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Intel, Microsoft, Facebook, Google, others pledge $3.6M to open source to avoid the next HeartBleed — Tech giants, chastened by Heartbleed, finally agree to fund OpenSSL — IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Facebook, Google, and others pledge millions to open source.
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New York Times, Marketwired, Engadget, ZDNet, Gigaom, Wall Street Journal, InfoWorld, ReadWrite, The Verge, TechCrunch, SecurityWeek, Softpedia News, Reuters, Computerworld, Mashable and CNET. Tweets: @trevortimm
| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Net neutrality dead for good? FCC may endorse pay-for-play deals — ISPs could charge for improved access as long as they don't block Web services FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler confirmed today that proposed rules to replace the net neutrality regulations struck down by a court decision are on track for an FCC vote on May 15.
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
FCC chairman says reports of net neutrality's death are ‘flat out wrong’ — Tomorrow, the Federal Communications Commission will propose new net neutrality rules that will reportedly destroy the concept of net neutrality as we know it, making it okay for internet service providers to establish a so-called … | Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Washington's revolving door: Cellular lobby and FCC have traded leaders — Washington, DC, has long had a revolving door through which government officials exit to become lobbyists, and lobbyists enter to become government officials. — Regulators being led by former executives … | Gautham Nagesh / Wall Street Journal: |
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| Reed Albergotti / Wall Street Journal: |
Facebook buys Helsinki-based ProtoGeo Oy, maker of popular fitness tracking app “Moves” — With App Acquisition, Facebook Enters Fitness Tracking Market — Facebook is leaping into the fitness tracking market by buying a Helsinki-based maker of a mobile app that can track users … | Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Feds Beg Supreme Court to Let Them Search Phones Without a Warrant — American law enforcement has long advocated for universal “kill switches” in cellphones to cut down on mobile device thefts. Now the Department of Justice argues that the same remote locking and data-wiping technology represents … | Mark Mazzetti / New York Times: |
Ex-Anonymous hacker Sabu launched cyberattacks on Iran, Syria, Brazil, and Pakistan while an FBI informant — F.B.I. Informant Is Tied to Cyberattacks Abroad — WASHINGTON — An informant working for the F.B.I. coordinated a 2012 campaign of hundreds of cyberattacks on foreign websites …
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| Simon Khalaf / Flurry: |
A look at the demographics of “mobile addicts” who launch apps over 60 times per day — The Rise of the Mobile Addict — In May of 2013, KPCB's Partner and world-renowned analyst Mary Meeker shared her latest Internet Trends Report. In that report, Ms. Meeker shared an interesting stat …
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| Matt McGee / Glass Almanac: |
Google Releases XE 16.11, Offers To Replace Bricked Glass Units — Google has come up with a two-pronged approach to fixing the woes caused this week by the XE 16 and XE 16.1 software updates. — As you likely know, Explorers began reporting problems with XE 16 shortly after its release last week …
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| Sarah Silbert / Engadget: |
Amazon's Prime Pantry service lets you ship 45 pounds of groceries for a $6 fee — Amazon's dead-set killing off the grocery store, with a same-day delivery service and even a Dash gadget for restocking items around the house. Now the retailer's going one step further … | Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
Codecademy Moves To Be A One-Stop-Shop For Programming Education — Since its launch two years ago Codecademy has become synonymous with online education for basic computer programming. — In that time, the company says it's learned a few things itself and today launched a newly redesigned website …
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| Nitasha Tiku / Valleywag: |
CEO of digital ad platform RadiumOne avoids felony domestic abuse charges after video evidence thrown out — Tech CEO Dodges Felony Charge Despite Horrifying Abuse Video — RadiumOne CEO Gurbaksh “G” Chahal pled guilty to two misdemeanors for domestic violence and battery last week.
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See also Mediagazer| Roger Cheng / CNET: |
Verizon profit jumps on Verizon Wireless takeover, but misses expectations — Verizon was aided by the rising profits from Verizon Wireless, which the company took full control of in February. — Verizon's first quarter as sole owner of Verizon Wireless was a mixed one.
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft delivers Remote Desktop app preview for Windows Phone 8.1 — Summary: Microsoft has made available for download a preview version of its Remote Desktop app for Windows Phone 8.1. — On April 23, Microsoft quietly made available for download a preview of its Remote Desktop app for Windows Phone 8.1.
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Conversnitch lamp listens to nearby conversations and posts transcribed audio to Twitter — An Eavesdropping Lamp That Livetweets Private Conversations — As former NSA director Michael Hayden learned on an Amtrak train last year, anyone with a smartphone instantly can become a livetweeting snoop.| Jeremy Kirk / Computerworld: |
Megaupload seeks return of frozen assets in Hong Kong in effort to allow users to reclaim data — Megaupload seeks return of millions in frozen Hong Kong assets — Megaupload, the defunct file-storage site, is asking a Hong Kong court to release millions of dollars in assets as part …
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| Kristin Paget: |
Apple patched critical WebKit vulnerabilities on OS X three weeks before iOS, exposing users — Apple + Patching = You're Doing It Wrong :( — Apple just released iOS 7.1.1, which contains a bunch of security fixes for a wide range of things. Of particular interest is the list of issues they fixed in WebKit, which includes:
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Ars Technica, MacRumors, BGR, SecurityWeek, ZDNet, iLounge, Inquirer, Naked Security and The Register. Tweets: @bartongellman
| Juan Carlos Perez / PC World: |
Quip issues API for mobile word processor, aims it at enterprise IT — Quip has released an API for its browser-based word processor that it hopes enterprise developers will use to make the application do more jobs in workplaces. — Quip, which is led by former Facebook CTO Bret Taylor …
| Noel Randewich / Reuters: |
Qualcomm's quarterly revenue growth dwindles, shares fall — (Reuters) - Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) on Wednesday posted its smallest quarterly revenue increase since 2010 as it wrestles with a smartphone market that is losing steam and shifting to China, sending its shares lower.
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| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Amazon to pay HBO more than $300M over three years in streaming deal — HBO's Amazon Haul Is Big — But Not as Big as You Might Think — How much is Amazon paying to get its hands on HBO's old shows? — A lot! But less than some people might have thought.
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Business Insider, Electronista, Daring Fireball, Gizmodo and TechCrunch
Tweets: @pkafka and @edmundlee
See also Mediagazer| Erin Griffith / Fortune: |
Everything is ‘early days’ in Facebook's first-quarter earnings call — CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg tout experiments with new products, new ad formats and new acquisitions. — FORTUNE — Eager to prove it can still innovate, Facebook (FB)'s executives touted …
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Etsy buys Grand St. — The handmade marketplace has acquired Grand St., a marketplace for indie electronics. — FORTUNE — Etsy, the operator of a handmade marketplaces, has acquired Grand St. — Grand St., which sells indie electronics online, had raised $1.3 million in seed funding …
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