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Apple and Samsung ink separate agreements with China's UnionPay to introduce their competing mobile payments systems in the country, expect early 2016 launch — Apple, Samsung Agree With UnionPay for China Payments From 2016 — Agreements in China subject to certification from regulators
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| Michael Mimoso / Threatpost: |
Juniper discovers backdoor in its NetScreen enterprise firewalls that allows decrypting VPN traffic, admin access, recommends patching immediately — Juniper Finds Backdoor that Decrypts VPN Traffic — Juniper Networks today has released an emergency patch that removes what it's calling …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Netflix announces rebuilt Universal Windows 10 app for PCs and tablets, coming to smartphones early next year — Netflix's new Windows 10 app embraces Microsoft's universal dream — Netflix is making the most of Windows 10 today. Netflix is updating its Windows Store app …
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| Brian Fung / Washington Post: |
FCC wants to meet with T-Mobile, Comcast, AT&T by Jan. 15 to discuss their zero-rating programs — Regulators want to talk to AT&T, Comcast and T-Mobile about sponsored data — Federal regulators have asked AT&T, Comcast and T-Mobile to meet with them to discuss a growing …
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Vine introduces personalized Twitter Moment's-like curated channel, For You — Vine will now curate a channel of posts it thinks you'll want to see — It can be a pain for new users to find stuff on Twitter, so the company spent a big part of its year trying to show users things from people they don't already follow.
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Analysis: Williams is the obvious successor to Cook, Schiller to relieve Cue of some responsibilities, Tor Myhren succeeds soon-to-retire Hiroki Asai — Opinion: Today's Apple promotions cover executive losses, hint at Apple's future — Earlier today, Apple announced some of the most wide-ranging changes …
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Computerworld, Daring Fireball, The Loop, TechEye, The Register, Adweek, Business Insider, AppleInsider, Insanely Great Mac, PCMag Australia Feed, Washington Post, CNET and Forbes. Tweets: @markgurman
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Akamai: Global average Internet speed grew 14% to 5.1 Mbps, only 5.2% of users have broadband — Global average connection speeds rose 14 percent year over year to 5.1 Mbps in Q3 2015. Unfortunately, just over 5 percent of users now have broadband speeds of at least 25.0 Mbps.
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ID theft monitoring company LifeLock to pay $100M fine for violating 2010 FTC settlement that required LifeLock protect customer data — LifeLock to pay $100 million to settle U.S. contempt charges: FTC — LifeLock Inc, which sells identity theft monitoring and fraud detection services …
| Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
Pinterest launches a tool that notifies users when a product they've pinned drops in price — Pinterest Launches A New Way To Track Price Drops On Buyable Pins — Pinterest has a new way to entice users to come back and buy things: keeping tabs on the price.
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VentureBeat, SiliconANGLE, PYMNTS.com, Digital Trends, Marketing Land, The Next Web, SocialTimes, Seventeen and internetretailer.com. Thanks:@jamiefavazza
| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Dell Subsidiary SecureWorks Files To Go Public, Shows Ramping Losses — Today Dell subsidiary SecureWorks filed to go public, showing expanding revenue, and ramping losses. Dell, then a public company, acquired SecureWorks in 2011 for a reported $612 million.| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Online publisher Purch acquires ShopSavvy, an app that lets consumers scan barcodes and find the best deals from local and online retailers — Online Publisher Purch Acquires ShopSavvy — Purch just announced that it has acquired ShopSavvy, the mobile shopping startup backed by Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin.
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PYMNTS.com, Purch, Purch, Xconomy, silicontap.com, socalTECH.com and Techrockies.com
| Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
Twitter's Head of Video, Baljeet Singh, Is Leaving the Company — Twitter's product lead in charge of video, Baljeet Singh, is planning to leave the company early next month, according to multiple sources. — Singh, whose title is senior product director, joined Twitter nearly two years ago …
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