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Apple Watch will replace your car keys, says Tim Cook — Exclusive interview: The Apple chief executive reveals to Allister Heath how the revolutionary features in the company's smartwatch could forever alter our daily lives — Like millions of people, Tim Cook stopped wearing a watch a while back.
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Google won't ban adult content on Blogger after all — Well that was fast. Google only declared that it would begin cracking down on adult content posted to Blogger a few days ago, but it's already decided it was a bit hasty in its decision. After coming under fire over the introduction … | Bloomberg Business: |
Ericsson Sues to Block Apple IPhone in U.S. Amid Patent Spat — (Bloomberg) — The licensing battle between Apple Inc. and Ericsson AB is escalating. — Ericsson, a pioneer in mobile phones that transformed itself into the world's largest maker of wireless networks, said Friday it's filing seven …
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UK ISP TalkTalk suffers massive data breach, subscribers' information used in scams — Fraud threat to millions of TalkTalk customers — Major breach of data leaves one customer £2,800 out of pocket as TalkTalk and his bank, Santander, refuse to compensate him| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
VLC gets first major release across Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Windows RT, and Android TV — VideoLAN today launched what is arguably the biggest release of its popular media player to date: an update to VLC for the desktop coordinated with new versions across all major mobile platforms.| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Verizon mocks FCC ruling with Morse code response dated 1934, despite using Title II to its benefit — Verizon issues furious response to FCC, in Morse code, dated 1934 — Verizon wants 1st Amendment right to edit the Web, but rules from 1934 are too old.
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Swiss watchmakers launch luxury smartwatches with embedded activity tracker based on an open platform — MMT ‘Horological Smartwatch’ Platform Finally Ties Switzerland To Silicon Valley — Ever since the smartwatch became a thing, I have been preaching that companies need to pool …
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Twitter adds “report dox” option, makes some users verify contact info — Temporarily banned users may need to confirm phone or e-mail to tweet again. — On Thursday, Twitter announced that its abuse-report system, which was recently refined to simplify and shorten the reporting process …
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| Andrew Chung / Reuters: |
Smartflash LLC sues Apple again over use of same patents in iPhone 6/6 Plus and iPad Air 2 — Apple faces second suit from victorious patent firm — (Reuters) - Fresh off a $532.9 million jury win against Apple Inc (AAPL.O), a Texas company is again suing the tech giant …
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Google Ventures and Michael Dell invest $60M in Kobalt, which handles music publishing rights — Music royalty hunter Kobalt wins Google funding — Since the music industry began in the early 20th century, musicians and songwriters have complained about paltry royalty payments for their creations.| Jillian D'Onfro / Business Insider: |
Google pays $25M for top level domain .app, the most expensive TLD ever sold — Google just paid $25 million to buy the entire ‘.app’ web domain — Google just paid $25 million for exclusive rights to the “.app” top-level web domain. — Google decided to apply for new top-level domains …
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China's draft counterterror law would require that technology firms hand over encryption keys, install backdoors; Obama administration has conveyed concerns — China draft counterterror law strikes fear in foreign tech firms — (Reuters) - China is weighing a far-reaching counterterrorism law … | Paul Carsten / Reuters: |
China censorship sweep deletes more than 60,000 Internet accounts — (Reuters) - Some of China's largest Internet companies deleted more than 60,000 online accounts because their names did not conform to regulations due to take effect on Sunday, the top Internet regulator said.
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Silent Circle raises $50M, buys out Geeksphone's stake in JV to get full control of Blackphone — Silent Circle targets enterprise users with ‘world first’ privacy ecosystem — Summary:A fresh funding round will help the company cope with increased demand for encrypted communications in the enterprise.| John Cook / GeekWire: |
PopCap Games co-founder emerges with virtual reality startup Pluto VR — As the co-founder of PopCap Games, John Vechey helped create some of the most compelling and beloved games for PCs, consoles and mobile devices. Now, the 37-year-old Seattle entrepreneur sees the same opportunity … | Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple Opens Up ‘iWork for iCloud’ to Everyone, No Apple Device Required — Following a short beta testing period, Apple's iCloud.com website has been updated to make its iWork suite of apps accessible to all users, even those without an Apple device. — As of today, anyone can sign … Sponsor Posts
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