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Apple plans October launch for watch-like health-monitoring device, 3-5M unit/month production — Apple flexes healthcare muscles with new wearable device — SILICON VALLEY — Apple is getting set to move to its next stage of growth with a wearable health-monitoring device …
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| John Paczkowski / Re/code: |
October is indeed the tentative launch date for Apple's first wearable device — Code/red: Yes, Apple's First Wearable Device Is Slated for October — // HAPPENING TODAY — Arista Networks is trading for the first time on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker ANET.
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| Juliette Garside / Guardian: |
New transparency report from Vodafone reveals secret wires across 29 countries for government surveillance — Vodafone reveals existence of secret wires that allow state surveillance — Wires allow agencies to listen to or record live conversations, in what privacy campaigners are calling a ‘nightmare scenario’
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| Brad Stone / Businessweek: |
Uber has raised $1.2B on a $17B valuation, and a Q&A with CEO Travis Kalanick — Q&A: Travis Kalanick on Uber's New $17 Billion Valuation — Uber Technologies, the company that allows people to order taxis and private town cars via a smartphone app, has just raised $1.2 billion …
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| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Safari in iOS 8 uses camera to scan and enter credit card info — In iOS 8, Apple has a new feature in Safari that allows users to scan a credit card with the device's camera rather than manually entering the number when making a purchase online. — When entering a credit card number … | Jon Russell / The Next Web: |
Yahoo confirms it will remove Facebook and Google sign-ins from Flickr after June 30 — Yahoo earlier this year announced plans to phase out Google- and Facebook-based sign-in from its services. The feature was initially removed from a sports service and now it is Flickr's turn … | Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
YouTube Co-Founders Split As Hurley Spins Out MixBit And Chen Joins Google Ventures — Consider this the end of an era. After 15 years of working together, first at PayPal and then at YouTube and most recently at incubator Avos Systems, YouTube co-founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen are headed in different directions.| Claire Atkinson / New York Post: |
Google in talks to buy music streaming service Songza for about $15M, according to sources — Google in talks to buy music streaming company Songza — Larry Page is moving fast to build his search giant's street cred in the rapidly-growing music streaming business.
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| Bloomberg: |
Arista Networks Jumps in Debut After Raising $226 Million in IPO — Arista Networks Inc., a provider of cloud-networking applications used by companies such as EBay Inc. and Facebook Inc., gained in its debut after raising $226 million in an initial public offering.
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Amazon to use modified version of OKAO Vision face sensing technology for its new 3D smartphone — This Is The Face Tracking Tech Powering Amazon's New 3D Smartphone — Rumor has it - and we've confirmed - that Amazon will launch its first smartphone on June 18.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple Acquires Spotsetter, A Social Search Engine For Places — Spotsetter, a social search engine using big data to offer personalized recommendations as to places to go, has been quietly snapped up by Apple, TechCrunch has learned. The technology, which involves layering social data … | Joon Ian Wong / CoinDesk: |
Bitcoin VC Investment This Year Already 30% Higher Than 2013's Total — The amount of venture capital raised by bitcoin startups this year has already surpassed the total amount raised in 2013 by more than $27m. — So far in 2014, $115.2m has flowed into bitcoin businesses …
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How China's Xiaomi became the world's fastest-growing phone maker — Xiaomi's Phones Have Conquered China. Now It's Aiming for the Rest of the World — On May 15, behind the curving, imperial facade of the China National Convention Center in Beijing, a veteran technology executive named …
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| Tom Phillips / Eurogamer.net: |
Nintendo Europe closing Großostheim headquarters, 130 jobs lost — Business to be run out of Frankfurt office instead. — Nintendo of Europe is closing its headquarters in Großostheim, Germany with the loss of 130 jobs, the company has announced.| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Q&A with WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton on the Facebook deal, user privacy, and more — WhatsApp Co-Founder Brian Acton Talks About Not Getting “Swallowed By The Borg” At StartX — In his first speaking engagement ever, at tonight's StartX event, WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton talked …
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