iPhone 6s and 6s Plus to come to Apple retail stores Friday, Sept. 25; iOS 9 sees fastest adoption, now on over 50% of devices
iPhone 6s & iPhone 6s Plus Arrive on Friday, September 25 — Fastest iOS Adoption Ever with iOS 9 — Apple® today announced iPhone® 6s and iPhone 6s Plus …
Apple removes apps infected with XcodeGhost malware
Apple's iOS App Store suffers first major attack — Apple Inc APPL.O said on Sunday it is cleaning up its iOS App Store to remove malicious iPhone and iPad programs identified in the first large-scal...
France denies Google's appeal, says Right To Be Forgotten should be applied globally
French data regulator rejects Google's right-to-be-forgotten appeal — Search engine's attempt to block French order to apply delistings to its google.com domain, not just its European sites, dismiss...
Having trouble with Skype? Microsoft is aware and working on the issue
Skype appears to be having trouble staying online and connecting humans worldwide. We've received numerous reports from readers who have been unable to access Microsoft's communication platform.
Following Apple's Lead, Samsung Plans Its Own Phone Leasing Program, Cutting Out Carriers
Samsung is looking to take another lesson from Apple's playbook. — The South Korean electronics giant is planning to launch a program for leasing its Galaxy phones in the U.S. market …
Kickstarter reincorporated as a public benefit corporation, which requires social and environmental performance reports but doesn't prohibit IPO or sale
Kickstarter Focuses Its Mission on Altruism Over Profit — Many technology start-ups aim to become “unicorns,” …
4chan sold to Hiroyuki Nishimura, founder of 2Channel, an early anonymous online message board in Japan
4chan Message Board Sold to Founder of 2Channel, a Japanese Web Culture Pioneer — If the Internet is the Wild West, you could call 4chan “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.”
Jaunt raises $65M round led by Disney, Evolution Media Partners, and others, is now the highest-funded VR startup
Disney Invests in Jaunt as Part of $65 Million Round That Makes It Highest-Funded VR Startup — Cinematic virtual reality startup Jaunt has raised $65 million in new funding …
IBM is developing its own blockchain tech, plans to open source it in the next few months
IBM Adapts Bitcoin Technology for Smart Contracts — Tech giant developing its own version of blockchain technology, plans to release open source software within next few months
AVG updates privacy policy, allowing it to sell anonymized user data to third parties, but says it will let users opt out
AVG can sell your browsing and search history to advertisers — Security firm AVG can sell search and browser history data to advertisers in order to “make money” …
Leaked renders show next generation Microsoft Band with physical buttons, more appealing design
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India's draft encryption policy puts user privacy in danger
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Periscope, conceived in Turkey, is taking off there as a reaction to ineffective mainstream media
Inside Periscope's Deep Bond With Turkey (The Country) — A live-streaming app and a country tied together from the beginning — Open up Twitter's live-streaming app Periscope … See also Mediagazer
$1M bug bounty offered for exclusive, browser-based, untethered iOS9 jailbreak by Zerodium, a startup selling zero-day exploits to governments and corporations
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Report: DraftKings spent $81M and FanDuel spent $20M on TV ads since August 1
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Three senior executives at security firms say Chinese hacking of US companies has slowed in recent months ahead of meeting between US and China presidents
The Pentagon, surpassed in technological development by Silicon Valley, and facing adaptive enemies, tries to work with tech companies to better equip military
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Zoho CRM Plus in 2025: A year of thoughtful CX improvements
2025 marked 11 years of building a customer experience platform designed to support organizations as customer expectations, channels …
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.