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Apple Watch will replace your car keys, says Tim Cook — Exclusive interview: The Apple chief executive reveals to Allister Heath how the revolutionary features in the company's smartwatch could forever alter our daily lives — Like millions of people, Tim Cook stopped wearing a watch a while back.
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| Nathan Donato-Weinstein / bizjournals: |
Google submits master plans for Mountain View campus featuring moveable, canopied structures — Exclusive: Google campus plan would explode the concept of buildings, workspace (renderings) — When Google Inc.'s engineers need a certain kind of workspace, they come to David Radcliffe with a question.
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| Tracey Lien / Los Angeles Times: |
Uber discloses one of its databases was breached in May 2014; personal info, including drivers' license numbers, of up to 50K drivers at risk — Uber security breach may have affected up to 50,000 drivers — Thousands of Uber driver names and driver's license numbers may be in the hands …
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| Reuters: |
China's draft counterterror law would require that technology firms hand over encryption keys, install backdoors; Obama administration has conveyed concerns — China draft counterterror law strikes fear in foreign tech firms — (Reuters) - China is weighing a far-reaching counterterrorism law …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
VLC gets first major release across Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Windows RT, and Android TV — VideoLAN today launched what is arguably the biggest release of its popular media player to date: an update to VLC for the desktop coordinated with new versions across all major mobile platforms.
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| Bloomberg Business: |
Ericsson Sues to Block Apple IPhone in U.S. Amid Patent Spat — (Bloomberg) — The licensing battle between Apple Inc. and Ericsson AB is escalating. — Ericsson, a pioneer in mobile phones that transformed itself into the world's largest maker of wireless networks, said Friday it's filing seven …
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| Matt Brian / Engadget: |
Google won't ban adult content on Blogger after all — Well that was fast. Google only declared that it would begin cracking down on adult content posted to Blogger a few days ago, but it's already decided it was a bit hasty in its decision. After coming under fire over the introduction … | Andrew Chung / Reuters: |
Smartflash LLC sues Apple again over use of same patents in iPhone 6/6 Plus and iPad Air 2 — Apple faces second suit from victorious patent firm — (Reuters) - Fresh off a $532.9 million jury win against Apple Inc (AAPL.O), a Texas company is again suing the tech giant …
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| Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
Dropbox partners with Vodafone to offer its file-storage service to more than 400M wireless customers — Dropbox Taps Vodafone for International Growth — Dropbox is partnering with Vodafone to offer its file-storage service to more than 400 million wireless customers.
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The Next Web and Seeking Alpha
| Miles Brignall / Guardian: |
UK ISP TalkTalk suffers massive data breach, subscribers' information used in scams — Fraud threat to millions of TalkTalk customers — Major breach of data leaves one customer £2,800 out of pocket as TalkTalk and his bank, Santander, refuse to compensate him| Cody Toombs / Android Police: |
YouTube App Now Has Built-In Video Trimming And Inline Previews, Turns Long Home Videos Into Great Shareable Moments — Baby's first steps, carrying the cake out on grandma's birthday, receiving your diploma at the graduation ceremony. These are great moments you want to show off …
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
White House releases draft of consumer privacy bill that requires firms to provide “concise” explanations of how data will be used, option to remove information — White House releases draft of consumer privacy bill — The Obama administration is releasing a draft of legislation …
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The Hill, Associated Press, Computerworld, Microsoft on the Issues and The Hill
| Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / ZDNet: |
Lenovo promises to stop bundling crapware on PCs — Summary:Following on from the Superfish debacle the company found itself embroiled in earlier this month, PC maker Lenovo is promising to bring to an end to the practice of pre-loading crapware onto systems.
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Computerworld, Mozilla Security Blog, eWeek, CNET, Ars Technica, GeekWire, Reuters, Neowin and The Verge
| Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
Tinder building out ad product, approaching potential partners including Facebook, Twitter — Tinder Is Building Out Its Ad Product — Dating app Tinder is ready to make some money. — The Los Angeles-based startup, which doesn't currently generate any revenue, is building out its first ad product … Sponsor Posts
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