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Google to create new versions of its most popular products for kids 12 and under starting early next year — Google to revamp its products with 12-and-under focus — SAN FRANCISCO - With Google processing 40,000 search queries a second - or 1.2 trillion a year - it's a safe bet that many of those doing the Googling are kids.
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| Jeff Elder / Wall Street Journal: |
Lawyers say Apple deleted music from rival services on users iPods between 2007-2009 — Apple Deleted Rivals' Songs from Users' iPods — Apple deleted music that some iPod owners had downloaded from competing music services from 2007 to 2009 without telling users, attorneys …
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| Marcus Wohlsen / Wired: |
Starbucks launches Mobile Order & Pay in Portland, will roll out program nationwide in 2015 — Starbucks Schools Silicon Valley (Again) With Launch of iPhone Ordering — Starting on Wednesday, if you open up the Starbucks iPhone app in Portland, Oregon, you'll see a new tab that reads “order.”
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| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Zenefits Faces Shutdown In Utah For Giving Its Cloud-Based HR Software Away For Free — Zenefits has become the latest startup to face regulatory scrutiny in a market it serves, as it now faces opposition from the Utah Insurance Department. The department is taking the company to task essentially …
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| Ina Fried / Re/code: |
Sprint CFO says company's “Cut Your Bill in Half” promo will save average customer only 20% — Sprint's Crazy “Cut Your Bill in Half” Promo Actually Saves Customers 20 Percent — Sprint acknowledged Tuesday that its eye-popping promotion offering to cut AT&T and Verizon customers' bills …
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Google's new API for reCAPTCHA doesn't rely on distorted word test, instead uses cues like cookies, mouse movements, IP addresses and requires only one click — Google Can Now Tell You're Not a Robot With Just One Click — When Alan Turing first conceived of the Turing Test in 1947 …
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
SoftBank Invests $250M In GrabTaxi, Uber's Archrival In Southeast Asia — Not content with leading a $627 million mega-round for Flipkart and a $210 million raise for Ola as part of a $10 billion commitment to startups in India, SoftBank has now turned its attention to Southeast Asia …
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| Kevin Fitchard / Gigaom: |
Verizon starts killing off 3G networks to make room for LTE — Verizon has already launched two distinct LTE networks since it first turned on 4G in 2010, but now it's started paving the way for the third. Unlike the first two, however, this new network won't tap virgin airwaves.| Jamie Rigg / Engadget: |
YotaPhone 2 review: mediocre camera, average battery life, and a high price, but E Ink and dual-screen design make this a cool device — YotaPhone 2 review: niche and expensive, but seriously cool — YotaPhone was inarguably one of the quirkiest smartphones released last year, with not one, but two displays.
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| Emily Steel / New York Times: |
Dish, consumer groups, more unite to launch Stop Mega Comcast coalition to advocate against $45B TWC merger — Coalition Opposes Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger — A group of companies, public interest groups and labor unions have joined forces to urge regulators to reject Comcast's …
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
GrubHub rival now live in Amazon Local app, covering a limited number of Seattle restaurants — Amazon Has Launched A GrubHub Rival For Food Takeout & Delivery — Back in June, we wrote about how Amazon was preparing to take on companies like Seamless, Grubhub and DeliveryHero …
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| Kia Kokalitcheva / VentureBeat: |
Loup raises $1.5M from Ev Willams' Obvious Ventures and others to replace mass transit with private cars on predictable routes — Loup grabs $1.5M to replace mass transit with private cars on predictable routes — I'll be the first to say it: I use Uber, Lyft, and so on because San …
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| Kyle Wiggers / Droid Life: |
Google Releases Device Assist, a Troubleshooting App for Nexus and Google Play Edition Devices — Websites and forums can be helpful in diagnosing problems with your smartphone and/or tablet, but even better would be an easy-to-use, dedicated application. Perhaps in recognition of that fact … Sponsor Posts
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