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Graph Search Now Includes Posts and Status Updates — Starting today, Graph Search will include posts and status updates. Now you will be able to search for status updates, photo captions, check-ins and comments to find things shared with you. — Search for the topics you're interested …
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NSA stores metadata of millions of web users for up to a year, secret files show — • Vast amounts of data kept in repository codenamed Marina — • Data retained regardless of whether person is NSA target — • Material used to build ‘pattern-of-life’ profiles of individuals
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John McAfee teases D-Central, a sub-$100 gadget that creates surveillance-proof local networks — John McAfee reveals details on gadget to thwart NSA — SAN JOSE — John McAfee lived up to his reputation Saturday as tech's most popular wild child, electrifying an audience with new details …
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Settle With Friends? Zynga and Bang With Friends End Trademark Dispute. — Sometimes, even the rockiest of relationships end up parting ways amicably. — Social gaming giant Zynga and the makers of Bang With Friends, the casual sex matchmaking application, have reached a settlement on Monday …
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Google Launches Web Designer, A Visual Tool For Building Interactive HTML5 Sites And Ads — Google today announced the launch of Web Designer, a new tool for building interactive HTML5 sites and ads. The company first hinted at this launch in June, but had been quiet about it ever since.
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An anecdotal look at the enabling role of social apps in the sexual interactions of teens — Friends Without Benefits — This year, 81 percent of Internet-using teenagers in America reported that they are active on social-networking sites, more than ever before.
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Samsung's ChatON messaging service passes 100 million registered users — Samsung has today announced that ChatON, its cross-platform mobile messaging service, has passed 100 million registered users. The company claims it has added 50 million new sign-ups over the last four months.| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
Dropbox Continues Its One-Click Campaign To Be Your Default Photo Library — If you've been watching Dropbox at all over the last couple of years, you'll be completely unsurprised at a new feature announced today. The apps on Mac have gained the ability to automatically detect … | Electronista: |
Kantar: Verizon gains in US, Windows Phone nears 10% share in Europe — Verizon extends smartphone dominance — Verizon has reportedly established a solid lead in US smartphone sales over the previous three months, while Windows Phone devices are nearing 10-percent market share in European markets … | Adrianne Jeffries / The Verge: |
Huawei is rotating its CEO every six months to stay fresh — Huawei, the multi-billion dollar Chinese telecom infrastructure and mobile device maker, just announced a new CEO — but only for the next six months. Eric Xu will be the acting CEO of Huawei from October 1st to March 31st under …
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Facebook Woos TV Networks With More Data — Facebook is laying down a new gauntlet in its battle with Twitter to dominate online conversation around television: more data for broadcasters. — This week, Facebook says it will begin sending weekly reports to America's four largest television networks … | Lizette Chapman / Venture Capital Dispatch: |
Justin.tv Spinoff Twitch Raises $20M for Live Video Gaming — Live video gaming platform Twitch has been on a growth tear this past year and has raised $20 million from investors to rip it up some more. … Unlike competitors Ustream, LiveStream, YouTube and others enabling individuals …
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AllThingsD, VentureBeat, The Verge, Y Combinator Posthaven, GigaOM, TechCrunch and SlashGear
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Fab.com CEO Signals That Job Cuts May Be Coming as Site Retools — Fab.com Inc., the e-commerce startup valued at more than $1 billion, signaled that job cuts may be coming as the company revamps its approach to selling goods and strives to turn a profit. — As of tomorrow … | Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
AngelList Syndicates By The Numbers: 12 Deals, $3.5M Raised, 199 Angels Activated Syndication With $5.6M Committed — This weekend, the Twittersphere and news cycle was dominated with the reactions of a number of VCs and angels to AngelList Syndicates. According to the data we've collected …
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Valleywag, PandoDaily, Darren Herman, Business Insider and Both Sides of the Table. Tweets: @bragiel
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New Kinect can understand two people talking at the same time — The technology powering the new built-in Kinect peripheral for Xbox One can discern between two people talking at the same time, it was revealed during a talk by Microsoft's Phil Harrison during the Eurogamer Expo in London.
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Low-Cost Motorola DVX Front And Rear Spotted In New FCC Documents — Motorola has a more economical alternative to the flagship X on the way, referred to in a previous FCC filing and a few Republic Wireless documents as the “Motorola DVX.” A revised Permissive Change filing … | Wall Street Journal: |
Aircraft Can Handle Electronic-Device Use, Panel to Tell FAA — Passengers Can Use Their Devices but Not the Internet — A federal advisory committee is set to tell the Federal Aviation Administration that many aircraft flying today are largely ready to handle passengers using … | Seth Rosenblatt / CNET: |
BitTorrent experiments with secure chat — Does the solution to secure instant messaging from prying eyes lie in how torrents work? BitTorrent thinks it might, and is testing out a server-free messaging system. — The aftermath of the NSA spying scandal has people and companies scrambling … | Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
BlackBerry Claims BBM Is Still Coming To Android And iPhone, But Has Given No Timeline — Amid dire financial results and an oddly-timed smartphone launch, BlackBerry's big BBM for iPhone and Android launch seemed lost in a murky grey purgatory with little chance of escape with each passing minute its release was held up.
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