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NSA collects almost 200 million text messages a day in global “untargeted” sweep — NSA collects millions of text messages daily in ‘untargeted’ global sweep — The National Security Agency has collected almost 200 million text messages a day from across the globe …
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Engadget, VentureBeat, ZDNet, Digital Trends, Channel 4, CNET, Techdirt, TechCrunch, TheHill, Gizmodo, The Verge, SlashGear, BBC, The Next Web and Mashable
| Alex Chitu / Google Operating System: |
Google Now integrated in Chrome Canary builds, with weather, scores, traffic, and reminder cards — Google Now in Chrome for Desktop — Google Now cards are available in the latest Chrome Canary build for Windows and Mac (34.0.1788). You only need to go to chrome://flags/#enable-google- now …
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Gizmodo, The Next Web, MJD, Computerworld, Inquirer, Gizmodo UK, Gigaom, BGR, SlashGear, iMore, MobileSyrup.com, Android Central, VentureBeat, The Verge, iDownloadBlog.com, Pureinfotech Newsletter, TechCrunch, Gotta Be Mobile, 9to5Google, Ubergizmo, MacRumors, TechnoBuffalo, CNET, 9to5Mac, Phandroid, Search Engine Land, Ars Technica, Cult of Mac, TIME, ReadWrite, GSMArena Blog, Engadget, Droid Life, Web Browser and Electronista
| Matthew J. Belvedere / CNBC: |
Jobs biographer Walter Isaacson says Google, not Apple is the greatest innovator in the world — Google steals innovation crown from Apple: Isaacson — iPhones begin selling at China Moblie on Friday — This is a big deal, says Walter Isaacson, Aspen Institute, discussing Apple's deal …
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9to5Mac, App Advice, BGR, SiliconBeat, Business Insider, Cult of Mac, InvestorPlace and 9to5Google
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Launches Trending Topics On Web With Descriptions Of Why Each Is Popular — Following tests of Twitter-style Trending Topics on the web and mobile in August, Facebook today officially launches a redesigned “Trending” section on its web homepage's sidebar in the US, UK, Canada, India and Australia.
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Thanks:@anthonyha. See also Mediagazer| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
NPD: Apple grabbed 42% of US smartphone share in Q4 2013, Samsung took 26%, as HTC, Motorola, and BlackBerry fell — In Q4 2013, Apple and Samsung were the clear winners in the US smartphone race. iPhone ownership increased from 35 percent in Q4 2012 to 42 percent in Q4 2013 …
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| Larry Downing / Reuters: |
U.S. government warns merchants on methods used by Target hackers — Merchandise baskets are lined up outside a Target department store in Palm Coast, Florida, December 9, 2013. — (Reuters) - The U.S. government sent a confidential, 16-page technical bulletin to retailers and other merchants …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Nokia's Android phone includes Windows Phone-like UI — Images of Nokia's Android phone, codenamed Normandy, were originally published in November, but a number of recent leaks have provided a closer look at the hardware and its software. Vizileaks has published what appears …
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| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Intel Beats Q4 Revenue Forecasts With Top Line Of $13.8B, Misses On Profit With EPS Of $0.51 — Today Intel reported its fourth-quarter earnings, including revenue of $13.83 billion and earnings per share of $0.51. Investors had expected Intel to earn $0.52 per share on revenue of $13.72 billion.
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| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Rdio takes on Spotify with free Web streaming for US users — Rdio today announced it is making its music streaming service free on the Web for all US users. In other words, you can access the company's over 20 million songs, as well as albums, playlists, and stations from any computer without paying a dime.| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
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Spotify Blog, Inquirer, Inc.com, The Register, Computerworld, CNET, SlashGear, Engadget, GSMArena Blog, BGR, Gizmodo and The Verge
| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
OUYA Founding Team Member And VP Of Product Development Departs — One of OUYA's founding members, Muffi Ghadiali, has left the company, TechCrunch has learned. Ghadiali was instrumental in helping launch the OUYA on Kickstarter and to the consumer market, and has previous experience working for Lab126 …
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Co.Labs, Phandroid, AndroidHeadlines.com, SlashGear, The Escapist and Joystiq. Thanks:@vmgarmstrong
| Ellis Hamburger / The Verge: |
Facebook plans suite of standalone mobile apps for 2014 — Messenger is just the tip of the iceberg — Facebook's new Messenger app is lightning fast and utilitarian — a vision of the “mobile first” mentality Facebook promised one year ago. In an earnings call two weeks after Messenger launched …
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| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
Twitter Gets Serious About Commerce, Nears Deal With Payments Startup Stripe — Twitter is close to letting its users purchase products directly through the social network and is nearing a deal with payments startup Stripe to help it accept credit card payments from its users, according to a person familiar with the deal.
Tweets: @kenli729
| Christopher Mims / Quartz: |
Someone's refrigerator just took part in a malicious cyberattack — Between December 23 and January 6, more than 100,000 internet-connected smart “things,” including media players, smart televisions and at least one refrigerator, were part of a network of computers used to send 750,000 spam emails.| Alex Howard / E Pluribus Unum: |
IRS enables Americans to download their tax transcripts over the Internet — Earlier today, at the White House Education Datapalooza, an official from the United States Department of the Treasury informed a packed theater and livestream that students, parents and citizens would finally be able … | Ina Fried / Re/code: |
T-Mobile Broadening Its Program to Pay Switchers — T-Mobile plans to expand a recently introduced program that pays new customers up to $350 for breaking their contract with a rival carrier. — After announcing it last week for customers of AT&T, Verizon and Sprint …
Tweets: @kenli729
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Shopkick Starts 100-Store iBeacon Trial For American Eagle, Biggest Apparel Rollout Yet — Apple's iBeacon technology, which uses Bluetooth LE to send notifications to users when they're inside a physical store, is making another mainstream advance today: Shopkick — the location-based offers startup … | Brad Molen / Engadget: |
LG G Flex coming to Sprint January 31st for $300, preorders begin today — The LG G Flex was finally announced for three carriers in the US at CES, but we didn't know any pricing or availability. It looks like Sprint is the first to strike with the news: the G Flex will be coming … | Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
Secondhand Clothing Marketplace Twice Raises $18.5M From Andreessen Horowitz — Online fashion marketplaces are fast picking up steam these days, quickly replacing the traditional auction model pioneered by eBay, as a way to consign, and sell your clothes. Twice, an online consignment shop …
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| David Meyer / Gigaom: |
Privacy activists can sue Google in UK over Safari tracking, court decides — A group of privacy activists in England have won permission to sue Google in that country over its tricking of Apple's Safari browser into accepting its tracking cookies, even when the browser settings forbade this.| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Citing The Re-Org, Xbox Exec Exits Microsoft After Nearly A Decade — In the wake of the recent Microsoft reorganization, a longtime Xbox-group executive is leaving Microsoft, according to the Los Angeles Times and confirmed by TechCrunch. Blair Westlake, a now former corporate vice president …
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