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The Macintosh Is 30, and I Was There for Its Birth — Nineteen eighty-four was not like 2014. When Steve Jobs launched the Macintosh, he had to generate excitement about a product — a computer — that was unfamiliar to most people, if not downright scary.
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Macintosh 128K Teardown — Join us as we live the time-traveler's dream—the deep, lucid, Orwellian vision of hope, fear, and nostalgia that is 1984. Just in time for its 30th anniversary, we laid hands on an '84 original: the Macintosh 128K. And, you guessed it—we're tearing it down like it's the Berlin Wall.| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
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Apple Moves Toward Expanded Mobile-Payment Service — Apple Inc. laying the groundwork for an expanded mobile-payments service, leveraging its growing base of iPhone and iPad users and the hundreds of millions of credit cards on file through its iTunes stores.
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| Rip Empson / TechCrunch: |
Black Car Competitor Accuses Uber Of DDoS-Style Attack; Uber Admits Tactics Are “Too Aggressive” — Competition is fierce in the world of on-demand transportation. The consumer demand for better, more convenient car service has exploded over the last two years, and startups services are racing to capitalize.| Douglas MacMillan / Digits: |
SoundCloud raises over $60M at a $700M valuation, led by IVP and Chernin — Music-Sharing Service SoundCloud Raises New Funds at $700 Million Valuation — SoundCloud, the site for uploading and sharing music, has raised a new round of funding valuing the company at about $700 million, according to a person familiar with the deal.
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Gmail And Google+ Go Down Across The World, Service Returns After Roughly 50 Minutes — Update 2: As of 2:52 service seems to be restored and reliable on both Gmail and Google+ for most of those affected. — Update: Users are now reporting that Gmail service at least is back for some …
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| Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline.com: |
Sony Pictures, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg Make Movie Deal For ‘Lean In’ — EXCLUSIVE: In a deal spearheaded by Sony Pictures production president Hannah Minghella, the studio has made a preemptive acquisition of film rights to Lean In: Women, Work, And The Will to Lead, the 2013 book written by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg.
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| Hanni Fakhoury / Wired: |
The U.S. Crackdown on Hackers Is Our New War on Drugs — Before Edward Snowden showed up, 2013 was shaping up as the year of reckoning for the much criticized federal anti-hacking statute, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act ("CFAA"). The suicide of Aaron Swartz in January 2013 brought the CFAA … | Bloomberg: |
Founders Fund aiming to raise $750M in Q1 for fifth fund, 20% increase over previous pool — Facebook-Backer Thiel's Venture Firm Raising $750 Million Fund — Founders Fund, the venture firm started by Facebook Inc. (FB) backer Peter Thiel, is aiming to raise about $750 million for its fifth fund …
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| Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land: |
Days-Old Error In Google Search Causes Gmail User To Get Thousands Of Emails — Earlier this week, we reported a glitch in Google Search, where clicking on a link after a search for Gmail listed someone's email address, complete in a window ready to send them email.| Steve Kovach / Business Insider: |
Care.com, The ‘Amazon Of Caregiving Services’ Popped 43% On Its IPO Day — Care.com, a website that acts as a portal for service providers like babysitters and pet sitters to find clients, had its IPO today. (Think of Care.com as the “Amazon of caregiving services.") — It was a big day too.Sponsor Posts
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