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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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| Janko Roettgers / Gigaom: |
Sling TV opens the floodgates, accepts sign-ups without invites — Credit: Janko Roettgers / Gigaom — Credit: Janko Roettgers / Gigaom — Sling TV, the online TV streaming service from Dish Networks, is now available to everyone: The service ended its invitation-only soft launch late Sunday night … | 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 …
| 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 …
| Daniel Eran Dilger / AppleInsider: |
LinkedIn, American Airlines, and other major developers begin to adopt Apple's Swift, report improved productivity and fewer errors — Apple's new Swift programming language takes flight with Getty Images, American Airlines, LinkedIn, and Duolingo — Apple's new Swift programming language …
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Teen charged with murder after posting selfie with victim's body to Snapchat — Jeannette 16-year-old faces murder charge in teen's shooting death — Although officials have not described a motive in the shooting death of a Jeannette teen Wednesday, the young man charged with murder … | Reuters: |
Exclusive: Qualcomm nears $1 billion deal resolving China antitrust dispute - source — (Reuters) - Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) is likely to pay China a record fine of around $1 billion, ending a 14-month government investigation into anti-competitive practices, after the U.S. chipmaker and the regulator …
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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.| Jeremy Kessel / The Twitter Blog: |
Twitter transparency report: worldwide requests up 40% for government info, 84% for content removal — Three years of increased #transparency ... and counting — Since we launched our first transparency report back in 2012, many other companies have followed suit (more than 30, according to this recently published list by Access).| Everett Rosenfeld / CNBC: |
Ecuador is the first country to roll out a state-run electronic payment system; digital currency will be tied to the US dollar — Ecuador becomes the first country to roll out its own digital cash — In 2000, Ecuador moved to ditch its stumbling currency for the U.S. dollar.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Palantir Buys Fancy That To Add Retail, Shopping Data To Its Analytics Platform — Palantir is known for its data analytics platform that is used extensively in areas like law enforcement, financial and insurance research and healthcare. Now you can add retail and shopping data to the mix.| 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.| 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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