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Sources: Apple working on wireless charging tech for iOS devices that works over a distance, may be released as soon as next year — Apple Said Developing Wireless-Charged Phone for as Soon as 2017 — Technology could power devices further away than charging mats
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| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Sources: Apple's virtual and augmented reality research team includes hundreds of staff from poaching and acquisitions; Apple confirms purchase of Flyby Media — Apple builds secret team to kick-start virtual reality effort — Apple has assembled a large team of experts in virtual …
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| Wesley Yin-Poole / Eurogamer.net: |
EA's CFO estimates 55M current-gen consoles have been sold, putting Xbox One at around 19M or less units sold — We now have a clearer picture of how Xbox One is doing — Thanks, EA! — Microsoft doesn't report Xbox One sales any more, but we have a decent idea of how it's doing - thanks to EA.| Jack Moore / Nextgov: |
New US Digital Registry launched, lists verified government social media accounts and apps — A new registry of verified government social media accounts could help the public beware of online digital doppelgängers and allow developers to create tailored applications that pull in data …
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LG patches data-theft vulnerability discovered in Smart Notice, a preinstalled app on the G3 affecting an estimated 10M phones — LG closes data-theft hole affecting millions of G3 smartphones — Bug allows attackers to embed malicious code in data fed to phone.| Ginny Marvin / Search Engine Land: |
Google releases AdWords app on iOS so marketers can track campaign performance, change bids, and adjust budgets on the go — iPhone Users, The AdWords App For iOS Has Arrived — The AdWords app for iPhone users is finally available for everyone. Google announced Thursday that the AdWords app for iOS is now available globally.
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| Deon Roberts / The Charlotte Observer: |
Cardless ATMs coming to Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Chase this year, enabling customers to perform transactions with their smartphones — Bank of America will allow ATM transactions using smartphones this year — The Charlotte-based bank joins rivals who are also planning to roll out similar technology
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Sony Posts $1B Profit For Q3 2015 But Feels Pinch From Slowing Mobile Market — Another quarter of promise for Sony. The Japanese tech giant just released its Q3 2015 financial results, posting net income of 120.1 billion JPY ($1 billion) on total revenue of 2,580.8 billion JPY ($21.5 billion) …
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| New York Times: |
Facebook to shut down Parse, the toolkit for mobile developers it acquired in 2013; developers will have year-long window to migrate their data — Facebook to Shut Down Parse, Its Platform for Mobile Developers — Facebook acquired Parse, a toolkit and support system for mobile developers, in 2013.
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Parse Blog, BetaNews, Parse Blog, Android Police, Digital Trends, Fortune, Network World, BBC, PC Magazine, TechCrunch, SD Times, ZDNet, Fortune, The Loop, Adweek, Silicon Republic, Fone Arena, ProgrammableWeb.com, The Register, WebProNews, The Next Web, ReadWrite, VentureBeat, Android Central, MacStories, Wall Street Journal, Computerworld, Business Insider and Re/code
Tweets: @counternotions, @mikeisaac, @ow, @mikeisaac, @tomstuart, @om, @pinboard, @rbranson, @brianleroux, @dn0t, @caseynewton, @joshconstine, @carnage4life, @joshconstine, @mikeisaac, @calebd, @thramp and @mikeisaac
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft says it only sold 4.5M Lumia devices last quarter, a 57% drop year-over-year — Windows Phone is dead — Windows Phone started off life as a promising alternative to Android and iOS five years ago. Microsoft positioned its range of Windows Phone 7 handsets as the true third mobile ecosystem … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
IBM closes Weather Co. purchase, names Weather Co. CEO David Kenny head of Watson platform; sources say the deal's reported $2B cost was inaccurate — IBM Closes Weather Co. Purchase, Names David Kenny New Head Of Watson Platform — IBM is taking another step to expand its Waston AI business … Thanks:@ingridlunden
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Blackshades co-creator Michael Hogue of Arizona sentenced to 5 years of probation for distributing malware, conspiring to hack computers — Blackshades malware co-creator gets five years of probation — An Arizona man who co-created software distributed by an organization called Blackshades …
| Cyrus Lee / ZDNet: |
Tencent drops plans to develop Windows 10 Mobile app for popular chatting tool QQ, citing declining users on platform, will maintain current Windows Mobile app — Tencent drops Windows 10 Mobile QQ development — Chinese technology giant Tencent confirmed it has dropped plans to develop …
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