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EXCLUSIVE: The real source of Apple device IDs leaked by Anonymous last week — BlueToad.com's CEO, Paul DeHart talks with NBC's Kerry Sanders about a security breach at the company. — NBC's Kerry Sanders — A small Florida publishing company says the million-record database …
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GoDaddy Outage Takes Down Millions Of Sites, Anonymous Member Claims Responsibility — According to many customers, sites hosted by major web host and domain registrar GoDaddy are down. According to the official GoDaddy Twitter account the company is aware of the issue and is working to resolve it.
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| Jason Schreier / Kotaku: |
Valve Is Bringing Steam To Your TV Today. Watch Out, Consoles. — Today, Valve will launch the beta of Big Picture mode, a version of Steam designed for your television. That's right. The de facto central hub of PC gaming is now designed to run while you're lounging in your living room—and with a controller, no less.
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| Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch: |
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Got Better When Twitter Shut Us Off, Move Was “Partial Bulls**t” — LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman discussed the removal of Twitter's feeds from its product, even though it was not their decision. — Hoffman says at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco that its product …
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Reid Hoffman On Investing In Facebook Now: He's Waiting For The Lock-Ups To Pass — As one of Facebook's very earliest backers (with a $37,500 investment at a $5 million valuation), LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman sounds neutral on the company for the next six months, but bullish over the very long-haul.
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Instagram is coming to Windows Phone, spotted in Nokia video — Instagram, a popular photo sharing app for iOS and Android, is heading to Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system. We're hearing from sources familiar with Microsoft's Windows Phone plans that an Instagram app will be made available … | Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
Apache Web software overrides IE10 do-not-track setting — Microsoft's new browser is set by default to tell advertisers not to track user behavior on the Web, but Apache has become a new obstacle to Microsoft's approach. — Apache, the most commonly used software to house Web sites … | Zack Whittaker / CNET: |
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| Om Malik / GigaOM: |
Zynga exec exodus continues as gaming company loses infrastructure CTO — Allan Leinwand, chief technology officer of infrastructure for San Francisco-based social games company Zynga, has left the company, according to an update on his LinkedIn profile page.
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Toys ‘R’ Us Rolls Out Its Own Tablet — In a bid to battle the “showrooming” phenomenon that is hurting big-box retailers, Toys “R” Us Inc. is expected to disclose Monday that it plans to sell a proprietary tablet designed for children. — The $149.99 Tabeo will be available only at Toys … | Adam Ewing / Bloomberg: |
Nokia to Conduct Ethics Review Into Misleading Ad Video — Nokia Oyj (NOK), the smartphone maker trying to revive sales with new devices unveiled last week, said an ethics officer will conduct a review into why the company published misleading marketing materials for the products.
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
“I Never Wanted To Be An Entrepreneur” Says Jack Dorsey — “... I wanted to be Bruce Lee. I wanted to be a sailor. I wanted to be a tailor. I wanted to craft products and share with others.” — Speaking today at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, Jack Dorsey took the audience through …
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Google Adds Pirate Bay Domains to Censorship List — There are certain words Google doesn't want you to see without explicitly searching for them. — Type in ‘peni...’ or ‘vagin...’ and the search giant leaves out the most obvious suggestions. This, despite the fact that these dictionary words …
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HP introduces new Apple iMac — Hewlett Packard has a long and rich history of innovation in Silicon Valley. As one of the first major computer companies to set down roots there, it has ties with nearly every maker to come after it, even Apple. Founder Steve Jobs famously contacted Bill Hewlett directly …
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HP revises restructuring figures; now cutting 29,000 jobs — Summary: Computer maker HP will cut 29,000 jobs — an increase on its first estimate — as the firm continues to cut back on costs as it falls down the PC building market share rankings. — Zack Whittaker
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft goes public with plans for 32 holiday pop-up stores — Summary: Microsoft plans to open 32 holiday pop-up brick-and-mortar stores some time this fall. — Microsoft officials have gone public with the full list of its planned 32 holiday pop-up brick-and-mortar stores.
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| Ina Fried / AllThingsD: |
T-Mobile Launches Big Push to Get Customers to Bring Their Own iPhone — Like a host with an empty wine cellar, T-Mobile is throwing a party but encouraging guests to bring their own bottle. Or, in this case, to bring their own iPhone. — This week, the No. 4 U.S. carrier is kicking off …
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| Farhad Manjoo / Slate: |
iPhone design: Documents from the Samsung trial reveal more than ever about Apple's secretive design process — New documents reveal how Apple really invented the iPhone. — Like many of Apple's inventions, the iPhone began not with a vision, but with a problem.
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Google Charges Retailers to Appear on Shopping Site — Whether you are looking to buy a power tool or neon jeans online, chances are you start your search on Google or Amazon.com. But which one? — Behind the scenes, the two companies are waging a war to become the pre-eminent online mall.
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Following controversies, Apple retail chief John Browett rallies troops ahead of ‘brilliant stuff’ in Q1 — Browett at an Apple Store opening (IFO Apple Store on Flickr) — John Browett, Apple's new Senior Vice President of Retail, has been the source of controversy in the Apple retail space as of late.
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| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Dave Morin Says China Is Path's Second Biggest Country — Path CEO Dave Morin offered some updates on the company's growth while on-stage today at TechCrunch Disrupt. Version 2.0 of the journaling/personal networking app launched back in November, and Morin said the momentum from that launch has continued in recent months.
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Feedly revamps its mobile news reader - Positively elegant, but that's simply not enough — You'd be forgiven for not having used reader/aggregator Feedly in a while, the app has repeatedly dipped and risen on the popularity scale since its launch in mid 2008.
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| Chris Velazco / TechCrunch: |
Google To Discontinue Its Prepaid Cards In Google Wallet On October 17 — All good things come to an end, right? That certainly seems to be the case for one of Google Wallet's earliest perks — since the company's mobile payments service first launched almost exactly one year ago … Sponsor Posts
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