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Apple Pay setup detailed & retailers begin training as service launches at Apple HQ — The launch of Apple Pay, Apple's NFC and Touch ID-based mobile payment solution, is upon us. Apple has begun preparing for the launch by kicking off Apple Pay training programs for its own group …
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Google trial lets you chat with doctors when you search for symptoms — Searching the web for symptoms of illness can be dangerous — you could identify a real condition, but you also risk scaring yourself for no reason through a misdiagnosis. Google might have a solution that puts your mind at ease, though.
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US should follow UK and Ireland in meting out punishment to hackers that is proportional to the harm they cause — America Must End Its Paranoid War on Hackers — “How did you get caught?” I ask Darren Martyn, aka Pwnsauce, the former member of LulzSec. — “Bad Opsec. Really, really bad Opsec,” he says.| Reuters: |
French bank BPCE teams with Twitter to offer person-to-person money transfer via tweets — French bank, Twitter team up for money transfers via tweets — (Reuters) - One of France's largest banks is teaming up with social network Twitter Inc. (TWTR.N) this week to allow its customers to transfer money via tweets.
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Google Now comes way ahead of Siri and Cortana in a 3K+ voice knowledge-query test — The Great Knowledge Box Showdown: Google Now vs. Siri vs. Cortana — Google's Knowledge Graph has been the center of much attention lately. We have been hearing a lot about another concept called the Knowledge Vault as well.| Seth Fiegerman / Mashable: |
A profile of Product Hunt founder and tech tastemaker Ryan Hoover — The 27-Year-Old Who Tells Investors and Reporters What's New in Tech — Ryan Hoover was dancing with some friends at DNA Lounge in San Francisco last month when a stranger suddenly turned to him and asked, “Are you Ryan from Product Hunt?”| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Salesforce Hopes To Ride Analytics Wave With New Business Intelligence Service — Salesforce.com will unveil a new analytics service tomorrow morning they have dubbed Wave. The product will be introduced by CEO Marc Benioff at the company's Dreamforce customer conference in San Francisco … | Jason Hahn / Digital Trends: |
Samsung announces 60 GHz 802.11ad Wi-Fi technology that increases max transmission speeds from 866 Mbps to 4.6 Gbps, expects first products in 2015 — Samsung has found a way to boost Wi-Fi speeds fivefold — When it comes to Wi-Fi technology, it's a tale of two speeds: the theoretical and the actual.
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| Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom: |
Patent trolling pays: Since 2010, trolls have made 3 times as much money in court as real companies — Two charts show how, even though patent trolls have lost recent battles, they are still winning the war. — Who deserves more money from a jury: a company that uses its patents to sue a competitor using its technology?
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Intex Cloud FX Firefox OS phone review: only $35, but hardware is underpowered for software — Testing a $35 Firefox OS phone—how bad could it be? — Hey! You there! You've got it pretty good, you know that? While you're sitting there using your Internet-enabled device to read … | Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
3.8M Raspberry Pis sold to date — Raspberry Pi Microcomputer Still Selling Like Hot Cakes — The UK designed Raspberry Pi microcomputer, which has triggered all sorts of creative single board computing projects — most recently being repurposed as the heart of a DIY computer designed … | Timothy B. Lee / Vox: |
USPTO “business method” patent rejections increase to 78% in July, up from 24% in January, after Alice v. CLS Bank SCOTUS June decision — The patent office is rejecting a lot more software patents — A June Supreme Court decision on the legality of software patents has been sending shockwaves through the legal system.Sponsor Posts
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