Buyology Author Martin Lindstrom on Alipay, Global Retailing (video)

Will Alipay Revolutionize America?: Video - Bloomberg:
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“Buyology” Author Martin Lindstrom discusses the impact Alipay will have on global retailing. Bloomberg’s Joe Weisenthal also speaks on “Bloomberg Surveillance.” (Source: Bloomberg Nov.28)


The Westside Story
Report: Sony Prepping E Ink Watch
PC Magazine
Details are scant on Sony's FES Watch, but it sure looks like a novel offering....


kjrh.com
Recalls this week: battery packs, doors
Charlotte Observer
A line of battery packs used to charge electronic devices are being recalled this week because they can overheat and cause a fire....


Daily Digest
Roku, Chromecast Or Fire TV: Which Streaming Stick Is Right For You?
Forbes
If you're looking to add streaming capability to your TV without taking up extra shelf space, a streaming stick can be a good—and less expensive—alternative to the standard set-top box . Roku, Google GOOGL +0.27%, and now Amazon all make sticks that let ...


ZDNet
Sony Pictures corporate files stolen and released in cyberattack
ZDNet
Sony has quite the history with hacking and cyberattacks affecting its networks, and now a subsidiary of the company is coping with intrusion on internal networks. Sony Pictures Entertainment, the television and movie arm of the tech giant, was hijacked this ...


ZDNet
Two-thirds of iPhone and iPad users now running iOS 8.0/8.1
ZDNet
It's been slow progress, but figures released by Apple show that iOS 8.0/8.1 usage has finally hit the 60 percent mark. See also: Compared to iOS, Android Lollipop adoption rates suck. Data released by Apple shows that almost two thirds of users accessing ...


Firstpost
How the Samsung Galaxy Note got its pen in CNET UK podcast 412
CNET
The Samsung Galaxy Note almost came with a toothpick, we're going back to "Jurassic World", and BT has its sights on O2 -- or maybe EE...


NDTV
Google Play Deals Include Nexus 9, Smartwatches
PC Magazine
On Black Friday through Cyber Monday, get Google Play credit and some extra discounts on Nexus 9 and Chromecast. 0shares. Hands On With the Google Nexus 9. Big box retailers aren't the only ones offering Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales. On the ...


Christian Science Monitor
Windows 10 Consumer Preview May Come In January
Tom's Hardware
Just days after Microsoft indicated that no more builds of Windows 10 will be pushed off to Insiders this year, unnamed sources are now talking about a large-scale event that will take place in January. This event will happen later in the month and will reveal ...


Mobile Burn
Tutorial: Google Play Store and All Apps on Your Windows PC
Mobile Burn
Some recent all-in-one PCs (we're thinking the HP Slate 21) came with Android instead of Windows and the truth is Android is not robust enough as a full machine OS. Of course, some laptops come with both Windows and Android, but these hybrids have ...

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Security Risks to Shopping on Black Friday, Cyber Monday (video)

Security Risks to Shopping on Black Friday, Cyber Monday: Video - Bloomberg:
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Shape Security Director of Product Security Michael Coates discusses the security risks of shopping during the holiday season. He speaks on “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg 11/25)


CNET
No more lies, T-Mobile US: Download speed caps magically vanished on speed ...
Register
T-Mobile USA has agreed to stop twiddling with subscribers' mobile broadband speeds to hide the fact they were being capped. The telco was caught switching off download and upload bandwidth limits when people visited internet speed test websites.

Game Informer
New Sony Ad Markets PlayStation With 'Sexy' Female Doctor
Huffington Post
Women may represent nearly half of the gaming market, but video game companies are still catering first and foremost to heterosexual men. A new ad reportedly published to Sony's European YouTube channel on Friday has drawn criticism for its depiction of ...


Reuters
Samsung Electronics wins $3 billion Vietnam project license
Reuters
The company logo is displayed at the Samsung news conference at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas January 7, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Rick Wilking. Stocks. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd. 005930.KS. ₩1,197,000.00. -23,000.00-1.89%.


VentureBeat
BlackBerry offers up to $550 to trade your iPhone for a BlackBerry Passport
VentureBeat
BlackBerry today announced a new trade-in program to woo Apple users over to its latest flagship device. In short, the company is offering iPhone owners up to $550 for their device, as long as they purchase a BlackBerry Passport. The BlackBerry Passport ...


