Apple Watch includes 8 GB of storage, allows 2 GB of music and 75 MB of photos
In our report last week, we reported that internal models of the Apple Watch included 8 GB of storage. We have now confirmed with the company that the shipping units do indeed ship with an 8 GB stora...
Wikimedia v. NSA: Wikimedia Foundation files suit against NSA to challenge upstream mass surveillance
Justice presides with her scale and sword at Frankfurt am Main. — Photo by Roland Meinecke, licensed under CC-BY-NC-ND-3.0. — Today, the Wikimedia Foundation is filing suit …
Apple Watch hands-on: looks and feels great but complicated to use and not immediately intuitive
here's why you HATE it so much Chris Davies / SlashGear : This is Apple Watch: Hands-on Hypermark / The Network Garden : Ruminations on a Watch and a New Era at Apple Stuart Miles / Pocket-lint : Appl...
New Snowden leaks show a multi-year CIA effort to break the security of Apple's iPhone and iPads
The CIA Campaign to Steal Apple's Secrets — RESEARCHERS WORKING with the Central Intelligence Agency have conducted a multi-year, sustained effort to break the security of Apple's iPhones and iPads ...
Gigaom, unable to pay creditors in full, ceases all operations, does not currently intend to file for bankruptcy
About Gigaom — Gigaom recently became unable to pay its creditors in full at this time. As a result, the company is working with its creditors that have rights to all of the company's assets as the...
Apple can replace the Apple Watch battery; lifecycle of the battery is around three years
The Apple Watch Battery Is Replaceable — The Apple Watch got its grand unveiling yesterday. You can read our round-up of details from Apple's event here. But as tech watchers chewed …
Om Malik confirms Gigaom, the pioneering tech news site he founded, is shutting down
A statement about Gigaom — Gigaom is winding down and its assets are now controlled by the company's lenders. It is not how you want the story of a company you founded to end.
The Apple Watch Isn't A Watch, It's An iPhone Sales Engine
John Paczkowski / BuzzFeed :
Apple Watch apps for productivity, finance, travel, navigation, shopping, dining, news, health, music, entertainment, sports, auto, smart home, and more
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Android Wear will get Wi-Fi support, gesture control in next software release
Faster, easier access to apps and contacts is also on the way — Google isn't standing still with its wearable platform now that Apple has given the press a chance to use the Apple Watch.
Ellen Pao testifies in gender discrimination case, talks about her affair with Ajit Nazre, his retaliation, HR policies, a missed Twitter opportunity, more
Ellen Pao “Owns The Room” — Kleiner Perkins' legendary venture investor John Doerr testified last week that Ellen Pao needed to …
U.K. Parliament says banning Tor is unacceptable and impossible
Patrick Howell O'Neill / The Daily Dot : … Tor “plays only a minor role in the online viewing and distribution of indecent images of children,” according to the briefing, quoting Britain's Parliament...
Apple releases iOS 8.2 with Apple Watch support, Health app improvements, bug fixes
Apple releases iOS 8.2 today with Apple Watch support and plenty of bug fixes — The Health App gets particular attention, but lots of other bugs make the list. — SAN FRANCISCO—iOS 8.2 …
Apple announces all new ultra-thin 12" MacBook with Retina display, single USB-C port, and Force Touch trackpad; ships on April 10 starting at $1299
primary device in the lineup Nicholas Carlson / @nichcarlson : The new MacBook Air has “10 hours of all-day battery life,” says Phil Schiller, who does not believe words mean things. @dcseifert : don'...
Sky Will Hand Over Customer Data in Movie Piracy Case
Any regular reader of these pages will be familiar with the term “copyright troll”. These companies have made a business model out of monitoring file-sharing networks for alleged copyright infringeme...
Sources: Apple backs down in effort to offer $7.99/month rate for its upcoming subscription music service as labels reject pricing below $9.99/month
Fight Between Apple and Spotify Could Change Digital Music; Labels Said to Reject Pricing Below $9.99 — A renewed focus on the value …
Datacenter startup SimpliVity seals $175m at a $1B+ valuation for engineering and sales boost
Datacenter startup SimpliVity seals $175m for engineering and sales boost — Summary:A new funding round for the converged infrastructure software and appliance company is to be pumped into a rapid e...
Apple nixes FREAK SSL bug in iOS 8.2, OS X and Apple TV
Liam Tung / CSO Online :
Hands On With The All-New Ultra Thin MacBook With Retina Display
Apple's newest MacBook is clearly designed to set the stage for all Apple notebooks to come - it has a dramatically thin body, which measures only 13.1 mm deep at its thickest point, and a 12-inch dis...
Former Google exec Lee confirmed to lead U.S. patent office
(Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed former Google Inc executive Michelle Lee to head the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, a position that has been vacant for more than two years. — Pres...
Sony's PlayStation 4 China Debut Set for March 20
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Hands on with the first medical apps using ResearchKit
As part of ResearchKit, Apple's new foray into medical research, five brand new apps have been launched in conjunction with leading medical institutions that utilize the new capabilities of ResearchKi...
Obama launches TechHire initiative to train more workers for technology jobs
Kent Hoover / The Business Journals :
Apple updates MacBook Air and 13" Retina MacBook Pro with Thunderbolt 2, new i5/i7 CPUs; 13" Retina MacBook Pro gets new Force Touch trackpad
Romain Dillet / TechCrunch :
Apple announces ResearchKit to help medical researchers collect data
Owen Williams / The Next Web :
Bitcoin startup 21 Inc. reveals $116M in funding led by Andreessen Horowitz, RRE Ventures, Yuan Capital, aims to drive mainstream adoption of Bitcoin
Michael Casey / Wall Street Journal :
After $64M in seed funding, Onshape launches beta of online browser-based CAD software
Danny Crichton / TechCrunch :
Google Officially Announces Android 5.1, Rollout Starts Today - Dual SIM Support, HD Voice, And Device Protection
David Ruddock / Android Police :
Automattic awarded $25K from Straight Pride UK for sending bogus DMCA takedown notices
Adi Robertson / The Verge :
Venmo announces multi-factor authentication and email notifications in the wake of security issues
Ruth Reader / VentureBeat :
Facebook to shut down FriendFeed on April 9, five years after acquiring the service
We wanted to let you know that … Kelly Fiveash / The Register : Facebook-owned, Billy-no-mates FriendFeed starves to death Brett Molina / USA Today : Tech Five: Qualcomm jumps off dividend boost Dunca...
OnePlus One smartphone launches in 16 more countries, now available across the whole E.U.
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
Interview with Dan Pfeiffer, the outgoing senior communications advisor to the President, on social media strategy
Steven Levy / Backchannel :
HBO CEO approached Apple about HBO Now deal, calls the plan “additive” and not an inducement to cut pay-TV cord
Peter Kafka / Re/code :
Source: Twitter closes deal to acquire live streaming startup Periscope, which is still in closed beta
Alyson Shontell / Business Insider :
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