Apple iPhone Wallet; iCloud Security Questioned

Apple Teaming Up With Visa, MasterCard on IPhone Wallet
Bloomberg
"Apple Inc. plans to turn its next iPhone into a mobile wallet through a partnership with major payment networks, banks and retailers, according a person familiar with the situation. The agreement includes Visa Inc., MasterCard Inc. and American Express Co. and will be unveiled on Sept. 9 along with the next iPhone, said the person, who asked not to be identified because the talks are private. The new iPhone will make mobile payment easier by including a near-field communication chip for the first time, the person said. That advancement along with Touch ID, a fingerprint recognition reader that debuted on the most recent iPhone, will allow consumers to securely pay for items in a store with the touch of a finger...."


CBS News
Apple patches iCloud security gap after celebrity photos hacked, reports say
CBS News
The day after private, nude photos of actress Jennifer Lawrence and other celebrities were released online, Apple has reportedly patched a security ...
Apple patches 'Find My iPhone' exploit - ZDNet
Jennifer Lawrence - Daily Mail

Apple - September 9 Will Give You A Stomach Ache And Nothing More... Focus On Sales - Apple Inc.  | Seeking Alpha: "With the iPod, AAPL still has 72% of the portable music player market even though the overall portable music player market has been cannibalized by smart phones by 33%. According to AppleInsider, Steve Jobs once said, "if we don't cannibalize ourselves, someone else will." This brings an interesting take on the iPod. Apple will effectively know when to kill its iPod if and when the time comes."


Forbes
FAA Dithering Forces Google And Other Drone Innovators To Take Their Jobs And Technology ...
Forbes
What wasn't surprising to experts familiar with the industry is that Google conducted all ... Amazon waited patiently for months, while the FAA dithered.


NBCNews.com
A Drone Flew Over Apple's New Campus, And What It Saw Was Amazing
Forbes
Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook said last week that he was 'doubling down on ... You can follow him on Twitter @GregoryMcNeal or on Facebook.
Drone gets peek at Apple's new 'spaceship' campus (VIDEO) - RT - Daily news
Someone Flew A Drone Over Apple's New "Spaceship" Campus In California - BuzzFeed


New York Times
Amazon Bets on Content in Deal for Twitch
New York Times
Amazon's desire to outmaneuver both Google and Yahoo and get its hands on the controller at Twitch probably makes sense. Demographically, it's a ...


Wall Street Journal
EU Sends Questionnaire to Rivals Over Facebook Deal With WhatsApp
Wall Street Journal
Here, the Facebook and WhatsApp icons are displayed on an iPhone. ... looking into the way in which many people now use Apple Inc.'s iMessage, ...

Staying Safe And How To Disable Apple iCloud
Forbes
'TFA' is offered by Apple as well as rivals Google Google, Microsoft Microsoft and social media networks like Facebook and Twitter. TSV greatly ...


The Guardian
Move over Amazon, HMV is getting people back in stores
The Guardian
The music retailer is on course to overtake Amazon as the UK's biggest music and DVD retailer, just 18-months since its collapse. What's behind the ...


Telegraph.co.uk
As Amazon And Alibaba Face Off, Who Will Come Out On Top?
Forbes
Amazon and Alibaba, the world's largest e-commerce companies, are ... With big names like Burberry and Apple Apple recently joining the Tmall ...

This could be the Apple iCloud flaw that led to celebrity photos being
Owen Williams
An alleged breach in Apple's iCloud service may be to blame for countless leaks of private celebrity photos this week. On Monday, a Python script ...

What Happened to Motorola | Chicago magazine | September 2014: "...However, as the history of many giant corporations (Lehman Brothers, General Motors) shows, great success can lead to great trouble. Interviews with key players in and around Motorola and its spinoffs indicate that the problems began when management jettisoned a powerful corporate culture that had been inculcated over decades. When healthy internal competition degenerated into damaging infighting...."

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YouTube, Stars, Channels, Talent Development (videos)

How to Turn YouTube Stars into Media Empires: Video - Bloomberg:
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Omnivision Entertainment CEO Rob Barnett discusses YouTube stars and talent development in the digital world. He speaks with Betty Liu on “In The Loop.” (Source: Bloomberg)

How to Build an Audience for a Successful YouTube Channel: Video - Bloomberg:
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RocketJump Founder Freddie Wong and Bloomberg’s Felix Gillette discuss YouTube, short-form digital videos and building an online audience. They speak on "Bloomberg West." (Source: Bloomberg Aug28)

Instagram Hyperlapse app lets you create amazing time-lapse videos
Tech Times
Instagram has just launched Hyperlapse, an app that allows users to create professional-looking time lapse videos. The app uses image stabilizing algorithms to make images clearer. (Photo : Instagram). Instagram has just launched Hyperlapse, a standalone ...


