Archivo del Autor: Belen De Leon

Beijing’s public transport system gets an app for paying fares — but Apple isn’t invited

 Apple continues to be locked out of China’s massive mobile payments space. The latest reminder came this week when Beijing’s transportation system opened up to smartphone payments… via an Android app. Already Tencent’s WeChat Pay and Alibaba’s Alipay services dominate China’s mobile payment space, which is estimated to have processed $3 trillion last year,… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

DreamHost is fighting DoJ request for 1.3M IP addresses of visitors to anti-Trump protest site

 Web hosting service DreamHost is fighting a Department of Justice demand to scoop up all the IP addresses of visitors to an anti-Trump website. The website in question, disruptj20.org, organized participants of political protests against the current U.S. administration. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Is Samsung sneakily snorting at Apple again? – CNET

Commentary: Analyze some of the words in Samsung’s new Galaxy Note 8 teaser and you might conclude that Samsung thinks Apple isn’t, oh, innovative.
Source: CNET

Blizzard brings back Battle.net name – CNET

The gaming service is now returning with the brilliant moniker of “Blizzard Battle.net.”
Source: CNET

Intel CEO quits Trump’s manufacturing council, calls out the “hate-spawned violence in Charlottesville�

 Intel’s CEO is the latest executive to leave one of Trump’s advisory councils in the wake of the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, which many felt was inadequately addressed by the president and his administration. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Intel CEO quits Trump manufacturing council after Charlottesville – CNET

Brian Krzanich says he can’t work with leaders more interested in attacking critics than focusing on progress.
Source: CNET

The 2017 Perseid meteor shower shows up the moon – CNET

See one of the most popular shooting star shows of the year in pictures, the show refusing to be outshone by a bright full moon.
Source: CNET

Crunch Report | SpaceX Launches and Recovers another Rocket

SpaceX launches and recovers another rocket, GoDaddy tells Daily Stormer to find a new domain provider, Amazon refunds fake eclipse glasses and OpenAI bot beats masters of Dota 2. All this on Crunch Report. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Facebook closes street artist’s page after anti-Zuck posters – CNET

Sabo, known for skewering liberal celebrities, loses his account after circulating posters referring to Facebook’s CEO with a profanity.
Source: CNET

Under Armour CEO joins the exodus from the President’s Manufacturing Council

 Kevin Plank, the founder and chief executive of Under Armour, is the latest high profile leader of a major American company to leave President Donald Trump’s American Manufacturing Council. In a statement tweeted out late on Monday, Plank wrote in his statement, “Under Armour engages in innovation and sports, not politics.” Plank’s full statement is below. In it, he… Read More

Source: TechCrunch