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Google integrates Apple’s Touch ID security into its own digital wallet app

One of the main features of the iPhone, especially when it comes to the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus that can be used for mobile payments in stores, is the Touch ID fingerprint sensor embedded in the Home button, which adds an extra layer of security to Apple’s Apple Pay payments app, but also to other applications. In iOS 8, Apple has opened Touch ID to third-party developers, with Google apparently being one of the companies looking to take advantage of the feature. The company has updated the iOS version of its Google Wallet payments app, adding Touch ID login support, 9to5Google reports.

Windows 10's OneDrive integration could be the key to 'cheapbook' storage

Microsoft may be turning to cloud storage as a cheap replacement to files stored locally on your PC, if a leaked screenshot from a future Windows 10 build is any indication.According to a leaked image of Build 9901 of Windows 10, One Drive will store app data as well as back up images, movies, and documents.

Death of antivirus software greatly exaggerated

An executive at a company whose name is synonymous with antivirus software raised eyebrows earlier this year when he pronounced the death of that form of system protection. Nevertheless, while the effectiveness of that software may have waned over the years, security experts say the pronouncement by Symantec's senior vice president for information security Brian Dye was premature.

HTC Desire Eye review: A fine phone that should be a little cheaper

Maybe it’s the name, but I expected HTC’s Desire Eye to be less expensive.
“Desire,” after all, is the name HTC usually reserves for its mid-range phones, and the Desire Eye, with its plastic chassis and boxy frame, seems like it would fit right in. Yet AT&T is currently charging $150 on-contract for the Desire Eye—just $50 less than flagship phones like the HTC One (M8)—or $550 off contract.

These Robots Literally Sell Themselves

There's a store in Palo Alto staffed exclusively by robots. The Beam store, which was recently visited by a writer for IEEE Spectrum, sells telepresence robots that let you attend meetings you can't be at. The store's salespeople use the BeamPro — which costs $20,000 — to sell more robots. Beam is also working on a cheaper model that will cost about $2,000. The lack of humans in the store may seem weird, but it makes sense that Beam would use its own products to sell more of them. The entire store is basically a demo for the robots.

Will Yet Another Electronic Health Records Organization Turn Interoperability Into Reality?

Care Connectivity Consortium. CommonWell Health Alliance. Carequality. Argonaut. Each one of those organizations purports to have the same goal: To enable electronic health records to communicate and share patient information.
Any progress? Not really, not yet. Patients remain mostly unable to share medical history or test results electronically. They need to be faxed, phoned in, mailed.

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