Apple Music signs thousands of independent labels after changing royalty structure during trial period
Apple Music Signs Beggars Group, Merlin: Sources — Beggars comprises the imprints 4AD, XL, Matador and Rough Trade and has had a hand in the careers of Adele, Radiohead and Arcade Fire …
UK Apple Pay won't require PIN but £20 contactless transaction limit does apply ... for now
Apple Pay is going international starting with the United Kingdom next month. The precise nature of how Apple Pay will work in the UK has been murky, with banks saying different things.
Samsung is actively disabling Windows Update on at least some computers
Samsung is actively disabling Windows Update on at least some of the computers it sells. Microsoft MVP Patrick Barker made the discovery and documented the details on his blog after trying to help a ...
Box to offer integration with IBM content management and security tools as part of a wide-ranging cloud partnership
Box And IBM Ink Wide-Ranging Cloud Partnership — IBM is going Levie. — This evening, Box and IBM announced a partnership that will see their technologies integrated, and their cloud products commi...
Mobile data speed tests in 30 cities across US show Verizon Wireless has best speed and coverage
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Lenovo unveils the Ideacenter Stick 300: a $130 PC on a stick running Windows
Lenovo is introducing a brand new PC-on-a-stick device, called the Ideacenter Stick 300. The new device is designed to be taken anywhere and can transform almost any display into a Windows computer.
Sources: Palantir raising up to $500M at $20B valuation
Palantir Valued At $20 Billion In New Funding Round — The secretive data-processing company is raising up to $500 million in a previously undisclosed round of funding. The round makes it the third ...
Microsoft launches Word, Excel, and PowerPoint apps for phones running Android 4.4 or higher
Microsoft releases Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for Android phones out of preview — Microsoft today launched Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for Android phones. Previously in preview …
Meizu MX4, the third Ubuntu phone, goes on invitation-only sale this week in Europe for €299
In a novel sales tactic, you need an invitation to buy the new Ubuntu phone — The Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition goes on sale this week in a lottery-style sale.
GoFundMe to be acquired by investor group led by Accel and Technology Crossover, at a valuation source says is around $600M
GoFundMe Founders to Reap a Fortune in Buyout — The two founders of crowdfunding site GoFundMe are relinquishing control and reaping a fortune by selling …
You can now watch Periscope replays on the web
Since live streams began taking over Twitter feeds earlier this year, a common complaint has been that they end before you could watch them. Periscope did enable replays within 24 hours after a strea...
Blackshades co-creator Alex Yucel sentenced to 57 months in prison for selling RAT software
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iOS 9 can now automatically delete and reinstall apps on devices with insufficient space to update OS
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Time Warner Cable target of first net neutrality complaint as Commercial Network Services claims it charges unjust streaming video rates
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Researchers develop palm-sized device, built for less than $300, that can steal laptop crypto keys using radio waves leaked by its processor
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Task Manager Todoist Releases Completely Revamped Android App
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Envoy, an iPad-based visitor management product, used in the offices of Airbnb, Pandora, Box, GoPro, more, raises $15M led by a16z
Meet Envoy, The Startup Everyone From Airbnb To Yahoo Is Using To Check In Guests — Before you can tour the offices at a big tech company in San Francisco …
Google finally makes ‘Undo Send’ an official feature of Gmail on the Web
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Google's Sidewalk Labs leads investors in acquisition of two firms behind LinkNYC initiative to bring Wi-Fi hubs to cities around the world
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Google X working on wearable that can measure pulse, heart rhythm, skin temperature, more; device meant to be prescribed to patients or used for clinical trials
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360fly is building affordable 360-degree cameras for VR, first-gen model will be available in August for $400
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Netflix board approves 7-for-1 stock split for those who own stock as of July 2
Netflix Inc.'s stock NFLX, +.93% climbed 1.9% … See also Mediagazer
Facebook open-sources Nuclide, an IDE built on Atom, Github's text editor
Nuclide is a collection of packages for Atom … Paul Krill / ITworld.com : Facebook open-sources IDE based on GitHub Atom Jordan Novet / VentureBeat : Facebook open-sources its Nuclide IDE based on Git...
Hulu will sell Showtime online for $9, $2 less than Apple, Roku, and Sony, and is paying for the discount out of pocket
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Amazon to double the commission it charges task requesters per gig on Mechanical Turk from 10% to 20% and charge an additional 20% on larger batch jobs
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Sense360 launches SDK enabling developers to capture and combine sensor data from smartphones
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In a first, the US SEC asks at least eight public companies about data breaches as it probes an insider trading case
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