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Apple agrees to refund $32.5M for unauthorized ‘in-app’ purchases
Parents who were shocked to be billed for in-app purchases made by their kids have been given a welcome reprieve by Apple, which has agreed to refund those purchases. According to reports, Apple has agreed to pay at least $32.5 million in refunds to parents who did not authorize their kids to make in-app purchases. ...
Get outta here! Internal Yahoo memo confirms Henrique De Castro’s gets the boot
When Marissa Mayer was appointed as Yahoo!’s new Chief Executive Officer, she was dead set on doing everything her way in order to revive the company’s flagging fortunes. Naturally, that included hiring new people – her own people – to help her turn things around. One of the most notable hires was Henrique De Castro, ...
Will FoodBots revolutionize the fast food industry?
Fast food should be fast, right? But we all know how the lines get so long during the lunch or dinner rush, and even if you opt for drive-thru, you could still wait quite a while to get your food. So what’s faster than fast food? Robots. That’s right. The automation trend has made its ...
Turning social data into cash : Real-time winning
The proliferation of mobile technology has left few without a social media presence, empowering individuals through personal and professional connections across the globe. It’s an inevitable aspect of our cultural revolution, and one the enterprise can no longer ignore. The past few years has softened the enterprise to social networking, even spurring organizations to better ...
Ford + Audi seek developers for smart cars, AT&T joins the race
This week’s SmartCar roundup features PubNub’s connected car effort, AT&T’s push into connected cars, and Audi’s Android tablet. PubNub enters connected car market with Ford PubNub, a company that specializes in real-time scaling and building of apps, has entered the connected car ecosystem with its ‘Real-Time Taxi’ app for the Ford AppLink platform. At ...
Chicago Sun-Times to experiment with Bitcoin Paywall
On February 1, 2014, something new will happen in the digital news world, and it’s good news for anyone who loves Bitcoin. The Chicago Sun-Times, with the collaboration of BitWall, will begin testing a Bitcoin paywall for its digitally published articles. On the said date, readers will either have to pay in Bitcoin or share ...
Facebook to launch ‘Paper’ news reader app later this month
Facebook is constantly reinventing its products and services to increase user engagement. Even though it’s not always the case, Facebook love to experiment with things it thinks might click with the masses. In line with this tradition of experimenting with new ideas to generate more ‘likes’ and interactions, Facebook is looking to make its News ...
CES 2014 aftermath : Quantified Self review
This week’s Quantified Self roundup features a device that lets you know when to wear sunscreen, a fitness tracker that makes sense of your data, and a new way to monitor your sleep patterns. June by Netatmo June is a piece of jewelry that can be worn as a brooch or a bracelet. It ...
Ultra HD porn is on the way: Up close and very, very personal
Is the resolution of your pornographic videos really that important? Or are you happy with those grainy old videos you typically view on XXX-rated sites, so long as you have something to get off on? One porn company believes that viewers will be happier watching ultra-high definition porn videos, in the belief that viewers will ...
OpenStack : Breaking into the Enterprise Forum this month
Some would call OpenStack the Linux of its day, empowering the likes of Dell, Hewlett Packard and many others to compete with hyperscale cloud providers now gaining traction. The open source sector is paving the way for public cloud offerings to survive the enterprise market, and OpenStack’s growing ecosystem remains a pivot point amidst this ...