Tech Times
Amazon won't change a thing about Twitch: Acquisition accepted by Twitch ...
Tech Times
Amazon has announced that it won't bring changes to Twitch, so everything should stay the same. Furthermore, it appears the Twitch community is quite pleased with the buyout. (Photo : Roja Directa). After it had been announced that Amazon has acquired ...


CNNMoney
Samsung unveils smartwatch that can make calls
Reuters
SEOUL Aug 28 (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Thursday unveiled what it said was the first smartwatch capable of making and receiving calls without a mobile phone nearby, in the South Korean firm's latest effort to find a new growth driver.


Telegraph.co.uk
Apple to unveil iWatch alongside iPhone 6
Telegraph.co.uk
Apple will unveil a smartwatch alongside the iPhone 6 on September 9, according to reports. The technology giant is expected to launch the iWatch at a "big" media event next month, Re/code has claimed. The wearable device could utilise the HomeKit ...

Cotap, A WhatsApp For The Workplace, Adds Box, Dropbox, Google, OneDrive And Desktop App | TechCrunch: ".... for a client like a cafe or a hotel, users include not just those in the back office, but those working at the front line of the retail experience. “Think of Cotap on a smartphone as replacing and improving on how a large business might have used a walkie-talkie,” Patterson explains. The Box, Dropbox, Google Drive and OneDrive integrations that are being announced today are a part of that bigger concept, Patterson tells me, with the idea here being that you can send flyers to staff with information, pictures of lost property, or other communications — as well as the latest marketing strategy...."

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Amazon Fire Phone #FAIL; LA Schools Suspend iPads

35,000. That’s the maximum potential number of Fire Phones Amazon has sold so far, according to an estimate by The Guardian’s Charles Arthur. (source infra)

There's no hope for Amazon's Fire Phone | VentureBeat | Mobile | by Devindra Hardawar: "The ultimate problem? With the Fire Phone, Amazon ended up serving itself more than it actually served consumers."

L.A. Unified halts contract for iPads - LA Times: "LA schools Supt. John Deasy suspended future use of a contract with Apple on Monday that was to provide iPads to all students in the nation's second-largest school system amid mounting scrutiny of the $1-billion-plus effort. The suspension comes days after disclosures that the superintendent and his top deputy had especially close ties to executives of Apple, maker of the iPad, and Pearson, the company that is providing the curriculum on the devices. And an internal report that examined the technology effort showed major problems with the process and the implementation."Moving forward, we will no longer utilize our current contract with Apple Inc.," Deasy wrote in a memo sent to the Board of Education on Monday...Under the contract approved just over a year ago, Apple had been expected to provide iPads with Pearson as the subcontractor...."

Huawei Is Shaking Up the Smartphone Market - WSJ: "WSJ: Have you ever considered using the Tizen operating system [developed by Samsung and backed by Intel Corp. and others]? Mr. Yu: We have no plans to use Tizen. Some telecom carriers are pushing us to design Tizen phones but I say "no" to them. In the past we had a team to do research on Tizen but I canceled it. We feel Tizen has no chance to be successful. Even for Windows Phone it's difficult to be successful. We have no plans to build our own OS. It's easy to design a new OS, but the problem is building the ecosystem around it."

Speed and Spectators Lead to Twitch, a Gaming Nexus
New York Times
The website has quickly emerged as the go-to destination for watching video games, drawing tens of millions of viewers each month. On Monday, that success led to a huge payday for the company's founders, as Amazon said it had reached a deal to buy ...


Daily Mail
Is the universe a 2D hologram? Fermilab intends to find out
CNET
An experiment at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory called the Holometer intends to test several theories about the universe, including the holographic principle...


CNN
A quick photo primer on Instagram's Hyperlapse app
CNET
Instagram's new time lapse toolkit is a ton of fun -- more so if you know the ins and outs of the art form. Here's a best practices guide for snapping sped-up shots through space...


Laboratory Equipment
Cosmic effort provides best view yet of distant colliding galaxies
CNET
Behold the best look yet at a massive intergalactic train wreck in progress. It's also a glimpse at what the universe looked like when it was only half its current age...


Businessweek
Is Apple Prepping a Bigger iPad for 2015?
Businessweek
Remember when gadgets used to keep getting smaller? Now they keep getting bigger. Apple (AAPL) is rumored to be bringing out a larger iPhone this fall, and now our colleagues at Bloomberg News are reporting that a larger iPad is in the pipeline, too.


