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Google adds the ability to send and request money in Gmail via Google Wallet on Android in US — Google Wallet has been integrated into Gmail on the web since 2013, but today Google is rolling out a new integration on mobile. Starting today, users of the Gmail app on Android will be able …
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Microsoft Teams rolls out as a free, on-by-default feature to Office 365 business users worldwide, with 150 integrations available or coming soon — Microsoft's Slack competitor is rolling out to Office 365 business users worldwide starting March 14. More features are still to come, including guest access, in late June.
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple found guilty of price-fixing iPhones in Russia, could be fined up to 15% of of Russian sales — Last August, Russia opened an investigation into Apple over alleged price-fixing related to the iPhone. At the time, Apple denied any involvement and said that “retailers set their own prices” for the products.| Liza Mundy / The Atlantic: |
Efforts to tackle Silicon Valley's sexist culture, including unconscious bias training, are helping but need to go further to break apart the “boys' club” — One weekday morning in 2007, Bethanye Blount came into work early to interview a job applicant.
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| Lauren Zumbach / Chicago Tribune: |
Vibrator maker We-Vibe offers to pay $3.75M for tracking users' sexual activity and agrees to stop collecting personal data to settle class action suit — A Chicago woman says an app connected to her personal massage device sent private information to the manufacturer.
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Microsoft adds LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman to its board — Microsoft is continuing to bring its LinkedIn integration deeper into the fold with the appointment of its co-founder Reid Hoffman, to the Microsoft board of directors. — Microsoft has added LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman to its board of directors.
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| Shona Ghosh / Business Insider: |
Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Cisco file amicus brief to help Google in its fight against a court order to hand over emails stored on a foreign server — Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, and Cisco have filed an amicus brief in support of Google, after a Pennsylvania court ruled that the company … | Nicole Casal Moore / University of Michigan News: |
Researchers show how sound waves can exploit accelerometer vulnerabilities in a wide range of tech including IoT, cars, medical devices, and phones — ANN ARBOR—Sound waves could be used to hack into critical sensors in a broad array of technologies including smartphones, automobiles …
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| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Spotify and Waze integrate to enable navigating with Waze from within Spotify, and to make Spotify playlists accessible from within Waze — Drivers use their smartphone for both navigation and music, so why not put the two together? Waze and Spotify have announced that they've done just that …
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| Brian Womack / Bloomberg: |
Source: Department of Justice to indict four people, one in Canada and three in Russia, in connection with 2013 Yahoo data breach — U.S. officials are planning to issue indictments related to the hacking attacks against Yahoo! Inc., according to a person briefed on the matter.
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Apple hires respected forensics and security expert Jonathan Zdziarski for its Security Engineering and Architecture team — iPhone forensics expert, security researcher, and former jailbreak community developer Jonathan Zdziarski today announced he has accepted a position with Apple's Security Engineering and Architecture team.
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Tweets: @caseynewton, @erdekhayser, @josephfcox, @robpegoraro, @0xcharlie, @mmasnick, and @jonyiveparody
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Delivery management platform Bringg raises $10M Series B led by Aleph VC, to help any business have faster, more transparent on-demand delivery — Bringg, a startup taking advantage of the shift toward faster, more transparent on-demand delivery, has raised an additional $10 million in Series B funding …
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