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Apple's 2015 apps of the year include Periscope for iPhone, Robot Factory for iPad, HBO Now for Apple TV, Dark Sky for Apple Watch, and Affinity Photo for Mac — Apple Publishes Best of 2015 App Store Lists for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV — Early this morning …
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Only three of YouTube's top 10 videos of 2015 were made by ordinary YouTubers — The year has changed, and the exact videos have changed, but one aspect of YouTube's annual top-10 remains pretty predictable: The real powerhouses on the site that claims to have democratized Internet video … | Liam Tung / ZDNet: |
Google publishes results for its D-Wave 2X quantum computer, says tests show it performs 100M times faster than conventional computing for some problems — Google's quantum computer can blitz a normal PC - but it's not ready for production just yet — Google's latest tests show there's light …
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| Sruthi Ramakrishnan / Reuters: |
Walmart announces its mobile payment service Walmart Pay, will be introduced in select US stores on Thursday and nationwide by the first half of 2016 — Wal-Mart enters mobile payment with launch of Walmart Pay — Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N) said it would launch 'Walmart Pay …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Uber launches universal Windows app with Cortana support for smartphones, tablets, and PCs — Uber's first desktop app launches on Windows 10 (Updated) — Uber today launched its first desktop app. Windows 10 users can now hail a ride using the on-demand car service from their computer.
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Automattic releases new WordPress.com desktop app for Windows, says number of Windows users is twice that of Mac and Linux combined — WordPress.com launches new app for Windows — WordPress is the world's most popular blogging platform, and WordPress.com is where tens of millions … | Patrick Howell O'Neill / The Daily Dot: |
Senator Dianne Feinstein to seek legislation to “pierce” through encryption with warrant, working with Judiciary Committee Chairman Richard Burr, others — Top Democratic senator will seek legislation to ‘pierce’ through encryption — A leading Democratic senator …
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| Scott Hanselman / Scott Hanselman's Blog: |
Microsoft open sources blogging tool Live Writer — Announcing Open Live Writer - An Open Source Fork of Windows Live Writer — Today is the day. An independent group of volunteers within Microsoft has successfully open sourced and forked Windows Live Writer.| Allan Sloan / Washington Post: |
Yahoo's newly proposed spinoff plan could expose shareholders to a substantial tax bill and the company to a $3.7B capital gains tax — Yahoo changes direction, but those tax troubles could well follow — It's enough to make your head spin. Yahoo has managed the near-impossible … | Sarah Jeong / Motherboard: |
The “Satoshi” PGP keys reported to be linked to Craig Wright were likely backdated, pointing to a hoax — Satoshi's PGP Keys Are Probably Backdated and Point to a Hoax — On Tuesday, both Wired and Gizmodo dropped a big bombshell: According to “leaked” (Wired) or “hacked” …
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Samsung Electronics to form automotive team with initial focus on infotainment, autonomous driving — Samsung Electronics to form auto team in search of growth driver — * Initial focus on infotainment, autonomous driving — * Firm in need of growth driver as smartphones falter …
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Verizon to start testing sponsored data in coming days, allowing a third party to pay for data consumed when accessing certain content, commercial launch in Q1 — Verizon to Start Testing ‘Toll-Free’ Data in Coming Days — Verizon plans in the next few days to start testing so-called sponsored data …
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