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Month: July 2018

Four million people are using Apple’s OS betas

Greg Kumparak

Four million people are using Apple’s OS betas For the past few years, Apple has made early versions of its operating systems available to those willing to brave the bugs. Through its beta software program, anyone willing to deal with spotty battery life or a crash or three could load up pre-release builds of iOS, macOS, watchOS or tvOS. Ever wonder how many actually take advantage of it? According to Tim Cook on today’s earnings call, more than four million people are currently running on the betas. Alas, that’s as…

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Apple Pay is finally coming to CVS and 7-Eleven, and will soon expand to Germany

Sarah Perez

Apple Pay is finally coming to CVS and 7-Eleven, and will soon expand to Germany Longtime Apple Pay holdout CVS will finally be adding support for Apple’s mobile payments platform this fall, along with 7-Eleven, Apple CEO Tim Cook said this afternoon on the company’s earnings call. The news is particularly notable because CVS was one of the first major retailers to snub Apple Pay, choosing instead to launch its own barcode-based mobile payments solution “CVS Pay” back in 2016, following the failure of the retailer-backed Apple Pay rival CurrentC….

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Apple's pricey iPhone X, subscriptions deliver earnings beat

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Apple's pricey iPhone X, subscriptions deliver earnings beat (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) sales led by the pricey iPhone X pushed quarterly results far beyond Wall Street targets on Tuesday, with subscriptions from App Store, Apple Music and iCloud services bolstering business. FILE PHOTO: The Apple logo is pictured inside the newly opened Omotesando Apple store at a shopping district in Tokyo June 26, 2014. REUTERS/Yuya Shino/File Photo Apple also forecast revenue above expectations for the fall, when it typically launches new iPhone models, reassuring a nervous tech sector that…

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Spotify now offers motion comics starring Archie

Anthony Ha

Spotify now offers motion comics starring Archie Spotify has been experimenting with incorporating non-musical formats over the last couple of years, including videos and multimedia podcasts. Next up: Motion comics based on new Archie stories. For those of you who haven’t been keeping track of the comics incarnations of Archie and his friends, the title was recently rebooted by writer Mark Waid (Kingdom Come) and artist Fiona Staples (Saga). While I was initially skeptical about the need to mess with the characters’ classic designs, I found the first collection to be…

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Business 

Apple boosted by selling more expensive iPhones

Huffington News

Apple boosted by selling more expensive iPhones Apple sold fewer iPhones than expected in its most recent quarter but their higher price tag meant the tech giant still beat analyst forecasts. The firm said it sold 41.3 million iPhones in the three months to the end of June, up just 1% from last year. But the average iPhone selling price hit $724, well above the expected $694. The firm said its $999 iPhone X - launched last year - remained its most popular iPhone model in the quarter and had…

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Atletico sign defender Arias, loan Vrsaljko to Inter

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Atletico sign defender Arias, loan Vrsaljko to Inter MADRID (Reuters) - Atletico Madrid have signed Colombia right back Santiago Arias from Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven to replace Croatia’s Sime Vrsaljko who has been loaned to Inter Milan. FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - World Cup - Colombia Press Conference - Kazan Arena, Kazan, Russia - June 23, 2018 Colombia’s Santiago Arias during the press conference REUTERS/John Sibley “Atletico Madrid and PSV Eindhoven have reached an agreement to transfer Santiago Arias to our club. The right back becomes a new Atletico player…

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Technology 

DHS launches a new cyber hub to coordinate against threats to US infrastructure

Devin Coldewey

DHS launches a new cyber hub to coordinate against threats to US infrastructure Among the many things the current administration has been criticized for is its lack of a unified strategy to combat cyber threats, especially in light of ongoing election interference and psy ops perpetrated by Russia. The Department of Homeland Security is advancing the ball with the creation of the National Risk Management Center, intended on protecting critical infrastructure from attacks and subversion by online adversaries. The NRMC was announced today at a cyber summit in New York…

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Sanofi has been stockpiling drugs for no-deal Brexit - WSJ

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Sanofi has been stockpiling drugs for no-deal Brexit - WSJ (Reuters) - French drugmaker Sanofi (SASY.PA) has been making drug-shortage contingency plans for more than a year to prepare for Britain and the European Union failing to reach a Brexit transition deal, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing a source. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Sanofi is pictured during the Viva Tech start-up and technology summit in Paris, France, May 25, 2018. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo Stocks have been increased for all therapeutic areas by about four weeks to…

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North Korea leader has committed to denuclearise - U.S. spokeswoman

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North Korea leader has committed to denuclearise - U.S. spokeswoman WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is holding North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un to the commitment he made during a June summit with U.S. President Donald Trump to denuclearize, a State Department spokeswoman said on Tuesday after U.S. spy satellite material showed renewed activity at a North Korean missile factory. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump shows the document, that he and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un signed acknowledging the progress of the talks and pledge to keep…

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Moran handed torch for Calgary 2026 Olympic bid

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Moran handed torch for Calgary 2026 Olympic bid (Reuters) - Calgary took another step towards making a bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics on Tuesday when Mary Moran was named chief executive officer for the group tasked with exploring the potential of hosting the Games. Moran, who becomes the first woman in Canada to spearhead an Olympic bid, will take a leave of absence from her current position as president and chief executive officer of Calgary Economic Development in order to implement the strategic direction of Calgary 2026. “There are…

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