en-sg-hotdailynews: 2015-03-18 Singapore Technology

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You can now send cash to your friends on Facebook
CNNMoney
Emoticons are nice, but cash is better. In addition to texts, photos and stickers, you can now send money directly to your friends over Facebook Messenger, the company announced Tuesday. The new feature should be easy to use. To send money, users just ...

ASB Facebook payments ditched due to low demand   Stuff.co.nz
Facebook to let Messenger users send cash to friends   Washington Post
Facebook to Introduce Payments in Messages   NDTV
Forbes
Tech Times
Slate Magazine (blog)
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Apple talks with major networks over TV
The Australian
Apple is in talks with US television networks to offer around 25 channels across any iOS device as soon as September, The Wall Street Journal reports. The company has been in discussions with CBS, 21st Century Fox and Disney (owner of ABC) among ...

Apple 'in talks to launch pay-TV service'   Irish Independent
Unbundling Pay-TV Brings New Questions   Wall Street Journal
Apple: unbundle of joy   The Australian Financial Review
seattlepi.com (blog)
Engadget
Chicago Tribune
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Mi Note Plus could be Xiaomi's second Snapdragon 810-powered smartphone
Phone Arena
Besides the Mi Note and Mi Note Pro, Xiaomi might soon release another new extra-large handset from the same series. Called Mi Note Plus, this alleged new smartphone was recently benchmarked at Geekbench, while an image of its display (seemingly ...

Featured Review: Xiaomi Mi Note   Android Headlines - Android News
Xiaomi to offer financial services direct through its smartphones   Channel News Asia

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Taiwan: Stocks rise; tech counters outperform
THE BUSINESS TIMES
[TAIPEI] Taiwan stocks rose 0.6 per cent on Wednesday, led by tech heavyweights such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC). As of 0135 GMT, the main TAIEX index had risen to 9,598.39, extending a 0.3 per cent gain from the previous ...

New Report Says Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Co. Ltd Wins Most of Apple Inc.'s ...   Motley Fool

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IBNLive

Microsoft Plans Windows 10 Release in 190 Nations This Summer
Bloomberg
(Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp. -- working to overhaul its operating system software in a world dominated by mobile computing -- said it plans to release the new Windows 10 in 190 countries this summer. The software would be released in 111 languages, the ...

Microsoft to launch Windows 10 in 190 countries this summer   CNET
Microsoft is launching Windows 10 this summer in 190 countries, 111 languages   VentureBeat
Windows 10 Is Coming This Summer, No Need to Wait for Fall   Gizmodo
MarketWatch
Reuters
The Star Online
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Google Working on New Drone After 'Wing' Design Failed
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Google has scrapped its initial drone design because it was difficult to control and is now working on a new version, according to Astro Teller, head of the Internet company's Google X research lab. Teller told the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Tex., ...

Head of Google's X lab reveals it IS making robosoldiers   Daily Mail
Google's delivery drone prototype fails, new design in the works   SlashGear
GoogleX, Like V'ger, Learns Slowly, Painfully, About Humans   Barron's (blog)
Stuff.co.nz
Reuters UK
CNET
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Winner of Cyber Security Challenge UK announced
ihotdesk - IT News
Adam Tonks, a 21-year-old computing student from Cirencester beat thousands of entrants, and 41 fellow finalists, following a year of online and face-to-face cyber battles to search for talent. During the two-day Masterclass final, Adam impressed judges and ...

Cybersecurity in an Age of Austerity   Infosecurity Magazine (blog)
Rethinking strategy in the war against cyber attacks: Computerworld Malaysia ...   MIS Asia
Cirencester student wins Cyber Security Challenge UK   ComputerWeekly.com

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