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Julie Ann Horvath Describes Sexism And Intimidation Behind Her GitHub Exit — The exit of engineer Julie Ann Horvath from programming network GitHub has sparked yet another conversation concerning women in technology and startups. Her claims that she faced a sexist internal culture …
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GitHub begins full investigation, puts founder on leave after Julie Horvath's departure — Update on Julie Horvath's Departure — This weekend, GitHub employee Julie Horvath spoke publicly about negative experiences she had at GitHub that contributed to her resignation.
Tweets: @johnj77, @fmanjoo, @joshelman, @nrrrdcore, @nrrrdcore, @glennf, @glennf, @ashleymayer, @danadanger, @anildash, @carnage4life and @fmanjoo
| Jay Yarow / Business Insider: |
Before He Died, Steve Jobs Told Top Executives Apple Would Not Be Making A TV — Ever since Apple released the iPad, people have been speculating about what Apple would do next. — After revolutionizing the mobile phone with the iPhone, and the PC with the iPad, many expect Apple to revolutionize the TV.
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AppleInsider, CNET, The Verge, SlashGear, TechnoBuffalo, MacRumors and Pocket-lint
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| Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
Yahoo to Release New Flickr App and Web Design, Replacing Previous New One — In December of 2012, just six months after Marissa Mayer was hired as CEO of Yahoo, the company released version 2.0 of its Apple iPhone and iPad app for its photo-sharing Flickr with bigger, crisper photos, a cleaner design, filters and easier sharing.| Kevin Rose / TechCrunch: |
Foundation: Secret's David Byttow Talks Privacy, Security, and Company Origins — Today is an exciting day for Secret, one of the most talked about new startups in Silicon Valley which just raised another round of funding. — I sat down with Secret's co-founder David Byttow this week … | Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch: |
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Alibaba Confirms It Will Begin I.P.O. Process in U.S. — The Alibaba Group, China's online commerce giant, confirmed early on Sunday that it planned to begin the process of becoming a public company in the United States. — In a post on its corporate blog, the company said it planned …
| Enda Curran / Wall Street Journal: |
How Hong Kong Lost the Alibaba IPO — Exchange, Chinese E-Commerce Giant Fell Out Over a Rule — HONG KONG—Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s planned listing in New York is a blow to Hong Kong's stock exchange, which failed in an effort to change its rules so as to accommodate … | Nathan Ingraham / The Verge: |
Popcorn Time service for pirated movies refuses to stay shut down — Last week, a movie-watching service called Popcorn Time hit the internet — it promised a Netflix-like experience for any movie you might want to watch, but used the expansive network of pirated BitTorrent movies to deliver content to users.
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TorrentFreak, GitHub, TechCrunch, Pocket-lint, VentureBeat, Engadget and Daily Dot. Tweets: @zseward
| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Ukrainian hackers claim they took down NATO websites ahead of secession vote — Ukrainian hackers are claiming responsibility for a cyberattack that brought down a pair of NATO websites today, in an act of protest against Western powers on the eve of a major vote that could see a portion of Ukraine handed over to Russia.
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ZDNet, Motherboard, Reuters, CNN, Reuters, RT, SecurityWeek, NPR and SlashGear
| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Inside The IPO Of Candy Crush Maker King Digital — The company behind the wildly popular mobile game Candy Crush, King Digital Entertainment, is going public. An updated F-1 filing indicates that it wants to raise up to $532.8 million at a valuation of $7.6 billion. The flotation is no small event.
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| Jesse Lichtenstein / Atlanta Magazine: |
A profile of Glass tech lead Thad Starner, who built his first head-mounted computer in 1993 — Magnifying glass — Thad Starner has been wearing some kind of computer on his head for twenty years. Now the Georgia Tech professor and Google Glass pioneer wants the world to join him.| New York Times: |
Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen: “it's possible to end repressive Internet censorship within a decade” — The Future of Internet Freedom — OVER the next decade, approximately five billion people will become connected to the Internet. The biggest increases will be in societies that … | Nicholas Weaver / Wired: |
How the NSA's QUANTUM internet attack system works — A Close Look at the NSA's Most Powerful Internet Attack Tool — We already knew that the NSA has weaponized the internet, enabling it to “shoot” exploits at anyone it desires. A single web fetch, imitated by an identified target …
Tweets: @ncweaver, @normative, @normative and @scribandotcom
| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Warner Brothers to “Veronica Mars” Backers: Okay, Okay — Use iTunes or Amazon if You Want — “Veronica Mars” was supposed to be a triumphant mix of Hollywood and crowd-sourcing: Fans of Kristen Bell's old TV show, aided by Kickstarter, helped fund a movie version, in conjunction with Warner Bros.| Moisés Chiullan / TechHive: |
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