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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from EngadgetWhether you're a fan of Captain Kirk or Picard (we're Team Picard here), you have to admit that William Shatner reviewing the celebrity-exclusive Facebook app is apt -- he definitely loves some VIP prestige. The Priceline huckster gives ...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Digital TrendsLG has released a match-three game designed to be played on the new G3 smartphone, but rather than use the big Quad HD screen, Puppy Pop is played through the QuickCircle folder case's round window. The post The LG G3′s QuickCircle...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Techradar - All the latest technology newsApple has had to rebuff claims ( again ) that it has included some features that could allow third parties to gather data from devices without users knowing. Security researcher, Jonathan Zdziarski, reckons that Apple doesn't do enough t...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Om Malik on BroadbandWhen Yelp and the European Consumer Organisation joined the 4-year-old EU antitrust case against Google, it became pretty clear that competition commissioner Joaquin Almunia would not get his wish of settling the case before his departur...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from SlashdotJason Koebler writes: According to plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit against Google, personal information about you and your browsing, email, and app-using habits that is regularly sent between apps on you Android phone is harming you...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from TechmemeBen Woods / The Next Web : Microsoft launches $114 Lumia 530 with 4-inch display. Hits Europe next month — Microsoft has today announced a new member of its Lumia range in the form of the low-end Lumia 530, which...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Techradar - All the latest technology newsOrganisations are constantly told that they need to be leveraging the cloud and all the apparent business advantages it brings. But the wealth of services and infrastructures on the market makes devising an appropriate cloud strategy a c...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Techradar - All the latest technology newsCool Gadgets 2014: the best tech money can buy It's our mission at TechRadar to help you find the tech products that are best for you. That's why we review the specific products we do, while offering a veritable smorgasbord of helpful bu...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Techradar - All the latest technology newsMicrosoft has rebooted the entry level offering of its new handset division with the introduction of the Nokia Lumia 530, a low-end device promising to be "the most affordable Lumia to date." Following on from the impressive Lumi...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from TechmemeTom Ivan / CVG : UK pirates will merely receive warnings from next year — Harsher penalty plans abandoned; no sanctions for ignoring new alerts system — UK households that repeatedly pirate music and ...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from TechCrunchSitting down — and the sedentary lifestyle it encourages — is killing you, slowly but surely. The problem is, standing desks aren’t for everyone. Making the switch is a big deal. I love mine but it took a week of ...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from TheNextWeb.comMicrosoft has today announced a new member of its Lumia range in the form of the low-end Lumia 530, which will arrive from the start of next month in Europe. Priced at €85 before taxes or local subsidies, Microsoft said it expects the Lu...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from EngadgetWith Nokia's range of Android-powered smartphones all but dead, Microsoft is pushing its newly-acquired Lumia line harder than ever. Today, it's introduced its lowest-priced Windows Phone to date, the Lumia 530, delivering middle-of-the-...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from EngadgetMost YouTubers just get a takedown notice if someone reports them using copyrighted tunes with their videos. But when that user is a huge star on the video portal like make-up guru Michelle Phan, who has almost 7 million subscribers and ...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Techradar - All the latest technology newsA modular approach Located in Welwyn Garden City off London's M25 motorway, Colt's London 3 isn't your average co-location data centre. A facility with a twist, the company claims that its modular hall design allows it to provide co-loca...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from TheNextWeb.comLG is giving owners of its new G3 smartphone fewer reasons to pop open the device’s QuickCircle case, after it announced the first game that is optimized to run entirely within its see-through window. The case is designed to offer protec...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from EngadgetWe've ripped apart knock-off gadgets more than a few times, but there are moments where a company's urge to mimic others will pay dividends. Take 8Bitdo's recently released NES30, for example: the Bluetooth gamepad recreates as much of t...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from CNET NewsOnline gallery Computer Virus Catalog sees artists from around the world interpreting and visualising the most famous viruses to hit our hard drives.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Slashdotvinces99 writes: The disastrous March 22 landslide that killed 43 people in the rural Washington state community of Oso involved the "remobilization" of a 2006 landslide on the same hillside, a new federally sponsored geological study co...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Techworld.com NewsA California court has allowed a privacy class action suit against Google to continue, though only in part.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from TechmemeBrian R. Fitzgerald / Wall Street Journal : Data Point: It Looks Like 30 Is the Ceiling for How Many Apps People Use — Younger people spend more time on apps and use more of them each month, though there seems to be a ...