Before ‘The Force Awakens,’ here’s how to bury the hatchet with the Star Wars prequels – On Mashable
You may have heard that a little movie called The Force Awakens is barreling towards theaters around the world with all the terrifying power of a Death Star laser beam. You may also have heard that it’s pretty darn good.
Which means that we can finally bury the hatchet with George Lucas’ Episodes I, II and III, released between 1999 and 2005 and commonly known as the prequels. As of Thursday night, the most recently released Star Wars movie will no longer be Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. Read more here
Apple Pay Coming To China With UnionPay Partnership – On Forbes
Apple AAPL -2.15% Pay is launching in the world’s most populous country. On Thursday, the Cupertino, Calif.-based iPhone maker announced a partnership with China UnionPay to bring the mobile payments platform into China. Read more here
Amazon is in talks to lease 20 cargo planes to build its own overnight air operations – BusinessInsider
Amazon could soon be leasing at least 20 cargo planes with the goal of building its own air-logistics operations in the US, according to The Seattle Times’ Jay Greene and Dominic Gates. View full post here
China Has Few Options in Protesting U.S. Arms Sales to Taiwan -WSJ
BEIJING—Even as China lashes out at Washington over a $1.83 billion arms package for Taiwan, its options for punishing U.S. companies involved in the sales are limited.
This week’s deal, the first arms sales to Taiwan authorized by the Obama administration in four years, quickly drew anger from Beijing, which sees such sales as interference in its sovereignty claims over the self-ruled island. Read more here