MiamiHerald.com
Social media not a vehicle of debate, instead encourages self-censorship: Study
IBNLive
Washington: People who use Facebook and Twitter are less likely than others to share their opinions on hot-button issues, even when they are offline, according to a surprising new survey by the Pew Research Center. The study, done in conjunction with ...


New York Times
Google Acquires Video and Special-Effects Startup Zync
Wall Street Journal
The service operated on Amazon computers, but Google said it would move ... Googlelaunched a push earlier this year to get more developers and ...

Here’s How Amazon Might Take Over Brick-and-Mortar Retail | Re/code: "Broadly, they said the world’s largest online retailer aims to make it easy for a wider array of brick-and-mortar shops to sell on Amazon while giving Amazon shoppers another way to receive orders on the same day they are purchased. The move would extend Amazon’s reach far beyond the virtual checkout aisle to the real ones in your neighborhood."

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Amazon Buys Twitch For $970 Million (video)

Why Amazon's Spending $970M on Twitch: Video - Bloomberg
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Bloomberg’s Cory Johnson reports on Amazon acquiring video service Twitch for $970 million on “Street Smart.” (Source: Bloomberg Aug 25)

A Letter from the CEO - Twitch: "Today, I’m pleased to announce we’ve been acquired by Amazon. We chose Amazon because they believe in our community, they share our values and long-term vision, and they want to help us get there faster. We’re keeping most everything the same: our office, our employees, our brand, and most importantly our independence. But with Amazon’s support we’ll have the resources to bring you an even better Twitch."--Emmett Shear, CEO

Amazon Buys Twitch For $970 Million [UPDATE]
Jason Schreier
It's official: Amazon has purchased Twitch, following months of rumors that Google was looking to buy the video streaming ...

Forbes
Amazon Grows Rapidly, Traditional Retailers Struggle, Should Brick and Mortar Retailers Partner ...
Forbes
Google Google owns search. Except in one area, product searches. When it comes to product searches many prospective consumers start by going to ...
Amazon Pounces On Twitch After Google Balks Due To Antitrust Concerns - Forbes
Amazon Reaches a Deal for Twitch Streaming Service for Gaming - New York Times
Amazon to Buy Video Site Twitch for $970 Million - Wall Street Journal


CTV News
Apple will replace your defective iPhone 5 battery for free
CNET
A "small percentage" of iPhone 5 devices sold between September 2012 and January 2013 have faulty batteries that drain quickly, the electronics ...

Google Launches New 'Slides'
Juli Clover
Google today launched a new Google Slides app for the iPhone to ... Apple and Microsoft are doing a good job of this while Google seems to be stuck ...

The Next Battleground In The War Against Quantum Hacking | MIT Technology Review: "...in practice the equipment used to carry out quantum key distribution has a number of weaknesses that an eavesdropper can exploit to gain information about the messages being sent. Various groups have demonstrated how quantum hacking presents a real threat to “perfectly secure” communication. So in the cat and mouse game of information security, physicists have been fighting back by designing equipment that is more secure...."


Techsonia
Utah Area of Dinosaurs' Footprints Soon To Open For Public
Techsonia
This fall, the discovered fossilized dinosaurs' footprints will be displayed for general public in Utah. In 2009, a local found these fossilized tracks and the continued discovery of the new tracks made this site to have about 200 dinosaur tracks of around 10 ...


BBC News
LG bets on pricey OLED technology as future of TVs
Chron.com
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — LG Electronics Inc. announced two new giant OLED TVs with ultra-high definition screens Monday, sticking with its strategy of using the exceptionally expensive OLED display technology. The South Korean company said it will ...


The News Ledge
Methane bubbling up off the East Coast
Boston Globe
NEW YORK — Scientists have discovered methane gas bubbling from the seafloor in an unexpected place: off the East Coast of the United States where the continental shelf meets the deeper Atlantic Ocean. The methane is emanating from at least 570 ...


CTV News
China Telecom leaks the iPhone 6 on Weibo
CNET
An official image of the upcoming Apple smartphone gets accidentally revealed by the Chinese carrier on China's version of Twitter...


Reuters
China readies home-grown Windows sub for fall launch
CNET
The new operating system is expected to launch initially on desktops in October, with support for mobile devices coming later....


Firstpost
Motorola Moto E Smartphone Review
TechSpot
While budget smartphones don't get as much attention in the media as their flagship brothers, they're arguably more important globally. The businesses that manage to harness the entry-level market can see huge gains in sales and market share in key ...


