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| Bob Lord / Twitter Blog: |
Keeping our users secure — As you may have read, there's been a recent uptick in large-scale security attacks aimed at U.S. technology and media companies. Within the last two weeks, the New York Times and Wall Street Journal have chronicled breaches of their systems …
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See also Mediagazer| Mike Isaac / AllThingsD: |
Twitter Hacked, 250,000 User Accounts Potentially Compromised — Twitter disclosed on Friday evening that its systems had been attacked in the past week by an unidentified group of hackers. As a result of the the attack, the hackers may have had access to the usernames … | Connor Simpson / The Atlantic Wire: |
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| Path: |
Path and the FTC — Today the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it reached a settlement pending court approval with Path regarding alleged violations of the Children's Online Privacy Protections Act (COPPA). The gist of the FTC's complaint is this: early in Path's history …
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| Ben Smith / BuzzFeed: |
The Best Parenting App Is Against The Law — Outdated rules and overzealous regulators mean kids can't use Path. Stop COPPA! — Via: path.com — The Federal Trade Commission levied a $800,000 fine on the social networking service Path Friday morning for having, among other things … | Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
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| Casey Newton / CNET: |
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| Washington Post: |
Chinese hackers suspected in attack on The Post's computers — A sophisticated cyberattack targeted The Washington Post in an operation that resembled intrusions against other major American news organizations and that company officials suspect was the work of Chinese hackers, people familiar with the incident said.
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| Nicole Perlroth / New York Times: |
Washington Post Joins List of News Media Hacked by the Chinese — SAN FRANCISCO — The question is no longer who has been hacked. It's who hasn't? — The Washington Post can be added to the growing list of American news organizations whose computers have been penetrated by Chinese hackers.
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| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Google shares hit all-time high — The company's stock, which rose to $775.32 today, contrasts with the stock performance of rival Apple. — It's not a bad day to be Google. — The search giant's shares soared to an all-time high today amid hopes it will soon resolve its European antitrust issues.| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Facebook re-enables Tag Suggestions facial-recognition feature in the US, on by default for all — Facebook has announced it has brought back its photo Tag Suggestions feature to the US after temporarily suspending it last year to make some technical improvements.
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Apple Takes 3 Of Top 5 Spots In U.S. Mobile Phone Sales For Q4 2012, Says NPD — Apple has managed to nab three of the top 5 spots for the top-selling mobile phones in the U.S. during Q4 2012 according to the NPD Group, with the iPhone 5, iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 ranking first, third and fourth, respectively.| David Hornik / VentureBlog: |
Secondary Market Stupidity — I have heard of short term memory, but this borders on amnesia. Were the buyers in this latest secondary transaction (Twitter at $10B) asleep during the Facebook IPO? Did they miss the part where lots of well intentioned “investors” bought Facebook shares at $80B …
| Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
Chrome, IE, Silk pry open mobile-browsing market — Newer arrivals on smartphones and tablets have only a small part of the market, but that could be a foot in the door. — New mobile browsers including Google's Chrome, Microsoft's IE, and Amazon's Silk are gaining a foothold …
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