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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Sources: Apple readies iPhone 5se for March/April with 4-inch screen, curved edges, Live Photos, 8MP rear camera, A8 and M8 chips, barometer, NFC chip, more — Apple readies ‘iPhone 5se’, not ‘6c’, for March/April with curved edges & Live Photos — That purported 4-inch “iPhone 6c” floating around the web yesterday?
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| Daisuke Wakabayashi / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Apple veteran overseeing Project Titan electric-car initiative, Steve Zadesky, leaving company — Apple Veteran Overseeing Electric-Car Project Leaving Company — Steve Zadesky said to be leaving for personal reasons — The Apple Inc. veteran tasked with spearheading …
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| Paul Thurrott / Thurrott.com: |
Months after release of Surface Book and Surface Pro 4, issues like Intel display driver crashes, power management bugs, and boot problems linger — Welcome to Surfacegate — Share Tweet Pin it Reddit Share Share — Microsoft is having its iPhone 4 “Antennagate” moment … | Windows Blog: |
On sale today: 1TB Core i7 Surface Book and Surface Pro 4, and new Gold Surface Pen — We're excited to announce that the most powerful versions yet of Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 are now on sale in the United States and Canada. These products feature 1TB of storage … | Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple to update Apple Watch in mid-March with new bands, OS + full redesign in fall — Jeff Williams announcing September Apple Watch updates - AFP — In addition to launching a new 4-inch iPhone likely called the “iPhone 5se,” Apple plans to announce new Apple Watch models in March.| Ryan Mac / Forbes: |
Some who invested in failing payments startup Clinkle asked for their money back — Clinkle Up In Smoke As Investors Want Their Money Back — On Sept. 23, 2013, Lucas Duplan was on top of the world. Having finished a computer science degree at Stanford University the year before … | Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica: |
California assembly member introduces anti-human trafficking bill banning sale of smartphones with unbreakable encryption — Yet another bill seeks to weaken encryption-by-default on smartphones — Asm. Jim Cooper: “Human trafficking trumps privacy, no if ands or buts about it.”
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Australian VPN uFlix says Netflix started blocking its service to some users, issues a fix, likely beginning a larger whack-a-mole effort by Netflix — Netflix Makes Good On Promises To Crack Down On VPNs, But Blocks Are Short-Lived — Netflix has begun blocking some users of VPN services … | John Gapper / Financial Times: |
Google reaches settlement with UK to pay £130M in back taxes and higher taxes in future, after multiyear audit by UK tax agency showed a decade of underpayment — Google strikes £130m back tax deal — Google has reached a settlement with the UK to pay £130m in back taxes …
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| Barb Darrow / Fortune: |
Sources: VMware to lay off up to 900 people next week as EMC, VMware, Dell continue work on merger — VMware Insiders Brace for Big Cuts — As EMC, VMware, and Dell struggle to pull their $67 billion merger across the goal line, look for big cuts to come at VMware.
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| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Apple hires Virginia Tech computer science professor and virtual reality expert Doug Bowman — Apple hires leading virtual reality researcher — Apple has hired one of the top US researchers in virtual reality, as it looks to catch up to Facebook, Alphabet, Microsoft and Samsung …
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9to5Google, Daily Mail, SlashGear, Fortune, Wall Street Journal, The Verge, Re/code, Digital Trends, Mashable, InvestorPlace, ITworld.com, Fone Arena, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, Gamasutra and MacRumors
Tweets: @tim and @counternotions
| Mark Bergen / Re/code: |
In December, Microsoft stopped providing funding to FairSearch, a watchdog behind Google antitrust cases, including the one pending in the EU — Microsoft Quietly Retreats From FairSearch, Watchdog Behind Google Antitrust Cases — For years now, Google's knee-jerk response …
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