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from TechmemeNathan Donato-Weinstein / bizjournals : Apple Campus 2 permits show $25M tunnel, $171M underground theater — Eight months after Apple Inc. received final approval from the city of Cupertino to build Apple Campus 2, con...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from TechCrunchPOP, an app that lets developers quickly turn paper sketches into prototypes for iOS or Android apps, has raised an angel round of $700,000 from ZPark, Golden Gate Ventures, 500 Startups (which POP participated in last year) , and ...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from CNET NewsSatya Nadella says in no uncertain terms that the "three" Windows operating systems will merge into one OS.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Digital TrendsDefinitely an efficient way to attract the attention of the police, yet another criminal thought it would be a brilliant idea to post pictures of herself featuring items stolen from a local store. The post Woman in a stolen dress posts s...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from TechmemeJulie Bort / Business Insider : Microsoft to merge three versions of Windows into one converged OS for all screen sizes — Satya Nadella Just Made The Single Best (And Most Obvious) Decision For Microsoft Windows ...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from EngadgetThe National Bureau of Economic Research just published a paper that confirms what you might have been thinking for a long time now: recession and technology have been putting people out of work. Since we've yet to design a self-aware ro...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Techworld.com NewsCanary Wharf start-up accelerator Level39 has opened an exclusive private members club to help enterprise CIOs and private investors liaise with promising financial technology, retail and smart city start-ups.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from TheNextWeb.comApple has published new information about the diagnostic capabilities of iOS, in what appears to be a response to suggestions that it includes a ‘backdoor’ that could enable governments and other third-parties to access user data. The co...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from TechmemeNick Summers / The Next Web : Facebook now lets app developers target their ads to specific smartphone and tablet models — Facebook is giving advertisers and developers the ability to target ads at specific smartphones...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine
Unsustainable fishing in Belize has placed growing pressure on local anglers and the country's celebrated coral reef systems. Decades of decline has led to the introduction of catch limits and even the European Union blacklisting seafood... -
Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Techradar - All the latest technology newsIt looks like August will be all about LG, with the announcement that the LG G Pad 10.1 will be going on sale in Australia at about the same time as the LG G3 and G Watch . While an August 4 sale date has been given for the LG G3, and th...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from VentureBeat
Can you imagine 2,000 watts of alternating current electrical power coming out of a device no larger than a small laptop? For comparison’s sake, today’s 15-inch laptops consume a mere 40 – 65 watts (using an external po... -
Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from TechmemeRomain Dillet / TechCrunch : Sunrise Raises $6 Million From Balderton And Others To Build The Perfect Calendar — A year and a half after launching its first calendar app, Sunrise is raising a $6 million Series A round ...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine
The Brouhaha Bike Trailer from Wisconsin-based Rollout Self-Propelled Trailers puts a bit of horsepower behind your two-wheeler. Unlike on some other electric-powered bike trailers, that horsepower doesn't make pedaling any easier; it si... -
Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from SlashdotAndy Updegrove writes: "The U.K. Cabinet Office accomplished today what the Commonwealth of Massachusetts set out (unsuccessfully) to achieve ten years ago: it formally required compliance with the Open Document Format (ODF) by software ...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from CNET NewsA federal judge rejects the tech giant's attempt to dismiss a suit that accuses it of violating users' rights with changes to its privacy policy.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Wired Top StoriesElsa Jenna Alternate reality games existed before the iPhone, using email, fake ads, and even faxes to send players on clue hunts. But thanks to the smartphone, games now include geospatial triggers and social media integration, allowing...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Wired Top StoriesMaciek Jasik “There's no show without an audience,” says Dan Deacon, an electronic musician known for finding new ways to include his fans in his performances. A few years ago he created an app that responds to inaudible ultr...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Wired Top StoriesElsa Jenna While you were using your iPhone to record your cat riding a Roomba, Hollywood types (and would-be Hollywood types) have used smartphones to create everything from heart-wrenching shorts to feature-length thrillers. There are ...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from CNET Reviews - Most Recent Reviews802.11ac standards officially hits a new speed with the Asus RT-AC87 Dual-band Wireless-AC2400 Gigabit Router Wi-Fi router.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from AppleInsiderIn what appears to be a response to allegations of installing "backdoor" services with the intent to harvest data from iOS devices, Apple on Tuesday posted to its website an explanation of three diagnostics capabilities built in ...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from VentureBeat
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Om Malik on BroadbandThe cloud darling's purchase of the London-based two-man development shop is the company's first acquisition since changing its name from DotCloud to Docker. Docker acquires Orchard Laboratories to beef up its tool collection originally ...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from VentureBeat
