Google will retire its Checkout payment processing tool on Nov. 20, and warned retailers they will need to move to a different payment processing platform. Checkout, which launched in 2006, was merged with Wallet, which is a mobile ...
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Samsung will soon release its first Android tablet based on an Intel Atom processor, according to a source familiar with the plan, in what would be a vote of confidence for Intel chips in mobile devices. The tablet, a Galaxy Tab 3, will ...
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The Red Cross is using apps to help warn people about potential weather calamities. One of its more popular efforts is its new Tornado app. The app, which by last week had 270,000 downloads, was seeing a spike in downloads as a result of ...
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After being accused of a lack of transparency by an independent watchdog, the European Privacy Association (EPA) has confirmed that Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are backers. The Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO), which works to expose ...
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Eight members of Congress have written an open letter to Google CEO Larry Page that outlines privacy concerns about the Internet vendor's computerized eyeglasses, Google Glass. In the letter, the Congressional Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus ...
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Samsung will host a US$800,000 contest for developers that build apps for the Galaxy S4 using the company's peer-to-peer software interface. The South Korean company said Monday entrants in its "Smart App Challenge 2013" must make use of ...
With Bitcoin all the rage and startups popping up left and right, it's hard to know who's an expert in the virtual currency and who just has an opinion. Most people would put Jeff Garzik in the former camp. A Bitcoin core developer for ...
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China's remarkable success at infiltrating U.S. government, military and corporate networks in recent years shouldn't be seen as a sign that the country is gaining on the U.S. lead in cybertechnology expertise. State-sponsored hacking ...
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Troy had a garage full of bikes, 20 years' experience wrenching, a daughter getting braces soon—and an itch to try a lightweight carbon 29er hardtail.? So when the 41-year-old from the Pacific Northwest—who asked that his last ...
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Samsung's mobile division seems to have let another device slip through the spoiler net, with a new leak revealing what appears to be an 8-inch variant of the Galaxy Tab. If confirmed, the new model will sit alongside Samsung's existing ...
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Apple has been accused of being one of the largest tax avoiders in the US, by a powerful committee of US senators. The company's chief executive, Tim Cook, CFO Peter Oppenheimer, and head of tax operations, Philip Bullock, will appear ...
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Amazon has received security clearance from the United States government, a move which will make it easier for federal agencies to use cloud computing services. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is certified to provide cloud services for branches ...
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Google has announced the closure of Google Checkout, the online payment system used by small merchants, with users being given until 20 November to migrate to an alternative. Instead, Google will focus on Google Wallet, "a platform that ...
REINVIGORATED technology player Yahoo has unveiled a dusted-off design of Flickr that offers users 1 Terrabyte of free photo storage only hours after the company's dramatic acquisition of blogging site Tumblr. Yahoo chief executive ...
So Google Glass is finally in the hands of the public and we're pounded daily with commentary about how it's the death of privacy, looks lame, and is rife with potential exploits. All possibly true. What if your company required every ...
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