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Apple Has Acquired Faceshift, Maker Of Motion Capture Tech Used In Star Wars — As the market for virtual reality technology continues to grow, Apple has made an interesting acquisition that could further its role in the space. TechCrunch has confirmed that Apple has snapped up Faceshift …
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Some Zenefits salespeople in at least seven states have sold insurance without licenses, leading to a probe by regulator in Washington state — Startup Zenefits Under Scrutiny For Flouting Insurance Laws — The $4.5 billion startup allowed salespeople to act as insurance brokers …
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Sources: Apple reaches preliminary agreement with China UnionPay to use its network of over 5M NFC-enabled PoS devices, pending feedback from card-issuing banks — UnionPay, Apple Said to Reach Apple Pay Agreement for China — Mobile payment system may help UnionPay fend off competitors
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Fossil Q Founder Android Wear smartwatch available today from $275, with stainless steel band for additional $20; Fossil promises a full day's battery life — Fossil Q Founder Available Now: Taking On Tag In Smartwatch Fashion — Fossil is following Tag Heuer into the world of connected timepieces.| Google: |
Google lists top 10 domains with right to be forgotten requests, says Facebook, YouTube, Twitter most impacted — European privacy requests for search removals — In a May 2014 ruling, Google Spain v AEPD and Mario Costeja González, the Court of Justice of the European Union found …
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Google expects to launch Accelerated Mobile Pages, its version of Facebook's Instant Articles, early next year — Google says its version of Facebook's instant articles will arrive early next year — Last month Google introduced Accelerated Mobile Pages, its open-source program designed … | David Dayen / Salon: |
While under FTC scrutiny, Google donated $762K to George Mason University as it published favorable studies; GMU professor later became FTC commissioner — Google's insidious shadow lobbying: How the Internet giant is bankrolling friendly academics—and skirting federal investigations| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Tor launches its first crowdfunding campaign as it seeks to be less reliant on US government funds — With US government as top donor, Tor Project looks to crowdfunding — Following up on goals set earlier this year, the Tor Project launched its first crowdfunding project today to expand …
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Amazon Video, Microsoft OneDrive, and Google Drive for iOS update with 3D Touch support — Amazon Video, Microsoft OneDrive & Google Drive for iOS update with 3D Touch [u] — Amazon, Google, and Microsoft on Tuesday updated key iOS apps with support for 3D Touch on the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus …
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Bing Maps update adds road conditions from more than 35K cameras in 11 countries — Traffic Cameras in Bing Maps — Seeing is believing. Here at Bing Maps we know the value of traffic information, however, there is something to be said about being able to see the current road conditions.
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IBM makes its System ML machine learning software freely available to share and modify through the Apache Software Foundation — IBM Turns Up Heat Under Competition in Artificial Intelligence — Programmers of artificial intelligence software got a new tool to work with Monday …
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Jet.com lands $350M in funding led by Fidelity and says it has verbal agreements for another $150M, at a $1B pre-money valuation — Jet.com Lands $350 Million in Funding, With $150 Million More Coming — Jet.com has closed $350 million in new funding, and says it has verbal agreements for another $150 million.
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