New Xbox One 1TB Console Unveiled, Xbox One 500GB Console Reduced to $349
Next week, Xbox is kicking off the biggest games week of the year as we head to Los Angeles for E3 2015 where we'll showcase the best lineup in Xbox history. But before the lights go up and we take t...
Apple Music Will Allow Downloads for Offline Listening
Apple's forthcoming subscription music service will indeed allow for offline playback of songs or videos, keeping the service on par with rivals such as Spotify. — That was a key question left unans...
Spotify plans more competitive pricing to match Apple Music's family plan of $14.99 for up to six people
Spotify plans to match Apple Music's very cheap family plan — Apple rolled out its new music service today. It has the very original name of Apple Music.
Twitter makes conversations easier to follow on Tweet pages by grouping conversations together and highlighting interesting exchanges
Making conversations easier to follow on the Tweet page — Every day, people come to Twitter to be a part of real-time conversations unfolding …
The Strengths And Weaknesses Of Apple Music
Spotify killer? Or Ping 2.0? Apple today finally announced its move into on-demand music streaming with the unveiling of Apple Music. Now the question is whether Apple Music will be a hit with the ...
Hospira hospital drug pump vulnerability lets hacker remotely send fatal dose
Hacker Can Send Fatal Dose to Hospital Drug Pumps — When security researcher Billy Rios reported earlier this year that he'd found vulnerabilities in a popular drug infusion pump that would allow a ...
Apple to require 6-digit passcodes on newer iPhones, iPads under iOS 9
Stronger passcode ups the ante: there will be one million possible permutations. — As part of its iOS 9 announcement on Monday, Apple revealed that all newer iDevices equipped with TouchID and runni...
In China, Uber pays drivers bonuses of up to 3X the fare, to establish itself in the country
Uber Spends Heavily to Establish Itself in China — HONG KONG — Uber is spending money at a breakneck rate to crack the China market — even paying its drivers more than the fares they collect.
iOS 9 for iPad: split screen, picture-in-picture video, ability to use keyboard as trackpad
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Apple Announces Proactive Assistant, Its Google Now Competitor
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HP to pay $100 million to settle case tied to Autonomy deal
PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) — Hewlett-Packard's ill-fated acquisition of software maker Autonomy will cost another $100 million, as the personal computer and printer maker prepares to settle class-action l...
Messaging app Jott works without a data plan or WiFi connection, hits 500K active users in US, mostly junior high and high school students
Messaging App Jott Is Blowing Up Among Junior High And High Schoolers — As Facebook and YikYak try to grow a younger audience …
Meal kit delivery startup Blue Apron raises $135M Series D led by Fidelity at a $2B valuation, delivers 3M meals a month
Blue Apron Eats Up $135M At A $2B Valuation — Blue Apron has just announced that it closed a $135 million round of funding led by Fidelity Management and Research Company …
Facebook has scrapped its secret plan to build a $500 million satellite to provide cheap internet in the developing world
Facebook has scrapped its previously unknown plans …
Apple Previews New Apple Watch Software
watchOS 2 Introduces Native Third-Party Apps, New Watch Faces & Enhanced Communications Features — Apple® today previewed watchOS™ 2, the first major software update for Apple Watch™, giving develop...
Apple announces version 2 of its Swift programming language, plans to open-source it
Today at WWDC, we announced Swift 2.0. Brianna Wu / iMore : Metal for OS X is so huge, I no longer need a Mac Pro Kevin Tofel / ZDNet : Working together: Apple merges iOS, OS X developer programs into...
US Army's public website hacked, Syrian Electronic Army claims credit, no breach of Army data
and the Syrian Electronic Army is claiming credit Samzenpus / Slashdot : US Army Website Hacked By Syrian Electronic Army
watchOS 2 coming this fall; SDK allows developers to create native apps and complications, access microphone, speaker, and crown
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Apple consolidates developer program, bundles access to iOS, OS X, and watchOS tools for $99/year
Apple's New Developer Program Offers iOS, OS X And watchOS Tools For $99 — Apple has consolidated its developer program, bundling together access to developer tools and pre-release software builds …
Google Play's Family Friendly section goes live in Google Play store and on the web
Updated: [Google Play on Android too] Google Play's Family Friendly section goes live on the web — Announced at Google I/O 2015 last month, Google's new Family Friendly section of Google Play is now...
LG G4 teardown shows you can change the battery with your hands without any tools
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Airlines restrict data sharing with third-party fare comparison sites to push bookings via their own sites
Seeking More Bookings, Airlines Limit Sites That Show Their Fares — When Josh Marion had to book a last-minute business trip to New York, he knew the plane ticket wouldn't be cheap. Thanks: @atechme...
Apple announces Flipboard-like app News, new rich media format for news items; publishers keep revenues from ads they sell, 70% from iAd ads; kills Newsstand
iOS 9, OS X, watchOS and Apple Music Tim Carmody / Medium : Quick thoughts on Apple's announcements at WWDC Timi Cantisano / Neowin : Apple's new multitasking features are great, but they won't be arr...
PayPal Takes Its One Touch Instant Web Checkout Service Global, UK And Canada First
We are moving closer to the day when PayPal … Ruth Reader / VentureBeat : PayPal launches its One Touch Web payments service in the U.K. and Canada Amanda Connolly / The Next Web : PayPal's One Touch...
London-based Kobalt expands its global music licensing service with recent purchase of AMRA, American Mechanical Rights Agency
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Facebook Connect features shut down for Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone apps
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iOS 9: Proactive Assistant, Pay in UK, News app, multitasking on iPad, more; public beta in July, final release this fall
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FBI wants data access to encrypting or data-destroying instant messaging apps like WhatsApp, Kik, Wickr, and Surespot that could be used by terrorists
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Pushing Place Tips, Facebook Offers Free Bluetooth Beacons To U.S. SMBs
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iPad QuickType keyboard updated with trackpad-style feature, external keyboard shortcuts, cut, copy, paste
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Square Will Launch An Apple Pay-Ready NFC And Card Chip Reader This Fall
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Apple Finally Adds Reproductive Health to HealthKit
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Amazon wants to be your SSL certificate provider, applies to be a root Certificate Authority
Todd Bishop / GeekWire : Tweets: @digiphile . Thanks: @kevinlisota Tweets: Alex Howard / @digiphile : @Techmeme Tangentially related: @WhiteHouse mandates federal government websites move to HTTPS by...
Apple shows off new ‘Move to iOS’ app to make it easier to switch from Android
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Payment startups disrupt traditional cash-transfer firms by offering nearly instantaneous, zero-cost services
Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @jslampe , @davewsj and @reddy Tweets: Jordan Lampe / @jslampe : Monetary transactions carry high fees, but that's about to change http://on.wsj.com/1...
Google's Neal Mohan Expected to Move to Dropbox to Head Product
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