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| Dave Engberg / Evernote Blog: |
Security Notice: Service-wide Password Reset — The following blog post is also being sent to all Evernote users as an email communication. — Evernote's Operations & Security team has discovered and blocked suspicious activity on the Evernote network that appears to have been a coordinated attempt …
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| Louis Goddard / The Verge: |
Evernote resets all passwords after user information stolen in security breach — Popular note-taking service Evernote has reset all user passwords after information including usernames, email addresses, and encrypted passwords was stolen in a security breach.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Evernote Saw First Signs Of Hacking On Feb. 28: Emails, Passwords And Usernames Accessed But Not Your Data Or Payment Details — Evernote is requiring its nearly 50 million users to reset their passwords after the popular personal note-taking app became the latest high-profile victim of wide-scale hacking attempts.
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| Henry Blodget / Business Insider: |
Apple Stock Just Crashed To A New Low — It was an up day for the market and most technology stocks, but not for Apple. — Apple stock fell another 2.5% to close at $430—its lowest closing price since the stock's slide began last September. — Apple is now down almost 40% from its peak.
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| Terrence O'Brien / Engadget: |
Firefox OS is repeating the mistakes of others and hoping for a different outcome — I feel bad for Mozilla, I really do. Competitors and the march of time are closing in quicker than it can raise its defenses. Her crown jewel, Firefox, is feeling the squeeze as Chrome encroaches … | Bloomberg: |
Mason Ouster Leaves Groupon Seeking CEO to Uncover Coupon Profit — Groupon Inc. (GRPN)'s decision to fire Andrew Mason puts pressure on Chairman Eric Lefkofsky to find a replacement who can create a money-making business after the daily-deal provider lost $723.8 million in the past three years.
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| Elizabeth Spiers / Fast Company: |
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| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
HitBliss, The Pandora Of Ads, Will Pay You To Watch Commercials — We've been bombarded by advertisers for so long it's rare we even remember this, but advertising is still valuable. — HitBliss, a new service launching into beta, is looking to put the control back in the hands of consumers …
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| Jeff Blagdon / The Verge: |
Do Not Track bill reintroduced: ‘They have dragged their feet long enough,’ says senator — Do Not Track is back in the spotlight today as senators Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) reintroduced a bill that would let people opt out of having their online activity tracked by advertisers.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Disney, News Corp. Discuss Hulu's Future — News Corp . and Walt Disney Co. have begun discussions about resolving uncertainty over their jointly controlled online video site Hulu LLC, with one possible outcome being that one or the other company sells their stake.
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| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Yahoo to kill swath of products including BlackBerry app, message boards, and more in April to sharpen focus — Yahoo on Friday announced it is killing a slew of services next month. The company is shutting down Avatars, its BlackBerry app, Clues, app search, Sports IQ, Message Boards, and its Updates API next month.| Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
Apple's Lightning AV Adapter contains an ARM SoC, 256MB memory, may be an ‘AirPlay’ decoder — Apple's new Lightning Digital AV Adapter appears to have a system on a chip inside of it and may actually function as an AirPlay receiver, according to some recent investigation by Panic Software.
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| Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents: |
Judge strikes $450 million from $1 billion damages award in Apple v. Samsung: second trial needed — Judge Lucy Koh, the federal judge presiding over two Apple v. Samsung cases in the Northern District of California, has just entered an order striking (or, more precisely, vacating) $450,514,650 …
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| Michael Geist Blog: |
Here Comes ACTA: Canadian Government Introduces Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement Compliance Bill — The Canadian government today introduced a bill aimed at ensuring the Canada complies with the widely discredited Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. Despite the European Union's total rejection …
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