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Samsung Galaxy S5 to have swipe-style fingerprint sensor in home button for unlocking device, app shortcuts, website logins — Explained: Samsung's implementation of the fingerprint sensor on the upcoming Galaxy S5 — Yes, you heard it right folks! Today, we are finally confirming …
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| Bloomberg: |
Galaxy S5 to have 5.2 inch screen, sharper display, improved battery and camera, may arrive alongside upgraded Galaxy Gear — Samsung's New Galaxy Said to Feature Bigger, Sharper Display — Samsung Electronics Co. (005930)'s new high-end smartphone will have a larger 5.2-inch screen … | The Intercept: |
GCHQ spied on WikiLeaks visitors; NSA discussed targeting WikiLeaks, Pirate Bay, and Anonymous — Snowden Documents Reveal Covert Surveillance and Pressure Tactics Aimed at WikiLeaks and Its Supporters — Top-secret documents from the National Security Agency and its British counterpart reveal …
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Here Comes the Candy Crush IPO! After a $1.9 Billion Year, King Gets Ready to Go Public — Candy Crush isn't just a crazily addictive time-waster: It's also a really, really big business. Now the company behind it wants to go public. King Digital Entertainment, the Irish publisher behind Candy Crush …
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| Eli Lake / The Daily Beast: |
Spy Chief: We Should've Told You We Track Your Calls — The U.S. government long considered its collection of Americans' call records to be a state secret. Now the Director of National Intelligence admits it would have been better if Washington had acknowledged the surveillance in the first place.
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Asus router vulnerability allows everyone on the Internet access to data on connected drives — Dear Asus router user: You've been pwned, thanks to easily exploited flaw — An Ars reader by the name of Jerry got a nasty surprise as he was browsing the contents of his external hard drive over the weekend … | Bloomberg: |
Talks for including Netflix on Time Warner set-top boxes are on hold after Comcast deal announcement — Netflix Talks for Time Warner Cable Carriage Said to Slow — Netflix Inc. (NFLX)'s effort to secure a place for its video-subscription service on Time Warner Cable Inc. set-top boxes …
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See also Mediagazer| Phil Wahba / Reuters: |
First U.S. bitcoin ATMs to open soon in Seattle, Austin — (Reuters) - Robocoin said on Tuesday that later this month it will install the first automated teller machines in the United States that let users buy and sell bitcoin, the latest step into the mainstream for the digital currency.| Tom Krazit / Gigaom: |
Some day Silicon Valley will move north. Here's why it should settle in Oakland — Silicon Valley is both a metaphor for the entire tech industry and a real place that is (on a rare good day) an hour south of San Francisco. It's the longtime home to some of the world's most important … | Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
‘AirPlay Recorder’ App Lets Mac Users Save Songs From iTunes Radio — doubleTwist, the company behind the popular multi-platform iTunes-compatible doubleTwist Media Player, today brought its new AirPlay Recorder app to the Mac, allowing iTunes users to capture and save streaming audio for offline use.| Mike Hopkins / Hulu Blog: |
Hulu hires former SVP at Sony Network Entertainment Tian Lim as CTO — A World-Class Builder Joins the Hulu Ranks — Hulu is the best place for world-class builders. Hands down. Our business at its core is defined by the building and innovating that happens daily at Hulu.
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
HTC sets March 25th date for its next flagship phone launch — Here comes the next One — HTC is distributing press invitations for its next big event, scheduled for March 25th, where the company's next flagship smartphone will be revealed. As with the HTC One launch in February of last year …
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| Yash Maheshwari / UnleashThePhones: |
Exclusive: Swipe Keyboard in Windows Phone 8.1 “Blue” [VIDEO] — Although it has only been rumoured to be coming with Windows Phone 8.1 “Blue” release, we now have an exclusive video showcasing the Swipe keyboard in action on Windows Phone 8.1. Check it out, below:
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Gigaom, The Verge, Re/code, CNET, WinBeta, Wpxbox, AmongTech, Softpedia News and WMPoweruser
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft readies a Lync app for Android tablets — Summary: Microsoft plans to release its Lync unified communications app for Android tablets this summer. It also will deliver federated video across Lync and Skype before the end of 2014. — Microsoft plans to release a Lync app …
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TechCrunch, InfoWorld, GeekWire, The Next Web, The Official Microsoft Blog and Fortune. Tweets: @maryjofoley
| Matthew Lynley / BuzzFeed: |
A profile of Deborah Liu, the woman behind Facebook's fast-growing mobile app install ads — Meet The Woman Behind One Of Facebook's Fastest-Growing And Most Lucrative New Businesses — Deborah Liu has nurtured the social network's Mobile App Install Ad product from concept to hundreds … | Lucian Constantin / PC World: |
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