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Apple apologizes for Error 53, says it was designed to be a factory test, releases iOS update that restores bricked phones but doesn't re-enable Touch ID — Apple Apologizes And Updates iOS To Restore iPhones Disabled By Error 53 — Earlier this month, a Guardian report flagged …
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Profile of Johny Srouji, Apple's SVP for hardware technologies, who is leading the development of company's chips — The Most Important Apple Executive You've Never Heard Of — A visit with Cupertino's chief chipmaker, Johny Srouji. — A little over a year ago, Apple had a problem: The iPad Pro was behind schedule.
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Apple's Trade Up With Installments program lets you trade in your old phone and pay a reduced monthly fee for a newer model — Apple wants you to ditch your old iPhone with this new payment plan — The Trade Up With Installments program lets you unload an old phone and get a new model for an outlay of less than about $35 a month.
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Leaked document: Facebook will launch ads on Messenger in Q2, enabling brands to send message ads to customers who have previously initiated chats — Facebook Plans To Put Ads In Messenger — A leaked document Facebook sent to some of its biggest advertisers reveals that Facebook will launch ads within Messenger in Q2 2016.
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Skype starts rolling out group video calling for iOS and Android, beginning with North America and Western Europe today, with worldwide availability in March — Announcing group video calling for mobile phones and tablets — Just a few weeks ago, we announced the next evolution of Skype … | Bloomberg Business: |
Apple Pay launches in China, will use UnionPay's point-of-sale network for off-line payments — Apple Joins With China's UnionPay to Introduce Mobile Payments — Clients of 19 Chinese lenders can shop with Apple Pay — Alipay and Tencent dominate China's online payment market
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FCC votes 3-2 to proceed with plan to give customers more choice over cable TV set-top boxes; proposal now moves into comment period — The FCC just took the first big step toward changing the cable box business — In a three-to-two vote, the FCC has decided to move ahead with a proposal …
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
GSMA announces new eSIM specification for smartwatches, fitness trackers, and tablets; Samsung's Gear S2 Classic 3G will be first device to use the new standard — Samsung's Gear S2 has the first certified eSIM that lets you choose carriers — The day the physical SIM card disappears is slowly getting closer.
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Business Wire, Samsung Newsroom, BetaNews, Digital Trends, Android Authority, Engadget, VentureBeat, Gizmodo, MobileSyrup.com, Ubergizmo, SlashGear, Pocketnow, Pocket-lint and iPhone in Canada Blog. Tweets: @whatthebit
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
IBM Acquiring Truven Health Analytics For $2.6 Billion And Adding It To Watson Health — IBM announced its intent to buy Truven Health Analytics today for a whopping $2.6 billion. It is the fourth major purchase for Watson Health since the unit was established in 2014.
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| Nate Swanner / The Next Web: |
Google Play Games is ditching Google+ tie-in for new Gamer ID profiles — Google Play Games is changing, and it may affect how you interact on the platform. Starting today, you'll no longer need a Google+ account to have a profile on Play Games. — Instead, the company is launching Gamer ID … | New York Times: |
Microsoft, Twitter, Facebook, and Amazon declined to comment when asked about Apple's opposition to iPhone court order, showing muted tech industry response — Apple Letter on iPhone Security Draws Muted Tech Industry Response — After a federal court ordered Apple to help unlock …
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| Ian Cairns / The Twitter Blog: |
In customer service push, Twitter now lets businesses add a “send a private message” button to tweets, attach feedback forms to direct messages — Making customer service even better on Twitter — Today, we're excited to announce two new tools to help businesses provide even better customer service on Twitter.
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Uber CEO Travis Kalanick says firm is profitable in US, but loses over $1B a year in China due to price war with unprofitable competitor — Uber losing $1 billion a year to compete in China — Uber Technologies Inc is burning through more than a billion dollars a year in China as it wages …
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PayPal launches overhauled iOS and Android apps with cleaner design, quicker access to sending and receiving money, more — PayPal Overhauls Its Mobile App — PayPal's mobile app is getting a massive overhaul today, representing the first time in the history that the company has rebuilt its app from scratch.
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