Techmeme: Apple confirms iPhone 6 NFC chip is only for Apple Pay at launch (Buster Hein/Cult of Mac)
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& && Apple finally added NFC to the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, but if you were hoping the company's new NFC chip will allow you to pair speakers or integrated NFC tags into your favorite apps, however you won't be able &
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& && The $3.2 Billion Man: Can Google's Newest Star Outsmart Apple?& && Google is betting big on Nest CEO Tony Fadell, who helped invent the iPod and iPhone.& Here, a look inside his design revolution.
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& && Misfit Wearables Launches The Flash, A More Affordable Fitness And Sleep Tracker& && Misfit Wearables, which has sold roughly 600,000 metallic, quarter-sized activity trackers or Shines, has launched a more affordable fitness wearable called the Flash.
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& && &We the people want our money safer than our selfies.&& PayPal goes after Apple in a full page NYT ad& && As the rumors of an Apple payments platform swirled leading up to last week's keynote &
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& && The popular show NCIS is one of several shows that CBS was sued over.& && CBS& && A jury in Marshall, Texas found the infamous &podcasting patent& was infringed by CBS's website today and said that the TV network &
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& && Amazon Tops List of Google's 25 Biggest Search Advertisers& && Online Retail Giant Spent $158M on Search Ads in 2013& && One of Google's emerging rivals for online ad dollars is also its biggest search-ad buyer.
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& && Apple's privacy and security measures have been under a microscope for the past month, first with a targeted attack on celebrities that led to leaked nude photos, and now on Apple's own systems as the company gears &
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& && Microsoft creates a keyboard for iOS and Android tablets& && Microsoft has created a keyboard designed for iOS, Android, and Windows tablets.
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& && Especially in boom times, Stanford has a reputation for being a channel for ambitious young techies to plug themselves into Silicon Valley, sometimes in lieu of academics.& && Now it's coming true, literally.
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& && Grid paper, lined paper, and even smartphone templates& && &What is your favorite PowerPoint template?&& FiftyThree CEO Georg Petschnigg wants to know.& && It's a surprisingly pertinent question.
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& && The closing of the funding round ends a momentous summer for the container management startup in which companies like Google, Microsoft and VMware have all pledged support and a bunch of startups have sprung up to take advantage of the Docker platform.
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& && Your Amazon Account Can be Hacked via a Kindle eBook& && Amazon might not have a security issue at Audible but they do have one on their main website.& && A security researcher has reported &
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& && Above: Servers at Fastly's point of presence in Frankfurt.& && Fastly, a startup looking to challenge the biggest companies in the business of distributing content around the world for quick online access, has brought on $40 million in fresh money.
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& && A federal appeals court on Tuesday threw out a jury order requiring Apple to pay VirnetX Holding Corp $368.2 million in damages for infringing four patents concerning technology for providing security over the Internet.
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& && Apple Watch Privacy Questioned by Connecticut AG Jepsen& && Apple Inc. (AAPL) faces questions by Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen over privacy protections for users &
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& && Some big shareholder shifts at Vkontake, the social network with 92 million monthly active users that's often described as Russia's Facebook and has been embroiled in political controversies that resulted in the ousting of its founder, Pavel Durov.
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& && Quidsi Co-Founder Raises An Additional $20M For A New E-Commerce Biz& && In less than a year after leaving Amazon, Quidsi co-founder Marc Lore began work on a new startup .
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& && Clear Channel Renames Itself iHeartMedia, in an Embrace of the Digital& && When it was introduced by Clear Channel Communications in 2008, the iHeartRadio app had a humble job as an online outlet for the radio giant's 800-plus stations.
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& && IBM Watson Data Analysis Service Revealed& && IBM Watson Analytics cloud service aims to simplify data-driven decision making.& Can cognitive computing get around decades-old complications?
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& && How Silicon Valley sees Alibaba& && Wall Street is seeing green this week regarding the Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba.& It hopes to raise more than $20 billion.
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