Reuters
PlayStation Network, Battle.net go down under DDoS
CNET
Hackers have taken down the PlayStation Network, Blizzard's Battle.net, and others, as well as grounding a flight carrying the president of Sony Online Entertainment.


ZDNet
VMware's vCloud Air Network Validates Hybrid Services from Partners
Converge Network Digest
VMware introduced its vCloud Air Network -- a collection of validated cloud services based on VMware technology and choice of cloud providers on a local basis. The idea is to be able to provision workloads to the public cloud or move existing workloads ...


CNNMoney
Amazon Considers Ad Placement & Sponsored Links: Store Data Could Retailer ...
Latin Post
In an attempt to replicate the successful ad placement system of tech giants such as Facebook and Google, online retail company Amazon is looking at the feasibility of launching its own version of the income-generating system. According to Wall Street OTC, ...

Here Is Yahoo's Native Ad Network | Digital - Advertising Age: "Yahoo is bringing its native ads to other publishers' sites. Last year Yahoo adopted the low-hanging-fruit version of native advertising, a form of ad that aims to mirror surrounding editorial content. Unlike BuzzFeed's sponsored listicles or The New York Times' brand-penned posts, Yahoo's native "Stream Ads" more closely resemble Facebook's Sponsored Stories in that they refashion display ads as content links within its sites' content streams. Now Yahoo is extending these ads outside of its own properties through a content recommendation system that helps publishers promote their own stories...."

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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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Google Buys Twitch, Amazon Losses Increase

Google's $1B purchase of Twitch confirmed -- joins YouTube for new video empire | GamesBeat | Games | by Dean Takahashi: "Google has signed a deal to buy game-livestreaming firmTwitch for $1 billion, confirmed sources familiar with the matter.We don’t know everything about this deal, such as when it will be announced and the exact purchase price... The deal underscores the value of live Internet streaming and the rise of competitive gaming as a spectator sport — something that draws millions of viewers, can offer prize pools that surpass pro golf’s marquee events, and provides a multibillion dollar opportunity for advertisers...."(read more at link above)

Amazon's Ambitious Bets Pile Up, and Its Losses Swell
New York Times
Jeffrey P. Bezos, Amazon's founder and chief executive, during an event in ... SAN FRANCISCO — Writers are peeved at Amazon. ... Mr. Szkutak listed some of the reasons:Amazon Web Services is in a price-cutting war with Google ...


Businessweek
Facebook Finally Figured Out How to Make Money Off of Your Phone
Wired
The Wall Street skeptics were circling, and within little more than a month, the value of theFacebook shares on which that fortune was built bottomed ...


Reuters
Google under fire from regulators on EU privacy ruling
Reuters
Regulators quizzed Google over its decision to remove search results only from ... Googlehas so far approved more than half of roughly 90,000 incoming ... data protection authorities on Thursday met executives from Google, Yahoo YHOO.O and MicrosoftMSFT. .... Facebook · Twitter · RSS · YouTube ...


TIME
Facebook's Next Battle Is Wrestling Your Credit Card Number from Amazon
TIME
With numbers like that, Facebook has started breathing down Google's ... on a completely different front, against a completely different player: Amazon.


Latin Post
Yahoo Eyes Mobile Ad Dollars With Flurry Acquisition
Forbes
Yahoo! announced on Monday, July 21, that it is acquiring mobile ad exchange Flurry. While the company has not disclosed the amount spent, it did ...

Facebook Gain Makes Zuckerberg Wealthier Than Google Guys
Bloomberg
Amazon reported its biggest quarterly loss since 2012 today as Bezos ... The Microsoft Inc. chairman's net worth has grown 7.9 percent this year, with ...


Firstpost
Google Maps Engine Gets Workforce Management Tool
InformationWeek
Google Maps Engine Pro customers now have free access to Maps Coordinate to manage workers and share location information in real time.


Forbes
Google, Apple And Facebook Are In The Clear. So Why The Angst?
Forbes
When Google reported its earnings last week eMarketer ran an article that showed howGoogle along with Facebook accounted for over 72% of the ...


Boston Globe
Google Glass Road Show coming to Boston
Boston Globe
Jessica Ridilla wears her Google Glass in the biology lab at Brandeis University, filming experiments with the attached camera on the high-tech ...

Chrome Beta for Android Update
Jason Kersey
The Chrome Team is excited to announce the beta release of Chrome 37 for Android. Chrome 37.0.2062.39 will be available in Google Play over the ...
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