USA TODAY
Nexus 9 tablet is a serious contender to iPad's throne
USA TODAY
Unlike in some other product categories, finding the best tablet is often less about having the fastest hardware than about the experience the software provides. It's the reason why Apple has kept churning out iPads that sometimes lose the spec sheet war, but ...


Yahoo Tech
Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro Review: A 2-in-1 MacBook Air Killer?
Yahoo Tech
Laptop or tablet? Tablet or laptop? Which should you buy? That's the question a good number of people will likely be asking themselves this holiday season while they sit at their old computers or stand in the electronics aisles of the nearest big-box stores.

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The Real Reason Aereo Lost in the Supreme Court (video)

The Real Reason Aereo Lost in the Supreme Court -

Chet Kanojia, founder and chief executive officer at Aereo, talks with Bloomberg’s Betty Liu about the Supreme Court ruling against the company and his thoughts on the price of content. He speaks on “In The Loop.” (Nov. 25 Bloomberg)


Reuters
United States says EU's Google case should not be politicized
Reuters
People are silhouetted as they pose with laptops in front of a screen projected with aGoogle logo, in this picture illustration taken in Zenica October 29 ...
EU digital tsar warns monopolists; Google foes play down call for break-up - Reuters


Wall Street Journal
Facebook, Please Don't Let the Mullahs Troll Us
Wall Street Journal
Our Facebook page is one of the most popular in the Persian language, ... Sanctions on this activity have been lifted, and Google already offers the ...

Wall Street Journal
Amazon Offers Help Finding Local Handymen
Wall Street Journal
The handyman listings service, known as Amazon Local Services, is part of a broaderAmazon effort to compete with brick-and-mortar stores.

Forbes
In Amazon Vs. Alibaba, Bezos Turns His Sellers Into Soldiers
Forbes
Delivery drones and smartphones are great for headlines, but if Amazon.com AMZN -0.7% wants to win back the investors who have soured on its ...

Wired
The Only Way to Save Google Glass Is to Kill It
Wired
But if the pent-up consumer demand was really there, why isn't Google rushing to ...Apple, meanwhile, has a powerful channel for introducing the ...

Billboard
Amazon Prime Music Debuts First Exclusive Content
Billboard
Amazon has made exclusive video a component of Prime Instant Video streaming service, its answer to Netflix. Now the company is doing the same ...

Bloomberg
Apple Reaches $700 Billion Valuation
Bloomberg
Microsoft now has a market capitalization of $394 billion. Apple's value also moved above that of Google Inc. in January 2010. The operator of the ...

Fortune
Microsoft sues IRS for details of probe on internal transactions
Fortune
Microsoft sued the Internal Revenue Service on Monday, seeking ... has scrutinizedtechnology companies, including Microsoft and Amazon.com Inc, ...

Microsoft sues IRS to get attorney agreement information on tax probe | Electronista: "... The IRS is currently conducting an audit of Microsoft over the transfer pricing used from 2004 to 2009. Transfer pricing is the fee charged between a company's subsidiaries for goods and services, a tactic that is often used to reduce tax burden in large companies. When subsidiaries are located in different parts of the world, companies can often take advantage of areas with lower taxes, like Ireland. What makes the IRS probe different is how the agency entered into a contract with a private law firm to investigate Microsoft, a maneuver that the IRS allowed with a temporary regulation change in June...."

All Eyes on Apple as Google Search Deal Expires Next Year - The Information: "...all eyes are on the upcoming expiration of the only search distribution deal that matters anymore: Apple’s Safari Web browser...."

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Apple Pay, Game Changer for Payments (videos)

Apple Has Given Upper Hand to Merchants: Priebatsch: Video - Bloomberg:
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LevelUp Chief Ninja Seth Priebatsch discusses mobile payments with Erik Schatzker from the Money2020 conference in Las Vegas on “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg 11/3)

Apple Pay: Is It Really a Game Changer for Payments?: Video - Bloomberg:
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Visa President Ryan McInerney discusses Apple Pay and the future of digital payment systems with Bloomberg's Erik Schatzker on "Bottom Line." (Source: Bloomberg 11/3)

TECH NEWS:

Businessweek
Jawbone's New Fitness Trackers: A High-End Design and a Cheap Gateway
Businessweek
Wearable tech startup Jawbone will release two new products this fall. There will be a new version of the Up health-monitoring wristband, and the company will introduce an entry-level device that can be strapped to the wrist or attached to clothing. Announced ...


