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Apple hires sales director of luxury Swiss watch maker TAG Heuer to help with the iWatch launch — Apple poaches Swiss watch exec for iWatch launch — Apple has hired the sales director of luxury Swiss watch maker TAG Heuer to help with the launch of its new iWatch …
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple hires Patrick Pruniaux, VP of Tag Heuer Sales and Retail, for iWatch marketing — Earlier today, the CEO of Tag Heuer revealed to CNBC that Apple has hired one of the watch-makers sales directors. However, the company did not announce the name of this “director” or the person's exact position.| Mathew Ingram / Gigaom: |
The EU's “right to be forgotten” is a bad idea, and Google is handling it exactly the right way — This week, Google has begun notifying British media outlets that some of their news articles may not be available to UK audiences as a result of a European Union court decision enshrining the …
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Google ‘learning as we go’ in row over right to be forgotten — Google executive says company could be clearer in the way it informs publishers about removal of articles from some results — Peter Barron, Google's director of communications for Europe. Photograph: Graham Turner for the Guardian| Reuters: |
Google reverses decision, restores several links to Guardian stories after publisher protests — Google reverses decision to delete British newspaper links — (Reuters) - Google Inc GOOGL.O GOOG.O on Thursday reversed its decision to remove several links to stories in Britain's Guardian newspaper …
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Music Streaming Eats Downloads With On-Demand Up 42% Over 2013, Digital Sales Down 12% — Nielsen's U.S. music report on the first half of 2014 shows digital music consumption rapidly shifting from downloads to streaming. On-demand streaming was up 42% over the first half of 2013, racking up 70 billion play in the first half of 2014.| Christian Zibreg / iDownloadBlog: |
Sunrise for Mac launches with offline mode, apps, native notifications and more — Sunrise, the popular and free replacement for Apple's stock Calendar in iOS, has been making some notable strides. — Just last month, for example, the team added third-party app integration to Sunrise for iOS.
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Google's webspam lead Matt Cutts taking leave for a “few” months after 15 years at the company — On Leave — I wanted to let folks know that I'm about to take a few months of leave. When I joined Google, my wife and I agreed that I would work for 4-5 years, and then she'd get to see more of me.
| Wesley Yin-Poole / Eurogamer.net: |
Oculus suspends Rift sales in China after “extreme” reselling — “If you are an enthusiast, we kindly ask that you wait for the consumer Rift.” — Oculus has suspended sales of its Rift virtual reality headset in China because people are reselling it. — Oculus recently began shipping … | Kevin Montgomery / Gawker: |
Restaurant Reservation Scalping Site Is Everything Wrong with SF — There are two things startups shouldn't f**k with in San Francisco. One is parking, and the other is restaurants. San Francisco is, after all, a city of foodies. Techies write bots to score competitive reservations.
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| Jason Verge / Data Center Knowledge: |
Verizon Launches CDN Geared Specifically for E-Commerce — Since it acquired Content Delivery Network (CDN) provider EdgeCast Networks, Verizon Digital Media Services has undertaken major expansion of the CDN network, having added presence in São Paulo and more than 20 other cities around the world.
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