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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple will fight iOS bugs with first-ever iOS Public Betas: 8.3 in March, 9 in summer — In an effort to eliminate bugs from upcoming iOS versions ahead of their general releases, Apple plans to launch the first-ever public beta program for the iOS operating system, according to multiple people briefed on the plans.
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| Robert McMillan / Wired: |
Lenovo's initial statement in response to security and privacy concerns about Superfish was astonishingly clueless — Lenovo's Response to Its Dangerous Adware Is Astonishingly Clueless — If you've bought a Lenovo laptop anytime since August, it may have shipped with a dangerous bit …
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| Ina Fried / Re/code: |
Lenovo CTO admits company “flat-out missed” major security flaws resulting from Superfish — Lenovo CTO Admits it ‘Messed Up’ Allowing Major Security Hole onto PCs — Lenovo's chief technology officer said Friday that the computer maker erred significantly by preinstalling onto consumer PCs …
| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Microsoft updates Windows Defender, its onboard anti-virus software, to remove the Superfish software that was pre-installed on many Lenovo computers — Microsoft has updated Windows Defender to root out the Superfish adware — Microsoft just took a major step towards rooting out the Superfish adware …
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| Jim Finkle / Reuters: |
US Department of Homeland Security urges Lenovo customers to remove Superfish software, citing the risk of SSL spoofing — U.S. government urges Lenovo customers to remove Superfish software — Boxes containing Lenovo desktop computers are seen in an office in Kiev March 12, 2012.
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| Marco della Cava / USA Today: |
YouTube Kids for Android set to launch February 23 featuring parental controls and a simplified UI — YouTube unveils new app for kids — SAN FRANCISCO - YouTube is repository of clips that range from exceedingly educational to suggestively explicit. So to make sure younger fans …
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Bloomberg's Pui-Wing Tam is named New York Times technology editor — “Now we are about to take our coverage up another notch.” — New York Times business editor Dean Murphy and deputy business editor Peter Lattman on Pui-Wing Tam being named technology editor:| Alistair Barr / Wall Street Journal: |
Google agrees to allow spot checks at its US headquarters by Italian privacy regulators — Google Agrees to Spot Checks by Italian Privacy Regulators — Google's latest agreement with a European privacy regulator includes spot checks at its U.S. headquarters to monitor how the Internet giant …
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| Lisa Fleisher / Wall Street Journal: |
Uber launches a food delivery service, UberEATS, in Barcelona, just months after its ride-hailing service was banned in Spain — Banned From Carrying Passengers in Spain, Uber Now Delivers Food — After a court last year forced Uber Technologies off the road in Spain, the car-hailing company is back … | Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Report: Google looks to promote Wallet by paying wireless carriers and sharing mobile ad revenue — Google may pay wireless carriers to revive Google Wallet — Google Wallet has had, at best, a checkered history. Blocked by carriers, it suffered through changing product direction and competition from its own partners.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Viv, Built By Siri's Creators, Scores $12.5 Million For An AI Technology That Can Teach Itself — The company behind Viv, a powerful form of AI built by Siri's creators which is able to learn from the world to improve upon its capabilities, has just closed on $12.5 million in Series B funding.| Mihaita Bamburic / BetaNews: |
Bing adds order food button, hotel and restaurant information to search results thanks to Eat24 and TripAdvisor integration — Order food and find the right hotel using Bing — Microsoft has been very busy lately. Just in the last month, the software giant has adopted an international standard … Sponsor Posts
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