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US prosecutors investigating bitcoin businesses: source — (Reuters) - Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office is seeking information from businesses dealing in bitcoin on how some of them handled cyber-attacks that hamstrung several exchanges in recent weeks, a source familiar with the probe said on Wednesday.| Kazuhiko Tamaki / Reuters: |
Japan authorities looking into closure of Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange — (Reuters) - Japanese authorities are looking into the abrupt closure of Mt. Gox, the top government spokesman said on Wednesday in Tokyo's first official reaction to the turmoil at what was the world's biggest exchange for bitcoin virtual currency.
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The Future of the News Business: A Monumental Twitter Stream All in One Place — I am more bullish about the future of the news industry over the next 20 years than almost anyone I know. You are going to see it grow 10X to 100X from where it is today. That is my starting point for any discussion about the future of journalism.
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| Matt Warman / Telegraph: |
Google did not bid for WhatsApp — Claims that Facebook outbid Google in its $19 billion acquisition of WhatsApp are untrue, a top executive has said. — Google did not bid for WhatsApp, the company revealed yesterday. Suggestions that Facebook's $19bn purchase of the instant messaging service outbid … | Jeff Atwood / Coding Horror: |
App ecosystems reinvent everything hateful about the software industry before the web blew it up — App-pocalypse Now — I'm getting pretty sick of being nagged to install your damn apps. — XKCD helpfully translates: — Yeah, there are smart app banners, which are marginally less annoying …
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| Mat Smith / Engadget: |
LINE takes on Skype and Hangouts with new, cheap, Call service — It's all about stickers, really. LINE means stickers, but as the company keeps telling us, its apps do so much more than that — and even more starting next month. The Japanese messaging service is launching …
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White House Weighs Four Options for Revamping NSA Phone Surveillance — Proposals Range From Running Program Through Phone Companies to Ditching It Altogether — WASHINGTON—Administration lawyers have presented the White House with four options for restructuring the National Security …
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Rolls-Royce Drone Ships Challenge $375 Billion Industry: Freight — In an age of aerial drones and driver-less cars, Rolls-Royce (RR/) Holdings Plc is designing unmanned cargo ships. — Rolls-Royce's Blue Ocean development team has set up a virtual-reality prototype at its office in Alesund …
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Apple files appeal in e-book antitrust case — Apple asks federal appeals court to overturn finding in antitrust case, or award new trial — NEW YORK (AP) — Apple filed papers on Tuesday telling a federal appeals court in New York that a judge's finding it violated antitrust laws …
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OpenID Connect Identity Protocol Launches With Support From Google, Microsoft & Others — Signing users in to a mobile or web app isn't necessarily hard, but keeping their credentials safe is something that's often best left to specialists. The OpenID Foundation today announced the launch …
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Apple to Arizona: Anti-gay bill puts Mesa sapphire plant at risk — It's not clear if Apple could do business in a state that sanctions discrimination against gays. — FORTUNE — Apple (AAPL) confirmed Monday that it has urged Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer to veto a bill that would allow business owners …
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| Billy Steele / Engadget: |
MasterCard testing security feature that okays purchases based on phone location — Locking down those credit cards while globe trotting is always a chief concern. Today at Mobile World Congress, MasterCard and Syniverse announced a joint effort to ease the fears of travelers.| Rip Empson / TechCrunch: |
With Box, Yelp And Palantir On Board, Piazza Lands $8M From Khosla To Bring Recruiting To Its Social Q&A Platform For Students — As free online social tools now play a central role in how we communicate, interact and manage our interpersonal relationships, and as consumerization sweeps through …
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360 million newly stolen credentials on black market: cybersecurity firm — (Reuters) - A cybersecurity firm said on Tuesday that it uncovered stolen credentials from some 360 million accounts that are available for sale on cyber black markets, though it is unsure where they came from or what they can be used to access.
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
OpenX launches its mobile-first native ad exchange — OpenX Technologies is launching a mobile-focused native ad exchange today that it says will help app and game developers and publishers make a lot more money. — In an event at the Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona, mobile monetization firm OpenX is unveiling Native O|
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As Barnes & Noble Nook revenues slide 50%, the company says it's launching another tablet — Barnes & Noble is cutting jobs and revenues fell again in the third-quarter earnings report released Wednesday, with the Nook segment once again taking a particularly large hit … | Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
NuoDB Raises $14.2M Round Led By Dassault Systèmes For Its Distributed Database Management System — OpenID Connect Identity Protocol Launches With Support From Google, Microsoft & Others — NuoDB, a Cambridge, Mass.-based database company that specializes in distributed database management …
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| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Square acquires scheduling and appointment booking startup BookFresh, will keep products separate for now — Square today announced it has acquired BookFresh, a scheduling and appointment booking startup. Both companies are promising that for BookFresh customers, nothing will change …
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Japan's Line denies report of talks to sell stake to SoftBank — (Reuters) - Japan-based Line Corp denied a media report it was in talks to sell a stake to SoftBank Corp (9984.T) - a report that comes after big acquisitions of rival messaging app firms have fanned speculation that it too may be up for grabs.| Mat Honan / Wired: |
Inside the High-Stakes Battle to Control How You Talk to Friends — Before the scrum — over who will control mobile messaging turned hot last week, with Facebook's $19 billion purchase of WhatsApp, things got very, very cold. In December, an ice storm was blowing into the Canadian city of Waterloo … | Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill: |
Cell phone freedom bill passes House — Legislation aimed at letting people use their cell phones with any mobile carrier they wish was narrowly approved by the House today, after several Democrats opposed the bill due to a last minute change in the text. — House Republicans called …
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| Rohin Dhar / Priceonomics Blog: |
Square is Testing a New App for Ordering Food: Square Pickup — Square, the mobile payments startup, is testing a new app called “Square Pickup.” It's a simple app that lets you order food from a Square merchant ahead of time. The app is currently in testing with several San Francisco restaurants.
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