There aren't many details on what was discussed, but it's apparently just one of a series of meetings the Obama administration has held recently with tech industry representatives about privacy and surveillance.…
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Why wearable computers will need advances in notification technology to thrive
App makers say wearable computers will be just one of many screens we'll use. And that means in the future they'll be designing for the person, not a particular screen.…
Read MoreVevo developing Apple TV app for 24-7 music video channel
http://adage.com/article/digital/vevo-developing-apple-tv-app-24-7-music-video-channel/243549/ After recently adding on-demand sports (WatchESPN) and premium cable (HBOGo), Apple(s AAPL) is reportedly going to get a 24-hour-a-day music video…
Read MoreApple’s move away from Samsung for chips should boost foundry fortunes
With Apple's deal for buying chips from TSMC, the revenue for the chip foundry market is expected rise 21 percent by the end of this year. The overall semiconductor market is expected to grow just 5 percent.…
Read MoreiTunes Movies in the Cloud to go live in 8 new countries
More than a year after iTunes Movies in the Cloud rolled out in the U.S., Apple(s AAPL) is continuing to expand the…
Read MoreEven as Apple sells more iPhones, its share of smartphone market falls
Still, Apple easily remained No. 2 behind the ever-growing market for Android smartphones, according to IDC's Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker…
Read More500px photo-sharing service scoops up $8.8M to expand into commercial licensing
500px's CEO says the company needs the investment to hire more people and build an entirely new 500px product: a commercial licensing platform to help photographers license their images for commercial use.…
Read MoreWant your app on the Kindle Fire? Amazon’s Appstore now accepting web apps
Developers can submit their HTML5 apps directly to Amazon and incorporate in-app purchase and other Amazon services. These apps will be sold alongside Android apps in the Amazon Appstore.…
Read MoreFor mobile payments, women use Starbucks app, college kids use Venmo (chart)
Paying with a phone has a long way to go with mobile users. Onavo Insights shared some data it gathered from users of its app over the past year to give a picture of how the biggest mobile payment apps are doing.…
Read MorePhilips to debut two new Hue connected lighting products this week
The Bloom will cost $80, the LightStrips $90, according to Engadget, who also reports that the new lights will join the original Hue bulb on Apple Store shelves starting this Thursday.…
Read MoreApple to start trade-in program for third-party mobile power adapters
Apple(s AAPL) on Monday said it would begin a new trade-in program to offer customers who owned iPhone, iPad and iPod power…
Read MoreWhy is it so hard to pick just one weather app lately? Better design and more data
Smartphone sensors, readily available feeds of weather data are increasingly good data visualizations are resulting in more and better mobile weather apps. Here are a few to check out for iOS.…
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