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Lack of Apple Maps updates at WWDC said to be caused by departures and internal politics — Apple's Maps Are Still Lost — Apple, during WWDC last week, delivered some significant updates across various parts of its business. It released, among other things, some 4,000 new APIs … | Josh Halliday / Guardian: |
Google search results may indicate ‘right to be forgotten’ censorship — Search engine considering alert at bottom of results pages to show links have been removed after landmark EU privacy ruling — Google is planning to flag up search results it has censored following a controversial ruling …
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| Deepa Seetharaman / Reuters: |
Amazon to launch online subscription and billing payments for startups, competing with Paypal — Amazon expands middleman role in latest online payments push — (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc will start managing subscription payments for start-ups and other companies - the latest in a series …
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| Neil Hughes / AppleInsider: |
Shares of Apple stock open at $92.69 as 7-for-1 split takes effect — Apple's much-anticipated 7-for-1 stock split officially went into effect with its new pricing on Monday morning, trading at $92.69 when the NASDAQ Stock Market opened at 9:30 a.m. Eastern in New York.
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| Leo Mirani / Quartz: |
iOS 8 randomizes MAC address when scanning for WiFi, deterring location tracking by marketers — A tiny technical change in iOS 8 could stop marketers spying on you — Whenever you walk around a major Western city with your phone's Wi-Fi turned on, you are broadcasting your location …
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Netflix to suspend its controversial ISP error messages — Netflix will stop blaming your ISP when your Orange is the New Black stream starts to stutter - at least for now: The company announced Monday that it will suspend the display of messages that specifically blame individual internet providers …
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A Conversation With Linus Torvalds, Who Built The World's Most Robust Operating System And Gave It Away For Free — Hello everybody out there using minix - I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones... I'd like to know what features most people would want.
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Great artists steal: The iOS 8 features inspired by Android — Apple has taken the wraps off iOS 8, its newest mobile operating system, at its WWDC keynote. There were lots of new features added to iOS, but any observer familiar with Android saw quite a few things that seem... familiar.| Brooks Barnes / New York Times: |
Stars from YouTube, Vine, and Instagram capitalize on internet success with live festivals and concerts — Performing Without Net: Stars of YouTube Take to the Stage — A capacity 12,500 tickets were sold. More than 70 performers appeared on three stages.| io9: |
Researchers claim chatbot impersonating a 13yo non-native speaker is first to beat Turing Test — A Chatbot Has ‘Passed’ The Turing Test For The First Time — A Russian chatterbot named “Eugene Goostman” has become the first to pass the Turing Test - an assessment of machine intelligence …
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| Nikkei Asian Review: |
Sony tops game console sales for 1st time in 8 years — TOKYO — Sony Computer Entertainment led sales of video game systems for the first time in eight years in fiscal 2013, beating flagging compatriot Nintendo thanks to the successful launch of the PlayStation 4.
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| Nick Summers / The Next Web: |
Microsoft begins selling the Xbox One without Kinect for $399.99 — As promised, Microsoft is now offering a version of its Xbox One console without Kinect. The new bundle is available for $399.99/ £349.99 from Microsoft's website and a similar configuration is expected to be sold in other markets later today.
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