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Nov 2, 2014

TECHNOLOGY News, Nov 02, 2014

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New York Times

Technology|Apple Chief Tim Cook's Coming Out: 'This Will Resonate'
Tim Cook, at his induction into Alabama Academy of Honor, challenged his home state to do more to ensure citizens' equal rights. Credit Brynn Anderson/Associated Press. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story. Common Sense.
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USA TODAY

Microsoft watch beats Apple to market
Investors will watch the clock Thursday as Microsoft (MSFT) is launching its smartwatch, beating Apple (AAPL) to the market for the critical holiday season. A Microsoft-branded smartwatch has been rumored for months — but the company Wednesday ...
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New York Times

FCC Considering Hybrid Regulatory Approach to Net Neutrality
The future of protecting an open Internet has been the subject of fierce debate, and potential changes to the rules by the Federal Communications Commission could impact your online experience. Video by Natalia V. Osipova and Carrie Halperin on Publish ...
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KGMI

FCC's Wheeler said to mull hybrid approach to net neutrality
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission appears set to reclassify broadband so that it comes under the agency's authority, but without explicitly prohibiting special access deals between broadband and content companies, according to a news report.
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New York Times

Looking for a Design Behind Amazon's Devices
Amazon introduces new gadgets the way a guerrilla army prepares for attack: unsteadily at first, and then with unexpected ferocity. The company usually begins by putting out feelers to test the market. In 2007, it started selling its first e-reader, the Kindle, ...
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USA TODAY

Cook's declaration that he's gay is part of his 'empathetic' Apple mission
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple's Tim Cook is the first publicly gay CEO of a Fortune 500 company. Amid the din of applause, one might also ask: What took so long? Public confirmations of sexuality have increased in Hollywood, and have started to appear in the ...
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Wall Street Journal

Apple CEO Says He's 'Proud to Be Gay'
Will Apple CEO Tim Cook's announcement that he's gay prove a tipping point for Wall Street? Yale University's Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and WSJ's Tanya Rivero discuss. Photo: AP. By. Rachel Feintzeig and. Rachel Feintzeig. The Wall Street Journal. CANCEL.
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Gigamon says it can analyze attacker SSL traffic without hitting performance
Encrypting data traffic is mandatory for safeguarding information. But when attackers use encryption to mask their activity, it can be hard for enterprises to figure out what they're stealing. Gigamon, based in Santa Clara, California, says it has developed a ...
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Guns.com

Startup arms cops with Internet-connected 'smart' guns
Yardarm Technologies, based in Capitola, California, has built a telemetry sensor for guns that's being tested by local police departments in Santa Cruz, California, and in Carrollton, Texas. The 9-millimeter bullet-sized sensor fits into the handgrip of a gun and ...
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New York Times

Microsoft Jumps Into the Growing Market for Wearable Fitness Technology
REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft has a place on desks, in living rooms and pockets. Now, like many other big technology companies, Microsoft believes it belongs on wrists. The company has created a wrist-worn fitness device, Microsoft Band, and a related ...
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New York Magazine

Major banks ready their own mobile payment apps
Several major national and international banks are planning to launch their own mobile payments apps next year. The banks would be major competitors to handset makers Apple and Google because unlike others pushing mobile wallet technology, such as ...
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The Malay Mail Online

Air-Bag Maker in Global Crisis Used Unusual Explosive
The emerging crisis over air bags traces back to a little-known Japanese company that for over 20 years has supplied the safety devices to automakers including Toyota Motor Corp. (7203), Honda Motor Co. and General Motors Co. Air bags made by Takata ...
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TIME

Cook: 'Proud to be gay'
CUPERTINO -- Apple CEO Tim Cook says he is not an activist. But by coming forward as the first publicly gay CEO of a Fortune 500 company, he will have a profound impact on corporate culture and the gay community's place in it, advocates for gay rights say ...
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BBC News

Zoe Quinn: GamerGate must be condemned
Games publishers and industry figures must "stand-up and condemn" the movement referred to as "GamerGate", developer Zoe Quinn has told the BBC. Ms Quinn has been at the centre of a furore which some argue is about ethics in journalism, but others ...
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New York Times

China's Xiaomi defends itself from Apple copycat claims
Michael Kan covers IT, telecommunications, and the Internet in China for the IDG News Service. More by Michael Kan. Facing claims that the company lifts too much from Apple, Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi defended its design philosophy and said the ...
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USA TODAY

Reliability survey: Infotainment 'plagues' new cars
Consumer Reports says infotainment systems appear to be the most troublesome feature in 2014 vehicles. In fact, it considers them a "growing first-year reliability plague," referring to models in the first year after introduction or a redesign. That conclusion is ...
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AnandTech

ARM to bring 4K to smartphones, tablets with new GPUs
ARM, whose processors are used in most mobile devices today, is supercharging its latest Mali graphics technology to bring 4K graphics to tablets and smartphones, while also extending device battery life. It's becoming important for mobile devices to have ...
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Reuters

