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Apple reportedly working with Visa, MasterCard, American Express for new payments system

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Apple has reportedly partnered with popular payment networks Visa, MasterCard, and American Express, according to Bloomberg. Sources, who asked not to be named, told Bloomberg that the new...

Oil prices fall even with Ukrainian-Russian tension

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Tension between Ukraine and Russia saw oil futures prices jump on Friday.Russia provides a large portion of Europe's oil supply. So Ukrainian insistence that Russian humanitarian convoy being sent...

The Inside story of how Google rescued Android from Samsung’s Magazine UX

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Google is getting ready for its I/O developers event that kicks off on Wednesday and Sundar Pichai has been designated as the “master of ceremonies and Google’s public face,” according to...

Will Adobe Shares Hit $100?

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As an Adobe Systems shareholder, I dread the day before its quarterly earnings announcements. That’s because I realize that its shares could lose 10% of their value within minutes of Adobe’s earnings...

Microsoft reportedly aborted a plan to announce a smaller Surface tablet

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Bloomberg is reporting that Microsoft was originally planning to introduce a smaller version of its Surface tablet earlier today in New York.Sources told the publication that Microsoft had to pull...

Apple Q2 Earnings: Everyone’s Mind Is Made Up

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At this point Wall Street and the technology press expect so little from Apple's earnings, it will be difficult to disappoint them. If you read through Chuck Jones’ post here on Forbes or the...

NSA reportedly used Heartbleed to gather intelligence, Agency denies it

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According to two unidentified sources quoted by Bloomberg, the NSA knew about the diabolic security vulnerability dubbed Heartbleed that affected two-thirds of today's websites.The NSA reportedly...

What Ails Mt. Sinai Hospital Ails The Entire US Healthcare System

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A Bloomberg News article raises extremely troubling questions about policies and procedures that have made the Mt. Sinai hospital catheterization laboratory the busiest and most lucrative in New York...

Five Surprises From Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg in Businessweek Profile

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Over at Bloomberg Businessweek, Brad Stone and Sarah Frier have an excellent check-in with Mark Zuckerberg as Facebook turns 10. Oddly bear-hugging himself on the magazine’s cover, Zuck has a huge...

The Mayors Challenge: Sparking Government Innovation In European Cities

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In an interview with James Anderson, head of government-innovation at Bloomberg Philanthropies, we discussed their 2013-2014 Mayors Challenge—a competition to inspire European cities to come up with...