Friday, February 07, 2014

Article: Microsoft wants to swap your iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, or Galaxy S2 for a Lumia 1020 or Lumia 1520

Earlier this week, we wrote about a Microsoft Store deal offering to buy your smartphone or tablet for up to $250, and speculated that “device-specific deals” would come later. The first one is already here: you can now get a new Windows Phone (Lumia 1020 or Lumia 1520) in exchange for your iPhon...

http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2014/02/06/microsoft-wants-swap-iphone-4-iphone-4s-galaxy-s2-lumia-1020-lumia-1520/?_escaped_fragment_=uy3mM

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Article: Now With 75% Of All Traffic Coming From Apps, Pinterest Revamps Its Mobile Website

Pinterest is today launching a new version of its mobile website, which the company says is “complete rewrite and redesign” aimed at better integrating the features found in Pinterest’s native mobile applications, like its more useful pins (those embedded with additional information) and related ...

http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/06/now-with-75-of-all-traffic-coming-from-apps-pinterest-revamps-its-mobile-website/

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Article: OpenTable Now Piloting Mobile Payments In San Francisco Restaurants

OpenTable is taking its restaurant reservations service into a new vertical today, the company says: mobile payments. According to a post on the OpenTable blog, a pilot program is currently underway in San Francisco which allows diners to not just book a table, but also pay for their meal right i...

http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/06/opentable-now-piloting-mobile-payments-for-restaurants-in-san-francisco/

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Article: New Ransomware Blocks Your DNS Connection And Forces Your Computer To Mine Bitcoins

A new bit of malware, Linkup, is a clever girl. First it takes control of the DNS servers your computer pings to connect to the Internet and, while you’re wondering how to delete it, begins mining bitcoins on the sly. Anti-virus purveyors Emisoft identified the ransomware in the wild. The program...

http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/06/new-ransomware-blocks-your-dns-connection-and-forces-your-computer-to-mine-bitcoins/

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Article: Windows Phone 8.1 'Cortana' personal assistant will be powered by Foursquare

Microsoft’s $15 million investment in Foursquare will soon result in product changes in the coming months. Bloomberg News reports that the deal will be used for location data and services that are part of Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Phone 8.1 update. The software maker is currently beta testing ...

http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/7/5389142/windows-phone-8-1-cortana-personal-assistant-features-foursquare

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