Wal-Mart and allies in face-off with Apple Pay over mobile payments
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Suddenly it's Apple versus Wal-Mart in the fight for shoppers' digital wallets. With the development of a new mobile payment system, a group of retailers led by Wal-Mart Stores (WMT.N) is aiming to upend the $4.5 trillion credit card ...
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USA TODAY

Apple's Cook says Apple Pay already huge hit
LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. — Apple CEO Tim Cook says more than 1 million people have already activated their credit cards with his new mobile payments systems, Apple Pay, making it a massive hit. "We've been told by MasterCard and Visa that if you ...
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USA TODAY

Apple CEO Tim Cook Happy With New Apple Pay Service
Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook at the WSJD Live Global Technology Conference in Laguna Beach, California, on Monday. Reuters. By. Daisuke Wakabayashi. Daisuke Wakabayashi. The Wall Street Journal. CANCEL. BiographyDaisuke Wakabayashi ...
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Wall Street Journal

New Furor Erupts Over Air Bag Recalls
AutoNation CEO Michael Jackson halted sales of all vehicles with affected air bags and called for regulators to get control of the situation. ASSOCIATED PRESS. By. Christina Rogers and. Joseph B. White. Joseph B. White. The Wall Street Journal. CANCEL.
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Mashable

The FCC Wants to Let Aereo Become a Cable Service
As it prepared to face the Supreme Court, Aereo argued that its streaming television service was fundamentally different from cable TV, and therefore it shouldn't have to pay broadcasters to transmit their content over the Internet. The court rejected that ...
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Businessweek

Apple Pay Tussle Presages Long Fight Over Mobile Payments
The Apple Pay logo is displayed in a mobile kiosk sponsored by Visa and Wells Fargo to demonstrate the new Apple Pay mobile payment system on Oct. 20, 2014 in San Francisco City. Photographer: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. The decision by CVS Health ...
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ZDNet

The Google shakeup continues: Andy Rubin is out
Android chief Andy Rubin with Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin at the 2008 introduction of the Google G1, the first Android phone. Credit: Reuters. After driving Android to great popularity, Rubin last year took over Google's robotics efforts.
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Mashable

Twitter keeps alive Twitpic domain and photo archive
Twitter will keep alive the domain and photo archive of Twitpic, which was set to shut down on Saturday, the failed image-sharing website said. The deal gives users continued access to their photos and other data on Twitpic, but it isn't clear for how long.
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Good E-Reader

Surface versus iPad: A tale of two tablets?
It's a neat juxtaposition for sure: earlier in the week Apple's fourth-quarter 2014 results showed that iPad sales sliding: 12.3 million sold, down from 14.1 million from the same period a year ago and in $5.3bn in revenue, down from $6.2bn — a decline of 13 ...
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Christian Science Monitor

Retailers' Apple Pay competitor exposed customers' email addresses before ...
Retailers' attempt to offer a competitor to Apple Pay and other contactless payments systems is off to a rough start: The email addresses of beta testers and customers who expressed interest in the system have been accessed before the offering makes its ...
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Shacknews

Alienware Graphics Amplifier Gives Gaming a Boost
Alienware's portable gaming laptop is getting some serious desktop-grade muscle this holiday season. The upcoming Alienware 13 is a potent gaming system in its own right, but Alienware is now offering extra graphics muscle by way of an external graphics ...
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New York Times

2 Drug Chains Disable Apple Pay, as a Rival Makes Plans
A demonstration of Apple Pay on its first day last week. Over the weekend, Rite Aid and CVS disabled the system in their stores. Credit Bryan Thomas/Getty Images. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main ...
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Vanity Fair

Bing lets you dig behind the smiley face with emoji search
Bing now supports searches with emoji, meaning you can insert or paste a range of emoji icons like hearts, smiley faces, food graphics, or any combination thereof, for some interesting, though not always useful, results. It's a novelty feature, yes, but still fun.
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Fort Leavenworth Lamp

Apple Pay isn't magic, and it isn't 'private'
"With Apple Pay, you can use iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus to pay in an easy, secure, and private way," begins the Apple Pay security and privacy overview. Well, sort of. It depends on what you mean by "private". As with any commercial product, the brochure ...
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USA TODAY

T-Mobile Sacrifices Profit for 1.4 Million New Customers
T-Mobile US Inc. (TMUS:US) added more customers than analysts estimated and boosted its subscriber forecast for the year, as it continues to challenge rivals with cheaper plans that are putting a dent in industry profits. The fourth-largest U.S. wireless carrier ...
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Kansas City Star

FTC sues AT&T over unlimited data plans
For millions of AT&T Inc. wireless customers, unlimited data plans come with a catch, federal regulators said: slower Internet speeds for browsing, video streaming and other Web page loading after reaching a ceiling. In its first lawsuit addressing so-called ...
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Moneycontrol.com

