Apple and Samsung ink separate agreements with China's UnionPay to introduce their competing mobile payments systems in the country, expect early 2016 launch
Apple, Samsung Agree With UnionPay for China Payments From 2016 — Agreements in China subject to certification from regulators
Windows Phone 8.1 users won't get Windows 10 Mobile update until 2016
Microsoft is planning to make Windows 10 Mobile available to existing Windows Phone 8 and 8.1 users starting in early 2016, rather than this month, officials are now saying. — Even though Microsoft ...
Juniper discovers backdoor in its NetScreen enterprise firewalls that allows decrypting VPN traffic, admin access, recommends patching immediately
Juniper Patches ScreenOS Backdoor — Juniper Networks today has released an emergency patch that removes what it's calling “unauthorized code” …
FCC wants to meet with T-Mobile, Comcast, AT&T by January 15 to discuss their zero-rating programs
Regulators want to talk to AT&T, Comcast and T-Mobile about sponsored data — Federal regulators have asked AT&T, Comcast and T-Mobile to meet with them to discuss a growing …
Facebook, Researcher Spar Over Instagram Vulnerabilities
A security researcher is in a bit of a scrum with Facebook over vulnerability disclosures that not only tested the boundaries of the social network's bug bounty program, but also prompted threats of l...
Analysis: Williams is the obvious successor to Cook, Schiller to relieve Cue of some responsibilities, Tor Myhren succeeds soon-to-retire Hiroki Asai
Opinion: Today's Apple promotions cover executive losses, hint at Apple's future — Earlier today, Apple announced some of the most wide-ranging changes …
Evernote is killing Skitch for Android, iOS, and Windows on January 22, but not Mac
Note-taking app company Evernote today delivered some sad news for users of the image annotation app Skitch. The iOS, Android, and Windows versions of Skitch will be going away on January 22.
Exclusive: Target in initial development of its own mobile wallet - sources
Target Corp is in early stages of developing its own mobile wallet, three people familiar with the matter said, signaling a potential threat to new entrants like Apple Pay a week after Wal-Mart Stores...
VLC for Chrome OS, built using Android Runtime for Chrome, is now available to download
Announcing VLC for Chrome OS — VLC on ChromeOS — ChromeOS is one of the last Operating Systems where you could not run VLC and play all your media as you wished.
ID theft monitoring company LifeLock to pay $100M fine for violating 2010 FTC settlement that required LifeLock protect customer data
LifeLock to pay $100 million to settle U.S. contempt charges: FTC — LifeLock Inc, which sells identity theft monitoring and fraud detection services …
Netflix announces rebuilt Universal Windows 10 app for PCs and tablets, coming to smartphones early next year
Netflix's new Windows 10 app embraces Microsoft's universal dream — Netflix is making the most of Windows 10 today. Netflix is updating its Windows Store app …
Vine introduces personalized Twitter Moment's-like curated channel, For You
Vine will now curate a channel of posts it thinks you'll want to see — It can be a pain for new users to find stuff on Twitter, so the company spent a big part of its year trying to show users thing...
Akamai: Global average Internet speed grew 14% to 5.1 Mbps, only 5.2% of users have broadband
Global average connection speeds rose 14 percent year over year to 5.1 Mbps in Q3 2015. Unfortunately, just over 5 percent of users now have broadband speeds of at least 25.0 Mbps.
BlackBerry beats expectations with Q3 loss of $89M and revenue up 12% from last quarter to $548M, optimistic Priv will break even in Q4; stock up over 11%
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Cox found liable for copyright infringements of its customers, must pay music publisher BMG $25M in damages
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Flip, Jewelbots and GlossGenius grab spotlight at Techstars NYC 2015 demo day
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Google search to start indexing HTTPS pages by default
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Dell Subsidiary SecureWorks Files To Go Public, Shows Ramping Losses
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Online publisher Purch acquires ShopSavvy, an app that lets consumers scan barcodes and find the best deals from local and online retailers
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Amazon Fire TV's new apps include NBC, Fox Now, Food Network, and GoPro
More than 1,000 Channels, Apps, and Games Added Since September Will Richmond / VideoNuze Analysis : Amazon Adds More Content to Fire TV, But SPP Implementations Have Barely Begun Kristofer Wouk / Dig...
Pinterest launches a tool that notifies users when a product they've pinned drops in price
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Twitter's Head of Video, Baljeet Singh, Is Leaving the Company
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Facebook opens up its Live video streaming feature to verified Pages
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Yelp and OpenTable ended five-year partnership in April amid growing rivalry
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Facebook adds ability to search events by category and location to its iOS app with web and Android support coming soon
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Facebook expands its Music Stories in News Feed to the web, coming to Android in late January, adds Deezer, Rhapsody, Taiwan-based KKBOX support
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Technology investors describe the cooling in Silicon Valley: lower valuations for top-tier companies, and trouble for weaker startups
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Revealed: how Google enlisted members of US Congress it bankrolled to fight $6bn EU antitrust case
Microsoft forms joint venture with Chinese government to deliver a custom version of Windows 10 for public sector agencies
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