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Apple plans to launch Pay in Canada in November, in talks with six biggest banks, which account for more than 90% of country's retail bank accounts — Apple Pay Plans to Launch in Canada This Fall — Apple is in talks with six Canadian banks for mobile payment service's first venture outside the U.S.| Howard Blume / Los Angeles Times: |
L.A. schools iPad program subject of inquiry by SEC — The federal Securities and Exchange Commission recently opened an informal inquiry into whether Los Angeles school officials complied with legal guidelines in the use of bond funds for the now-abandoned $1.3-billion iPads-for-all project.
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AppleInsider, Digital Trends, RCR Wireless News, 9to5Mac, Ars Technica, MacNN and Cult of Mac. Tweets: @daytonpubpolicy
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YouTube competitor Vessel raises a $57.5M Series B round led by IVP, just weeks after launch — Vessel raises $57.5m funding to expand its ‘first window’ for YouTube creators — Silicon Valley heavyweight IVP joins US startup's investors, and predicts it could be as successful as Netflix and Twitter| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple Stores to Offer ‘Apple Watch Basics’ Workshops Beginning April 24 — Starting on April 24, it appears that Apple will be offering “Apple Watch Basics” workshops in some of its retail stores around the world, helping customers who begin receiving their watches on that day to learn how to use them.
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Leaked emails from Sony Pictures hack indicate that Snapchat gave 0.11% of its stock to former Apple executive Scott Forstall to be an adviser — Snapchat Is Paying Ex-Apple Exec Scott Forstall 0.11% To Be An Advisor — A leaked email from the Sony Pictures hack indicates Snapchat set aside .11% …
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BGR, Telegraph, bizjournals, TodaysiPhone.com, Cult of Mac, Bloomberg View, SiliconANGLE, The Mac Observer, MacRumors, Business Insider, iDownloadBlog.com, 9to5Mac and AppleInsider. Tweets: @applespotlight
| Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land: |
FAQ: The New Yahoo-Microsoft Deal, Explained — Yahoo and Microsoft have reached new terms in their search partnership that was created in 2009. Here's how the new deal will work to give Yahoo more flexibility about ads. — Yahoo and Microsoft have renewed their search partnership. What's changed?
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| Caleb Melby / Bloomberg Business: |
Tim Cook has the best pay-for-performance rating among highest-paid US executives, earning $65.2M last year — Apple's Tim Cook Is a Steal at $65 Million in Pay — Apple Inc.'s Tim Cook has the best pay-for-performance rating of any chief executive officer on the Bloomberg Pay Index …
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Verizon offering FiOS TV packages with mix-and-match channel packs that viewers can swap out each month; plans start at $54.99 — Verizon's New Pay TV Pitch Isn't A La Carte TV. But It's Getting Closer. — People who say they hate paying for cable TV often say they only want to pay … | Mat Honan / BuzzFeed: |
Square's Jack Dorsey on using data to minimize risk and improve the company's margins, how Caviar helps Square get inside restaurants, more — Square's Jack Dorsey Puts It All Together — The Square CEO and Twitter founder explains how his company's recent spate of initiatives fit together in the big picture.
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| Joel Hruska / ExtremeTech: |
How Moore's Law has been reinvented over the last 50 years, becoming cultural shorthand for innovation itself — Moore's Law is dead, long live Moore's Law — Moore's Law turns 50 this coming week — making this an opportune time to revisit Gordon Moore's classic prediction …
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Google's mobile search results on Android now prompt users to install apps that have content relevant to the search query — Google's Mobile Search Results On Android Now Prompt Users To Install Apps With Relevant Content — Google's mobile search results on Android will now prompt … | Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Google Updates Chrome Browser for iOS With Notification Center Widget, App Extensions — Google today released a significant update to its Chrome browser for iOS, adding several features to improve its compatibility with iOS 8. There's a new Notification Center widget that includes controls … | Matthew Wall / BBC: |
Mark Zuckerberg defends Internet.org after Indian companies pull out, says project not incompatible with net neutrality — Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg believes Internet.org is not a threat to net neutrality — Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has defended the aims of his Internet.org initiative …
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Instagram Tightens Guidelines to Curb Pornography and Harassment — Instagram is dropping the nice-guy act. — The photo- and video-sharing app Thursday unveiled more-detailed standards for images, aimed at curbing pornography and harassment. The tone is tougher, too …
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Microsoft to bring universal Office apps to Windows Phones in a test build before the end of April — What's next for Microsoft's ‘universal’ Office apps — Summary:Microsoft is readying a test build of its Office ‘Universal’ apps for Windows Phones before the end of April.| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Universal credit card device Coin ships 350K units after year delay, some backers still to wait months — Coin, The One Credit Card To Rule Them All, Is Finally Shipping — The Coin card (promising to let you combine all your credit/debit/loyalty cards into a single piece of tech) …
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| Gregg Keizer / Computerworld: |
Google to stop providing updates and security patches for Chrome on Windows XP at year's end — Google to pull Chrome plug on Windows XP at year's end — Google on Thursday announced it will shut down support for Chrome on Windows XP at the end of the year.
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| Anthony Deutsch / Reuters: |
Dutch prosecutors launch criminal investigation into Uber for violation of court order, say police caught dozens of drivers offering illegal taxi services — Dutch launch criminal investigation into Uber — (Reuters) - Dutch prosecutors launched a criminal investigation into Uber … | Liam Tung / ZDNet: |
ARM buys Wicentric and Sunrise Micro Devices, creates new IoT chip portfolio under Cordio brand, claims devices using Cordio radios will last up to 60% longer — ARM buys two low-power IoT firms to launch Cordio for wearables — Summary:ARM has acquired two companies that will add …
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| Brett Howse / AnandTech: |
AMD's Q1 earnings miss with non-GAAP loss of $0.09/share on $1.03B revenue, down 16.9% from last quarter — AMD Posts Q1 2015 Results: $180 Million Net Loss — Today AMD released their Q1 FY 2015 financial results, and the company reported revenue of $1.03 billion for the quarter.
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