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Apple Stops Online Sales in Russia Over Ruble Fluctuations — Apple Inc. (AAPL) has halted online sales in Russia due to “extreme” ruble fluctuations, the company said. — “Our online store in Russia is currently unavailable while we review pricing,” Alan Hely, a spokesman for the Cupertino …
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| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Apple Pay now supports credit cards representing about 90% of purchase volume in US — Dozens More Companies Sign Up for Apple Pay — The list of companies working with Apple Pay continues to grow. — On Tuesday, Apple announced that in recent weeks the company had signed up dozens more banks … | Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
Samsung in talks with mobile payments startup LoopPay to launch Apple Pay rival in 2015 — Samsung in Talks to Launch Apple Pay Competitor — Samsung has discussed a deal with a payments startup that would help the smartphone maker unveil a wireless mobile payments system in 2015 to rival Apple, according to multiple sources.| Josh Lowensohn / The Verge: |
Jury finds Apple not guilty of harming consumers in iTunes DRM case — Apple cleared in potential $1 billion court case — An eight-person jury has decided that Apple is not on the hook for what could have been more than $1 billion in a trial centering on extra security measures …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft's ‘Arcadia’ team is building a streaming app and game service — Summary:Microsoft's Operating Systems Group is staffing up a new team that is building an app and game streaming service for the company's ‘core platforms.’ — As Microsoft officials themselves have said … | Mathew Ingram / Gigaom: |
After Google News shutdown, external traffic to Spanish media sites plummets, according to Chartbeat — External traffic to Spanish news sites plummets after Google move — Credit: Flickr / Pavel P — Credit: Flickr / Pavel P — As expected, Google removed all Spanish publishers … | Silke Koltrowitz / Reuters: |
TAG Heuer enlists partners in smartwatch plan and may make acquisitions — (Reuters) - TAG Heuer is pushing ahead with plans for a smartwatch to more directly compete with the likes of the Apple Watch and may make acquisitions to help drive the strategy, its head said on Tuesday.| Daniel Howley / Yahoo Tech: |
Starting January 1st, T-Mobile Data Stash will let you roll over unused data for up to a year, starting with one-off 10GB allowance — T-Mobile ‘Data Stash’ Lets You Roll Over Your Unused Data — Yahoo Tech's David Pogue interviewed T-Mobile CEO John Legere on Tuesday as T-Mobile announced upgrades …
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| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Dots Spins Out Of Betaworks With $10M Series A From Tencent, GreyCroft — Dots, the mobile gaming studio responsible for two dead-simple but beautiful games, is today announcing the close of a $10 million round, as well as the official spinout of Dots as its own company, separate from betaworks.| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Starts Auto-Enhancing Photos Because Algorithms Are Better At Filters Than You — We're not ace photographers, but we all take photos. Most could use a little help with light and shadow. So rather than making you manually filter them, Facebook tells me it will now auto-enhance … | Claire Cain Miller / New York Times: |
Automation is not only replacing manufacturing jobs, it is displacing knowledge and service workers too — As Robots Grow Smarter, American Workers Struggle to Keep Up — A machine that administers sedatives recently began treating patients at a Seattle hospital.| Garett Sloane / Adweek: |
Twitter Debates Whether to Hit Autoplay on Videos to Compete With Facebook — Brands would love it, but would users protest? — Twitter is weighing a difficult decision, one that not only could disrupt the traditional order of things at the social network but also may well be the key …
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| Jessica Plautz / Mashable: |
Delta security flaw let passengers access others' boarding passes — Airlines are moving toward mobile boarding passes, and looking to a paperless future of air travel. But there are still some kinks to work out. — A passenger found a serious flaw in Delta's mobile boarding system …
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Sci-Fi author Neal Stephenson joins augmented reality startup Magic Leap as “Chief Futurist” — Neal Stephenson joins mysterious augmented reality company Magic Leap — Science fiction author Neal Stephenson has become the “Chief Futurist” of Magic Leap … | Roberto Baldwin / The Next Web: |
Instagram's latest major update adds 5 new filters, revamped design and real-time commenting — Just when you thought you had enough filters, Instagram goes and adds more along with an updated design and a whole slew of other new and improved features. — Today the make-your-photos-look-better … | Daniel Terdiman / VentureBeat: |
Facebook engineering VP Cory Ondrejka departs after overseeing Oculus acquisition — Facebook vice president of mobile engineering Cory Ondrejka, who has been overseeing the company's acquisition of Oculus Rift and its integration, announced today he is leaving the company.
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| Alistair Barr / Wall Street Journal: |
Google Ventures invested 36% in healthcare & life sciences startups this year, up from 9% last year; consumer internet down from 66% last year to 8% in 2014 — Google Ventures Shifts Focus to Healthcare — Google 's venture-capital arm is moving strongly into healthcare and life-sciences startups … | Jason Abbruzzese / Mashable: |
NBC is launching streaming of network shows for people with pay-TV logins — NBC will begin live streaming — but not so fast, cord cutters — Saturday Night Live isn't live streaming just yet. — NBC has announced plans to begin live streaming its network shows, but cord cutters won't have access to the new service.| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Gmail gets Content Security Policy support to stop extensions from loading unsafe code — Google today added support for Content Security Policy (CSP) to Gmail. The security feature protects users by stopping extensions from loading unsafe code. — CSP is a computer security concept …
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| Barb Darrow / Gigaom: |
MongoDB snaps up WiredTiger as new storage engine option — Credit: Flickr / Cesar Rodas — Credit: Flickr / Cesar Rodas — NoSQL fan favorite MongoDB has purchased WiredTiger and its storage engine technology, and as part of the deal snags itself some database stars in Keith Bostic and Dr. Michael Cahill.
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| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Clever, which develops a login layer for educational apps, raises a $30M round led by Lightspeed; has signed up 30K schools in the US — Clever Gets $30 Million From Lightspeed To Become The Login Layer For Education Apps — It's not often you hear about companies actually disrupting the education market.
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Red Herring, PE Hub Blog, bizjournals, VatorNews and EdSurge
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Sony hit with lawsuit by former employees over email leaks — The first legal salvo has been leveled against Sony Pictures Entertainment since the massive computer breach that exposed the personal information of thousands of current and former employees. — Lawyers representing … | Amit Singhal / The Official Google Blog: |
Robin Williams, World Cup, Ebola, MH370, ALS, and Flappy Bird top Google's list of trending searches for 2014 — A Year in Search: the moments that defined 2014 — Every year, we reflect on the moments that made us laugh, smile from ear to ear, or stay gripped to our screens in our annual Year in Search.
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| Stephen Hall / 9to5Google: |
Upcoming 2.3 Pebble update brings actionable Android Wear notifications and more — Pebble users have been left in the dust this year as Android Wear has taken hold over the smartwatch market-and offered some functionality that Pebble and other companies haven't yet implemented.
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