The Switch: Innovations: 6 way-too-late attempts from the camera industry to compete with the iPhone

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Innovations: 6 way-too-late attempts from the camera industry to compete with the iPhone As proof of how far and how fast the camera giants have fallen, consider this: Apple is now running a crowdsourced marketing campaign called “Shot on iPhone 6” that showcases how the built-in camera capabilities of the iPhone 6 — combined with apps such as VSCO Cam or Instagram — can match or surpass anything you might get with a professional camera.  Read full article »

Pizza Hut, Visa and Accenture want you to buy pizza from your car

Online shopping is moving to a new frontier, and it starts with pizza.Pizza Hut, Visa and Accenture are teaming up to test a system that lets you order and pay for your pie from your car, the companies announced Monday.  Read full article »

Why Comcast, AT&T and other Internet providers might not sue the FCC after all

Internet providers are widely expected to sue the Federal Communications Commission to overturn the agency's new net neutrality rules. Who will fire the opening salvo, and when, is becoming the subject of a new Washington parlor game — at least until the rules are actually published.  Read full article »

“FREAK” flaw undermines security for Apple and Google users, researchers discover

Technology companies are scrambling to fix a major security flaw that for more than a decade left users of Apple and Google devices vulnerable to hacking when they visited hundreds of thousands of supposedly secure Web sites, including Whitehouse.gov, NSA.gov and FBI.gov.  Read full article »

The Switchboard: Hillary Clinton used personal e-mail for everything at the State Department

Published every weekday, the Switchboard is your morning helping of hand-picked stories from the Switch team.Hillary Clinton used personal e-mail account at State, possibly breaking rules “Hillary Rodham Clinton exclusively used a personal email account to conduct government business as secretary of state, State Department officials said, and may have violated federal requirements that officials’ correspondence be retained as part of the agency’s record,” the New York Times reported.  Read full article »

Why drivers are winning the labor war between Uber and Lyft

Ordinarily I'd have ridden an Uber or taken my bike across town, but it was a chilly February morning and Lyft had just given out a handful of free promotional rides that week. So Lyft it was.As it turned out, it didn't make much difference which of the two ridesharing services I chose. My driver worked for both companies.  Read full article »

ULA ready to compete against Elon Musk’s space startup, CEO says Faced with mounting pressure from Elon Musk’s SpaceX, the United Launch Alliance’s new chief executive said Monday he has been re-configuring the company in order to compete, slashing the cost of national security launches and developing a new launch system.  Read full article »

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