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Feds tell Web firms to turn over user account passwords — Secret demands mark escalation in Internet surveillance by the federal government through gaining access to user passwords, which are typically stored in encrypted form. — The U.S. government has demanded that major Internet … | Janko Roettgers / GigaOM: |
Why Chromecast is such a big deal for Google, and a threat to Apple — Google officially launched its next big idea for the living room Wednesday, and the cast of people presenting the new product dubbed Chromecast at the company's breakfast event in San Francisco looked awfully familiar …
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Apple's Secret Weapon: the iPhone 4 — Three-Year-Old Smartphone Propels Company's Sales in Price-Conscious Markets — Apple Inc. is known for drawing crowds with its latest and greatest technology. But one of its most potent weapons in some markets came out three years ago.
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| Erica Ogg / GigaOM: |
Six years later, how Apple keeps the iPhone chugging along — Between March and June, Apple's iPad shipments dipped 14 percent. The Mac is dropping along with the rest of the PC industry, and the iPod has declined so much it barely merits a mention from the company anymore.
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BlackBerry Lays Off 250 Employees From Its New Product Testing And R&D Department — Layoffs at Waterloo-based smartphone industry pioneer BlackBerry cut deep last year, with around 5,000 employees being let go. Those cuts continue into 2013 as BlackBerry undergoes what CEO Thorsten Heins called a … | Jeff John Roberts / GigaOM: |
Verizon calls on President to veto coming iPhone ban — As an import ban on Apple products gets set to take effect two weeks from now, a Verizon executive is asking the White House to take the unusual step of intervening with the U.S. trade agency that imposed the ban.
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| Steve Kovach / Business Insider: |
Facebook Stock Opens Up 26% After Last Night's Big Earnings Beat — Facebook's stock is up 31% in off-hours trading as of this writing following a glowing earnings report from the company yesterday. — Most importantly, Facebook showed significant revenue growth in mobile ads …
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| Liz Gannes / AllThingsD: |
Fast Car: Uber Funding Auction Could Reach a $3.5B Valuation — Uber, the ride-logistics startup, could be valued at up to $3.5 billion in a new funding round led by TPG Capital, said multiple sources close to the discussions, which are ongoing but advanced. We had first reported that Uber was seeking the round in June.
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OpenStack's Future Depends on Embracing Amazon. Now. — An Open Letter to the OpenStack Community: — Our Future Depends on Embracing Amazon — Dear Stackers, — For three years, elements of the OpenStack community have arbitrarily and unfairly positioned OpenStack against incumbents … | Rip Empson / TechCrunch: |
Healthcare Crowdfunding Platform Watsi Grabs $1.2M From Tencent, Paul Graham, Vinod Khosla, Ron Conway And More — At TechCrunch Disrupt NYC back in April, former Facebook exec-turned-venture capitalist, Chamath Palihapitiya delivered a deflating critique of the tech industry — in particular, the quality of its startups.
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft rolls out developer preview of IE11 on Windows 7 — Summary: Microsoft is making available for download immediately a test build of its IE11 browser for Windows 7, along with various new dev tools and discounts. — At Microsoft's Build conference, the IE team confirmed that Internet Explorer 11 … | Ilya Khrennikov / Bloomberg: |
Yandex Co-Founder Ilya Segalovich on Life Support — Yandex NV (YNDX), Russia's largest search engine, said co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Ilya Segalovich suddenly died at age 48. — “Mr. Segalovich had been diagnosed with a treatable form of cancer and was responding well to treatment …
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| Roger Cheng / CNET: |
MetroPCS doubles reach, outs its own Lumia 521, Optimus F3 — T-Mobile and MetroPCS want to move quickly to capitalize on any uncertainty in the prepaid market caused by AT&T's looming acquisition of rival prepaid business Leap Wireless. — The Lumia 521 will show up to MetroPCS tomorrow.
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| Matt Siegel / New York Times: |
WikiLeaks Founder Assange to Run for Australian Senate — SYDNEY, Australia — Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, formally inaugurated a new political party bearing the name of his antisecrecy organization on Thursday and declared his own unorthodox candidacy for a seat in the Australian Senate …
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| Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
Bigcommerce Raises $40M From Steve Case's Revolution Growth To Help SMBs Manage E-Commerce — Bigcommerce, a company that provides e-commerce software to online retailers and merchants, has raised $40 million from Revolution Growth, the firm founded by former AOL CEO Steve Case.
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| Rebecca Grant / VentureBeat: |
The six most memorable startups from 500 Startups sixth class — MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF — The always-entertaining Dave McClure kicked off the 500 Startups Demo Day today with a video about Sharknado, otherwise known as “the best worst movie ever.” — “We hope our startups go as viral as Sharknado did,” McClure said.
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| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Geeksphone Peak+ up for preorder at €149 with FirefoxOS 1.1, 1GB RAM — Interested in jumping on the Geeksphone Firefox OS bandwagon? Its first consumer-oriented device, the Peak+, is up for pre-order and we now know a lot more about it. It doubles up the RAM to 1GB over its Peak …
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| Seth Augenstein / New Jersey Online: |
International hackers stole 160 million credit card numbers in largest U.S. hacking scheme, feds say — NEWARK — Five men from Russia and the Ukraine are alleged to have operated a global hacking network infiltrating the world's largest financial institutions and businesses …
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