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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple Pay setup detailed & retailers begin training as service launches at Apple HQ — The launch of Apple Pay, Apple's NFC and Touch ID-based mobile payment solution, is upon us. Apple has begun preparing for the launch by kicking off Apple Pay training programs for its own group …
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iPhone 6 & iPhone 6 Plus Arrive in 36 More Countries and Territories This Month — Apple's Fastest-Ever iPhone Rollout Includes India, Mexico, South Korea & Thailand — Apple® today announced that iPhone® 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, the biggest advancements in iPhone history … | Matt Clinch / CNBC: |
Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb blames Apple for the country's credit rating downgrade — How Apple prompted this country's downgrade — Finland's Prime Minister Alexander Stubb says the iPhone killed the once-dominant Nokia and the iPad killed the country's paper industry …
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| Fred Pals / Bloomberg: |
Dutch police arrested, will fine four drivers in Amsterdam for using Uber app to provide taxi services — Dutch Police Arrest Drivers Using Uber App in Amsterdam — Dutch police arrested four drivers in Amsterdam early Sunday after they were found to be improperly using the Uber app for taxi services …
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Salesforce Hopes To Ride Analytics Wave With New Business Intelligence Service — Salesforce.com will unveil a new analytics service tomorrow morning they have dubbed Wave. The product will be introduced by CEO Marc Benioff at the company's Dreamforce customer conference in San Francisco …
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| Tor Ekeland / Wired: |
US should follow UK and Ireland in meting out punishment to hackers that is proportional to the harm they cause — America Must End Its Paranoid War on Hackers — “How did you get caught?” I ask Darren Martyn, aka Pwnsauce, the former member of LulzSec. — “Bad Opsec. Really, really bad Opsec,” he says.| Reuters: |
French bank BPCE teams with Twitter to offer person-to-person money transfer via tweets — French bank, Twitter team up for money transfers via tweets — (Reuters) - One of France's largest banks is teaming up with social network Twitter Inc. (TWTR.N) this week to allow its customers to transfer money via tweets.
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| Jeremy Kirk / PC World: |
Four Hong Kong democracy activist websites compromised to deliver malicious software — Hong Kong democracy activist websites compromised — Four websites promoting democracy in Hong Kong have been rigged to deliver malicious software, according to a Washington, D.C.-based security company.
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| Charles Arthur / Guardian: |
Snapsaved confirms their site was breached, 500 MB of Snapchat images affected, no personal info leaked — Third-party Snapchat site claims pics were hacked from server — Developers behind Snapsaved.com, which stores Snapchat pictures, claim user photos were stolen …
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Pastebin, Ars Technica, Ars Technica, The Verge, CNET, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, PandoDaily, Business Insider, HOTforSecurity, and Naked Security
| Wall Street Journal: |
Ireland Considers Closing Corporate-Tax Loophole — Multinationals Gird for Possible ‘Double Irish’ Changes; Google, Facebook Would Be Affected — Multinational companies are bracing for their last serving of the “Double Irish.” — Ireland is expected on Tuesday to announce changes …
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| Neil Hughes / AppleInsider: |
Apple's supplier contracts include $50M penalty for leaking future product info — Details from Apple's supplier non-disclosure agreements are beginning to leak thanks to the bankruptcy proceedings of GT Advanced Technologies, with the sapphire maker arguing that even more should be published …
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