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Bose Picks A Patent Fight With Apple's Beats Over Noise-Cancelling Headphones — Bose has sued Apple-owned Beats over patents it holds related to noise-cancelling headphones, according to a new report from CNBC. The new suit means that Apple has a brand new patent battleground … | Alistair Barr / Wall Street Journal: |
Google X project to collect anonymous genetic and molecular info from thousands to aid in detecting diseases earlier — Google to Collect Data to Define Healthy Human — Baseline Study to Try to Create Picture From the Project's Findings — Google Inc. has embarked on what may be its most ambitious …
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Verizon will start restricting LTE speeds for its heaviest unlimited-plan customers — Verizon's 4G networks soon will start favoring customers who pay for mobile data by the gigabyte over customers who draw deeply from Verizon's unlimited plans. — Verizon Wireless has been trying to coax …
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Lyft to launch 7pm tonight in NYC, drivers will need taxi commission licenses, company “will pause operations” in Buffalo and Rochester by August 1st — Lyft Launches in NYC — Tonight, after making positive progress with local and state leaders, Lyft will launch in all five boroughs of New York City.
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Google has granted over 50% of “Right to be Forgotten” requests, over 100,000 links from 91,000 people — Google Grants Majority of ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ Requests — Statistics Come as 91,000 People Request Removal of Some Search Results for Their Names| Julian Hattem / The Hill: |
House votes to allow cellphone ‘unlocking’ — The House on Friday passed legislation allowing people to “unlock” their cellphones and switch from one carrier to another, sending the bill to the president's desk. — The bill won unanimous support in the lower chamber and has been widely backed …
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Amazon Fire smartphone now available at AT&T — Amazon's Fire Phone Hits Stores, Minus the Fanfare — Amazon on Friday is embarking on its grandest attempt yet to keep customers buying more from its namesake site. — The company will begin selling its new Fire smartphone at AT&T stores without …
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Russian Interior Ministry offers $111k to crack TOR network — Russia's Interior Ministry is offering $111k for a technological solution that would allow police officers to identify internet surfers who are using the TOR anonymizer network, which has been rapidly growing in popularity inside the country.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Fixed Raises $1.2 Million For A Mobile App That Fights Your Parking Tickets For You — Fixed, the clever mobile application that helps you fight your parking tickets just by snapping a photo of the ticket with your mobile phone, has now closed on $1.2 million in seed funding.| Bloomberg: |
IBM Said to Reject Globalfoundries Offer for Chip Unit — International Business Machines Corp. (IBM)'s talks to sell its money-losing chip-manufacturing operations to Globalfoundries Inc. have ended after the two companies failed to agree on terms, according to people familiar with the process.| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Homejoy expands beyond cleaning, starts offering plumbing, handyman, landscaping, painting and other home services as beta to some customers — Homejoy Expands Beyond Cleaning With Beta Test Of Home Services — When Homejoy raised its $38 million round of funding last December … | Stephan Doerner / Wall Street Journal: |
Germany's Rocket Internet looking to raise up to $4.7B in IPO on Frankfurt Stock Exchange — Germany's Rocket Internet Eyes Possible Frankfurt IPO — Company Looking to Raise Up to $4.71 Billion, People Familiar With Matter Say — BERLIN—Rocket Internet AG, a German company …
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China Telecom to sell Microsoft's Xbox One from September — (Reuters) - China Telecom Corp Ltd will sell Microsoft Corp's Xbox One gaming console in China from September through an exclusive contract, the country's third-largest telecommunications company said on Friday.
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