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Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher reflect on AllThingsD, tease new company launching January 2 — You Say Goodbye and We Say Hello — This is the last day of the All Things Digital site, which began life in April of 2007 as a year-round extension of the D conference we launched in 2003.
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| Walt Mossberg / @waltmossberg: |
Re/fresh, Re/think, Re/imagine...Re/code. Our new site is up. Full launch is midnight ET Jan. 2. http://recode.net/...
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Mashable. Tweets: @karaswisher, @rafat, @panzer, @recode, @hunterwalk, @kenli729, @karaswisher and @hunterwalk. See also Mediagazer
| Ken Yeung / The Next Web: |
Hackers allegedly exploit Snapchat security hole and leak 4.6m usernames and phone numbers online — If you're a Snapchat user, then you might be interested to know that someone may have found a way to save the usernames and phone numbers for 4.6 million accounts.
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Tweets: @alexia and @brianshall
| Jonathan Krim / Wall Street Journal: |
Introducing WSJD — Welcome to WSJD, The Wall Street Journal's new home for technology news, analysis, commentary, daily buzz and consumer-product reviews. — This new section is the latest example of our expansion of technology coverage around the world, with a growing team …
| Paul Tassi / Forbes: |
Attack On Twitch Streamer Shuts Down Riot And EA Servers, Attracts Police — It started a game of League of Legends, and ended with a swarm of cops pointing guns at the player and accusing him of having hostages held against their will in his home. — Welcome to the world of online video game harassment.
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| Anand Lal Shimpi / AnandTech: |
The Mac Pro Review (Late 2013) — The year was 2004. I was enrolled in ECE 466 at NCSU, a compiler optimization/scheduling class. I remember walking into the lecture hall and seeing far too many white MacBooks. This was the computer engineering department right?
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MacRumors, Electronista, MacRumors, MacNN, Forbes, Ars Technica, Geek.com, ExtremeTech, Laughing Squid, Ubergizmo, PC Magazine, MacDailyNews, CNET, iClarified, Gotta Be Mobile, Engadget, iPhone in Canada Blog, App Advice, iMore, AppleInsider and iFixit
Tweets: @tapbot_paul, @sdw and @ifixit
| Gary Ng / iPhone in Canada Blog: |
Google to Discontinue Sharing App Bump and Flock on Jan. 31, 2014 — Back in September Google acquired popular sharing tool Bump, with reports the former paid at least $30 million to acquire the company. At the time, Bump said their app along with their photo sharing application Flock would continue to operate “for now”.
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Bump Blog, Gigaom, 9to5Mac, 9to5Google, The Verge, The Next Web, MobileSyrup.com, Android Beat, TechCrunch and App Advice. Thanks:@gary_ng
| Joshua Topolsky / The Verge: |
Welcome to the Age of the Upgrade — Everyone is an early adopter now, and it is glorious — As the 1980s came to a close, a curious thing happened to American consumers: they began to really understand what the word “upgrade” meant. This realization occurred thanks to a magical fusion … | Joep Janssen / Distimo: |
Christmas spike: iOS Downloads and Revenue grew by more than 50% — Next to kisses under the mistletoe and turkeys for dinner, a new Christmas tradition has emerged over the last couple of years: a global spike in download and revenue figures in the app stores.
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The Next Web and MacRumors
| Janko Roettgers / Gigaom: |
Hypedmusic shuts down after receiving cease and desist notice from RIAA — Free music streaming app Hypedmusic shut down this month after receiving a cease and desist notice from the recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Luke Li, the developer of the app, explained …
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BetaNews and Appgrounds
| Susan Stellin / New York Times: |
District Judge Upholds Government's Right to Search Electronics at Border — The government's right to search travelers' electronic devices at the border was upheld in a ruling released by a federal judge on Tuesday, which dismissed a lawsuit challenging this policy.
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ACLU, The Verge, Ars Technica, Associated Press, Wired, Engadget, RT, The Huffington Post and Techdirt
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Silicon Valley Hustle: Former Motionloft CEO Accused Of Defrauding Investors — Thanks to a series of high-profile exits and a generally frothy financing environment, it's not unusual to see startup founders spending money lavishly these days. But the story of Motionloft and its founder Jon Mills … Sponsor Posts
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