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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple Watch includes 8 GB of storage, allows 2 GB of music and 75 MB of photos — In our report last week, we reported that internal models of the Apple Watch included 8 GB of storage. We have now confirmed with the company that the shipping units do indeed ship with an 8 GB storage capacity.
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Apple can replace the Apple Watch battery; lifecycle of the battery is around three years — The Apple Watch Battery Is Replaceable — The Apple Watch got its grand unveiling yesterday. You can read our round-up of details from Apple's event here. But as tech watchers chewed … | The Intercept: |
New Snowden leaks show a multi-year CIA effort to break the security of Apple's iPhone and iPads — The CIA Campaign to Steal Apple's Secrets — RESEARCHERS WORKING with the Central Intelligence Agency have conducted a multi-year, sustained effort to break the security of Apple's iPhones and iPads …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Android Wear will get Wi-Fi support, gesture control in next software release — Faster, easier access to apps and contacts is also on the way — Google isn't standing still with its wearable platform now that Apple has given the press a chance to use the Apple Watch.| Michal Lev-Ram / Fortune: |
Apple commits more than $50M to non-profits to get more women, minorities, and veterans working in tech — Apple commits more than $50 million to diversity efforts — A flashy new smart watch isn't all Apple has up its sleeve. The company is donating more than $50 million to organizations …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google Calendar launches for iPhone with Schedule View, Events from Gmail, and Assists, which make suggestions that save you time creating events — Google Calendar launches for iPhone — Google today launched Google Calendar for iPhone. You can download the new app now directly from Apple's App Store.
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| Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
‘So When Is It Going to Be Time?’ Now, as Google CFO Pichette to Retire From Search Giant. — Longtime Google CFO Patrick Pichette is retiring from the company. — The move was disclosed in an SEC filing, and, in a post on Google+ and also in an internal memo, Pichette acknowledged the decision …
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| Wikimedia blog: |
Wikimedia v. NSA: Wikimedia Foundation files suit against NSA to challenge upstream mass surveillance — Justice presides with her scale and sword at Frankfurt am Main. — Photo by Roland Meinecke, licensed under CC-BY-NC-ND-3.0. — Today, the Wikimedia Foundation is filing suit …
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Tweets: @ioerror, @glynmoody and @slworona
See also Mediagazer| Sam Altman / Y Combinator Posthaven: |
Peter Thiel joins Y Combinator as a part-time partner — Welcome Peter — I'm delighted to announce Peter Thiel is joining YC as one of the (now 10!) part-time partners. — In addition to founding PayPal and Palantir and being the first investor in Facebook, Peter has been involved …
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| Michael Casey / Wall Street Journal: |
Bitcoin startup 21 Inc. reveals $116M in funding led by Andreessen Horowitz, RRE Ventures, Yuan Capital, aims to drive mainstream adoption of Bitcoin — Secretive Bitcoin Startup 21 Reveals Record Funds, Hints at Mass Consumer Play — For the past year and a half, a Silicon Valley startup …
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TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, Business Insider, CoinDesk, International Business Times and bizjournals. Tweets: @nikcub. Thanks:@_trendspotter
| Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / ZDNet: |
LaCie unveils USB-C external drive for the new MacBook — Summary:LaCie, the premium brand of Seagate Technology, announced the addition of USB-C technology to its Porsche Design Mobile Drive, making it the perfect match for Apple's new MacBook. — LaCie
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PC World, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, Ubergizmo, 9to5Mac, Macworld, SlashGear, iClarified, PC Magazine, Gizmag Emerging … and Electronista
| Justin Yu / CNET: |
Customize your Moto 360 smartwatch with Moto Maker, now live — Motorola just added the Moto 360 to the Moto Maker Web service, letting you add personal touches to your smartwatch like custom case finishes, band styles, and your choice of 11 watch faces. — Motorola
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| Greg Roumeliotis / Reuters: |
Bain Capital to buy network security firm Blue Coat, valuing it at about $2.4B including debt — Bain to buy Blue Coat for about $2.4 billion — (Reuters) - Bain Capital LLC will acquire Blue Coat Systems Inc from fellow private equity firm Thoma Bravo LLC in a deal that the network security company … | Zack Whittaker / ZDNet: |
WSJ: CIA helped develop phone scanning tech for aircraft and shared it with US Marshals Service — CIA secretly helped build phone scanning tech for US operations — Summary:The new report furthers allegations that US law enforcement are increasingly relying on intelligence agencies for help …
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| James Griffiths / South China Morning Post: |
Twitter opens an office in Hong Kong to help Chinese companies market to overseas consumers — Twitter launches Hong Kong office to court mainland Chinese firms — Social media giant says Hong Kong office will connect companies to the world and that it is not seeking to overturn mainland block
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The Next Web, TechCrunch, Tech in Asia and InvestorPlace
Tweets: @twitterads and @emilydparker
See also Mediagazer| Michael Mimoso / Threatpost: |
Microsoft Patches Old Stuxnet Bug, FREAK Vulnerability — Windows IT shops figure to be in for some scrambling today. Not only was it revealed that a five-year-old patch for a vulnerability exploited by Stuxnet was incomplete and machines have been exposed since 2010 … | David Post / Washington Post: |
The MPAA and the RIAA pressure ICANN to police the world's domains for copyright infringement, a practice which would threaten the freedom of the Internet — ICANN, copyright infringement, and “the public interest” — Last month, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) …
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