Techmeme: Sony Chairman Howard Stringer Says He'll Retire in June (Cliff Edwards/Bloomberg)

March 9, 2013, 2:40 PM

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Elie Bursztein / elie.im:

Apple finally turns HTTPS on for the App Store, fixing a lot of vulnerabilities — Early July 2012, I reported to Apple numerous vulnerabilities related to their App Store iOS app. Last week Apple finally issued a fix for it and turned on HTTPS for the App Store.

More: CNET, Ars Technica, iClarified, iPhone Hacks, The Verge, Naked Security, App Advice, Geek News Central, VentureBeat, MacNN and Softpedia News

Todd Bishop / GeekWire:

No Google Glasses allowed, declares Seattle dive bar — Google's high-tech augmented reality “Project Glass” spectacles are still in development, and not available for purchase. But Seattle's 5 Point Cafe is getting ahead of the game — and fueling a debate over privacy — by banning the devices from the bar in advance.

More: MyNorthwest.com, LAPTOP Magazine, CNET, TechHive, Softpedia News, The Register, Google+ and Neowin. Tweets: @dannysullivan

Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch:

Inside Google Street View: From Larry Page's Car To The Depths Of The Grand Canyon — “Teleportation is the transfer of matter from one point to another without traversing the physical space between them, similar to the concept apport, an earlier word used in the context of spiritualism.”

More: The Verge. Thanks:@drew

Rip Empson / TechCrunch:

Zaarly Shutters Its Reverse Craigslist Marketplace, Goes All In On Virtual Storefronts As Co-Founder Exits — When Arrington first introduced the world to the concept of Zaarly two years ago, my first thought was “a fast, mobile way for me to request booze delivery on demand? Sign me up.”

More: VentureBeat and BetaKit

Dan Levine / Reuters:

Judge will not suspend Apple Siri patent case vs. Samsung — (Reuters) - A judge on Friday refused to suspend Apple Inc's patent lawsuit against Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, a case that includes search technology in Apple's Siri voice assistant. — The ruling came from U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California.

More: Fortune, FOSS Patents, AppleInsider, Bloomberg, PhoneArena, SlashGear, CNET and Electronista

Cliff Edwards / Bloomberg:

Sony Chairman Howard Stringer Says He'll Retire in June — Sony Corp. (6758) board Chairman Howard Stringer, who became the first non-Japanese executive to lead the company, said he will retire in June. — Stringer, 71, will step down at the company's annual shareholder meeting …

More: Polygon, Deadline.com, CNET, VG247, Los Angeles Times, SlashGear and Wall Street Journal

David Kravets / Wired:

Appeals Court Curbs Border Agents' Carte Blanche Power to Search Your Gadgets — A federal appeals court for the first time ruled Friday that U.S. border agents do not have carte blanche authority to search the cellphones, tablets and laptops of travelers entering the country — a “watershed” …

More: Techdirt, The Verge, Associated Press and Politico. Tweets: @declanm

MG Siegler / TechCrunch:

An iPhone Lover's Take On The Nexus 4 — This is the first Android device I would feel comfortable using on a regular basis. — That doesn't mean I'm going to, but I would be just fine with it. — If I had to boil down my thoughts about the Nexus 4 into two sentences, those would be them.

More: John Biggs. Tweets: @hblodget

Wall Street Journal:

New Money Ventures to Silicon Valley — When SurveyMonkey LLC Chief Executive Dave Goldberg wanted to raise money for his Palo Alto, Calif., company, he didn't lean on the venture capitalists that scour Silicon Valley looking for the next Google Inc. or Facebook Inc.

More: bizjournals, VatorNews and Deal Journal

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

No Winning Exploit Found For Chrome OS At Annual Hacking Competition, Pwnium 3 — Google's operating system Chrome OS survived all attempts to hack it at this year's Pwnium 3 competition, which took place at the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver, BC this week.

More: ZDNet, Geek.com, Mobile Magazine, Computerworld, Mozilla Security Blog, Network World, TechSpot, Naked Security and Pocketables

Sinead Carew / Reuters:

T-Mobile USA to start BlackBerry Z10 business sales on March 11 — T-Mobile USA, the fourth biggest U.S. mobile service provider, said on Friday that it would start selling the highly anticipated and much delayed BlackBerry Z10 touchscreen smartphone to its business customers on March 11.

More: Examiner, Engadget, PhoneArena, IntoMobile, SlashGear, Pocketnow, Softpedia News and Bloomberg

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Netflix Stops Issuing API Keys To New Developers, Effectively Ending Its Developer Program — Netflix just used the quiet Friday afternoon to announce that it is effectively ending its public developer program. Netflix will stop issuing API keys immediately and will not accept new API affiliates.

More: Netflix API, The Verge, BitBQ Blog, iClarified, Engadget and T3 News

Tweets: @panzer and @carnage4life

Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg:

Apple CEO Tim Cook May Testify in E-Books Antitrust Suit — Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook may testify in the U.S. Justice Department's lawsuit against the world's biggest technology company over e-books pricing. — The U.S. sued Apple and a group of book publishers last year …

More: Bloomberg, CNET, Good E-Reader, App Advice, Forbes, AppleInsider and MacRumors

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