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Apple Pay will be accepted for US government services starting in September; Apple also working to make Apple Pay work with government credit cards — Apple Pay Coming To Federal Institutions Starting In September — Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke at the White House summit on cybersecurity …
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Bloomberg Business, Re/code, GeekWire, Fortune, The Next Web, Engadget, The Verge and 9to5Mac
| Katie Zezima / Washington Post: |
Obama to sign executive order Friday urging companies to share cybersecurity-threat information with one another and the government — Obama to sign executive order on sharing cybersecurity threat information — SAN FRANCISCO - President Obama will sign an executive order Friday …
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Obama meets with top technologists to discuss cybersecurity at Stanford amid increased tensions between Silicon Valley and government — Obama Heads to Tech Security Talks Amid Tensions — PALO ALTO, Calif. — President Obama will meet here on Friday with the nation's top technologists …
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Techdirt and US News. Tweets: @tim, @kashhill, @tomrisen, @dannyyadron, @tomrisen, @cryptomeorg and @ggreenwald
| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Tim Cook at cybersecurity summit: “History has shown us that sacrificing a right to privacy can have dire consequences” — Apple's Cook: ‘Everyone has a right to privacy and security’ — The CEO, speaking at President Barack Obama's cybersecurity summit …
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ZDNet, National Journal, MacRumors, The White House, The Hill and Reuters
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google Is Shutting Down Google Helpouts, Its Expert Video Chat Service — Updated: Google is shutting down its Google Helpouts service on April 20, 2015, the service's website has now been updated to reflect. — Earlier this morning, we noticed the mobile applications for Google Helpouts …
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CNET, Android Authority, The Next Web, 9to5Google, 9to5Google, TechSpot, Droid Life, PhoneDog.com and WebProNews
Tweets: @rolfewinkler, @aaronwall and @mblumenthal
| Harrison Weber / VentureBeat: |
Pinterest bans all affiliate links, asks power users to monetize in other ways — Updated 12:07 a.m. with more details from Pinterest. — As Pinterest's monetization plans materialize, the social network is pulling the plug on affiliate networks. — Pinterest warned select “power pinners” …
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Galaxy S6 may have Microsoft's Skype, OneNote, OneDrive, and Office Mobile app preinstalled — Exclusive: Galaxy S6 software will bring some amazing changes — Software has always been the Achilles heel for Samsung. The Korean manufacturer has always been at the forefront of making amazing hardware …
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| Edward C. Baig / USA Today: |
Mattel partners with Google to build $30 Cardboard VR-based View-Master, for sale in fall — View-Master rides Google Cardboard into virtual reality — NEW YORK — The iconic View-Master stereoscopic photo viewer you had as a kid is catching up to the digital age.| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Apple hires head of Mercedes-Benz R&D, other auto experts for new secret research lab — Apple has hired former president and CEO of Mercedes-Benz Research & Development Johann Jungwirth to join the company as Director of Mac Systems Engineering. The hire was confirmed by Jungwirth's LinkedIn page …
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
iWork for iCloud Beta Apps Now Accessible Without an Apple Device — Apple on Thursday made Pages, Numbers and Keynote accessible to users without an Apple device through iCloud Beta. Starting last night, anyone can sign up for an Apple ID to access the trio of iWork for iCloud beta apps for free.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple's App Store now allowing marijuana-related apps that enforce geolocation checks and rejecting apps depicting gun violence in screenshots — Apple's App Store Says No To Guns But Yes To Weed — Apple's definition of morality is on display this week with a couple of changes to its policies regarding App Store submissions.| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Foursquare Accounts No Longer Required For New Users — Foursquare has just made an update to the app that allows new users to onboard without creating an account, finally allowing the app to be used as a discovery-first tool. — Since its launch years ago, Foursquare was a location-based social network … | Federico Viticci / MacStories: |
Apple Promoting “Great Games with No In-App Purchases” on App Store Front Page — Apple has started promoting games that don't have any In-App Purchases on the front page of the App Store. Currently featured in the UK App Store and likely expanding to the U.S. store later today as part …
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MacRumors, iPhone in Canada Blog, Forbes, SlashGear, Cult of Mac, VG247, 9to5Mac, Ubergizmo, TechnoBuffalo, Touch Arcade, iMore, iDownloadBlog.com, The Next Web and New York Times. Tweets: @monkbent
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