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Twitter Likely to Kill Its Music App — Just six months after launching it, Twitter is strongly considering killing off its Twitter #Music mobile application, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. — It is unclear what Twitter's time frame is for ultimately ending support …
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| Ron / WinBeta: |
Microsoft pulls Windows RT 8.1 update from the Windows Store due to ‘a situation’ — Microsoft has apparently removed the Windows RT 8.1 update from the Windows Store, citing a situation as the culprit for some users. Microsoft is investigating the issue and will provide further details once the update is ready to be released again.| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
Seene Uses Computer Vision To Create Unique And Eerie 3D Images On iPhone — It's not often that I use a new ‘photo capture’ app and impressed by it within seconds. It's not that there's not a lot of cool stuff being built out there, it's just that the frontiers are getting closer and easier to predict.
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| Katie Marsal / AppleInsider: |
Apple inventory snapshot suggests new MacBook Pros imminent, non-Retina iPad mini may live on — A near last minute snapshot of Apple's indirect channel inventory ahead of Tuesday's media event supports expectations of new Retina MacBook Pros, 9.7-inch fifth-gen iPads, and a redesigned Mac Pro … | Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Anonymity of Bitcoin transactions a boon to ransomware crooks — You're infected—if you want to see your data again, pay us $300 in Bitcoins — Malware that takes computers hostage until users pay a ransom is getting meaner, and thanks to the growing prevalence of Bitcoin … | Phil Goldstein / FierceWireless: |
SoftBank to take majority stake in big U.S. wireless device distributor Brightstar — SoftBank makes $1.26B investment in wireless distributor Brightstar — Sprint (NYSE:S) parent SoftBank said it agreed to take a 57 percent stake in U.S. wireless device distributor Brightstar Corp. for $1.26 billion …
| Robinson Meyer / The Atlantic Online: |
What Does It Mean for the U.S. to ‘Lose Control of the Internet?’ — The NSA revelations have thrown open an Internet governance dispute that seemed resolved. What's next? — Is the U.S. losing control of the Internet? — That's how some are interpreting a statement released in October … | Ernesto / TorrentFreak: |
Megaupload Raid ‘Destroyed’ (Way) More Than 10,000,000 Legal Files — When the U.S. Government took down Megaupload it branded the company as a pirate site with seemingly few legitimate uses. Up until now, however, there has been no research to back up this claim.
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CONTROLLING CHAOS: Twitter's Wild Ride From Doodle To IPO — In the fall of 2010, Twitter was in chaos. — The micro-blogging site, which had been founded four years earlier, still wasn't generating much revenue despite having 145 million users. The site was still crashing constantly.| Tim Sampson / Daily Dot: |
Where does your Wikipedia donation go? Outgoing chief warns of corruption — When Wikipedia decided to roll out an aggressive fundraising effort a few years ago, the free encyclopedia came with a remarkably effective battle plan. For the entirety of the campaign, cofounder Jimmy Wales stared visitors … | Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Microsoft confirms it is working on a Remote Desktop app for Windows Phone — Microsoft yesterday quietly launched Microsoft Remote Desktop for Android and iOS, for the first time bringing the Windows desktop to phones and tablets. One of the most surprising parts of the announcement …
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| Richard Lawler / Engadget: |
Google Hangouts for iOS can call US & Canada for free, receive Google Voice calls — The Google Hangouts app for iOS is getting a major update this evening that gives it all new calling features on Apple's mobile hardware. Users can call phone numbers directly from the app itself …
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