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Tim Cook's letter on privacy takes aim at Google's business model, noting Apple doesn't monetize its users' personal information — A message from Tim Cook about Apple's commitment to your privacy. — At Apple, your trust means everything to us. That's why we respect your privacy …
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| Craig Timberg / Washington Post: |
With iOS 8, Apple no longer holds encryption keys, making it unable to decrypt user data for law enforcement — Apple will no longer unlock most iPhones, iPads for police — Apple said Wednesday night that it would no longer turn over data from most iPhones or iPads to police … | Terrence O'Brien / Engadget: |
Amazon's $200 Kindle Voyage is the Rolls-Royce of e-readers — Perhaps Amazon sold a lot of 3G Paperwhites without special offers. Or maybe Kobo's Aura HD has quietly taken the world by storm and Jeff Bezos decided he needed an answer. Whatever the impetus, Amazon has decided there is room in the world for a $199 e-reader.| Zack Whittaker / ZDNet: |
Amazon releases Fire OS 4: Adds Firefly to tablets, integrates cloud — Summary: Amazon's latest mobile operating system lands with a few new features, notably Dynamic Light Control, deep cloud integration, and Firefly product matching for tablets. — Zack Whittaker| Hayley Tsukayama / Washington Post: |
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Microsoft announces lifetime Dev Center registrations with one-time $19 fee for individuals — New Dev Center lifetime registration and benefits program — This month we are releasing several new features to enhance your development experience: the lifetime Dev Center account, and the new Dev Center Benefits program.| Businessweek: |
Tim Cook Interview: The iPhone 6, the Apple Watch, and Remaking a Company's Culture — Steve Jobs's office remains Steve Jobs's office. After his death in 2011, Tim Cook, his friend and successor as Apple (AAPL) chief executive officer, decided to leave the sparsely decorated room on the fourth floor of 1 Infinite Loop untouched.
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| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Profile of Kevin Lynch, the VP in charge of wearable software at Apple — Meet Kevin Lynch, once a Flash point, now winding up Apple Watch — The exec, who clashed with Apple while at Adobe, now runs the team working on wearable software at Apple — a vital role as the company expands into a new business.| Jessica Kwong / San Francisco Examiner: |
Uber and Lyft drive a 65% decline in San Francisco taxi trips between March 2012 and July 2014 — Report says SF taxis suffering greatly — Just how big a hit the taxi industry has taken since app-based ride services like Uber, Lyft and Sidecar rose to popularity has been quantified …
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| Nancy Gohring / GeekWire: |
Lost forever? Archive Team says TwitPic is blocking photo downloads before shutdown — A volunteer group that saves data at risk of disappearing when web sites die says the founder of TwitPic is blocking their efforts to record photos that have been uploaded to the site.Thanks:@toddbishop
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Red Hat Buys FeedHenry For $82M To Add Mobile App Development To Its Platform — Some big news today for Red Hat, the open source company that provides a platform for application development and other platform as a service solutions: It is buying FeedHenry, an Ireland-based provider of a platform …
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| Tim Devaney / The Hill: |
New FTC rules, effective Dec. 8, require online retailers to ship goods on time or offer refund — New rules push Internet retailers to make quick deliveries — Internet retailers are facing new rules from the Federal Trade Commission requiring them to ship customers' orders …
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| Joshua Ho / AnandTech: |
Second gen Moto X review: poor camera, battery life, and display; falls short of its peers — The New Motorola Moto X (2nd Gen) Review — While I talked about Motorola's issues in the launch article for the new Moto X, it's well worth repeating. Motorola has been through a lot these past few years.| Xinhua: |
iPhone 6 wins two regulatory approvals in China, still needs key network access license to launch — Apple iPhone 6 wins two regulatory approvals in China — BEIJING, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) — Apple Inc.'s latest smartphone iPhone 6 has won two major regulatory approvals in China …
| Joseph Keller / iMore: |
1Password 5 for iPhone and iPad goes freemium, brings iOS 8 Touch ID, action extension support — 1Password has been updated to version 5 today with support for iOS 8 and many of its new features, including for extensions, as well as Touch ID. Additionally, 1Password is also embracing the freemium model …
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