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  Kyle Peterson

  

  Apple Just Quietly Introduced a Feature to Your iPhone That Is Going to Upend This $1.7 Trillion Industry

  Inc Magazine - Jason Aten

  Your iPhone is about to become an even more powerful small-business tool. Earlier this week, Apple put out a press release announcing it was adding a feature to your iPhone. Soon, you'll be able to use it as a credit-card reader. Well, sort of. Apple is adding the ability for third-party payment …

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  Kyle Peterson

  

  This 21-Year-Old Woman Is The Youngest Person To Travel To Every Country

  Forbes - Laura Begley Bloom

  On May 31, 2019, a 21-year-old American woman named Lexie Alford stepped foot in North Korea, becoming — as she claims — the youngest person to travel to every country on earth. In doing so, she's attempting to break the Guinness World Record held by James Asquith, who won the title in 2013 at the …

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  Kyle Peterson

  

  Google is announcing Stadia’s pricing and launch details this week

  The Verge - Andrew Webster

  E3 starts early The reveal of Google’s Stadia cloud gaming service at GDC raised a lot of questions, and it looks like many of them will be answered very soon. Today, Google announced a Stadia-focused event where it will share a number of details about the service’s launch. That includes the big …

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  Kyle Peterson

  

  Google details what caused & prolonged Sunday’s outage, quantifies impact

  9to5Google - Abner Li

  On Sunday afternoon, Google’s cloud services suffered notable downtime that lasted for several hours and affected third-party apps. Google today detailed the outage’s cause and what it’s doing to prevent future incidents. Google started by apologizing for the outage that caused “low performance and …

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  Kyle Peterson

  

  Apple introduces iPadOS, giving iPads their own operating system

  CNET - Justin Jaffe

  Apple has introduced iPadOS -- a dedicated operating system for the iPad that brings a host of new capabilities to its tablet. Announced Monday at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference, iPadOS strengthens the iPad's productivity capabilities and nudges it closer to fulfilling its potential …

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  Kyle Peterson

  

  iTunes Is Dead. Let's Pay Our Respects

  WIRED - Brian Barrett

  Yes, iTunes was bloated and terrible. But it still deserves a proper sendoff. At Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference today, Apple executive Craig …