Both of my parents were teachers, and for as long as I can remember they both encouraged me to do something in life that would help others.
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| Ted C. Fishman / Chicago Magazine: |
A history of Motorola: how interdivisional fights starting in the '80s nearly doomed the company — What Happened to Motorola — On the 18th floor of the Merchandise Mart, in a soaring two-story space underneath a vast industrial-looking stairway, a small crowd of business types, pols, and journalists gathers.| Dom Esposito / 9to5Google: |
Android Wear powered Sony SmartWatch 3 and ‘SmartBand Talk’ with curved e-ink display launching at IFA 2014 — IFA 2014 is right around the corner and we're expecting to see quite a bit of tech launched during the show. Sony is in attendance this year and their official press event is scheduled to happen on on Sept. 4th, 2014.| New York Times: |
The evolution of propaganda: how ISIS uses Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp, SoundCloud, and more — ISIS Displaying a Deft Command of Varied Media — The extremists who have seized large parts of Syria and Iraq have riveted the world's attention with their military prowess and unrestrained brutality.| Robert Lemos / Ars Technica: |
Weak WPS randomization on some routers lets attackers in Wi-Fi range easily guess PINs — Offline attack shows Wi-Fi routers still vulnerable — A researcher has refined an attack on wireless routers with poorly implemented versions of the Wi-Fi Protected Setup that allows someone to quickly gain access to a router's network.
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How AT&T, Comcast, and Time Warner Cable use state governments to hinder municipal broadband — How big telecom smothers city-run broadband — AT&T, Comcast, Time Warner Cable use statehouses to curb public Internet service — The 400-acre Coffee County Joint Industrial Park …
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TechCrunch and Gigaom. Tweets: @bgurley, @timkarr, @ninabernstein1, @lhfang, @publici, @scrawford and @dangillmor
| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
An inside look at Apple's media strategy, its earlier control-obsessed regime, and the transformation with the departure of Jobs disciple Katie Cotton — Seeing Through the Illusion: Understanding Apple's Mastery of the Media — “Beautifully, unapologetically plastic.”
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Technovia, MacDailyNews, Fortune, BetaNews, Forbes, iPhone Hacks, iPhone in Canada Blog, BGR, MacRumors and iLounge
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Second Bitcoin user Hal Finney dies at 58 after battle with ALS, has body cryonically frozen — Bitcoin's Earliest Adopter Is Cryonically Freezing His Body To See The Future — Some bitcoin enthusiasts have used their cryptocurrency to travel the world. Others have spent it on a trip to space.
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| Michael Carney / PandoDaily: |
Coinbase announces accredited insurance covering the bitcoins it holds online at any time — Coinbase surprises with news of a year-old deposit insurance program, but what of its cold storage? — Coinbase dropped a bombshell on the bitcoin world yesterday by revealing … | Nancy Scola / Washington Post: |
FCC's new CTO Scott Jordan, who will have an impact on policy, is a net neutrality expert — The FCC's next CTO is a net neutrality expert — The Federal Communications Commission has announced that it has named a new chief technology officer: Scott Jordan, a professor of computer science at the University of California at Irvine.
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