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Apple to hold event for iPads, iMacs and Yosemite on October 16 — Code/red: Apple to Hold iPad Event on October 16 — // HAPPENING TODAY — JPMorgan Chase continues to vigilantly monitor its, cough, “situation.” — The Evernote Conference. — Tom and Jerry's new racism warning on Amazon Prime.
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| Jayadevan PK / The Economic Times: |
Google is developing a WhatsApp-like standalone messaging app likely to launch in 2015, targeting India and other emerging markets — Google planning to launch own mobile messaging app similar to WhatsApp — BANGALORE: After losing WhatsApp to Facebook in a multibillion dollar acquisition bid …
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PC World, Fox News, Wired, Shelly Palmer, InvestorPlace, Reuters, Gizmodo, Pocketnow, Business Insider, Ubergizmo, bgr.in, Tech Times, Neowin, TechnoBuffalo, Seeking Alpha and Gizmodo UK
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Thanks:@therealjpk| Reuters: |
Facebook plotting first steps in healthcare: support communities for ailments and preventative care apps — Exclusive: Facebook plots first steps into healthcare — (Reuters) - Facebook Inc already knows who your friends are and the kind of things that grab your attention.
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Tweets: @joshconstine and @zimbalist
| Wall Street Journal: |
Google X Is Developing Screens That Can Connect Like Legos to Form a Big Seamless Image — Google's Projects Lab Developing Screens That Can Plug Together to Form a Giant TV — Google Inc. is building self-driving cars and balloons to beam Internet service from the sky. Now it also wants to make giant TVs.
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| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Apple Asks the Music Labels for a Price Cut on Streaming Subscriptions — There are lots of music subscription services that let people listen to all the songs they want for $10 a month. — Apple thinks that price is too high. — Sources say Apple is talking to the big music labels …
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| Amy Schatz / Re/code: |
Marriott to pay $600K settlement for FCC complaint about jamming guest hotspots — Marriott Settles FCC Complaint About Blocking Rival Wi-Fi Networks — Marriott International agreed to pay $600,000 to settle a federal complaint that it illegally blocked rival Wi-Fi networks at a Nashville resort … | Jim Travers / Consumer Reports Online: |
Apple's CarPlay reviewed on Pioneer aftermarket receiver: simple menus, easy navigation, and excellent Siri voice command integration — Installing Apple CarPlay and taking it for spin — Pioneer aftermarket unit is first with iPhone interface — Apple iOS fans anxiously awaiting CarPlay can stop holding their breath.
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| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
New data suggests FBI may be lying about how it located Silk Road's server and IP address — Silk Road Lawyers Poke Holes in FBI's Story — New court documents released this week by the U.S. government in its case against the alleged ringleader of the Silk Road online black market …
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| Graham Cluley: |
Malware dubbed Mac.BackDoor.iWorm has has infected 17k Macs, forming a botnet which receives communications from Reddit posts — 17,000 Macs recruited into malware botnet, with a little help from Reddit — Researchers at Russian anti-virus company Dr Web believe that they have uncovered a new botnet … | Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter: |
Leonardo DiCaprio Exits Steve Jobs Biopic as Contenders Line Up — Instead of making the untitled project after shooting ‘The Revenant,’ the actor has removed himself from the biopic altogether — Leonardo DiCaprio will not be tackling the role of Steve Jobs.| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
EU Commission clears Facebook's $19 billion bid for WhatsApp — (Reuters) - European Union antitrust regulators approved on Friday a $19 billion offer by Facebook, the world's most popular social network, for mobile messaging startup WhatsApp. — The landmark deal is the largest … | New York Times: |
JPMorgan says data breach affected 76M households, 7M small businesses — Cyberattack Against JPMorgan Chase Affects 76 Million Households — A cyberattack this summer on JPMorgan Chase compromised the accounts of 76 million households and seven million small businesses …
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Tweets: @thestalwart, @cdixon, @cdixon, @cdixon, @qhardy and @garwarner
| Owen Thomas / ReadWrite: |
Apple's Health app is useless, dependent on other apps to gather data — Apple's Health App Is An Embarrassment — ReadWriteBody is an ongoing series where ReadWrite covers networked fitness and the quantified self. — You know those super-awkward “before” shots with a fat guy holding …
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Tweets: @joannastern, @danmunro and @owenthomas
| Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica: |
Federal court extends asset freeze for bitcoin miner Butterfly Labs, allowing “limited operations” to resume — Court extends Butterfly Labs asset freeze — Sonny Vleisides (right), is Butterfly Labs' cofounder and largest shareholder. A federal judge told him in January 2014 …
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HTC third quarter profit beats estimates as cost cuts offset weak sales — (Reuters) - Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC Corp swung to better-than-expected profit in the third quarter from a heavy loss a year earlier, as cost cuts helped it offset the impact of still-sluggish sales.| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Xperia Z3 & Z3 Compact review: Sony's best phones yet both last more than two days on a charge — Sony Xperia Z3 and Z3 Compact review — Sony nailed it. Twice. — We call it battery life because it is vital. — Without it, e-readers wouldn't be so popular …
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| Steven Russolillo / Wall Street Journal: |
GoPro stock falls as much as 14% as founder gifts 5.8M shares to new charity, sidesteps IPO lockup rule — GoPro's Lockup Loophole Spooks Investors — GoPro Inc. found a way to maneuver around its lockup restriction, a development that spooked investors and sent the high-flying stock down as much as 14% on Thursday.
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Bloomberg, Investor Relations, Business Insider, Reuters, CNBC and Fortune
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
iOS 8 Translator Keyboard Introduces Easy Access Language Translation Capabilities — With iOS 8 bringing support for system wide third-party keyboards for the first time, developers have been coming up with creative ways to introduce new functionality to the keyboard, beyond simply making it quicker to type.
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9to5Mac, BGR and TechCrunch
| Logan Whiteside / CNNMoney.com: |
Schmidt: Google's systems “far more secure and encrypted than anyone else, including Apple” — Google: Tim Cook is wrong about us — Apple got it wrong — Google is the safest place on the Web, the search giant's chairman says. — “We have always been the leader in security and encryption … Sponsor Posts
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