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Walgreens Planning for October 18 Apple Pay Launch — An internal memo addressed to Walgreens employees designed to prepare them for the upcoming launch of Apple Pay suggests that Apple's new payments service might be going live on Saturday, October 18. — A Saturday launch is unusual … | Eric Enge / Stone Temple Consulting: |
Google Now comes way ahead of Siri and Cortana in a 3K+ voice knowledge-query test — The Great Knowledge Box Showdown: Google Now vs. Siri vs. Cortana — Google's Knowledge Graph has been the center of much attention lately. We have been hearing a lot about another concept called the Knowledge Vault as well.| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Google trial lets you chat with doctors when you search for symptoms — Searching the web for symptoms of illness can be dangerous — you could identify a real condition, but you also risk scaring yourself for no reason through a misdiagnosis. Google might have a solution that puts your mind at ease, though.| Stephen Totilo / Kotaku: |
A woman game developer critical of #GamerGate flees home after death threats — Another Woman In Gaming Flees Home Following Death Threats — Game developer Brianna Wu fled her home last night, following what is becoming a distressingly frequent case of women in the gaming scene expressing fears …
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Patent trolling pays: Since 2010, trolls have made 3 times as much money in court as real companies — Two charts show how, even though patent trolls have lost recent battles, they are still winning the war. — Who deserves more money from a jury: a company that uses its patents to sue a competitor using its technology?
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Even with dynamic pricing, a ride-sharing app will usually beat taxis on price in SF, LA, NYC — It Pays to Compare — A few weeks ago we built What's The Fare as a personal side project because it was frustrating to switch between multiple apps to check current pricing and to estimate fares.
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Samsung US offers two-year coverage against failure, accidental damage to Galaxy S4/5, Note 3/4, starting at $99 — Samsung USA introduces Protection Plus Mobile Elite for Galaxy S, Galaxy Note devices — Samsung has announced a new warranty program for Americans that will protect their devices from any untoward damages.| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
3.8M Raspberry Pis sold to date — Raspberry Pi Microcomputer Still Selling Like Hot Cakes — The UK designed Raspberry Pi microcomputer, which has triggered all sorts of creative single board computing projects — most recently being repurposed as the heart of a DIY computer designed … | Glenn Peoples / Billboard: |
Rdio parent Pulser Media sold $108M worth of equity, warrants or options in cash and non-cash transactions over the last 13 months — Rdio Gets $108 Million in Equity Over 2 Years According to New Filings — Pulser Media, the parent company of Rdio, sold equity, warrants or options worth $108 million …
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Citizenfour, Laura Poitras' documentary about Snowden, confirms a second leaker — Citizenfour review - Poitras' victorious film shows Snowden vindicated — Laura Poitras' documentary disentangles NSA surveillance and plots the story of Edward Snowden in Hong Kong and Moscow — Edward Snowden in Moscow.
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Comedy club in Barcelona is experimenting with facial recognition to charge per laugh — Comedy club charges per laugh with facial recognition — A comedy club in Barcelona is experimenting with charging users per laugh, using facial-recognition technology to track how much they enjoyed the show.
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Microsoft's Android Wear keyboard lets you draw letters on your smartwatch — Microsoft was quick to back Android Wear last month with the release of a new OneNote app, and the company is continuing to support Google's smartwatches today with a new keyboard.Sponsor Posts
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