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Dozens more companies sign up to take Apple Pay. Meanwhile, Samsung is reportedly in negotiations to launch an Apple Pay rival in 2015.
Survey: People are taking more steps to protect their data after the Edward Snowden leaks that revealed mass government spying.
Gartner on smartphone sales: They grew 20 percent in third quarter; Samsung still had highest market share, but it slipped while Apple rose. Xiaomi and other makers also gained.
Google Ventures is shifting focus to health care and life sciences. It s pulling back on investing in consumer Internet startups.
Tech and media companies including Apple and Amazon support Microsoft in the company s effort to keep U.S. from accessing a user s emails stored in Ireland.
Google is stepping up shopping efforts to challenge Amazon.
Former Sony employees sue the company over hacked personal information.
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