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| Ian Kar / Bank Innovation: |
Apple pilot program to develop partnerships with merchants may be related to a loyalty/rewards program — Apple to Launch Pilot Program For Merchant Partnership — Apple will be launching a pilot program to develop partnerships with merchants, including retailers, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the program.
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| David Streitfeld / New York Times: |
Amazon Fire Phone's $200 price cut is just one more sign of its dismal market performance — Amazon Cuts Struggling Phone's Price to 99 Cents — SAN FRANCISCO — Sixty thousand people vied to attend the unveiling of Amazon's first smartphone in late June.
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| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Amazon cuts Fire phone price to $0.99 in the US, opens Germany and UK pre-orders; will ship September 30 — Amazon today announced it is cutting the Fire phone's price in the US to $0.99 with a two-year contract. That's not too bad given that one year of Prime is still included in the package.
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| Sapna Maheshwari / BuzzFeed: |
Tinder settles sexual harassment lawsuit brought by former executive Whitney Wolfe; Justin Mateen no longer at the company — Tinder Settles Fast With Co-Founder In Sexual Harassment Suit — The shocking lawsuit, which sparked a national conversation around the treatment of women in tech, has been dropped.| Neil Hughes / AppleInsider: |
5.5" ‘iPhone 6’ said to launch in limited quantities on Sept. 19 alongside 4.7" model — Apple fans clamoring for the anticipated 5.5-inch version of Apple's “iPhone 6” may not have to wait long, as a new report claims that the “phablet” model will launch alongside the 4.7-inch version on Sept. 19 … | Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch: |
Home Depot confirms retail payment systems breach, says credit cards but not PINs were exposed — Home Depot Finally Confirms Its Payment System Was Hacked For Months — Remember that “suspicious activity” that Home Depot was looking into last week? — Six days later …
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Nancy Pelosi urges FCC to reclassify broadband as a utility — A good number of politicians have recently made statements in favor of net neutrality, but House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is going further than most of them today and asking that the Federal Communications Commission reclassify broadband …
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| Brendan Sasso / National Journal: |
| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Apple Now Sending Alert Emails When iCloud Accounts Accessed via Web — In an interview last week, Apple CEO Tim Cook noted that Apple would be beefing up iCloud security measures in response to the recent disclosure of compromised celebrity accounts. Among the additional security features … | Winnie Hu / New York Times: |
SheTaxis, an Uber-like service for women with exclusively women drivers, launches next week in New York State — New Service Offers Taxis Exclusively for Women — New Yorkers can already choose from yellow taxis, green cabs or black livery cars. They can tap a smartphone app for a ride, or simply stick out an arm.| T.C. Sottek / The Verge: |
If Reddit is a government, it's a failed state unable to control events within its borders — Reddit is a failed state — The “front page of the internet” is run by warlords — As Reddit trips over itself trying to contain its stolen nude photo problem, CEO Yishan Wong finally addressed …
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| Abel Avram / InfoQ: |
Developers rename their Markdown enhancement “CommonMark” after dispute with John Gruber — Standard Markdown Becomes Common Markdown then CommonMark — A group of representatives from Stack Exchange, GitHub, Reddit, and others have started to standardize and enhance Markdown under the name Standard Markdown.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Uber CEO says company is creating 50K jobs a month, shouldn't be as ruthless now that it's big — Uber CEO Thinks It Needs To Be Kinder And Gentler Now That It's On Top — Uber CEO Travis Kalanick says he and his company get a bad rap for being aggressive because he learned to be fierce while running his last scrappy startup.
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| Julie Bort / Business Insider: |
Google Backtracks, Puts Banned App ‘Disconnect Mobile’ Back Into The Play Store — Google has changed its mind and allowed an app it previously banned from Google Play, called Disconnect Mobile, back into its app store. — The app blocks advertisements from planting tracking software onto your computer without your consent.| Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
As Jawbone Opens API for Up Health Tracker, It Is Also Seeking $100 Million in Additional Funding — San Francisco consumer electronics device maker Jawbone will announce this week that it will be opening up access to its Up app software that will allow it to be used on other smartphones, watches and wearables.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft rebrands Bing suite of apps to MSN, will release them all on iOS and Android — Microsoft rebrands Bing apps to MSN with iOS and Android versions due soon — MSN is back. Microsoft is revamping its MSN brand with the introduction of several Bing-powered apps and a new homepage.| Dave Hoch / Lead-Gen Blog: |
iPhone 5 is still the most popular Apple smartphone, iPad 2 the most used tablet — iPhone 5 and iPad 2 Still Dominate As Apple Prepares for Announcement — Tomorrow, Apple is expected to launch the iPhone 6. With anticipation building for the announcement, one question looms large: will we get two new iPhones, or one?
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| Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch: |
Paypal's Braintree announces One Touch payments and Bitcoin integration for developers — PayPal's Braintree Embraces Bitcoin, One-Touch Payments — Nearly a year after PayPal acquired it in an all-cash $800 million deal, online and mobile payments platform Braintree is unveiling one-touch payments and is integrating Bitcoin.| Darren Orf / Gizmodo: |
HP Stream, Microsoft's Chromebook competitor, starts at $299, not the expected $199 — HP Stream: A Windows Machine at a (Slightly High) Chromebook Price — Last month, HP gave us a good look at Microsoft's upcoming Chromebook slayer, known as the HP Stream, after temporarily posting its specs on their own website.| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Twitter Announces Its First Commerce Product — A “Buy” Button On Mobile — After months of reports and rumors, Twitter is announcing its first commerce product. — The company first signaled its interest in this area last year, when it hired former Ticketmaster CEO Nathan Hubbard to lead its commerce team.
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| John Cook / GeekWire: |
Instacart inks deal with Whole Foods for in-store pick-up, speedier grocery delivery — Instacart has struck a formal partnership with Whole Foods Market, one which will allow for grocery delivery in less than an hour and allow customers to pick-up orders directly at selected stores.| Bloomberg: |
Facebook's Value Tops $200 Billion on Mobile-Ad Optimism — Facebook Inc. (FB)'s market value exceeded $200 billion to put it among the world's biggest corporations, as investors bet on the company to capitalize on the future of mobile advertising. — Facebook shares rose .8 percent … | Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
First vehicles with Apple's CarPlay hit the road as Ferrari delivers new FF to customers — Vehicles with Apple's new CarPlay functionality are starting to hit the roads with Ferrari announcing today that it's delivered its first batch of Ferrari FF models equipped with the new feature.
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