Samsung eyes cheaper smartphones as profit slumps
Samsung plans to focus on cheaper smartphones and flexible displays for high-end phones after its third-quarter profit plummeted by nearly 50 percent amid intense competition from Chinese rivals making low-cost handsets. The low-end smartphone market ...
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MiamiHerald.com

Apple Pay Runs Afoul of a Rival
One week after its debut, Apple's new mobile wallet is showing promise with consumers. Apple's rivals in the payments industry, meanwhile, are scrambling to prevent it from being too successful. Even before Apple Pay was announced, a coalition of retailers ...
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Reuters

US sues AT&T over alleged 'data throttling' on phone plans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government sued AT&T Inc (T.N) on Tuesday, alleging the No. 2 U.S. wireless carrier sold consumers unlimited data plans but would reduce their Internet speeds once they exceeded a certain amount of data. The Federal ...
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ZDNet

Google confirms Android co-founder Andy Rubin's departure
As Sundar Pichai finds himself up on the way up the escalator at Google, it appears the former head of his department is on his way out of the company altogether. Read this. In just three years, Android has crushed the smartphone competition · Android ...
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USA TODAY

CVS follows Rite-Aid, shuts off Apple Pay
Last Thursday drug store chain Rite Aid Inc. (RAD) reportedly stopped accepting payments made through the just launched Apple Pay system from Apple (AAPL). On Saturday, CVS Health (CVS) was reported to have followed suit at its CVS pharmacy stores.
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CNET

FCC mulls regulating Internet video like cable, satellite TV
Proposed rule change would guarantee that so-called "over-the-top" Net services have access to the same sort of premium programming the other systems enjoy. by Steven Musil · @stevenmusil; October 28, 2014 5:16 PM PDT. comments. 0. facebook. twitter.
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New York Daily News

Apple Pay saw 1 million activations in first three days
Apple's new contactless payment system on the iPhone 6 saw 1 million activations in its first three days of use, pointing to an initially enthusiastic response from Apple users. The number was revealed by Apple CEO Tim Cook during an on-stage interview late ...
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Wall Street Journal

Amazon Discloses More Diverse Workforce Than Silicon Valley's
Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN:US) said women make up 37 percent of its total global staff and 25 percent of its managers, showing a more diverse workforce than many Silicon Valley technology companies. Of the online retailer's U.S. workforce, 15 percent are ...
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CNET

Lenovo's 13-inch Yoga Tablet 2 adds a Quad-HD display and Windows 8.1
Lenovo is adding yet another Yoga Tablet to its roster, this time in the form of a 13-inch device that runs Windows 8.1. The new device sports the same bulging cylindrical edge as the 8- and 10-inch Android and Windows 8.1 models we saw earlier this month, ...
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Fort Leavenworth Lamp

Apple Pay leaves out several store-branded credit cards
Macy's, Bloomingdale's and Toys R Us, were among the first retailers to accept Apple's new payment system last week, letting some customers check out by flashing their new iPhones near a reader at the register. But Apple Pay left out a large chunk of the ...
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USA TODAY

Walmart game for used game sales and 'Call of Duty' launch
Walmart is pushing the start button on expanded used video game sales and special events for the launch of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. The nation's largest retailer is now selling certified pre-owned video games at 1,700 of its nearly 5,000 U.S. stores.
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Fox News

Elon Musk says 'we are summoning the demon' with artificial intelligence
FILE 2014: Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors, says artificial intelligence probably the biggest threat to human existence. (Reuters). Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla and founder of SpaceX, said Friday that artificial intelligence is probably the biggest ...
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gulfnews.com

Wal-Mart to sell new Call of Duty game early
Wal-Mart will announce Tuesday that it has started selling the used games it's been buying back from the public and that it will sell the new Call of Duty game a day early. Both Wal-Mart and GameStop will be selling Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare 24 hours ...
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SFGate

NYC mayor draws on stint as a Little League boss
NEW YORK (AP) — As mayor of the nation's largest city, Bill de Blasio has become accustomed to making tough decisions and moving on. But there's one decision he made a decade ago that he can't get out of his mind: As a Little League manager, he kept a ...
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MiamiHerald.com

Alibaba, Apple talk up possible alliance in mobile payment
Apple's love fest with China may further extend to include Alibaba, following suggestions from both companies that a tieup in mobile payment could be a possibility. Latest news on Asia. Too many CXO cooks spoiling the IT soup · Microsoft ups cloud ante with ...
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New York Daily News

CVS joins Rite Aid in refusing NFC payments
Martyn Williams covers mobile telecommunications, Silicon Valley, and general technology breaking news for the IDG News Service, and is based in San Francisco. More by Martyn Williams. It's been around only a week, but Apple Pay is already making ...
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Livemint

Takata, Carmakers Face US Lawsuits Over Faulty Air Bags
Takata Corp. and carmakers that install the company's air bags were sued by U.S. drivers over claims they were duped into buying unsafe vehicles following the recall of almost 8 million cars from 10 automakers. Buyers or leasers of Honda Motor Co. (7267) ...
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