Here s what s on the Thursday menu.
Russia demands that Twitter store Russian user data locally, something the country is also asking of Facebook.
Apple reportedly working with banks on peer-to-peer mobile payment service to rival offerings such as PayPal s Venmo, Square and others. (WSJ)
HP and Hewlett Packard Enterprise announce dividends.
Facebook released its updated government requests report: Requests in the first half of 2015 rise to highest ever.
TomTom signs multiyear deal to provide digital maps and traffic data for Uber.
Massive hack of 70 million prisoner phone calls indicates violations of attorney-client privilege.
Apple apologizes to black Australian students who were asked to leave an Apple Store because security was afraid they would steal something.
San Carlos-based Diamond Foundry has made diamonds using technology derived in part from making silicon chips and solar cells. The startups backers include Mark Pincus, Ev Williams, Andreas Bechtolsheim and Leonardo diCaprio. (NYT)
Photo: The Uber app is shown on a dashboard-mounted smartphone. (Associated Press archives)
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