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| Dave Morin / Path Blog: |
We are sorry. — We made a mistake. Over the last couple of days users brought to light an issue concerning how we handle your personal information on Path, specifically the transmission and storage of your phone contacts. — As our mission is to build the world's first personal network …
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Tweets: @davewiner, @ethank, @jspepper and @loic
| Dustin Curtis / dcurt.is: |
Stealing Your Address Book — It's not really a secret, per se, but there's a quiet understanding among many iOS app developers that it is acceptable to send a user's entire address book, without their permission, to remote servers and then store it for future reference.
| Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch: |
FYI. Dave Morin Didn't Lie To Gawker About Path Storing User Data — Some people always see the good in people and some people always see the bad ... Gawker just published a post with what at first seems to be some pretty damning evidence against Path founder Dave Morin … | Ryan Tate / Gawker: |
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| Mike Isaac / Wired.com: |
| Amir Efrati / Wall Street Journal: |
Google Near Launch of Cloud Storage Service — Google Inc. is close to launching a cloud-storage service that would rival one of Silicon Valley's hottest start-ups, cloud-storage provider Dropbox Inc., according to people familiar with the matter. — Like Dropbox, Google's storage service …
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Tweets: @getwired, @amir_efrati and @davepell
Thanks:@richardlusk| Joshua Topolsky / The Verge: |
Alleged iPad 3 casing photo appears, sources say coming soon with improved GPU but no quad-core, thicker profile — Today the Apple rumor mill is fixated on a photo doing the rounds which allegedly shows the back housing of the next iPad (the iPad 3, or iPad HD, depending on who you talk to).| Groupon, Inc.: |
Groupon Announces Fourth Quarter 2011 Results — Revenue of $506.5 million, up 194% year-over-year Free Cash Flow of $155.1 million, up 258% year-over-year Operating Income of $15.0 million, up from $336.1 million loss Non-GAAP EPS of negative $0.02, including $0.07 of tax from international operations …
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| Joe Mullin / Wired: |
Tim Berners-Lee Takes the Stand to Keep the Web Free — The inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, testified in a courtroom Tuesday for the first time in his life. The web pioneer flew down from Boston, where he teaches at M.I.T., to an eastern Texas federal court to speak to a jury … | Joe Mullin / Wired: |
| Wall Street Journal: |
Justice Department Poised to Clear Google-Motorola Deal — WASHINGTON—The U.S. Justice Department is poised to clear Google Inc.'s $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. as early as next week, according to people familiar with the matter, giving Google a powerful armory …
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| TuneCorner Music Blog: |
Apple's iTunes Match (aka iMatch): The First Royalties Are In — The first royalty payments from iMatch are in, and they got me excited - the total amount is over $10,000 for the first two months. — This is magic money that Apple made exist out of thin air for copyright holders. — Let me explain:
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| Gabe Rivera / Techmeme News: |
Why Techmeme now lists events, and how to get your event listed — Events have always played an important role in the tech industry. Knowledge exchange and networking opportunities have long been a key draw, as Apple's history attests. The motivations for meeting have certainly expanded since the 1970s.
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bub.blicio.us and Pulse2. Tweets: @sacca, @anildash, @kessler, @mparekh, @jlgolson, @arnoldkim, @fromedome, @dsilverman, @yannr, @ross, @mittix, @om, @jspepper, @eldon and @efeng
| Eric Eldon / TechCrunch: |
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
First Windows 8 ‘Consumer Preview’ preinstalled apps revealed — Microsoft's Windows 8 “Consumer Preview” is nearing release and the company is putting the finishing touches on the preinstalled application list. We have learned from sources familiar with Microsoft's plans that the company … | Ed Bott / The Ed Bott Report Blog: |
| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Microsoft, Google, and Apple talk up “fair and reasonable” patent license fees — Microsoft today issued a brief statement promising to make “essential patents” available to competitors at fair and reasonable licensing rates, and promised not to sue companies making products that infringe these patents.
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| Om Malik / GigaOM: |
Why we are buying paidContent — First the news: Yes, the rumors are true. We are indeed buying the assets of ContentNext Media from Guardian News & Media Limited. And no, we are not disclosing the terms of the deal, except that we are buying the entire group of properties — paidContent.org … | Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google Wallet PIN cracked on rooted Android devices — The security of the PIN that protects Google Wallet transactions has been compromised — though most users won't need to worry about the issue for now, as it only applies to users who have rooted their Android smartphone.| Seth Weintraub / 9to5Mac: |
Foxconn hacked by group called SwaggSec, here's what they are looking at... Hacker group SwaggSec just released a dump of Foxconn internal information, including a mail server login/password dump and logins to various online procurement sites and Intranets. The hack seems to be a retaliation … | Jackie Cohen / All Facebook: |
Facebook Hits A New Record High Value Of At Least $103.4 Billion — Facebook stock has blown past even the most bullish estimates to a value of $103.4 billion to $110 billion, based on today's SharesPost auction closing at $44 per share. — The $103.4 billion figure is based … | Frederic Lardinois / SiliconFilter: |
Chrome 17 has Arrived: Features Safer Downloads and Smarter Prerendering — Google just released version 17 of its popular Chrome browser. Given its rapid release schedule and its various beta and developer channels, there are no major surprises in this release.
| David Goldman / CNNMoney.com: |
The iPhone is a nightmare for carriers — NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The iPhone may be great for consumers, but takes a nasty toll on wireless carriers' bottom line. — Apple's ( AAPL, Fortune 500) iconic smartphone has almost single-handedly devastated profit margins for Verizon and AT&T. Sprint …
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Reuters, CNET, WebProNews, parislemon, Techland, dailywireless.org, FierceWireless, TechPinions, BGR and TechCrunch
| Matt Lynley / Business Insider: |
Facebook Updates Its IPO Filing To Confirm Its Special Relationship With Zynga — Find out more out the future of disruptive technology and companies like Facebook, Google, Zynga, Disney, NBC and more at IGNITION West! — Facebook and Zynga do indeed have a special arrangement …
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Inside Facebook, Friending Facebook Blog, Mashable! and TechCrunch
Tweets: @cnbc and @joshconstine
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