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March 3, 2016

Apple launches support page on Twitter, instantly gets 50k followers

This post was originally published on this site An Apple logo is seen at the Apple store in Munich, Germany, January 27, 2016. Reuters/Michaela Rehle Apple Inc launched a new Twitter account on Thursday dedicated to customer support, a move that expanded the company’s social media presence and prompted immediate reaction from users complaining about their devices. The Cupertino, Calif.-based maker of phones, computers and watches said in a tweet under the handle @applesupport that it would provide tips and tricks to users online. The new account prompted immediate cheers on Twitter. One fan was Jack Dorsey (@jack), chief executive […]
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March 3, 2016

Yahoo exploring sale of $1 billion-$3 billion in ‘non-core assets’: CFO

This post was originally published on this site A Yahoo logo is pictured in front of a building in Rolle, 30 km (19 miles) east of Geneva, in this file picture taken December 12, 2012. Reuters/Denis Balibouse Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) is exploring the sale of $1 billion to $3 billion of patents, property and other “non-core assets,” its chief financial officer said on Thursday. Yahoo CFO Ken Goldman told the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference that a committee created to explore alternatives to the company’s plan to spin off its core business is looking at quick sales of […]
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March 3, 2016

Google Fiber’s video subscriber growth surges 79 percent in 2015

This post was originally published on this site A technician gets cabling out of his truck to install Google Fiber in a residential home in Provo, Utah, January 2, 2014. Reuters/George Frey Alphabet Inc’s much-talked about high-speed internet service, Google Fiber, had 53,000 video subscribers as of December end, up 79 percent from a year earlier, brokerage MoffettNathanson said, citing numbers from the U.S. Copyright Office. Google has been expanding the service, which promises Internet speeds of up to 1,000 megabits per second, in several cities in the United States. “If there is a surprise here, it is perhaps that […]
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March 3, 2016

Amazon drops encryption feature in Fire tablet software

This post was originally published on this site Employees of Amazon India are seen behind a glass bearing the company’s logo inside its office in Bengaluru, India, August 14, 2015. Reuters/Abhishek N. Chinnappa Amazon.com Inc has quietly dropped support for disk encryption on its Fire tablets, saying the feature that secures devices by scrambling data was not popular with customers. Privacy advocates and some users criticized the move, which came to light on Thursday even as Apple Inc was waging an unprecedented legal battle over U.S. government demands that the iPhone maker help unlock an encrypted phone used by San […]
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