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Android Pay begins rolling out at over 1M locations in the US today — Tap. Pay. Done. — Today, we're beginning to roll out Android Pay — the simple and secure way to pay with your Android phone at over one million locations across the US. Android Pay also stores your gift cards …
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Apple would be better off improving the iPad by making it a better platform for developers, not making a new product — From Products to Platforms — Yesterday's Apple keynote was one of the company's best in quite some time.1 One reason why was, as John Gruber noted, a certain sense of stagecraft …
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Microsoft plans to update Office for iPad Pro with support for Apple Pencil, Slide Over and Split View multitasking, more — Office updates for the iPad Pro, iOS 9 and WatchOS 2 — Today Apple announced the iPad Pro, iOS 9 and WatchOS 2. We've developed a number of new features for Word … | Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Here's why Apple made the stylus that Steve Jobs hated — When Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller announced that the company's stylus for new iPad Pro would be called Pencil, the crowd audibly laughed in unison. On the surface, it was because it played into the stereotype that Apple lays claim to everyday inspirations.
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Thoughts about Apple's event: iPad Pro should compare favorably to recent MacBooks, Apple TV might be the most disruptive Apple product since iPhone, more — Brief Thoughts and Observations Regarding Today's ‘Hey Siri’ Apple Event — All for One, One for All
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| Husain Sumra / MacRumors: |
Apple promo video confirms iPhone 6s has a 1715mAh battery, smaller than 1810mAh battery in iPhone 6
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Once seen as bulletproof, 11 million+ Ashley Madison passwords already cracked — Programming errors make 15.26 million accounts orders of magnitude faster to crack. — When the Ashley Madison hackers leaked close to 100 gigabytes worth of sensitive documents belonging to the online dating service …
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iPhone Upgrade Program lets Apple take primary relationship with customers away from carriers, may boost sales in markets where phones aren't subsidized — The iPhone Upgrade Plan is a Game-Changer — Apple announced a lot of new products at its big event on Wednesday - new iPhones …
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| Neil Hughes / AppleInsider: |
Apple's iPhone Upgrade Program is your best bet if you're a US AppleCare+ customer, aren't interested in T-Mobile, and plan on upgrading in less than 2 years — If you buy AppleCare+, Apple's new iPhone Upgrade Program is a great deal — While it lacks the fanfare of new hardware or software … | Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
Ellen Pao won't appeal verdict in gender discrimination lawsuit against Kleiner Perkins — Ellen Pao: ‘I Have Decided to End My Lawsuit Against Kleiner Perkins’ — The epic and historic lawsuit that has rocked tech over the last year is over. — In a statement today …
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft confirms Office 2016 is rolling out on September 22 — We knew it was coming, but Microsoft has now officially confirmed that Office 2016 for Windows will be “broadly available” from September 22. — The full public launch comes after many months of iteration … | Heather Somerville / Reuters: |
Former Uber driver was an employee, rules California department — Uber has lost another legal round in the dispute over whether its drivers are independent contractors or employees, an issue that threatens the core of the ride-hailing company's business model.
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| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
Secondhand Clothing Site ThredUp Raises $81 Million at Valuation Around $500 Million — The shakeout in the online used-clothing industry is here, and ThredUp is looking to separate from the pack. — The San Francisco-based shopping site, which sells secondhand clothing for women and children … | Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code: |
HP CEO Whitman Joins Board at SurveyMonkey — Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman has been named to the board of directors of SurveyMonkey, the Web survey outfit whose founding CEO Dave Goldberg died suddenly in May. — Whitman joining the board is notable for a few reasons.
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Twitter Is Experimenting With Putting Analytics Highlights In Your Notifications Tab — “Popular Tweet,” “Noteworthy Mention,” and “Top Follow” now appear in Twitter's “Notifications” tab for some verified users. — Twitter's “Notifications” tab now features analytics highlights, at least for some users, on the web.| Steve Reilly / USA Today: |
Attackers compromised US Department of Energy computer systems 159 times between 2010 and 2014; no comment on whether sensitive data was accessed — Records: Energy Department struck by cyber attacks — Attackers successfully compromised U.S. Department of Energy computer systems … | David A. Grogan / Reuters: |
Dell says to invest $125 bln in China over five years — Computer maker Dell will invest $125 billion in China over the next five years, its chief executive said on Thursday, as the company continues to expand in the world's second-largest economy. — The world's third-largest maker …
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| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Social Marketer Unified Raises $30M Round Led by iHeartMedia — Unified is announcing that it has raised $30 million in Series B funding, plus a $10 million credit facility from Silicon Valley Bank. — That sounds like a nice chunk of change, but equally noteworthy is the fact … | Glenn Peoples / Billboard: |
Spotify's Found Them First lets you see which artists you listened to before they became popular, defined as having over 20M streams and 2,000% growth — Spotify's ‘Found Them First’ Puts a New Spin on Discovery Bragging Rights — Do you listen to bands before they're famous? Are you a tastemaker?
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Slack diversity report finds 41% of employees have a woman as their manager — Inclusion and Diversity at Slack — Today we are reporting our diversity data. We are not the first technology company to report this and by now, you probably know what that blog post looks like.
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