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Apple Watch Edition perks: 24/7 support, private 1-hour appointments, no lines — After hiring a new team of fashion sales and marketing experts from Yves St. Laurent, Louis Vuitton, and Burberry, Apple has developed a unique Apple Store purchasing experience just for the 18-karat gold Apple Watch Edition …
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Apple Stores will have Watch display tables at launch, try-on area with devices that run demo loops, and plan to offer combined Apple Care+ for iPhone and Watch — Apple Store revamp for Apple Watch revealed: ‘magical’ display tables, demo loops, sales process| Arnold Kim / MacRumors: |
Apple Watch for Sale in Retail Stores by Reservation Only, No Walk-In Sales — As the Apple Watch launch approaches, details have been leaking out about how Apple will be handling sales of their new device. According to leaked Apple documentation, the company will not be selling the Apple Watch to walk-in customers at launch.
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Tim Cook speaks out in op-ed against state “religious freedom” laws that discriminate — Tim Cook: Pro-discrimination ‘religious freedom’ laws are dangerous — There's something very dangerous happening in states across the country. A wave of legislation …
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| Eva Dou / Wall Street Journal: |
As DDoS attack that started on Thursday continues, Github says it has mitigated some of the impact; Baidu denies involvement — U.S. Coding Website GitHub Hit With Cyberattack — Security experts say attack is likely an attempt by China to shut down anticensorship tools
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| Natasha Singer / New York Times: |
Mattel to introduce Wi-Fi enabled Barbie using ToyTalk technology to analyze speech and produce relevant responses — A Wi-Fi Barbie Doll With the Soul of Siri — Ever since Siri appeared as a regular feature on the iPhone, certain young children — and, let's face it, some of their parents … | Nathan Ingraham / The Verge: |
Spotify is launching today for Sony's PS4 and PS3 — A few months ago, Sony brought good news to its music-loving PlayStation users — the company was officially discontinuing its failed Music Unlimited streaming service and was instead partnering with the biggest player in the streaming music space, Spotify.| Eugene Wei / Remains of the Day: |
Great content isn't commodified, and is a key differentiator for media companies, and Facebook hosting news won't change that — Facebook hosting doesn't change things, the world already changed — Like any industry, the media loves a bit of navel-gazing (what is the origin of this phrase …
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| Kiran Dhillon / TechCrunch: |
How Google, Facebook And Others Pay Their H-1B Employees — Editor's note: Kiran Dhillon is a senior editor for FindTheBest, where she tackles big datasets to produce interesting insights. — Legislative debate regarding expanding the H-1B visa program is heating up in the U.S. Senate.| Ed Pilkington / Guardian: |
Amazon tests delivery drones at secret Canada site after US FAA frustration — Exclusive: Guardian gains access to unnamed British Columbia site where tech giant's roboticists and engineers, stymied by American regulation, are now developing their unmanned domestic delivery service| JC Torres / SlashGear: |
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