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| Corinne Gretler / Bloomberg Business: |
Swatch to sell smartwatch within 3 months that will allow mobile payments, work with Windows and Android, use the internet “without having to be charged” — Swatch Plans Smartwatch to Compete With Apple Watch's Debut — Don't Miss Out — (Bloomberg) — Swatch Group AG plans …
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| Nick Bilton / New York Times: |
How Google Glass went from coveted gadget to punchline; device to be redesigned from scratch under Tony Fadell's leadership — Why Google Glass Broke — This is a story that involves lots of public intrigue, a futuristic wearable technology, a secret laboratory, fashion models …
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| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg Business: |
Twitter Reaches Deal for Tweets in Google Search Results — Don't Miss Out — (Bloomberg) — Twitter Inc. has struck a deal with Google Inc. to make its 140-character updates more searchable online. — In the first half of this year, tweets will start to be visible in Google's search results …
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Twitter CEO Dick Costolo takes personal responsibility for company's troll problem, vows stronger action against harrassment — Twitter CEO: ‘We suck at dealing with abuse’ — Dick Costolo says trolls are costing Twitter users — Twitter CEO Dick Costolo is taking personal responsibility …
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See also Mediagazer| Christopher Breen / Macworld: |
A first look at Photos for OS X, Apple's iPhoto replacement, now available as a developer seed — First look: Photos for OS X brings easier navigation and more powerful editing — Last June, Apple announced that it would stop development of its Aperture and iPhoto apps and offer …
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| Christina Farr / Reuters: |
Fourteen of 23 top US hospitals have rolled out a pilot program of Apple's HealthKit service — Exclusive: Apple's health tech takes early lead among top hospitals — (Reuters) - Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) healthcare technology is spreading quickly among major U.S. hospitals …
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
13M downloads later, FiftyThree bets on stylus sales as its ‘Paper’ drawing app goes completely free — Mobile executive? Join us February 23-24, for our fifth annual Mobile Summit. This exclusive gathering brings together the top 180 executives at the scenic Cavallo Point Resort in Sausalito … | Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Apple is Talking to TV Programmers About Its Own Web TV Service — Apple has spent years circling the TV business, without ever really getting into the TV business. Now it may be ready to try again. — Industry executives say Apple is in talks with TV programmers about deals …
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| Steven Tweedie / Business Insider: |
You can now send ‘screenshot-proof’ documents and photos with Confide, the ‘Snapchat for business’ — Confide wants to be the off-the-record messaging app for the business world. On Wednesday it added two key features to its arsenal: screenshot-proof documents and photos.
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| Elizabeth Weise / USA Today: |
Hackers obtain account information of as many as 80M customers of Anthem, nation's 2nd largest health insurer; medical info not stolen — Massive breach at health care company Anthem Inc. — SAN FRANCISCO - As many as 80 million customers of the nation's second largest health insurance company …
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See also Mediagazer| Sam Altman / Y Combinator Posthaven: |
VC firm Bolt to advise Y Combinator's hardware startups; YC to build small prototyping shop in Mountain View — YC for Hardware — As YC has grown, we've funded more and more hardware companies. Hardware companies have very different needs from pure software companies …
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| Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
Twitter restricts employee access to MAU metrics, making them only available on a need-to-know basis — Twitter Cuts Off Employee Access to Its Metrics — At Twitter, size matters. — There's no metric more important to the social network than the number of people that use the service … | Ben Popper / The Verge: |
Bill Gates says mobile banking solutions like M-PESA will revolutionize the lives of the poor within 15 years — Can mobile banking revolutionize the lives of the poor? — We're excited to have Bill Gates as our guest editor in February. Throughout the month, Bill will be sharing … | Tatiana Siegel / Hollywood Reporter: |
In wake of hack, Sony Pictures Co-Chairman Amy Pascal to step down — Amy Pascal to Step Down From Top Sony Post — Amid the fallout of the ever-widening Sony hacking crisis, Amy Pascal will step down from her post as co-chairman, Sony Pictures Entertainment, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
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| Gregory Ferenstein / VentureBeat: |
Wearable World incubator acquires tech blog ReadWrite — VentureBeat has learned that Say Media has sold the technology blog ReadWrite to Silicon Valley-based incubator Wearable World for an undisclosed amount. — We reached out to Wearable World CEO Redg Snodgrass, and he confirmed that our sources were correct.Sponsor Posts
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