Firstpost
MAGID ON TECH: Google's high-end phone is valiant first try
San Jose Mercury News
For the past few days, I've been testing Google's new Nexus 6 phone, which compares favorably against the iPhone 6 Plus. The Nexus 6 is a very big phone, so if you think the iPhone 6 Plus is too big, you'll feel even more so about the Nexus 6. On the other ...


Philly.com
Emojis may expand skin color options
San Jose Mercury News
A proposal to expand the skin color options for emojis may get the thumbs up from those calling for more diversity in the icons. Emojis are cartoon-like pictograms -- such as smiley faces or hearts -- that have become popular in texts and online chats to express ...


Capital Wired
Nuance Swype Adds 16 New Languages and Intuitive Emoji Input
MarketWatch
BURLINGTON, Mass., Nov 04, 2014 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Nuance Communications... announced that its popular Swype keyboard for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users with iOS 8 is now available in more than 20 languages...


USA TODAY
IBM brings its 'smart' tactics to cloud security portfolio
ZDNet
Infusing smart technology is becoming a trademark quality to IBM's enterprise cloud and software portfolio. Continuing along with that trend is Big Blue's new intelligent security portfolio. Read this. IBM, Apple forge enterprise app pact: Watson, meet iPad ...


ZDNet
UPDATE 1-Entrepreneur, 13, gets Intel funding for low-cost Braille printer
Reuters
If Shubham Banerjee cannot lay claim to being the world's youngest venture capital-backed entrepreneur, he comes very close. Banerjee was ...


ABC News
The wearable drone camera, for when you just can't manage a selfie
Mashable
It's a drone that doubles as a wristband, and it's one step closer to being around your wrist. Nixie takes your GoPro's vantage point one step further: On your command, you can unstrap the band from your wrist; it then transforms into a quadcopter and takes ...

Amazon Prime customers now get unlimited cloud storage for photos | The Verge

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Google Copresence, Cross-Platform Android Beam

Google's Copresence Looks Like A Contactless, Cross-Platform Version Of Android Beam: "A Copresence API for Chrome has also been spotted in developer documentation, Google has been granted a patent for Copresence functionality, and there have been reviews and issue reports for the API internally as recently as this month. Our tipster says the functionality is expected to hit in "the coming weeks," so while we don't know an exact time frame, it's clear Google is chugging away at this functionality."


TechCrunch (blog)
Google's Copresence Looks Like A Cross-Platform AirDrop
TechCrunch (blog)
Google has a new service in the works that could allow users of Android devices to share media with others nearby, even if those users ...

Hands on: Getting to know Google's new Nexus 6 | Computerworld: "The Nexus 6 is big, beautiful, and full of sweet Android Lollipop flavor. Here's an early hands-on look at Google's new flagship phone."


CNET
Why the new, nicer Apple?
CNET
... Apple CEO Tim Cook is driving Apple towards more open, more modern ... Not being the underdog, Apple can hardly offer an image of rebellion. .... Be nice like Microsoft! ... Many are creating wonderful technology toys.


The Guardian
Tim Cook: out, proud, Apple's new leader steps into the limelight
The Guardian
Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks at the WSJD Live conference in Laguna Beach in this fileApple CEO Tim Cook speaks at a conference in California last ...


ZDNet
Apple pay rival says it's misunderstood
USA TODAY
"They can't have Apple Pay or Google Wallet until their exclusivity expires." He wouldn't say how long the term lasts, but says "it's closer to months ...


The Guardian
Google and Facebook: voracious giants with the power to create the future
The Guardian
A Google driverless car on the streets of Washington. ... Yet with such a simple and lucrative core business, Facebook and Google ... It might sound dystopian, but Oculus is a powerful and compelling technology to try – and far more ...


Forbes
Apple Update: iPhone 6 And iPad Lead-Times
Forbes
I have also been monitoring Apple's new iPad Air 2 and mini 3 to try and ... I have added the information to a Google Doc that has information for the ...