Guest Post: LinkedIn announced today via its marketing blog that it has acquired B2B marketing platform Bizo for $175M, its second acquisition this year after acquiring data insights and technology company Bright back in February. This a... -
Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from GizmodoSam Van Aken discovered that an old New York state orchard—with varieties of stone fruit 200 years old—was about to be abandoned in 2008. He bought it to save those species but also to experiment: Grafting from the existing trees he crea...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine
During the recent Orbcomm OG2 launch, SpaceX attempted its second powered landing during a commercial mission, but this time you don’t have to take the company’s word for it. As the first stage made a controlled touchdown on the surface ... -
Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from TechmemeAndy Updegrove / The Standards Blog : U.K. Cabinet Office Adopts ODF as Exclusive Standard for Sharable Documents — The U.K. Cabinet Office accomplished today what the Commonwealth of Massachusetts set out (unsuccessfu...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from EngadgetGoogle Maps already shows a wealth of info about nearby stores when you're searching for them, but ads haven't received that first-class treatment. Like it or not, that's changing; Maps on mobile and the web now shows you a whole raft of...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Wired Top StoriesLast year, WIRED's giant robot mech took Comic-Con International by storm. This year, the effects wizards at the Stan Winston School set out to top their previous creation, crafting a nearly 14-foot tall, 2,000 pound creature to amaze th...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from BBC News - TechnologyThe vast majority of new broadband customers are declining to sign up to "child friendly" filters when prompted to do so by UK service providers.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Internet, gadgets, games & motoring news | guardian.co.ukWebsite's founder to give evidence against Paul Ceglia, charged with forging documents claiming to own 50% of the site Continue reading...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Reuters: Technology NewsLONDON (Reuters) - British broadband provider TalkTalk added 185,000 subscribers to its TV service in its first quarter, taking its base to more than 1.1 million and helping revenue rise 3.1 percent to 434 million pounds ($741 million).
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Internet, gadgets, games & motoring news | guardian.co.ukExpert says 'forensic services' could allow access to personal data, but there is no proof these have been used for surveillance Continue reading...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Reuters: Technology NewsTOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp said on Thursday it would invest 35 billion yen ($345 million) to increase production of image sensors for smartphones and tablets, as the company courts handset makers to get more orders for front-facing came...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Latest NewsSamsung Electronics is to redeploy around 15 percent of its Seoul workforce to other departments to strengthen on-site management, reports ZDNet Korea’s Jaehwan Cho.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Latest NewsGoogle is offering $1 million for you to come up with a compact solution for transforming renewable energy sources into something usable at home.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Latest NewsRotten or patchy broadband signal at home or at work could be a thing of the past if Vodafone's Open Sure Signal project can prove its worth.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Latest NewsThe organiser of Maker Faire Africa talks to ZDNet about why he wants to build a network of inventors.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Technology NewsColin Furze's giant valveless jet engine will be housed in a specially constructed pair of buttocks
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Latest NewsRumours are swirling over whether Google really scrapped a plan to buy out Swedish music streaming service Spotify.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from NPR Topics: TechnologyBy most accounts, the war between Israel and Hamas is getting worse. As the casualties mount, so does the frustration of Palestinian families living apart who rarely if ever get to see each other.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Latest NewsResponding to a NYT report which connects some of its shareholders to Chinese political powers, Alibaba said the background of its investors mattered little to the group and slammed some international media for making things out of nothing.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Internet, gadgets, games & motoring news | guardian.co.ukElectronic Arts has reported strong revenues for its latest financial quarter, but two key titles will arrive later than expected Continue reading...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Internet, gadgets, games & motoring news | guardian.co.ukTalking about someone behind their back on Twitter is complex. What does it take to master the subtle art of the subtweet? Continue reading...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Latest NewsThe Wall Street Journal is a fresh target in what appears to be a renewed assult against media publications online.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Technology NewsGoogle has replaced the famous logo on its search engine with an illustration depicting various sports to celebrate the opening of the Commonwealth Games tonight in Glasgow
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from NPR Topics: TechnologyMicrosoft's new CEO is getting a lot of love from Wall Street, but the company is struggling to stay relevant. And Apple has found its footing again, mostly through a massive stock buyback program.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Latest NewsAccording to Michael Lewis, the financial markets are rigged, with banks and big brokers operating 'dark pools' that can be exploited by high-frequency traders. This book exposes the scam, and describes how one group is trying to change ...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Latest NewsHas the iPad and iPhone maker deliberately flouted Californian labor laws?
