Steve Jobs Was a Low-Tech Parent
Technology executives limit their children’s screen time as Apple’s leader once did.

September 12, 2014 at 11:15PM
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MLS interested in becoming first to experiment with in-game video review
Major League Soccer has told FIFA that it’s interested in becoming the first pro soccer league to experiment with a video-replay system that would allow coaches to challenge referee decisions, league commissioner Don Garber told SI.com in an interview on Thursday.

September 12, 2014 at 09:12PM
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The “Best Startup of 2014” Is a Butler Service for Rich Techies
Perhaps the most innovative thing about Alfreds is that they cost just $99 a month. At that price, they’re sure to disrupt the antiquated business models of conventional, non-“shared-economy” servants, whose bloated cost structures include such extravagances as job security, a stable income, shelter, and sometimes even basic health care.

September 12, 2014 at 04:45PM
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Square raises $100 million at $6 billion valuation
Payments company Square has raised $100 million in new funding at a valuation of nearly $6 billion, according to a Delaware filing obtained by VCExperts.com and shared with Fortune.

September 12, 2014 at 04:45PM
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On Death and iPods: A Requiem
Gadgets come and go from our lives. Technology marches forward so rapidly that even if you could replace a broken part — which often you can’t — doing so just wouldn’t make any sense. Other times, the networks and services those gadgets depend on to keep running go away entirely. Gadgets die, even the ones we love.

September 12, 2014 at 03:56PM
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AT&T says it will roll out WiFi Calling for iPhone in 2015
The new iPhones support WiFi calling, but in the U.S. the only carrier that also supports the feature is T-Mobile. But now AT&T has announced it too will offer the feature.

September 12, 2014 at 02:58PM
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Apple Users Download Free U2 Album Two Million Times
Some of you do not want the U2 album Apple is giving away. But lots of you were willing to download it. Or, at a minimum, your iPhones and MacBooks did.

September 12, 2014 at 02:19PM
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Forget the selfie stick: Acer made a glittery selfie sombrero for London Fashion Week
For London’s Fashion Week, Acer UK collaborated with fashion designer Christian Cowan-Sanluis to produce the Acer Selfie Hat. It looks like a glittery sombrero, spins 360 degrees, and has an integrated Acer Iconia A-1 840 tablet. A case dangles from the hat, and you spin the hat and angle the tablet to shoot selfies.

September 12, 2014 at 01:57PM
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Inside Tumblr and the battle for net neutrality
The day the Internet sort of, but didn’t really, stood still.

September 12, 2014 at 12:58PM
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Disrupters, Disconnectionists, and Dicks
At best, Nev’s general steez feels disingenuous; at worst, his attitude reminds me of some of the most dangerous men I’ve encountered — the kind who are capable both of assaulting women and of speaking out publicly against misogyny and abuse without ever recognizing any kind of disconnect in their behavior.

September 12, 2014 at 12:58PM
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