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Apple says it has invested $1B in Chinese Uber rival Didi Chuxing — Apple Inc (AAPL.O) said on Thursday it has invested $1 billion in Chinese ride-hailing service Didi Chuxing, a move that Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook said would help the company better understand the critical Chinese market.
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Philadelphia Police Department admits it disguised a license plate surveillance truck as a Google Maps vehicle — The vehicle in question. Image: Dustin Slaughter — The Philadelphia Police Department admitted today that a mysterious unmarked license plate surveillance truck disguised …
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Android VR Placeholder Pops Up In The Google Play Developer Console — Yesterday we reported on a rumor that Google would unveil a new “Android VR” platform at Google I/O next week, along with a standalone headset. Today we're seeing what looks like additional evidence.| Serenity Caldwell / iMore: |
Apple acknowledges reports of music files lost while using iTunes, plans update with more safeguards next week — Serenity Caldwell has been writing and talking about and tinkering with Apple products since she was old enough to double-click. Managing editor of iMore …
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Amazon launches programmable $19.95 AWS IoT Button based on Dash hardware, that can be integrated with services like Twitter, Facebook, Netflix, Uber or Slack — Amazon has revealed a programmable Dash Button which can be assigned to any product or purpose, a customizable version of its one-touch reordering gadgets.
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SWIFT warns of a new hacker attack on a commercial bank similar to Bangladeshi heist, says it is part of a wider highly adaptive campaign targeting banks — Hackers used malware to target PDF reader of commercial bank — Warning comes after cyber heist from Bangladesh central bank
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| Julie Bort / Business Insider: |
Google for Work president Amit Singh moves to company's virtual reality division as vice president of business and operations — Amit Singh, who hopped from Oracle to Google about six years ago to help establish its Google for Work cloud tech, is now jumping to the company's new virtual-reality team.
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Microsoft Discontinues Support for Project Spark; Online Services Going Down in August — Today Project Spark Community Manager Thomas Gratz announced on the game/creativity platform's official forums that support for the game is officially being discontinued.
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Samsung's $45 Charm fitness bracelet with color-coded LED alerts launches in South Korea, Italy, France, and Russia — Samsung has today officially launched its latest stab at the wearables market with the introduction of its new “Charm” activity band, available in a handful of markets.| Pradeep / MSPoweruser: |
Microsoft adding fingerprint support to Windows 10 Mobile this summer — Biometrics is an increasingly popular technology that provides convenient access to systems, services, and resources. Microsoft Windows added Biometrics support back in 2012. The Windows Biometric Framework (WBF) …
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| Daisuke Wakabayashi / Wall Street Journal: |
Apple providing free iPads, MacBooks, and Apple TVs to 114 US schools in experiment to bridge tech divide between rich and poor students — Top executives guide push to bridge tech divide in schools after industry's earlier efforts fall short — YUMA, Ariz.—Fourth-grade teacher Blanca Rivera …
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Activision Blizzard to start live streaming eSports on Facebook Live, beginning with June 10 Anaheim Open tournament, building to daily content — Video-game giant Activision Blizzard is teaming up with Facebook to deliver live eSports tournament coverage on the social-media service worldwide.Sponsor Posts
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