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Apple and Samsung ink separate agreements with China's UnionPay to introduce their competing mobile payments systems in the country, expect early 2016 launch — Apple, Samsung Agree With UnionPay for China Payments From 2016 — Agreements in China subject to certification from regulators
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| Michael Mimoso / Threatpost: |
Facebook, Researcher Spar Over Instagram Vulnerabilities — A security researcher is in a bit of a scrum with Facebook over vulnerability disclosures that not only tested the boundaries of the social network's bug bounty program, but also prompted threats of legal and criminal action.
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EXFiLTRATED, Facebook, Engadget, International Business Times, Forbes, The Hacker News, ZDNet, Tech Insider, SecurityWeek and Softpedia News. Tweets: @fesja
| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Evernote is killing Skitch for Android, iOS, and Windows on January 22, but not Mac — Note-taking app company Evernote today delivered some sad news for users of the image annotation app Skitch. The iOS, Android, and Windows versions of Skitch will be going away on January 22.
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Tweets: @joshdickson40 and @caseynewton
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Windows Phone 8.1 users won't get Windows 10 Mobile update until 2016 — Microsoft is planning to make Windows 10 Mobile available to existing Windows Phone 8 and 8.1 users starting in early 2016, rather than this month, officials are now saying. — Even though Microsoft officials …
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Windows Blog, GeekWire, Engadget, Brad Sams, BetaNews, PCWorld, International Business Times, PCMag Australia Feed, Microsoft News, Gizmodo, SlashGear, InfoWorld, TechnoBuffalo, The Verge, Tech Times, ITProPortal, Nokiapoweruser, FierceMobileIT News, PhoneDog.com, Windows Central, Pocketnow, MobileSyrup.com, WinBeta, Ars Technica, Neowin and WMPoweruser. Tweets: @psawers
| Nandita Bose / Reuters: |
Exclusive: Target in initial development of its own mobile wallet - sources — Target Corp is in early stages of developing its own mobile wallet, three people familiar with the matter said, signaling a potential threat to new entrants like Apple Pay a week after Wal-Mart Stores Inc announced its own plans.
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TechCrunch, Digital Trends, MacRumors, Engadget, The Verge, 9to5Mac, iMore, Consumerist, Fortune, PhoneDog.com, iPhone Hacks and NFC World+
Tweets: @squiffy, @alexjamesfitz, @benbajarin, @frank_spin and @brianroemmele
| Michael Mimoso / Threatpost: |
Juniper discovers three-year-old backdoor in its NetScreen enterprise firewalls that allows decrypting VPN traffic, admin access, says to patch immediately — Juniper Patches ScreenOS Backdoor — Juniper Networks today has released an emergency patch that removes what it's calling …
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Re/code, eWeek, Techdirt, Ars Technica, Juniper Forums, Forbes, Adam Caudill, Security Affairs, Petri IT Knowledgebase, The Next Web, CIO.com, BBC, The Hacker News, Tech Times, SecurityWeek, Help Net Security, The Register, PCWorld, Juniper Networks, ZDNet, SiliconANGLE, bit-tech.net, Light Reading, Engadget and iTnews
| Jean-Baptiste Kempf / Yet another blog for JBKempf: |
VLC for Chrome OS, built using Android Runtime for Chrome, is now available to download — Announcing VLC for Chrome OS — VLC on ChromeOS — ChromeOS is one of the last Operating Systems where you could not run VLC and play all your media as you wished.
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PCWorld, Engadget, VentureBeat, Laptop Mag, ZDNet, 9to5Google, Liliputing, Android Central and The Next Web
| Brian Fung / Washington Post: |
FCC wants to meet with T-Mobile, Comcast, AT&T by January 15 to discuss their zero-rating programs — Regulators want to talk to AT&T, Comcast and T-Mobile about sponsored data — Federal regulators have asked AT&T, Comcast and T-Mobile to meet with them to discuss a growing …
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CutCableToday, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, Engadget, The Hill, Los Angeles Times, MacNN, GeekWire, CNET, Ars Technica, Ubergizmo, The Next Web, The Hill, TmoNews, Bloomberg Business, Phandroid, Pocketnow, AndroidHeadlines.com, BGR, MacRumors and ExtremeTech. Tweets: @counternotions. See also Mediagazer
| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015, attached to ombibus budget bill, is passed by Congress and is expected to be signed into law later today — Congress passes controversial cybersecurity bill attached to omnibus budget — This morning, Congress passed the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act … | Jason Cipriani / Fortune: |
BlackBerry beats expectations with Q3 loss of $89M and revenue up 12% from last quarter to $548M, optimistic Priv will break even in Q4; stock up over 11% — Here's Why BlackBerry Saw Its First Revenue Gain In 9 Quarters — BlackBerry CEO John Chen's determination to move the company away …
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Re/code, ZDNet, Guardian, CBC News, VentureBeat, CNET, BBC, CNBC, TechEye, Wall Street Journal, International Business Times, Forbes, NASDAQ.com, Financial Post, Reuters and Reuters
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft acquires Metanautix, an analytics startup that helps big companies navigate their data — Microsoft has acquired a young Palo Alto startup called Metanautix, a firm specializing in helping large enterprises filter through their hordes of in-house data. Terms of the deal haven't been disclosed
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The Official Microsoft Blog, ZDNet, Metanautix and StreetInsider.com
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Netflix announces rebuilt Universal Windows 10 app for PCs and tablets, coming to smartphones early next year — Netflix's new Windows 10 app embraces Microsoft's universal dream — Netflix is making the most of Windows 10 today. Netflix is updating its Windows Store app …
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Windows Blog, Windows Central, The Netflix Tech Blog, Inquirer, SiliconANGLE, PCMag Australia Feed, Digital Trends, Tech Times, Lifehacker, Engadget, CNET, Thurrott.com, Mashable, The Next Web, Neowin and The Verge
Tweets: @gcaughey, @simevidas, @satyanadella and @reedhastings
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Akamai: Global average Internet speed grew 14% to 5.1 Mbps, only 5.2% of users have broadband — Global average connection speeds rose 14 percent year over year to 5.1 Mbps in Q3 2015. Unfortunately, just over 5 percent of users now have broadband speeds of at least 25.0 Mbps.
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Analysis: Williams is the obvious successor to Cook, Schiller to relieve Cue of some responsibilities, Tor Myhren succeeds soon-to-retire Hiroki Asai — Opinion: Today's Apple promotions cover executive losses, hint at Apple's future — Earlier today, Apple announced some of the most wide-ranging changes …
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The Register, TechEye, Computerworld, Daring Fireball, The Loop, Adweek, Business Insider, AppleInsider, Insanely Great Mac, PCMag Australia Feed and Washington Post. Tweets: @markgurman
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