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AppleCare+ for Apple Watch: $999 for Edition, $79 for Watch, $59 for Sport — To go along with the premium $10,000 and up pricing of the 18-karat gold Apple Watch Edition, Apple will charge up to $999 for the Apple Watch Edition's AppleCare+ Protection Plan, 9to5Mac has learned.
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Microsoft's future browsers will not enable Do Not Track as the default setting, in a reversal of the company's policy with Internet Explorer 10 — An update on Microsoft's approach to Do Not Track — As industry standards evolve, how we implement those standards evolve as well.
| Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Shyp Is Raising $50 Million At A $250 Million Valuation — TechCrunch is hearing from several sources that on-demand shipping startup Shyp is raising around $50 million at a valuation of $250 million. — According to one of our sources, Kleiner Perkins may be leading the funding round.| Martin Beck / Marketing Land: |
Report: ad spending on social networks grew 41% globally to $15.3B in 2014; Facebook accounted for $11.4B; Global MAUs for social networks reached 2B in 2014 — Facebook Accounted For 75% Of Social Ad Spending Globally In 2014 — The global social advertising market grew 41% to $15.3 billion in 2014 … | Eric Johnson / Re/code: |
Gondola's dynamic pricing engine intelligently changes the price of game in-app purchases to maximize revenue — What Can the Video Game Business Learn From Airlines and Uber? — When you make a purchase in a free-to-play video game like Candy Crush Saga or Clash of Clans …
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| Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post: |
A year after firestorm, DHS wants access to license-plate tracking system — The Department of Homeland Security is seeking bids from companies able to provide law enforcement officials with access to a national license-plate tracking system — a year after canceling a similar solicitation over privacy issues.
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| Sarah Buhr / TechCrunch: |
Former Motionloft CEO Jon Mills Sentenced To 24 Months In Prison For Wire Fraud — Founder and former Motionloft CEO Jon Mills has been found guilty on two counts of wire fraud, and ordered to serve 24 months in jail. In addition, he was ordered to pay $6,000 in fines and to pay restitution to his victims in the amount of $572,039.
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| Andy / TorrentFreak: |
EMI granted summary judgement in Grooveshark copyright case, forcing proactive anti-piracy policy — Grooveshark Publishes Proactive Anti-Piracy Policy — Throughout Grooveshark's history the company has come to rely on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
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| Lora Kolodny / Wall Street Journal: |
Ticket marketplace SeatGeek raises $62M Series C led by Technology Crossover Ventures — SeatGeek Scores $62 Million for Its Ticket-Selling App … Mobile marketplaces are a hot ticket for venture investors these days, and SeatGeek Inc. is the latest to raise a significant round …
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Sling rebrands DishWorld as Sling International, offering 200 channels in 18 languages to US customers, starting at $15 per month — Dish Rebrands DishWorld as ‘Sling International’ Over-the-Top Service — Dish Network, the No. 2 satellite TV service in the U.S., announced that DishWorld … | Dustin Volz / National Journal: |
Senator Al Franken writes letter to FBI Director Comey, asking for details of agency's legal methods and roadblocks to combat revenge porn — Al Franken Urges FBI to Crackdown on Revenge Porn — “New technologies can pose significant threats if bad actors are not held accountable to our nation's laws,” Franken said.
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Microsoft updates Sway to allow multiple people to edit documents simultaneously — Sway is now collaborative—create and edit together with others! — When we announced Sway, we knew that people would want to work on standout class projects, eye-catching business reports …
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