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Sources: Apple has a new unit in Taiwan working on display technologies that is staffed by former AU Optronics and Qualcomm display engineers — Apple Opens Secret Laboratory in Taiwan To Develop New Screens — Engineers developing LCD, OLED technologies for devices
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MacKeeper Leaks 13 Million Mac Owners' Data, Leaves Passwords Open To Easy Cracking — Anti-virus provider MacKeeper is known for pushing the message Apple Mac owners need protection. It needed some extra protection of its own today, after a white hat hacker discovered …
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Netflix re-encoding its entire catalog to improve quality, save users up to 20% of data — Inside Netflix's Plan to Boost Streaming Quality and Unclog the Internet (Exclusive) — The company is on a quest to re-encode its entire catalog — Over the past few months …
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Android Pay now works in mobile apps, with discounts in select apps including OpenTable, Lyft, and DoorDash to encourage use — Android Pay Now Works In Mobile Apps — Following its launch this fall, Google's Apple Pay rival known as Android Pay is taking another notable step this morning … | Nathan Donato-Weinstein / bizjournals: |
Apple buys 70K-square-foot former chip fab building in North San Jose for $18.2M, likely for research and development — Exclusive: Apple buys former chip fab in North San Jose — Apple Inc. has snapped up a former chip fab in North San Jose, the latest real estate play …
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Sources: Saks Fifth Avenue owner Hudson's Bay nears deal to buy Gilt Groupe for about $250M — Hudson's Bay Near Deal to Buy Online Retailer Gilt Groupe for $250 Million — Saks Fifth Avenue owner would pair online luxury retailer with Off 5th Business — The Hudson's Bay Co. …
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Microsoft's Project Oxford has released previews of its Speaker Recognition and Video APIs — As promised a few weeks ago, Microsoft is giving software developers a chance to check out early APIs from its Project Oxford machine learning efforts. Specifically, the company …
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Microsoft starts rolling out a preview of Office 365 Planner, a new lightweight project-management tool — Microsoft starts rolling out Office 365 Planner preview — Microsoft has started rolling out its lightweight project-management tool, Office 365 Planner, to participants in the First Release testing program.
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Seattle Will Allow Uber and Lyft Drivers to Form Unions — SEATTLE — Seattle's city council voted unanimously to approve a bill allowing drivers for Uber, Lyft and other ride-hailing apps to form unions. — The passage of the ordinance, the first legislation of its kind in the country …
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Tweets: @antderosa, @startupljackson, @natashakiro7 and @mikeisaac
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Latest Hue Bridge software update ends support for unapproved third party bulbs using ZigBee wireless protocol — Philips Hue cuts support for third-party bulbs — Citing “an increasing number of interoperability issues,” Philips is changing its policies and locking out third-party smart bulbs until … | Kevin Tofel / ZDNet: |
Google's Inbox now allows you to share trip bundles, add emails to a trip bundle, view trip info offline, attach multiple photos easier — Google updates Trip Bundles for road warriors using Inbox — After holding off on switching to Google's Inbox app, the updated Trip Bundles feature … | Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: DHS is working on a plan to scrutinize social media posts during visa application reviews — U.S. Working on Plan to Scrutinize Social Media in Visa Reviews — Move is part of new focus following San Bernardino shootings — WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Homeland Security …
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