Archivo del Autor: Belen De Leon

Uber returns to Taiwan two months after service halt – CNET

The ride-hailer returns to Taiwan with a redesigned business model that it claims will meet local regulations this time.
Source: CNET

Google schools US government about gender pay gap – CNET

The web giant responds to Labor Department allegations of a pay gap by explaining that gender isn’t considered.
Source: CNET

Canada includes secret code in new $10 bill announcement – CNET

The Bank of Canada has given new life to Konami’s Contra code.
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Online coupon site RetailMeNot acquired for $630 million

 Harland Clarke, a payment and marketing services firm, will acquire online coupon site RetailMeNot in a deal worth $630 million in equity. Harland Clarke will pay $11.60 per share in cash, which is about 50% higher than the stock’s closing price of $7.75 on April 7. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Qualcomm countersuit claims Apple ‘refuses to acknowledge’ the value of its technology

 Apple filed a billion-dollar royalty lawsuit against Qualcomm in January and today the chipmaker hit back with a legal case of its own against the iPhone maker which, it claims, has refused to acknowledge the value of its technology. In the original suit, Apple claimed that Qualcomm — which makes money from licensing its patents to technology makers — was charging it for… Read More

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Uber isn’t welcome in Italy anymore | Crunch Report

Netflix reaches 75% of U.S. streaming viewers, LeEco scraps its plan to acquire Vizio, Uber isn’t welcome in Italy anymore and Cadillac is launching an autonomous driving system. All this on Crunch Report. Read More

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Qualcomm fires back at Apple lawsuit, makes claims of its own – CNET

The chipmaker asks for unspecified damages and says Apple purposely hobbled Qualcomm’s chips to make the performance match those from Intel.
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'Haunting of Hill House' may soon be spooking Netflix viewers – CNET

Will Shirley Jackson’s classic ghost story become the next “Stranger Things”?
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Aussie news anchor's flub inspires bloooper solidarity – CNET

Commentary: When one Australian news anchor had a glorious vague-out on live TV, her news colleagues called on Twitter to #putyourbloopersout in solidarity.
Source: CNET

Researchers demonstrate how PINs and other info can be gathered through phone movement

 A team of researchers at Newcastle University in the UK has published a paper highlighting some troubling findings linking on-board sensors with privacy issues. Using data collected by mobile device’s hardware tracking systems, the team was able to crack four digit PINs with 70-percent accuracy on the first try, with 100-percent accuracy by try number five. While some applications… Read More

Source: TechCrunch