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iTunes Store unable to fulfill many purchases; Apple's developer site, iTunes Connect, iCloud services experiencing issues, some stores using manual CC machines — Apple's iTunes Store is having problems and iTunes Connect is down — It looks like Apple is having a bad Wednesday.
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Apple blames internal DNS error for widespread outages on App Store, iTunes Store, more — Multiple Apple services suffering outages — Several Apple services, including iTunes and the App Store, suffered outages Wednesday morning. — Some users reported seeing connection errors throughout … | Graham Ruddick / Telegraph: |
Google opens first Google Shop within Currys PC World in London to sell Android phones and tablets, Chromebooks, Chromecast — Google opens first ever Google Shop in London — Google to sell Android phones, Chromebook laptops, and Chromecast TV service through site at Currys PC World store in London| Don Reisinger / CNET: |
Amazon's new Exclusives store features “up-and-coming brands” including Shark Tank and Kickstarter successes — Amazon launches Exclusives to surface ‘up-and-coming brands’ — It's yet another niche for the e-commerce titan: Amazon Exclusives are available only via Amazon or the product makers' own pages.| Suzanne Kapner / Wall Street Journal: |
Apple Stores drive mall traffic and lift sales by 10%, enabling company to demand lower rents — Apple Gets Sweet Deals From Mall Operators — As a traffic magnet, iPhone maker is able to negotiate lower terms for rent — Apple stores are so popular that they can increase overall mall traffic and sales.
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| Deborah Gage / Wall Street Journal: |
Zuora Raises $115 Million to Fuel Subscription Economy … More than seven years ago, Tien Tzuo left Salesforce.com Inc., where he had risen to chief marketing officer and then chief strategy officer, to help found a startup, Zuora Inc. — Companies were starting to shift from running software inside …
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Google Launches Cloud Storage Nearline, A Low-Cost Storage Service For Cold Data — Google is launching a new cloud storage service today that has the potential to change how many companies, ranging from startups to enterprises, view online storage. With Google Cloud Storage Nearline … | Corinne Gretler / Bloomberg Business: |
Swatch Co-Inventor: Apple Will Succeed and an Ice Age Is Coming for Swiss Watches … (Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. may soon sell as many timepieces as all of Switzerland, threatening the country's four-century-old industry, the co-inventor of the Swatch predicted.
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| John McDermott / Digiday: |
Snapchat seeking deals with sports leagues and networks to feature live sports, starting with NCAA Final Four, plans ad revenue split — Coming to Snapchat: live sports broadcasting — Snapchat has grand ambitions to become a dominant mobile media platform, and it has taken one step closer with live sports.| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Sony is closing its failed PlayStation Mobile platform — PlayStation Mobile, Sony's initiative to build a store for indie games and PlayStation classics that could be played on both the PS Vita handheld and certain Android phones, is coming to an end. No further content will be published … | James Niccolai / PC World: |
Facebook announces Yosemite server chassis and Wedge network switch will be available soon as part of the company's Open Compute Project — Facebook's ‘Wedge’ network switch will soon be on sale to all — A network switch that Facebook designed for its own data centers will soon be on sale …
| Lorraine Luk / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: next iPhones will include Force Touch technology from Apple Watch and may include pink color option — Apple Plans Force of Touch Technology for New iPhones — Apple's Force Touch technology can distinguish between a light tap and deep press — HONG KONG— Apple Inc. plans …
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| Pankaj Mishra / The Economic Times: |
Sources: Google in talks to buy InMobi, an Indian mobile ad network valued at over $1B — Google in talks to buy mobile advertising network InMobi to counter Facebook's ad dominance — US giant's maiden India buy to help counter Facebook's ad dominance — BENGALURU: Google is in talks … | Matt Elliott / CNET: |
A closer look at Apple's new MacBook Force Touch pressure-sensitive trackpad — What you can do with the new MacBook's Force Touch trackpad — Apple announced a new MacBook model that features an entirely new trackpad design. Learn what tricks hide below its surface.
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| Brian Fung / Washington Post: |
Apple's new MacBook has just one USB-C port, a compromise for portability that could signal the start of an industry trend — The quiet computing revolution built into Apple's 12-inch MacBook — Phil Schiller, senior VP of worldwide marketing for Apple, speaks about Apple's new MacBook during …
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