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Jury finds Apple infringes University of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation patents on chip technology, faces $862M in damages — Apple loses patent lawsuit to University of Wisconsin, faces hefty damages — Apple Inc could be facing up to $862 million in damages after a U.S. jury …
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Google registers two drones with the FAA that sources say are related to project Titan — Google Has Two New Drones in the Works — But They're for Internet Access and Data, Not Delivery — Earlier this month, Google filed paperwork with the Federal Aviation Administration … | Benedict Evans: |
The implications of mobile operating systems controlled by Apple and Google succeeding the neutral web browser as the primary platform for Internet services — Mobile is not a neutral platform — For a decade or two, for most people ‘the internet’ meant a web browser, a mouse and a keyboard.
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Aurous sued by Universal, Sony, and Warner for copyright infringement three days after launching its Popcorn Time-like streaming music service — Aurous Sued By the Majors Three Days After Debut — Well, that didn't take long. After launching its alpha version this past Saturday following months … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Loan Platform Kabbage Raises $135M At A $1B Valuation, Grows Credit Line to $900M — Kabbage — the online platform that loans money to businesses and individuals using a wide set of online data and algorithms to measure credit-worthiness — is growing once more.
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Study of 20K Android devices finds 87% vulnerable to security bugs due to manufacturers' failure to deliver patches — Android security a ‘market for lemons’ that leaves 87 percent vulnerable — New research finds that some Android device makers need to do a lot more to protect smartphone owners from old security bugs.| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Oracle wins $50M in damages against Rimini Street in copyright infringement lawsuit — Oracle awarded damages against Rimini Street — A Las Vegas jury awarded Oracle $50 million in damages in a closely watched lawsuit against Rimini Street. — Oracle has won $50 million in damages … | Steven Levy / Backchannel: |
How Apple designs, prototypes, and tests Macintosh accessories inside its Input Design Lab — What I Saw Inside Apple's Top-Secret Input Lab — An exclusive look at how Macintosh accessories are prototyped and tested — Insiders call it Vallco Parkway.
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SAP rolls out Cloud for Analytics to surface and analyze data from multiple on-premise and cloud stores — SAP's Cloud for Analytics enters crowded field — SAP launches Cloud for Analytics in a bid to be the layer that analyzes data stored around the enterprise.
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Toshiba's new DynaPad 2-in-1 with stylus is a thinner, lighter, less powerful rival to Microsoft's Surface 4, coming to US in Q1 2016 — Toshiba's new DynaPad is a thinner and lighter rival to Microsoft's Surface — Toshiba's first DynaPad, released in 1993, came at a time when touchscreen tablets were new to the tech world.
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| Carmel DeAmicis / Re/code: |
Uber launches on-demand delivery service UberRush, goes live in Chicago and San Francisco — Uber Gets Serious About Delivery: 'It's No Longer an Experiment.' — Local delivery is one of the most crowded spaces in tech right now, and ride-hailing giant Uber wants a piece of it.| Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: |
Facebook argues privacy regulations pursued in EU may hurt its ability to protect users against hacking and fraud — Facebook Goes On Privacy Offensive in Europe — Social-networking company faces multiple investigations from regulators — Facebook Inc. is gearing up to fight a cascade …
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| Manu Kumar / K9 Ventures: |
Dollars entering the VC ecosystem are probably reaching a cyclical peak, and what this means for GPs, LPs, and founders — PeakVC — Earlier today I tweeted: … But I realized shortly after tweeting this that thee is so much nuance packed into that one term #PeakVC that it requires a lot more than 140 characters.Sponsor Posts
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