This past Saturday holds a special place in my heart. Not only because it was my first Hoboken St. Patrick’s Day experience, but also because I was given a great opportunity that would have been foolish to pass up.
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Last March, China’s National People’s Congress wrote a draft for an anti-terrorism bill that required companies to implement encryption backdoors. A spokeswoman from the Chinese Foreign Ministry insisted that the bill was “a requirement for the government in combating terrorism.”
Google announced its long-awaited mobile network initiative on Wednesday, Project Fi. Project Fi is being positioned by Google as an alternative to peoples’ existing cell phone carriers, mostly for people who don’t use as much data every month as they pay for.
The Apple Watch was made available for pre-order last week, coinciding with the embargo being lifted on major publications’ reviews for the device.
HBO launched a new streaming service this week, HBO Now, exclusively on Apple TV, iOS, and Optimum Online.
HBO Now is a standalone service that differs from HBO GO in that an existing cable subscription is not required to sign up.
Apple put a price and release date on the Apple Watch on Monday: the device will be retailing at a base of $349 for the aluminum version on April 24, with preorders starting April 10.
Pebble announced a new version of its trailblazing smartwatch last week called the Pebble Time. The Pebble Time has a color screen, new design, 7-day battery life, a microphone for voice commands, and it’s available for preorder on Kickstarter right now for $179.
Attention shoppers: a bevy of major retailers, including Walmart, Target, CVS, and Rite Aid have disabled payments via Apple Pay. By proxy, this also removes the customers’ ability to pay with Google Wallet or Softcard.