AT&T won't throttle unlimited data in congestion until users hit 22GB, an over 4x increase
AT&T today has revealed a slight change to how it is handling throttling users grandfathered into unlimited data plans. Up until today, AT&T has throttled unlimited data users when they hit 5GB of us...
Apple Delays Release Of watchOS 2 Due To Bug
Apple has delayed the release of watchOS 2, which was expected to be available today to owners of the Apple Watch. — “We have discovered a bug in development of watchOS 2 that is taking a bit longer...
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to announce all public schools in city must offer computer science within 10 years
De Blasio to Announce 10-Year Deadline to Offer Computer Science to All Students — To ensure that every child can learn the skills required to work …
Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook is close to testing a button for people to express empathy and other emotions, but it won't be a “dislike” button
Dislike Button? Facebook's Not Getting That — But It May Gain Alternative To The Like Button — There will be no “dislike” …
iOS 9 review: great multitasking support for newer iPads, searchable Settings, proactive Siri not as useful as Google Now
iOS 9, thoroughly reviewed — Apple gives the iPad a lot of love as iOS goes back into spit-and-polish mode. — iOS 8 wasn't the smoothest operating system rollout in Apple's history.
iOS 9 review: requires 1.3GB free space to install compared with iOS 8's 4.58GB; focuses on efficiency, not innovation
iOS 9 Review: An Upgrade That Will Save You Time — Efficiency tweaks make Apple's latest upgrade worthy—even if they were borrowed from Google, Samsung and Microsoft
Lawsuit against Twitter alleges that auto-link shortening in direct messages violates privacy laws, seeks class action status
Twitter Hit With Suit Claiming It Snoops on Direct Messages — Twitter Inc.'s direct messages may not be as private as it claims, according to a lawsuit filed against the company on Monday.
Google OnHub teardown shows large speaker, huge heatsink, lots of antennas, and a light sensor that doesn't yet work
Google OnHub gets torn asunder, reveals big speaker, many antennas — Google's OnHub router is packed with hardware that doesn't work yet.
Russian national Vladimir Drinkman pleads guilty in US for his role in hacking scheme that stole 160M+ credit card numbers
In Camden court, Russian pleads guilty in vast hacking plot — A Russian national admitted to plotting the largest international hacking and data breach scheme ever prosecuted …
Paypal testing payments on four US gambling sites after 12-year hiatus in the country
PayPal quietly re-enters online gaming — U.S. gambling sites start to accept PayPal — PayPal quietly returned to the world of online gambling in the U.S., with CNBC's Eric Chemi.
San Francisco luxury commuter bus line Leap to auction off buses after July bankruptcy filing
Leap files for bankruptcy, auctions off remaining buses — The private transit service “Leap” drew praise from many quarters of San Francisco for its tech-friendly buses' reclaimed wood trappings …
Lightspeed POS Raises $61M To Boost Its Retail And Restaurant Sales System
As Square gears up for a public listing that may come as soon as next month, another startup that makes point-of-sale systems for restaurants and other retailers has raised a big round of funding.
Phil Libin moves to VC firm General Catalyst, two months after stepping down as CEO of Evernote
Evernote Founder Phil Libin Moves Into Venture Capital — Phil Libin, the co-founder of digital note-taking service Evernote Inc., is moving into venture capital two months after he stepped down as c...
Uber and Lyft begin accepting rides in Las Vegas, both companies have about 1,000 drivers, cannot operate at McCarran International Airport
We're Here! — From grabbing a drink in DTLV … Rosie Bubb / Lyft Blog : Viva Lyft Vegas Matt Guillermo / Nevada - FOX5 Vegas : Uber, Lyft begin in Vegas without Clark Co. licenses Carmel DeAmicis / R...
How to create a fake business with 19K Twitter followers, great Facebook and Yelp reviews, and an impressive online reputation in a few hours for less than $100
I created a fake business and bought it an amazing online reputation — If you live in the Bay Area and have looked … Tweets: @kevinroose Tweets: Kevin Roose / @kevinroose : Amazing @kashhill story a...
Apple developing platform to power and unify its Web services like iCloud and iTunes, based on Siri's which uses open-source Mesos
Apple Unifies Cloud Services Platform Amid Open-Source Push — Like other tech companies that run Web services, Apple has long relied on open source software.
Ahead of IPO Prep, Jack Dorsey Is Telling Key People He Won't Give Up Square CEO Role
It's looking more and more like Jack Dorsey is going to have two CEO jobs for the foreseeable future. — Dorsey — who is the CEO of Square as well as the interim CEO of Twitter …
Sony's Project Morpheus is now ‘PlayStation VR’
Aaron Souppouris / Engadget :
Games made for Apple TV must support its remote; MFi controllers must be optional
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Accenture bolstering cloud services with Cloud Sherpas acquisition
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FBI and Department of Justice shutter ShareBeast, the largest illegal file-sharing site operating in the US according to the RIAA
A notice of seizure appears on Sharebeast.com … Eric Diep / bet.com : Sharebeast Shut Down by the FBI Tanay Hudson / AllHipHop : FBI Shuts Down Music Sharing Site Sharebeast RT : Sharing is daring: Fi...
Snapchat Acquires Looksery To Power Its Animated Lenses
For a Fee Ruth Reader / VentureBeat : Snapchat now lets you pay 99 cents to replay any snap Selena Larson / The Daily Dot : Snapchat now allows you to pay 99 cents to replay a snap Andrew Hutchinson /...
Facebook to work with German Justice Ministry to fight to fight xenophobic and racist messages on its platform
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Tim Cook on whether people will favor iPad Pros over Macs, privacy concerns, and the possibility of deleting some default iOS apps
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A look at Uber's challenges in Europe ahead of upcoming court cases and regulatory decisions
Uber: Backseat driver — Murad Ahmed, Jeevan Vasagar and Tim Bradshaw — The ride-sharing company pushed into Europe with world-changing zeal but misjudged the regulators
Opera For Desktop Gets Password Sync, Starts Integrating SurfEasy VPN
Opera 32 (based on Chromium 45) for Mac, Windows, and Linux is out!
Obama Pledges $160 Million To Fund “Smart City” Initiatives
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Cable network Epix announces offline viewing on its mobile apps for subscribers, available later this month
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Skype launches Mojis: short, shareable movie and TV clips from Universal, Disney Muppets, and BBC
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Sources: Zenefits is building a payroll processing system to compete with ADP, Zenpayroll, others
William Alden / BuzzFeed : Tweets: @ahess247 Tweets: Arik Hesseldahl / @ahess247 : I've heard the same rumors about Zenefits payroll project with exactly the same codename. http://www.techmeme.com/.....
Hands On With Three iOS 9 Content Blockers: 1Blocker, Blockr And Crystal
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Nine banks including Goldman Sachs and Barclays join financial tech firm R3 to build a framework for using blockchain tech in the markets
Jemima Kelly / Reuters :
Google Capital invested $32.5M in Oscar in a deal valuing the health insurance startup at $1.75B
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