Square starts shipping its chip card reader with Apple Pay support; Samsung Pay now supports Chase cards
Square rolls out readers to accept Apple Pay — NEW YORK — Square is rolling out new mobile payment readers to 100 local businesses around the country, allowing such merchants …
Apple ‘Investigating’ iPad Pros Unresponsive After Charging, Recommends Restart as Interim Fix
Shortly after the launch of the iPad Pro, buyers began complaining about an issue that caused the iPad Pro to become unresponsive after charging, requiring a hard restart to restore functionality.
More control: Amazon Echo gains advanced trigger commands with IFTTT
It's easier than ever to create custom voice actions with an Amazon Echo and If This Then That: See how using the new trigger command puts Alexa to work for you. — It's easier than ever to create cu...
EFF and Visualizing Impact launch Onlinecensorship.org to collect reports on content takedowns by Facebook, Twitter, and other social media services
Onlinecensorship.org Tracks Content Takedowns by Facebook, Twitter, and Other Social Media Sites — New Project Will Gather Users' Stories of Censorship from Around the World
Adobe to close Revel, its cloud-based photo and video sharing service, in February, and will let users transfer files into Creative Cloud Photography plan
Adobe kills off its photo-sharing service Revel — The company is going all-in on the Creative Cloud Photography plan.
Google unveils Android Studio 2.0 with Instant Run, faster Android emulator, and new GPU profiler
At the Android Dev Summit today, Google announced Android Studio 2.0, the second major version of its integrated development environment (IDE). Version 2.0 adds Instant Run, a faster Android emulator...
Google App Streaming: A Big Move In Building “The Web Of Apps”
A world where you can search through and move between apps as easily as with the web? Google's new app streaming service may usher this in. — Google App Streaming became a reality today, and with i...
By delivering flu shots and hiring its first health advisor, Uber signals intent to shake up health care
The Uber Will See You Now — Jessica Funcannon getting a flu vaccination shot from Nurse Jerry Palacios at her workplace during the UberHealth day in Chicago last year. Tweets: @ldignan Tweets: Larry...
The Mac App Store, hindered by stringent requirements and lack of features like TestFlight, appears forgotten by Apple
The Mac App Store: Not gone, but certainly forgotten — Mac developers have been frustrated with many limitations of the store for years, and it certainly doesn't seem …
As retailers turn to increasingly affordable facial recognition tech to fight shoplifters, privacy concerns abound
Catching a thief by their face — Retail stores are turning to facial recognition technology and customer tracking tools to fight against shoplifters. BBC Future investigates.
Amazon Studios Launches Amazon Storywriter, Free Cloud Software For Screenwriters
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Facebook's David Marcus on how humans work alongside AI automation to power Facebook M and whether such a service can scale
Time To Meet The Wizard: Facebook's Messenger Head Pulls Back The Curtain On “M” — Facebook's David Marcus says M is already a lot more than just people pretending to be robots. Tweets: @vanessaluvt...
LivingSocial's growth-at-all-costs strategy serves as a lesson for today's unicorns as the firm struggles to retain staff and pivots away from daily deals
LivingSocial, Once a Unicorn, Is Losing Its Magic — WASHINGTON — The first thing you see when walking into the headquarters … Tweets: @nytimes , @jtepper2 , @p1bc , @startupljackson , @trengriffin ,...
Malicious Android apps force adware on users by hijacking the Android Accessibility Service and can be extremely difficult to uninstall
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Sony Xperia Z5 Premium review: 4K resolution display is indiscernible over other high end phones, not worth high price
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2025 marked 11 years of building a customer experience platform designed to support organizations as customer expectations, channels …
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