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Apple, HBO in talks to bring HBO Now service to Apple TV

HBO could enter the partnership it wants with Apple. HBO is in talks with Apple to make Apple TV one of the launch partners for its highly anticipated streaming service when it debuts next month. HBO and streaming partner Major League Baseball Advanced Media are working to have the standalone service, called “HBO Now,” ready […]

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AT&T admits to testing “unique tracker” on smartphones, offers opt-out option

This isn’t the best news. According to Forbes, wireless carriers Verizon and AT&T have ceded that they’re tagging their customers with unique codes that are visible to third parties, making smartphone users far easier to track on the Web than they’ve ever been before, targeted advertising being that much easier to create as a result […]

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Suppliers hint at iWatch components, Apple’s interest in the wearable biometric device field

There may be some more concrete proof as to an iWatch this October. Per Nikkei Asian Review, Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering, announced the company’s entry into health-monitoring services at the annual Apple Worldwide Developers Conference on Thursday. Over at its Worldwide Developers Conference event, Apple said that this autumn bring […]

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Is peace on the horizon for smartphone rivals?

I’m not holding my breath that the Apple vs. Samsung patent war will end any time soon, but perhaps there is hope that one day in the future, we won’t have to read any more posts or articles about the never-ending ruling appeals filed by Apple or Samsung, or at least not as many. As […]

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California kills smartphone ‘kill switch’ bill

Back in February, State Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) and San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon introduced a bill that would mandate the inclusion of a “kill switch” in phones sold in the state of California. If approved, the anti-theft feature would have been required to be preloaded and automatically enabled on all smartphones sold after January 1, 2015, leaving the […]