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Latest NewsTelstra has announced a plan to shift 671 of its existing Australian jobs into Asia over the next 12 months, with the telco set to start moving the jobs offshore in September if the plan goes ahead.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Latest NewsARM's processor and security technology have been tapped to power Atmel silicon designed specifically for wearable tech and automaton factory solutions.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Reuters: Technology NewsMOSCOW (Reuters) - Online retailer eBay Inc still sees Russia as a top priority in emerging markets, Vice President Wendy Jones told a news conference on Wednesday.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Latest NewsCatch of the Day has been caught out misleading its customers over details of the 2011 data breach, with the Australian Federal Police stating it was not informed of the breach in 2011.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from BetaNews
As the 20th Commonwealth Games kicks off in Glasgow, most of the attention will be focused on the athletes attempting to turn years of hard work into gold medals. However, there is another less public, yet still hugely important, side of... -
Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from BetaNews
Since the start of this year, it has felt like Armageddon within the cyber-security arena. Attacks are coming thick and fast, with resultant breaches hitting the headlines. Advanced malware -- it’s clever, almost always relentless, and i... -
Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Geeky-GadgetsApple has announced its quarter three financial results, the latest reports cover the company’s fiscal 2014 third quarter, and they had quarterly revenue of $37.4 billion and a new quarterly profit of $7.7 billion, or $1.28 per dil...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Geeky-GadgetsMicrosoft has been making some big changes since Satya Nadella took over as CEO, and now they have announced a major change to the way they release their Microsoft Windows OS for various devices At the moment Microsoft has different vers...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Geeky-GadgetsHere’s some good news for anyone attending SDCC who wants to also check out Super Smash Bros. for the 3DS. We already knew that Nintendo was expected to bring Super Smash Bros. to the Nintendo 3DS this summer, but then we were bumm...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Latest NewsA public listing in the United States is on the cards for New Zealand cloud accounting provider Xero, with chairman Chris Liddell today telling investors that listing on a US exchange would be a "logical step" for the company.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Technology NewsFile storage company Dropbox - used by one in four UK web users - will open an office in London, the company has announced.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Technology NewsPayments giant PayPal will offer loans to UK businesses for the first time, the company has announced
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Internet, gadgets, games & motoring news | guardian.co.ukThe place to talk about games and other things that matter Continue reading...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Geeky-GadgetsApparently, everyone wants a piece of the mobile wallet game, despite the fact that no one seems to know if users are really that excited for the product. We have had Google Wallet, Apple Passbook, Windows Phone Wallet, and PayPal, and n...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from eWeek - RSS FeedsThe networking vendor is looking to third-party programmers to build applications to use with Cisco products.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Reuters: Technology NewsSEATTLE/BOSTON (Reuters) - eBay Inc's StubHub online ticket resale service said it was the victim of a massive international cyber fraud ring, the details of which authorities plan to disclose on Wednesday as they announce arrests in the...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Technology on HuffingtonPost.comSEATTLE/BOSTON (Reuters) - eBay Inc's StubHub online ticket resale service said it was the victim of a massive international cyber fraud ring, the details of which authorities plan to disclose on Wednesday as they announce arrests in the...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Latest NewsA knowledge base article was posted to address concerns about packet sniffers discovered running on every iOS device.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Latest NewsCompany executive expects to repeat results seen in other countries.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Reuters: Technology NewsSEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said it aims to get its loss-making Nokia phone unit to break even within two years, helping its stock rise in after-hours trade.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from eWeek - RSS FeedsNEWS ANALYSIS: There have been big changes to Google+ recently and there are a number of things you need to do consistently to get the most out of this social media community.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from PCMag.com Breaking NewsFormer Apple Store staffers claim the company denied them legally required rest breaks and are suing for unpaid wages.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from eWeek - RSS FeedsThe Electronic Frontier Foundation creates a project to make a network of open, but secure, wireless routers that allow home users and businesses to share a portion of their bandwidth with anyone.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from eWeek - RSS FeedsSales of iPhones, particularly older models, pushed Apple to strong results, during what's usually a sleepy, pre-launch quarter.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from ABC News: TechnologyAP source: Cyber thieves got into 1,000 StubHub accounts; company says it issued refunds
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Latest NewsRussian president Vladimir Putin has signed a new law requiring internet companies to retain the personal data of their Russian customers, or face being blocked from access in the country.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Latest NewsThe Australian information technology industry could be facing a "huge" impending skills shortage over the next five years, according to a new report by IT recruitment firm, Greythorn.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from eWeek - RSS FeedsAccording to a report, Apple has ordered 70 million to 80 million iPhone 6 units—significantly more than its initial iPhone 5S and 5C order.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from Reuters: Technology News(Reuters) - Computer systems containing the Wall Street Journal's news graphics were hacked by outside parties, according to the paper's publisher Dow Jones & Co.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from ABC News: TechnologyReview: Amazon Fire offers new ways to use phones, needs more outside apps to enable features
