Apple will share 71.5% of Apple Music revenue with music rights owners in US, no royalties during trial period
Here's What Happens to Your $10 After You Pay for a Month of Apple Music — You don't have to pay anything to try Apple's new streaming music service, since the company …
Alibaba to launch Netflix-like video streaming service called TBO or Tmall Box Office in about two months in China
Alibaba to launch Netflix-like video streaming service in two months — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N) will launch an online video streaming service in China in about two months …
IBM to invest in Apache Spark for real-time data analysis, will have more than 3,500 developers working on related projects
IBM Invests to Help Open-Source Big Data Software — and Itself — The IBM “endorsement effect” has often shaped the computer industry over the years.
Spotify's unreleased ‘Rewind’ feature builds playlists of songs from past decades based on present-day preferences
Spotify's unreleased ‘Rewind’ feature builds playlists from the past — Spotify has soft-launched a new feature titled “Rewind.”
Belgian privacy watchdog takes Facebook to court over “flagrant and massive” privacy law violations
After threats, Belgium's Commission for the Protection of Privacy is effectively taking Facebook to local court to argue that the American social networking giant isn't in compliance …
Sources: China's top taxi hailing firm Didi Kuaidi raising $1.5B at a valuation of $15B
Chinese Uber Rival Will Raise Funds at $15 Billion Valuation — A taxi and other vehicles wait in traffic outside the China National Convention Center in Beijing, China. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsum...
Razer's acquisition of Ouya confirmed by a notice on advising investment bank's Mesa completed transactions page
Razer acquires Ouya (Android game system startup) — Gaming accessory maker Razer has acquired Android game console maker Ouya. Rumors had suggested Ouya was looking for a buyer …
Google VP Neal Mohan Is Staying At Current Job, Not Departing for Dropbox
Last Monday, we reported that Google VP Neal Mohan was in talks with file storage company Dropbox about taking the vacant head of product role. Those conversations have ended. Mohan, an eight-year G...
Chinese hackers have found a way to identify Tor and VPN users in the country by exploiting a vulnerability in server software used by popular Chinese portals
Chinese Hackers Circumvent Popular Web Privacy Tools — SAN FRANCISCO — Chinese hackers have found a way around widely used privacy technology …
After recent breaches, IRS promises to add additional security measures to protect against fraud and identity theft by early 2016
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How Facebook's Open Compute Project became a major force in data center hardware, with hundreds of companies, including HP, Foxconn, and Goldman Sachs on board
How Facebook is eating the $140 billion hardware market — It started out as a controversial idea inside Facebook.
Skype for Web is now available worldwide, adds Chromebook support
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Uber orders drivers to stay away from taxi protests in China, uses GPS to ensure they comply, threatens to cancel contracts if they don't
Danielle Wiener-Bronner / Fusion :
For predictive computing to become ubiquitous, devices need accurate indoor location info so developers can build fully contextually aware apps
First Brain Computing and the Mouse Cursor for the Physical World — We are quickly approaching an era where smartphones, watches and computers are extensions of us as human beings. Tweets: @steveche...
Samsung Invests In Sigfox's Network For Connected Objects
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Facing legal roadblocks to public parking reservation apps like MonkeyParking, startups turn to valet parking on demand in congested cities
Parking Apps Face Obstacles at Every Turn — As soon as Uber and Lyft reinvented driving, entrepreneurs cast about for the next unloved slice of the economy to upend.
Twitter should focus on live news and events, using human editors to create curated feeds
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times :
Spotify Running pushes you to keep pace with your music but doesn't change tempo once it's set
Alison Griswold / Slate :
Augmented Reality may find more applications than Virtual Reality because of its real-world aspect, but must first surmount numerous technical challenges
Ava Kofman / The Atlantic :
Vietnam's Internet penetration, enabled by smartphones, increased to 44% from 12% a decade ago, enabling a rapid growth of digital businesses
James Hookway / Wall Street Journal :
High and hard to predict costs make success unlikely for both SpaceX and OneWeb satellite Internet projects
Klint Finley / Wired :
Startups look to compete with incumbents like Uber by focusing on niches like car-pooling and mass transit
Mike Isaac / New York Times :
Oracle's sales of new licenses decline as more startups embrace open source database software
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The case of 5 Chinese hackers who earlier breached US steel firms shows the ease of foiling US corporate security systems
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