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Microsoft execs were aware of an Android Lumia prototype before Nokia deal — Behind Microsoft Deal, the Specter of a Nokia Android Phone — SEATTLE — Before Microsoft reached a deal to buy Nokia's phone business, there was a possibility that Nokia could have switched its smartphones …
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Tweets: @stroughtonsmith, @maryjofoley, @pekkapekkala, @stroughtonsmith and @panzer
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Nuclear options: Microsoft was testing Surface Phone while Nokia experimented with Android — Things might have turned out very differently — Microsoft and Nokia need each other more than you'd expect. While Nokia was testing Android in a variety of different ways, Microsoft was busy experimenting with a Surface Phone.| John Paczkowski / AllThingsD: |
Apple's iPhone 5s, the A7 Chip, and That 64-Bit Question — When Apple unveiled the iPhone 5s on Tuesday, the company touted as one of its tentpole features the 64-bit desktop-class processing power of its new custom-made A7 chip. “The A7 is up to twice as fast as the previous-generation system …
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FBI Admits It Controlled Tor Servers Behind Mass Malware Attack — It wasn't ever seriously in doubt, but the FBI yesterday acknowledged that it secretly took control of Freedom Hosting last July, days before the servers of the largest provider of ultra-anonymous hosting were found …
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| Amanda Holpuch / Guardian: |
Google's Eric Schmidt says government spying is ‘the nature of our society’ — Tech giant's executive chairman calls for greater transparency but declines to ‘pass judgment’ on spying operations — Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, reiterated the tech industry's call … | Brian Fung / The Switch: |
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| Marcia Hoffman / Wired: |
Apple's Fingerprint ID May Mean You Can't ‘Take the Fifth’ — There's a lot of talk around biometric authentication since Apple introduced its newest iPhone, which will let users unlock their device with a fingerprint. Given Apple's industry-leading position, it's probably not a far stretch … | Sam Biddle / Valleywag: |
Path, known for spamming and ad-fueled installs, plummets from top 10 in iPhone app rankings — Path Is S**tting the Bed — After a steady spell of buying its way to the top of download charts, Path is plummeting out of even the top thousand iPhone apps—which makes sense … | Ars Technica: |
Gov't standards agency “strongly” discourages use of NSA-influenced algorithm — The NIST building in Boulder, Colorado. — Quinn Norton/Wired — Following revelations about the National Security Agency's (NSA) covert influence on computer security standards, the National Institute …
Tweets: @kim_bruning and @michaelpilla
| Liz Gannes / AllThingsD: |
Tech's Rising Stars Push Into the Online-to-Offline Era — Although startups like Pinterest, Uber and Airbnb may not seem to have much in common except their lofty valuations, they share a similar purpose that could help describe the current era of consumer technology: Bringing the online world to the offline world.Thanks:@maringuy
| Michael Horowitz / Computerworld: |
Google knows many of the world's Wi-Fi passwords thanks to backup defaults on Android devices — Google knows nearly every Wi-Fi password in the world — If an Android device (phone or tablet) has ever logged on to a particular Wi-Fi network, then Google probably knows the Wi-Fi password.
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Daily Dot, SlashGear, Business Insider, gHacks Technology News and Yahoo! News. Tweets: @aaronwall
| Joe Mullin / Ars Technica: |
“Patent troll” claiming playlists and podcasts scores license with SanDisk — Some patent trolls hide in the shadows, avoiding reporters and setting up complex mazes of shell companies to avoid scrutiny. James Logan, the owner of Personal Audio LLC, isn't like that.
Tweets: @grok_
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Twitter's IPO Plan: Don't Do What Facebook Did — Company Executives Work to Distance Themselves From Rival's Mistakes — The Twitter Inc. executives leading its long-expected initial public offering have a mission: Don't repeat the mistakes that muddied Facebook Inc.'s IPO.| Mike Isaac / AllThingsD: |
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