10 Things In Tech You Need To Know This Morning
Oct 8, 2013, 16:11 IST
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- Apple plans to bring its music streaming service, iTunes Radio, to the UK, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia by early 2014. Pandora doesn't operate in the UK or Canada, so this would be a big win for Apple.
- Vivek Wadhwa has a good essay on Silicon Valley's tendency to only hire men: "The Valley's echo chamber-what I call the 'mafia'-is oblivious to criticism about this. It doesn't seem to care about the imbalance."
- Bill Gates looms over Microsoft, and its new CEO search. Some at the company want him back, others blame him for the mess the company currently finds itself in.
- Google Chairman Eric Schmidt said Android is "more secure than the iPhone" at a conference, and people in the room reportedly laughed.
- Apple executive Phil Schiller had a rare tweet last night, linking to this National Geographic collection of photos taken with an iPhone 5S.