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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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| 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 …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Skype helps users avoid harassment by hiding IP addresses — Microsoft is finally making IP addresses hidden by default on Skype. Reports surfaced around four years ago noting that a flaw in Skype allowed malicious users to obtain IP addresses through the service.
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| Conor Dougherty / New York Times: |
How Larry Page's interests in robots, nuclear fusion, and more are shaping Google's shift to Alphabet — How Larry Page's Obsessions Became Google's Business — Three years ago, Charles Chase, an engineer who manages Lockheed Martin's nuclear fusion program, was sitting on a white leather couch … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Australian VPN uFlix says Netflix started blocking its service to some users, issues a fix, likely triggering 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 … | Eric Yoder / Washington Post: |
Obama administration says a newly-created agency will conduct federal background checks, and DOD will store records, after internal review following OPM breach — Pentagon to take over control of background investigation information — Updated: — The government will shift responsibility …
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Tweets: @usopm and @privacyforum
| James Risley / GeekWire: |
Amazon brings personalized sports updates, movie theater details to Echo … Updates to Amazon's Alexa virtual assistant are coming in thick and fast, with Jeopardy! showing up on the Echo smart speaker last week and the ability to start your car coming in the future.
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The Next Web, Engadget, Android Police, SlashGear, Phandroid, TechnoBuffalo, Ubergizmo and The Verge
| Jessi Hempel / Wired: |
Inside Facebook's Ambitious Plan to Connect the Whole World — The stern woman behind the press desk at the United Nations is certain I've made a mistake about the person I'm here to see. “Mr. Mark Zuckerberg?” she says. “Who's he?” ¶ He's an Internet executive, I tell her.
Tweets: @stevesi and @joshconstine
| Alfred Lee / The Information: |
According to SEC filings, mutual fund manager T. Rowe Price marked down its Dropbox stake by 51% ; MongoDB, 44%; Evernote, 20% — T. Rowe Marks Down Dropbox Stake 51% — Mutual fund manager T. Rowe Price marked down its investments in several private tech companies in the fourth quarter of 2015 … | 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 … Sponsor Posts
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