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The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Tuesday, March 3

Geofencing could add security layer for mobile devices

Geofencing could offer an extra layer of security but some worry about privacy and battery life

BlackBerry launches all-touch Leap with $275 price tag

China defends cybersecurity demands, amid complaints from U.S.

Iran to weed ‘moral’ crimes from social networks, starting with Facebook

Is data on your new Lollipop Android device encrypted? Maybe not

A quick hands-on with Cherry Trail: screaming graphics for tablets

Spec showdown: HTC One M9 vs. Samsung Galaxy S6

Millicom deal with Vodacom on mobile money in Tanzania a sign of the times

Zynstra’s hybrid solution targets users facing end of Windows Server 2003 support

With less than four months until Microsoft cuts off support for Windows Server 2003, a company called Zynstra is stepping in to ease the migration.

Tinder grants do-overs, transatlantic swiping with paid version

HP shakes up cloud execs

HP hopes a leadership shake up can readjust its market position

Aruba Networks is different than HP’s failed wireless acquisitions

HP has acquired other wireless companies in the past, only to let the opportunity go to waste. What's different about its recent acquisition of Aruba Networks?

VMware takes on mobile networks with vCloud for NFV

Brocade acquires mobile SDN company

Samsung Pay could overtake Apple Pay in mobile payments

Samsung Pay does a few things that Apple Pay cannot. If Samsung were to license it to Android, it could take over the mobile payment market.

IBM rolls out 3 new iOS apps for enterprises

The myth about how Amazon’s Web service started just won’t die

How AWS got started and what its co-founder is doing now that he says could be bigger than cloud

Europe’s political youth organizations demand strict net neutrality rules

Why small ISPs support net neutrality

Dane Jasper, CEO and co-founder of California ISP Sonic, says the real issue of net neutrality is competition between big carriers and smaller players, not just carriers and content providers.

Google’s Pichai on Xiaomi, Cyanogen and the Apple Watch

Iran ready to work with Google, other global Internet companies

Small mesh networks will soon help you find things

Tags that will locate items with accuracy within inches are just around the corner.

Google sees success with balloon, airplane Internet

Battle over mobile payments is raging

All eyes are on Samsung Pay and its embedded LoopPay inside the Galaxy S6 smartphone

Microsoft, Intel team on low-cost Windows 10 phones

Intel rethinking tablets with new Atom X5, X7 chips

From Microsoft: Two new Lumia smartphones to upgrade later to Windows 10

High-end versions of the Lumia phones running the Windows 10 natively promised for later in 2015

Google confirms carrier plans, details coming soon

Nokia, DoCoMo test high-frequency mobile with an eye on 5G

The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Monday, March 2

DoCoMo app shares SIM credentials with offline devices

Qualcomm puts silicon brain in flagship Snapdragon 820 chip

Will network disaggregation play in the enterprise?

HP, Dell and Juniper target cloud for now, but some businesses might be on tap later

Sony’s Xperia Z4 Tablet is light and has two good cameras

For a speed boost, Alcatel-Lucent says use both cell and Wi-Fi

NSA authorization to collect bulk phone data extended to June 1

How a Blu-ray disc could install malware on your computer

Samsung Galaxy S6 gets 3 things right and 3 things wrong

Net neutrality could hamper new mobile services, Nokia CEO says

MediaTek wants to put its chips in Chromebooks

Samsung hopes better looks, more power will make the Galaxy S6 a winner

Samsung to launch mobile payments in challenge to Google, Apple

YO! This messaging app has a lot more to say for itself, even offline

Lenovo brings 64-bit Android to $129 tablet

Acer going all in with Windows 10 smartphones

HTC One M9 revealed ahead of official launch

Acer’s new low-cost handset will be upgradeable to Windows 10

White House privacy proposal aims to give consumers control over data

Ractive aims to bring Web programming to the masses