Wired
Mostly White, Mostly Male Amazon Publishes Diversity Report
Huffington Post
E-commerce giant Amazon has revealed that the company is a lot like its tech ... On Friday, Amazon published a long-awaited report on diversity showing ... tech-industry diversity disclosures, including ones from Twitter and Apple, ... 


Indian Express
Google, Apple world's most 'in-demand' employers: LinkedIn
Economic Times
Besides Google, Apple and Unilever, other companies in the top 10 list include Microsoft(fourth), Facebook (fifth), Amazon (sixth), Procter ... showed that the top three sectors that dominated the list include technology, ... 


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Smartphones, Ultra Cheap, Ultra Chic

source: Statista

Ultra Cheap Mobile Phones Will Upset The Industry Apple Cart - Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) | Seeking Alpha: "...The pressure from lower priced phones is having its effect already. IDC reports that while over 300 million smartphones were sold in Q2, a 25% rise over 2013, both Apple and Samsung lost market share in the period. Worse for both in some respects, Bloomberg reported that China Mobile has slashed subsidies for higher priced devices. Samsung had already seen its profits suffer a decline as its smartphone shipments stuttered and average selling prices fell in the second quarter causing a 10% drop in revenues and a profit drop. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to calculate what happens to Apple profits if its volumes drop 10% and its prices drop 10% in parallel..."

Lenovo Takes On Apple, Samsung in Smartphones - WSJ: "Chinese Firm's Net Climbs 23% Amid Strength in Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America"

Uber car service twists sharing economy into ‘sucker’s economy’ - Therese Poletti's Tech Tales - MarketWatch: "According to Gawker’s ValleyWag , some customers in San Francisco paid the equivalent of a flight to the East Coast to take the Uber car service after the city’s big music festival Outside Lands, in Golden Gate Park. Some customers tweeted they were charged from $290 to as much as $470 to go from Golden Gate Park to other destinations in the city...."

Amazon launches credit-card processor for businesses
The Desert Sun
Businesses must buy Amazon's card reader for $10 and download the free mobile app from the Amazon app store, the Apple app store or Google Play ...
How Mobile Payment Providers Can Beat Back Amazon - Forbes


CNN
Why did Yahoo post photos of Ferguson cop?
Atlanta Journal Constitution
We know some details about Wilson, but Yahoo News made the curious decision Saturday to post a Facebook photo it claims is Wilson receiving a ...


USA TODAY
Amazon looks to gain liftoff for drone delivery testing
USA TODAY
Amazon is going on the offensive as it seeks federal approval to test its ... of thetechnology, said Ben Gielow, general counsel for the Association for ...


The Guardian
Amazon's Russell Grandinetti: Kindle champ takes on the books trade
The Guardian
But in less than six months, Amazon's mood has soured. ... "Books compete against mobile games, television, movies, Facebook, blogs, ... Apple, Google and Microsoft are all looking to compete in the ebook market. ... Technology.


SFGate
Facebook offers Zambia free Internet access
SFGate
Count Google as one of them. The Mountain View search giant is testing technology that uses balloons that float 12 miles above the Earth's surface to ...


Gigjets
5 myths: Facebook's message app
Omaha World-Herald
NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook's recent effort to force people to adopt its standalone mobile messaging app has privacy-concerned users up in arms.

Apple CEO Tim Cook Takes Ice Bucket Challenge, Puts Dr. Dre in the Spotlight
Mashable
The celebrity and business world has been swept up in taking the ALS ice bucket challenge, and the latest entrant in the star-packed list of challenge ...


Reuters
Look, no hands! Test driving a Google car
Reuters
It's actually high praise for the car in question: Google Inc.'s driverless car. ... Googlepublicly disclosed its driverless car program in 2010, though it began the previous year. ... his mission is to perfect the technology, after which the business model will fall into place. .... 

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iPhone 6, Bigger Screens, Improved Battery Life (video)

iPhone 6: Bigger Screens and Improved Battery Life: Video - Bloomberg:
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ISI Group Senior Managing Director Brian Marshall and Bloomberg’s Cory Johnson discuss the demand for bigger screens and more improved battery performance on Apple’s iPhone. They speak with Emily Chang on “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg Aug6)

Obama on net neutrality: My administration is against Internet fast lanes - The Washington Post: "What Obama seems to be opposing is the idea of paid prioritization, or the notion that companies should be able to pay for better, smoother access to consumers. The remarks also seem to contrast with the FCC's current proposal on net neutrality, which would tacitly allow for such commercial deals so long as the agency didn't consider them "commercially unreasonable.""

