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New York Times Apple Watch review hits, cites learning curve, useful aspects and ability to filter information and notifications

The New York Times has come out the door swinging with one of the very first Apple Watch reviews. The piece, penned by Farhad Manjoo, focuses on what works with the watch, what doesn’t and what needs improvement. It also makes some fairly salient points in that it cites the author’s initial hesitancy about the […]

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Appreviewtimes.com provides crowdsourced estimate of iOS, Mac App Store review times

If you’re a developer, this is pretty interesting. Shiny Development’s recently-launched appreviewtimes.com has begun tracking review times for both the iOS and Mac App Store using data crowdsourced from iOS and Mac developers. While the site’s data is not official Apple data and is based on anecdotal data gathered from people posting their latest review […]

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Chevron to integrate Apple Pay at the pump in 2015

Chevron will expand Apple Pay support from inside its convenience stores to the pump, allowing drivers to refill and pay with their iPhone or Apple Watch. According to AppleInsider, Apple is working directly with Chevron, the gas company revealed via Twitter Monday afternoon, to bring Apple Pay support. The company hopes to have its systems […]

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Oracle purchases Datalogix for undisclosed sum, taps new vein of marketing data and analysis

It never hurts to buy an enormous data tracking and processing company. On Tuesday, Oracle announced that it had acquired Datalogix for an undisclosed amount of money. Datalogix, in turn, tracks purchases from no less that 110 million households (both online and offline) and provides aggregate and insight information on over US$2 trillion in consumer […]

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Twitter to beef up reporting, blocking features

You’re about to get more controls for your Twitter account. Last Tuesday, Twitter issued a blog post stating that the company would be enhancing its in-product harassment reporting and making improvements to “block.” Everything that happens in the world, happens on Twitter – to the tune of more than 500 million Tweets every day. That […]