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February 20, 2015, 1:05 PM

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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.

More: GeekWire, Macworld, Ars Technica, AppleInsider, BGR, MacRumors, Gigaom, The Verge, TechCrunch, iMore, Business Insider, VentureBeat, SlashGear, Redmond Pie, ParisLemon, Gotta Be Mobile, App Advice, MacDailyNews, Pocketnow, TechnoBuffalo, iLounge, PhoneDog.com and iPhone in Canada Blog

Tweets: @isaaclimdc and @markgurman

Robert McMillan / Wired:

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 of adware known as Visual Discovery by Superfish. It's the kind of software add-on that computer makers are often paid to include with their hardware.

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 bug — Microsoft just took a major step towards rooting out the Superfish bug …

More: TechFrag, Norse, ReadWrite, A Few Thoughts …, SlashGear, The Mac Observer, ZDNet, The Daily Dot and Vox. Tweets: @filosottile

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 …

Mark Scott / New York Times:

World's largest SIM card maker Gemalto to investigate claims NSA and GCHQ hacked their networks to steal SIM encryption codes — Chip Maker to Investigate Claims of Hacking by N.S.A. and British Spy Agencies — LONDON — Gemalto, a digital security company based in the Netherlands …

More: Gemalto, Guardian, The Register, Wall Street Journal, Engadget, PC World, Business Insider and The Next Web

The Intercept:

How US and UK spies hacked into world's largest maker of SIM cards and stole encryption keys — How Spies Stole the Keys to the Encryption Castle — AMERICAN AND BRITISH spies hacked into the internal computer network of the largest manufacturer of SIM cards in the world …

More: CNNMoney, Reuters, Guardian, Help Net Security, PC Magazine, Engadget, The Hill, The Register, CNET, Forbes, Fortune, BBC, TechPresident, The Daily Caller, Out-Law News, Bloomberg View, ValueWalk, The Next Web, Techdirt, Raw Story, PC World, The Daily Beast, Wall Street Journal, Ars Technica, Inquirer, Cult of Mac, Security Affairs, Business Insider, BGR, BetaNews, Rude Baguette, ITProPortal, Reuters, PhoneDog.com, Android Authority, ABC, Electronic Frontier Foundation, TechCrunch, iTnews, Slashdot, SiliconANGLE, Pocketnow, DSLreports, SlashGear, Gizmodo, Mashable, The Hill, Schneier on Security, Gigaom, CrackBerry.com, TechSpot, SecurityWeek and Fusion

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Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Apple considering dedicated Apple Watch stores as it sets up Paris booth — Apple Watch hands-on table from September Media Event — According to multiple reports out of France, Apple is constructing a dedicated display for the upcoming Apple Watch in some upscale Paris-based retail outlets.

More: Engadget, BGR, MacRumors, VentureBeat, The Verge, Cult of Mac, Forbes, TechnoBuffalo, MacDailyNews, iPhone in Canada Blog, Redmond Pie, iMore and iDownloadBlog.com

Maria Kiselyova / Reuters:

Russia's competition watchdog opens antitrust investigation into Google's service bundling practices with Android following complaint from Yandex — Russian competition watchdog opens case against Google — Russia's competition watchdog said on Friday it had opened a case against Google Inc …

More: Wall Street Journal, USA Today, CNET, toptechnews.com and Fortune

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.

More: Wall Street Journal, 9to5Google, PYMNTS.com, Street Fight and Android Authority

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 …

More: Search Blog, SuperSite for Windows, Search Engine Land, The Next Web, Windows Central and The Fire Hose

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Content Curation Startup Livefyre Raises $47M More, Brings On Adobe And Salesforce As New Investors — Livefyre is announcing that it has raised $47 million in new funding. — That number includes a $15 million addition to the company's Series C — founder and CEO Jordan Kretchmer told …

More: VentureBeat, Inc.com, Re/code, Marketing Land and PE Hub Blog

Jared Newman / PC World:

Sony's $160 Micro SDXC card, marketed as “Premium Sound” storage, costs 4X-5X similar cards but can't improve sound quality — Sony's latest snake oil: Pricey ‘Premium Sound’ Micro SDXC cards — Need the perfect expandable storage solution for your $1,200 Walkman?

More: Wall Street Journal, TIME, BGR, Tech Times, TechSpot, Neowin, Consumerist, GSMArena Blog, The Daily Dot, Ars Technica, Geek.com, SlashGear, The Verge, CNET, Phandroid, Electronista, bit-tech.net, Gizmodo and Engadget

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