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FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler signals split with Obama on net neutrality: “I am an independent agency” — The FCC weighs breaking with Obama over the future of the Internet — President Barack Obama shakes hands with then-nominee for Federal Communications Commission, Tom Wheeler …
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Top Yahoo shareholders, unhappy with Marissa Mayer, make direct plea to AOL CEO Tim Armstrong to explore merger — Exclusive: Some unhappy Yahoo investors asking AOL for rescue — (Reuters) - At least two top-10 Yahoo Inc shareholders are so unhappy with Chief Executive Marissa Mayer's turnaround efforts …
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Apple to face lawsuit claiming it failed to disclose that iMessage would obstruct texts after customers switched to non-Apple devices — Apple must face U.S. lawsuit over vanishing iPhone text messages — (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) was ordered to face a U.S. federal lawsuit claiming …
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Microsoft posts critical patch for huge Windows vulnerability that affects all modern machines — Remember Heartbleed? You know, the exploit in SSL that was so bad it got its own brand? Microsoft may have an issue of similar scale on its hands with a critical patch issued via Windows Update today.| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Microsoft Band review: short two-day battery life, not waterproof, bulky and expensive, but collects valuable data and is easy to use — Microsoft Band review — What will happen when we know everything about ourselves? — I slept terribly last night.
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Amazon Is Expanding Its R&D In Cambridge, U.K., With A Focus On Prime Air Drones And Speech Tech — Amazon is expanding its R&D operations in Cambridge, U.K., with a plan to staff out a large research lab — expanding on the foothold it acquired when it bought Cambridge-based speech tech …
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European Antitrust Regulators to Hold Discussions With Google's Rivals — European antitrust regulators will hold discussions with the companies most concerned by Google's business practices before deepening existing investigations or resolving them, the new competition commissioner for the European Union said Tuesday.
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| Barney Jopson / CNBC: |
Republicans signal demise of internet sales tax bill — Bricks-and-mortar retailers have become the first US business group to be disappointed by Republicans since their midterm election gains, as party leaders indicated that a bill to end tax-free internet shopping was doomed.
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| Stuart Dredge / Guardian: |
Bandcamp to help musicians launch their own subscription services — Artists will be able to set their own price, release exclusive songs and send messages to their keenest fans — Bandcamp launched in 2008 as a way for musicians to run their own online stores selling their music … | Kia Kokalitcheva / VentureBeat: |
Forter raises $15M as it takes care of fraud detection for online retailers — Above: Alon Shemesh (left), Michael Reitblat (middle), Liron Damr (right) — We might have hit data-breach fatigue, but online fraud and security is still a huge concern and resource drain for retailers.| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Netflix now plays in 1080p on your iPhone 6 Plus — Did you buy that big, honking iPhone 6 Plus so that you could watch Netflix videos in glorious 1080p? If you did, today's your lucky day. Netflix has updated its iOS app to make full use of the higher-res screens on the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus … | Ben Popper / The Verge: |
Quirky and GE announce Norm $80 smart thermostat, Outlink smart power outlet, Tripper door and window sensor, custom sensor kit micro-factory in SF, more — Quirky just announced seven new products, a micro-factory, custom sensor kits, and the death of the thermostat
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