Apple had asked the FBI to issue application for iPhone passcode cracking tool under seal, but government made it public, prompting Tim Cook's public remarks
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Sources: Apple given until February 26 to respond to court order in San Bernadino iPhone case
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Facebook pledges to fight against demands to weaken system security, Twitter adds its support to Apple in San Bernadino iPhone case
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Report: Smartwatches outsold Swiss watches for the first time in Q4 2015 with 8.1M shipments, Apple accounted for 63% of smartwatches with 5.1M units
Apple Watch Sales Estimated at 5.1 Million in Holiday Quarter, Swiss Watch Sales in Trouble — The latest data from Strategy Analytics reveals …
Israeli ad blocking company Shine partners with 30M subscriber-strong European carrier Three Group to offer network-level ad blocking
European Carrier Blocks Ads at Network Level — Shine and Three Group Team Up to Offer Ad Blocking — Using A CRM Budget To Start A Loyalty Program
Yahoo forms committee of independent board members to explore options and create a process for reaching out to interested parties, hires bankers
Yahoo Forms Board Committee to Explore Options — Company hires advisers, says committee is made up of independent directors
Apple and the US goverment have been at odds over iPhone encryption since the debut of iOS 8
Apple's Line in the Sand Was Over a Year in the Making — WASHINGTON — Time and again after the introduction of the iPhone nearly a decade ago, the Justice Department asked Apple for help opening a l...
Leaked document: Facebook will launch ads on Messenger in Q2, enabling brands to send message ads to customers who have previously initiated chats
Facebook Plans To Put Ads In Messenger — A leaked document Facebook sent to some of its biggest advertisers reveals that Facebook will launch ads within Messenger in Q2 2016.
Apple says reported Apple Pay issues with signing up in China were due to planned gradual rollout
Apple Pay victim of its own success in China as gradual rollout leaves many complaining they can't register cards [U] — Update: Apple has since informed us that the comment …
Volvo announces pilot program in Sweden that lets drivers unlock their car via a smartphone app, enabling key sharing, with planned commercial launch in 2017
Keyless society: Volvo plans to replace car keys with a smartphone app starting in 2016 — Volvo is aiming to become …
Firefox 2.0 for iOS arrives with 3D touch support, password manager and search improvements
Mozilla today released Firefox 2.0 for iOS. Notable additions to the browser include an improved password manager and support for 3D Touch on iPhone 6s and 6s Plus. You can download the new version ...
Microsoft Translator adds OCR capabilities to its iOS app, offline translations on Android
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Qualcomm secures patent-licensing deal with Lenovo for sales of handsets in China based on 3G and 4G technology
Ina Fried / Re/code :
Karma cancels Neverstop unlimited plan, replaces it with tiered subscription plan Pulse, priced at $40, $75, or $140/month with $15 per GB overage per month
Today we're pulling Neverstop off the shelves. Steven van Wel / Karma | Blog : Hello Pulse — When we first launched Karma, our mission was simple … John Callaham / Android Central : Karma ditches it...
FTC fines 4 linked data brokers that sold personal info to scammers: LeapLab, Leads, John Ayers get $5.7M suspended fine, SiteSearch gets $4.1M unsuspended fine
Ashlee Kieler / Consumerist :
Google Play Games is ditching Google+ tie-in for new Gamer ID profiles
Android gaming service moves … Todd Haselton / TechnoBuffalo : Google Play Games gets new feature that should have been there all along Stephen Schenck / Pocketnow : Gamer IDs come to Google Play Game...
Drip, which provided subscription services and communities for musicians and fans, announces it will close on March 18
Steve Bellovin, co-director of Columbia Cybersecurity and Privacy Center, joins Obama's NSA advisory group, the PCLOB, as first tech scholar
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Google Cloud Vision API, which detects the contents of images, enters public beta
Beta — This is a Beta release of Google Cloud Vision. Eric Carter / ProgrammableWeb.com : Google Opens Cloud Vision API Beta to Entire Developer Community Jaikumar Vijayan / eWeek : Google Releases ...
Flint Mobile Payments Go Offline, Tells Customers To Use Stripe To Continue Service
The number of startups hoping to break through into the world of payments appears to be shrinking a little bit more. Flint Mobile, a startup backed by the likes of Verizon and True Ventures …
Sources: Google's AMP initiative to speed mobile pages to launch Wednesday, with Wall Street Journal, BuzzFeed, and Washington Post among those participating
George Slefo / Ad Age :
PayPal launches overhauled iOS and Android apps with cleaner design, quicker access to sending and receiving money, more
Especially PayPal — Scored Joseph Keller / iMore : PayPal completely redesigns its app for easier money management PayPal : The PayPal App Reimagined - Helping Move & Manage Your Money Billy Steele / ...
Microsoft piloting new Outlook.com Premium email service with custom domain support
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet :
Bitcoin startup Butterfly Labs settles with FTC for $38.6M but that sum will be suspended after company pays $15K and co-founder pays $4K
Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica :
California DOJ's OpenJustice Platform now lets you do a side-by-side comparison of data from 1K+ law enforcement agencies in the state
Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch :
Google Acquihires Work Chat Startup Pie To Build Engineering Team In Southeast Asia
Jon Russell / TechCrunch :
Several secondary buyers say unicorn shareholders are now much more interested in selling common stock
Connie Loizos / TechCrunch : Tweets: @msuster , @jaycuthrell , @briantopping , @rgwd67 , @abrams and @panzer Tweets: Mark Suster / @msuster : Further in “could have seen this coming a mile away” peop...
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