As Google acquisition looms, Twitch becomes just like the YouTube beast it tried to distance itself from | ExtremeTech: "It’s been several months since YouTube and Twitch reportedly reached an agreement for the former to acquire the latter. While the rumor remains unconfirmed, recent changes to Twitch’s functionality and copyright policing imply that there’s truth to the idea — and the end results aren’t particularly good. First, there’s the loss of archival broadcast footage...."

Amazon, Facebook, Google, And The New Tech Conglomerate
Forbes
Google Google and Facebook's acquisition spree has received much press and ... That may be true but thetechnology conglomerate era will be different from ... Aspiring conglomerates, such as Amazon, Google, andFacebook are ...


Wall Street Journal
Amazon Halts Some Disney Movie Preorders
Wall Street Journal
It is a tactic Amazon has used several times this year, including with Time Warner Inc....
Disney And Amazon In Fight Over Captain America And Maleficent Blu-rays - Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movie, TV News


USA TODAY
Report: Apple to unveil wearable device next month
USA TODAY
NEW YORK — Most observers expect Apple's upcoming September 9th event to focus on one or more new iPhones, with the long awaited Apple ...


Slate Magazine (blog)
Slate Magazine (blog)
Amazon has a new target in its ongoing war with publisher Hachette: that book-hating, totalitarian, anti-democratic English author George Orwell.

Is Barnes & Noble Competing With Amazon? Perhaps Not
Forbes
Barnes & Noble is fighting Amazon by teaming with Google Google Shopping Express to enable same day delivery of books. There are two important ...


ThinkProgress
Android Users Flip Out Over New Facebook Messenger Privacy Rules
ThinkProgress
Users have been denouncing the Facebook's forced migration to the ... for the mobile app's liberal access terms; those came straight from Google. ... Facebook claims it has more freedom to shape policies for Apple's mobile ... governed by Facebook, Yahoo, AOL, or Hotmail's Terms of Use and Privacy ...


Daily Mail
Very easy rider: Now Google plans driverless robot motorbike - and wants permission to start ...
Daily Mail
Google has begun lobbying the state of California to allow it to test ... The technology giant has caused controversy over its driverless vehicle testing in ...

Amazon jabs Hachette in e-books dispute: 'We will never give up'
CNET
In a letter to readers posted online, Amazon again made its case for why .... Website distribution is becoming more generic with new web technology ...

Express Lane: Google's Challenge To Amazon Kicks Into A Higher Gear: "While Amazon is spending fortunes to expedite packages to you — negotiating for Sunday deliveries with the U.S. Postal Services, offering same-day service in more cities, and even experimenting with drones – Google’s Shopping Express has been built on the cheap. Using an army of contract workers, the company lets people order from more than a dozen brick-and-mortar merchants and then delivers the purchases usually the same day. With Whole Foods, Target and Costco as partners, Google is able to offer thousands of products while warehousing none of them...."

Amazon Fire Review: Innovative Features That Seem Humdrum | MIT Technology Review: ".... Firefly is off-putting because it seems like little more than a way to get people to buy more products from Amazon. Whenever Firefly recognizes an object, the first thing it asks is whether you want to buy it. Even when the object isn’t really a product, Amazon turns it into one... "

Google to recruit through coding competitions - The Economic Times: "MUMBAI: Google India has changed the way it recruits from engineering colleges, trashing paperbased tests in favour of Google Jams or coding competitions. Candidates will now have to crack coding puzzles online to clear the first few rounds of the placement tests at the coveted firm...."

How hackers used Google in stealing corporate data | CSO Online: "...The service allowed anyone to register a DNS zone, which is a distinct, contiguous portion of the domain name space in the DNS. The registrant could then create A records for the zone and point them to any IP address. In addition, Hurricane did not check whether newly created zones were already registered or owned by other parties, FireEye said.  Google and Hurricane were notified of the malicious use of their services, Moran said. Both companies had removed the attack mechanisms...."

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