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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple's iOS 9 to have ‘huge’ stability and optimization focus after years of feature additions — Following the success of OS X Snow Leopard for Macs in 2009, one of iOS 9's standout ‘features’ will be a directed focus on stabilizing and optimizing the operating system.
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 8.4 to be released after Apple Watch starts shipping, possibly with redesigned Beats-based music service — Apple working on iOS 8.4 update, may include new music service — In addition to working on iOS 8.2, iOS 8.3, and iOS 9.0, Apple is working on yet another update to iOS 8: iOS 8.4.
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 8.3 brings wireless CarPlay, improved Google login, new Emojis, China Apple Pay — Earlier today, Apple seeded the first iOS 8.3 build to developers alongside Xcode 6.3 beta with Swift 1.2. Readers have discovered that the new operating system brings a new wireless CarPlay feature to the iPhone.| Carl / OnePlus Blog: |
OnePlus will sell One without invites for 24 hours every Tuesday starting at midnight PT — OnePlus One Open Sales, every Tuesday — We've been shipping the OnePlus One for half a year, and nowadays we're bumping into lots of people using it when we're out and about.
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| Tiernan Ray / Tech Trader Daily: |
Apple Has 93% of Mobile Profits; 650M Users by 2018, Says Canaccord — Canaccord Genuity's Mike Walkley this morning raises his price target on shares of Apple (AAPL) to $145 from $135, writing that his review of market data suggests continued strength for the iPhone 6 upgrade cycle.| Kristen V. Brown / San Francisco Chronicle: |
San Francisco's antitech movement has fizzled before it ever really took off — Is the antitech movement obsolete? — Wearing a pig mask and sequined suit jacket, Amy Gilgan stood outside of Davies Symphony Hall on Thursday night to accept the McMansion award at the second annual Crappys … | Ian King / Bloomberg Business: |
China Fines Qualcomm $975 Million, Sets Patent Licensing Rates — Don't Miss Out — (Bloomberg) — Chinese regulators fined Qualcomm Inc. $975 million and set licensing rates for its mobile-phone chip technology after finding the U.S. company guilty of antitrust violations.
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| Alex Hern / Guardian: |
Samsung rejects TV privacy concerns: we do “not retain voice data or sell it to third parties” — Samsung rejects concern over ‘Orwellian’ privacy policy — Smart TV voice recognition software could transmit ‘personal or other sensitive information’ to a third party, Samsung's policy warns
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| David Lumb / Fast Company: |
Imgur drops Pro subscriptions, makes unlimited image uploads and analytics free — Imgur Unleashes Subscription-Only Pro Editing Tools For All — Imgur, the self-billed “simple image sharer,” is celebrating its sixth birthday by releasing its paid subscription-only Pro user tools for all users.
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The Imgur Blog, BetaNews, The Verge, Android Police, The Next Web and Phandroid
| The Chronicle of Philanthropy: |
Among America's top 50 philanthopists, tech industry figures gave 47% of total donations in 2014 — Young Tech Donors Take Leading Role in Philanthropy 50 — America's 50 most generous donors increased their giving by 27.5 percent last year—powered in large part by a $1.5-billion gift …
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| Lance Whitney / CNET: |
DexCom's body sensor paired with Apple Watch app will track and display glucose levels — Apple Watch app will track glucose levels for diabetics — Already approved by the FDA, the app is slated to debut in April to help diabetics make sure their blood sugar levels don't go too high or too low.
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Wall Street Journal, Gigaom, 9to5Mac, MacNN, Gizmodo, Macworld, mobihealthnews, Digital Trends, InvestorPlace, MacDailyNews and App Advice
| Aaron M. Kessler / New York Times: |
Senate report: vulnerabilities in cars' wireless systems can let hackers take control of vehicles' electronics and collect personal information on drivers — Report Sees Weak Security in Cars' Wireless Systems — WASHINGTON — Serious gaps in security and customer privacy affect nearly every vehicle …
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| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Packages with people: Sidecar launches same-day delivery service, partners with Eat24 … Sidecar is no longer just getting people from point A to point B — the company is delivering packages now, too. — The San Francisco-based startup announced a new service today rolling out nationwide called Sidecar Deliveries.
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Sidecar, New York Times, AVC, VatorNews, CIO.com, Consumerist, SiliconBeat, The Next Web, VentureBeat, BuzzFeed, Gigaom and socalTECH.com
| Jon Southurst / CoinDesk: |
Hong Kong's MyCoin Bitcoin exchange disappears with up to $387M, Ponzi scheme suspected — Hong Kong's MyCoin Disappears With Up To $387 Million, Reports Claim — Reports are emerging from Hong Kong that local bitcoin exchange MyCoin has shut its doors, taking with it possibly as much as HK$3bn ($386.9m) in investor funds.
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South China Morning Post, SiliconANGLE, Tech in Asia, TechSpot, PandoDaily, Business Insider, NEWSBTC, Crowdfund Insider and Inside Bitcoins. Tweets: @dgwbirch
| Netflix: |
Netflix starts offering service in Cuba for $7.99 a month — Netflix Is Available in Cuba — Cubans Will Gain Access to A Broad Range of Original Series, Movies, Documentaries, Stand-up Comedy Specials and TV Shows Starting At $7.99 — Los Gatos, California, February 9, 2015 …
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft, Samsung settle contract dispute over Android patent payments — Summary:Microsoft and Samsung have settled an Android patent-licensing-related contract dispute, Microsoft officials say, while offering no specific about the terms. — Microsoft and Samsung have settled … | Liz Gannes / Re/code: |
Ten Years of Google Maps, From Slashdot to Ground Truth — Ten years ago today, Google Maps launched to the world. — When it was born, it was a paper atlas in living form, with no pages to turn. Instead of online mapping leader MapQuest's printable list of directions, navigation routes were overlaid on top of the map itself.
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Guardian, Google LatLong, ParisLemon, Business Insider, Street Fight and Fortune
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| Samuel Gibbs / Guardian: |
French government can now block sites that advocate terrorism or contain images of child abuse without a court order; ISPs must comply within 24 hours — French law blocking terrorist and child abuse sites comes into effect — Law that allows blockade of offending sites without …
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The Verge, VentureBeat, Ars Technica, Silicon Republic, Telecompaper, Nieman Lab, PandoDaily, Engadget and ITProPortal
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