One Way Google Could Really Take on Amazon: Buy PayPal

One Way Google Could Really Take on Amazon: Buy PayPal -

As PayPal steps out on its own, Google could vie with Amazon in online retail by making it way easier for searchers to buy.

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Taylor Swift revolts, Apple changes tune on royalties

Taylor Swift revolts, Apple changes tune on royalties - Apple doesn't want any bad blood between it and Taylor Swift. Her complaints prompt the company to pay artists royalties during Apple Music's free trial period. Also: Amazon changes its ratings system.

(Via CNET News.com.)

Fitbit makes stock market debut, share price jumps by more than 50%

Fitbit makes stock market debut, share price jumps by more than 50% - Wearable fitness tracker firm Fitbit, which competes with the Apple Watch with its own hardware, began trading on the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, and investors promptly drove the company's share price up by more than 50 percent in the opening hours.

(Via AppleInsider.)

EFF again awards Apple perfect score on digital privacy

EFF again awards Apple perfect score on digital privacy - For the second year running, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has given Apple and a handful of other tech firms a perfect "five out of five" star rating for efforts related to securing consumer data against both theft and government intrusion. The high score reflects a top initiative of Apple CEO Tim Cook, and the company generally, in believing that the business model that requires collecting and monetizing customer data is fundamentally flawed ...

(Via MacNN | The Macintosh News Network.)

First-gen iPad mini vanishes from Apple's store, leaving only Retina models

First-gen iPad mini vanishes from Apple's store, leaving only Retina models - Apple on Friday unceremoniously removed the first-generation iPad mini from its website, including product pages and the online store, leaving only the iPad mini 2 and 3, both of which feature high-resolution Retina displays.

(Via AppleInsider.)

DMV does a reverse, releases reports of accidents involving self-driving cars

DMV does a reverse, releases reports of accidents involving self-driving cars - The California Department of Motor Vehicles at first denied the Associated Press' request for the information, but has now changed course.

(Via CNET News.com.)

How an astronaut shook hands with someone on Earth from space

How an astronaut shook hands with someone on Earth from space - NASA astronaut Terry Virts is part of the current ISS crew, while ESA telerobotics specialist André Schiele is in the Netherlands. Thanks to two special joysticks with force feedback in both locations, though, they were able to "shake hands" during a ...

(Via The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW).)