Oct 26th 2014
This Week in Tech 481
Good Touch, Bad Touch
Hosted by
Leo Laporte
Cook and Zuckerberg in China, tap-to-pay competition, shift to IP TV, and more.
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Tim Cook talks user data protection with Chinese Vice Premier, CVS and Rite Aid disabling NFC in stores to block Apple Pay and Google Wallet, Apple iTunes' music sales take a dive, Roku, considers an IPO, Ello raises $5.5 million, and more.
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Links
- Mark Zuckerberg gives 30-minute public interview in Chinese at Tsinghua University
- Apple Aware of iCloud Login Harvesting in China, Launches Browser Security Guide
- Tim Cook discusses user data protection with Chinese Vice Premier Ma Kai amid iCloud hacking claims
- CVS and Rite Aid reportedly disabling NFC in stores to shut down Apple Pay and Google Wallet
- Retailers Are Disabling NFC to Block Apple Pay
- Apple iTunes Sees Big Drop in Music Sales
- Lionsgate and Tribeca film studios are launching a new streaming service
- Roku, Video Streaming Service, Is Said to Consider I.P.O.
- Exclusive: Google CEO Larry Page Reorgs Staff, Anoints Sundar Pichai as New Product Czar
- PEAK GOOGLE
- Google Vice President secretly breaks Felix Baumgartner's Stratosphere Dive Record
- Ello Raises $5.5 Million, Immediately Signs Legally-Binding Charter to Never Sell Ads or User Data
- F.C.C. Delays Auction of TV Airwaves for Mobile
- Pew survey: 40% of US internet users have experienced online harassment, 18% in severe form