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How the NSA Plans to Infect “Millions” of Computers with Malware — One presentation outlines how the NSA performs “industrial-scale exploitation” of computer networks across the world. — Top-secret documents reveal that the National Security Agency is dramatically expanding its ability …
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iOS 8: Apple considers moving iTunes Radio to its own app to boost usage — In an effort to boost usage of its new streaming music service that launched alongside iOS 7 last fall, Apple is considering changes to iTunes Radio. The Cupertino company is now testing iTunes Radio … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
OneNote for Mac coming this month as Microsoft eyes Evernote — Microsoft is planning to release a OneNote for Mac app later this month. Sources familiar with Microsoft's plans tell The Verge that the Mac application is part of a broader effort to expand the features and functionality of OneNote.| Thomas Cloer / Macworld: |
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Apple drops its 30 day return policy on iPhones down to 14 days — In the recent past, customers who purchased an iPhone directly from the Apple Online Store and in Apple Retail Stores have had 30 days to return the device for any reason. The only stipulation was that it had to be undamaged …
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Why the growing rift between young and old in Silicon Valley is bad for everyone — Silicon Valley's Youth Problem — The Cisco Meraki office in Mission Bay, San Francisco, is 40 paces from the water, and just as nice as Google's. On a clear winter day in late December … | Jemima Kiss / Guardian: |
An online Magna Carta: Berners-Lee calls for bill of rights for web — Exclusive: web's inventor warns neutrality under sustained attack from governments and corporations — The inventor of the world wide web believes an online “Magna Carta” is needed to protect and enshrine the independence …
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Dating App Tinder to Launch Verification Program for Stars (Exclusive) — CEO Sean Rad tells THR that celebrities will soon be able to bypass Tinder's Facebook login to create accounts using their real names. — Tinder has sparked a fire in Hollywood. — The mobile dating app …
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Rdio drops Echo Nest after Spotify acquisition, aims for global growth via mobile — Streaming music service Rdio aims for global, and mobile — Streaming music: More noise than competition? — CNBC.com Technology Reporter Cadie Thompson and Rdio CEO Anthony Bay discuss the trends … | Ginny Marvin / Marketing Land: |
Google Calls It Quits On Brand Banner Ad Test In Search Results — Google has ended last fall's test involving large brand banner ads on Google.com. Amit Singhal, Google's head of search, confirmed the experiment was over in his keynote at SMX West in San Jose, California yesterday.
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Razer refreshes its Blade gaming laptops with NVIDIA Maxwell GPUs, multitouch support — “Thin and powerful” aren't words we tend to associate with gaming laptops, Razer has always been an exception. The company's Blade and Blade Pro laptops have been challenging our preconceptions …
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Credit Karma Confirms New $85M Financing Round Led By Google Capital — Credit Karma, the online credit score provider and credit marketplace, has raised $85 million in a new round of financing led by Google Capital with participation from Tiger Global Management and existing investors.
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Starbucks app update lets you tip your barista — Starting next week iPhone owners will not only be able to buy your triple-venti-extra-hot-no-foam latte using Starbucks' mobile app, you'll be able to tip your barista for making it as well. The king of coffee is updating its app March 19th …
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| Vanessa Grigoriadis / Vanity Fair: |
Sergey Brin and Amanda Rosenberg: Inside the Google Co-Founder's Romance with the Google Glass Marketing Manager — The story behind Google co-founder Sergey Brin's liaison with Google Glass marketing manager Amanda Rosenberg—and his split from his wife, genetic-testing entrepreneur Anne Wojcicki— has a decidedly futuristic edge.
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| David Meyer / Gigaom: |
Web firms face a strict new set of privacy rules in Europe — here's what to expect — The European Parliament has overwhelmingly passed a large package of laws intended to strengthen data protection - that's “privacy” in non-legalese - across the European Union.| Justin Kan: |
Founder of Exec and Justin.tv explains lessons learned building an “Uber for X” business — What I learned about online-to-offline — Many new online-to-offline entrepreneurs have asked me about my experience founding Exec. “Uber for X” businesses seem to be the startup of the day …
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With iOS7.1, iBeacon technology will allow apps to search for signals even when closed — Apple iOS 7.1 Launches Major iBeacon Improvement — iBeacon Now Works When the App Is Closed Apple launched iOS 7.1 today and with it a major, game-changing improvement to iBeacon.
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