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"Why Apple Pay Is the Highest-Rated Mobile P2P Payment Service: CR's test-based ratings focus on data privacy and security, and tell you how well the services work"
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"Consumer Reports finds Apple Pay Cash to be the best P2P payment platform" 9to5Mac 7:30 AM
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"Here's how Amazon's and Apple's new smart speakers stack up with consumers" Business Insider 8:10 AM
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"Apple tells lawmakers iPhones are not listening in on consumers" Reuters 8:56 PM
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"Tim Cook, Eddy Cue made conscious decision to drop Alex Jones podcasts but leave app alone" AppleInsider 11:22 AM
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"Apple CEO reportedly nixed Infowars podcasts, but kept now-surging app" VentureBeat 11:21 AM
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"Tim Cook and Eddy Cue met before pulling InfoWars podcasts, believe app not in violation" 9to5Mac 10:54 AM
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"Apple and Google haven't banned Infowars apps, and their downloads are booming" The Verge 1:21 PM
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"EU regulators to study need for action on common mobile phone charger" ["IPhone and Android users have long complained about using different chargers for their phones. In response to EU pressure, 14 companies including Apple, Samsung, Huawei and Nokia signed a voluntary memorandum of understanding (MoU) in 2009, agreeing to harmonise chargers for new models of smartphones coming into the market in 2011."] Reuters 7:53 AM
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"The EU's pushing for standardized phone chargers again" Digital Trends 7:54 AM
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"Pentagon bans use of geolocators on fitness trackers, smartphones" CNN 7:25 AM
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"Pentagon bans geolocation services on iPhones, Apple Watch used by military personnel" AppleInsider 7:25 AM
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"Adobe Is About to Make Apple's iPad More Exciting" Market Realist 10:52 AM
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"Apple Watch warns man about strange heartbeat, doctors find hole in his heart" BGR 8:01 AM
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"Apple to Develop Series Based on Min Jin Lee's 'Pachinko'" Variety 1:22 PM
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"Superintendent: NC K-3 teachers getting iPads" WRAL 1:22 PM
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"Apple CEO Tim Cook on Apple Music: 'We Worry About the Humanity Being Drained Out of Music'" MacRumors 2:14 PM
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"Tim Cook on Apple Music: Human curation is key, not 'bits-and-bytes'" 9to5Mac 4:02 PM
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"Apple Again Promotes Apple Pay Cash in New 'Just Text Them the Money' Ad" MacRumors 7:53 PM
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"Musicians only got 12% of the $43 billion the music industry generated in 2017, and it mostly came from touring" ["The report anticipates (and is likely to spur calls for more) 'organic forms of vertical integration' in the industry, where existing music providers like Spotify and Apple Music could 'organically morph into music labels,' allowing artists to capture more of their music's value by releasing their work directly with the services."] Business Insider 9:22 AM
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"Fortnite Has Picked a Favorite in the Battle Between Apple and Android" Bloomberg 8:27 AM
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"Twitter defends its decision to keep the Alex Jones conspiracy factory around" TechCrunch 9:01 PM
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"EU's top court backs copyright holder in landmark ruling: Users who publish content freely available on the internet should get consent from the person behind it, Europe's top court ruled on Tuesday in a boost to the bloc's creative industries." Reuters 3:55 PM
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"A new Palm smartphone is in the works, according to FCC documents" Mashable 2:12 PM
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"Hardly anyone is using Alexa to shop online, Amazon insiders claim" GearBrain 9:06 AM
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"Ajit Pai admits FCC lied about 'DDoS,' blames it on Obama administration: Former CIO 'provided inaccurate information' about comment outage, Pai says." Ars Technica 8:26 AM
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"Facebook denies asking banks for your financial details" BetaNews 7:35 AM
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"West Virginia to introduce mobile phone voting for midterm elections" CNNMoney 7:34 AM
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"Don't touch that link: Machine learning and the war on phishing/We can catch phishes before they're even cast—using real-time data and open source code." Ars Technica 7:24 AM
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"Macworld Podcast: Join us on Wednesday, Aug. 8, at 10 a.m. Pacific" Macworld 7:53 PM
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"9to5Mac Daily: August 7, 2018" 9to5Mac 3:15 PM
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"#253: Creepy Beating Heart/Most of us use Low Power mode on iOS occasionally, but one of us doesn't. Plus, how much we would pay for a calendar app, Microsoft walking back its decision to drop old Skype, and indie games we have played." Relay FM: Clockwise 2:10 PM
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"Facebook Wants Your Bank Account Data, TSMC's Chips Problem -TMO Daily Observations 2018-08-07" The Mac Observer 1:14 PM
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"Hidden My Game By Mom 3 continues the puzzle series's offbeat charm: An interview with the hap Inc. developer on how his games are inspired by manga" The Verge 8:53 AM
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"Let's Talk iOS 251: Fourteen months in a year" iDownload Blog 8:00 AM
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"AppStories, Episode 73 – Show Me Your Mac Menu Bar Apps" MacStories 7:32 AM
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