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CVS and Rite Aid reportedly disabling NFC in stores to shut down Apple Pay and Google Wallet, as they prepare to roll out MCX's rival payment system — CVS Stores Reportedly Disabling NFC to Shut Down Apple Pay and Google Wallet — Earlier this week, pharmacy chain Rite Aid shut …
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Larry Page reorgs staff, transfers leadership of core Google products to Sundar Pichai — Exclusive: Google CEO Larry Page Reorgs Staff, Anoints Sundar Pichai as New Product Czar — In a significant reorganization of Google management, CEO Larry Page is transferring leadership …
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| Noah Everett / Twitpic Blog: |
Twitpic agrees to give Twitter the Twitpic.com domain and photo archive, site to remain in read-only mode — Twitpic's Future — First off I want to say thank you to everyone who has used Twitpic over the years and for your patience with us over the last couple of months.
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More crowdfunding campaigns for routers promising anonymity follow Anonabox, but choose wisely — Now Everyone Wants to Sell You a Magical Anonymity Router. Choose Wisely — Maintaining your privacy online, like investing in stocks or looking good naked, has become one of those nagging desires …
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| Don Clark / Wall Street Journal: |
Soft Machines, which has raised $125M, leaves stealth mode, reveals plan to license “virtual cores” technology to chip makers — Secretive Startup Unveils Universal Chip — Venture capitalists these days tend to avoid chip companies, largely because developing new products costs a bundle.
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Lionsgate and Tribeca film studios are launching a new streaming service — Now Hollywood is joining the Internet streaming craze. Lionsgate and Tribeca Enterprises said Monday they will jointly launch an online video service during the first half of next year for movies made by them and outside studios.| Nate Hoffelder / The Digital Reader: |
Adobe updates Digital Edition e-book reader app to stop uploading reading logs in plain text — Adobe Updates Digital Edition, Stops Sharing User Info With the Internet — Adobe rolled out a new update for their Digital Editions Epub app today, and I have good news, bad news, and okay news.
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| Ernesto / TorrentFreak: |
Google's New Search Downranking Hits Torrent Sites Hard — In recent years Hollywood and the music industry have taken a rather aggressive approach against Google. The entertainment industry companies have accused the search engine of not doing enough to limit piracy, and demanded more stringent anti-piracy measures.| Bloomberg: |
Google bought six Redwood City office buildings totaling about 934,200 square feet for $585M — Google Said to Buy Redwood City Offices for $585 Million — Google Inc. (GOOGL) bought six office buildings northwest of its Silicon Valley headquarters from Starwood Capital Group LLC and Blackstone Group LP …
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| Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat: |
Apple app review team sent developer a screenshot of an explicit image without warning to show that the app could be used to find porn — App developer claims Apple sent his company porn to prove its app could be used to find naughty pics — A Florida developer says his company got a bit …
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| Michael Heyward / Whisper: |
Whisper responds to Guardian's “10 questions”, says members of editorial team put on leave — Setting The Record Straight — I wrote last Saturday that we welcome the current discussion around Whisper, and are grateful to those who have shared thoughtful feedback with us.
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First Android 5.0 Lollipop updates should hit the Galaxy S5 in December — Android 5.0 Lollipop is coming to the Galaxy S5, and we've already given our readers an exclusive look at an early version running on the device. We had already said that the Galaxy S5 would be receiving …
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