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Google considered acquiring connected camera maker Dropcam through its Nest division, in a push into home security — Google Eyes Home Security, Dropcam — Google's Nest division is plotting a move into the home-security market and has considered acquiring connected camera-maker Dropcam …
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Australian Apple iDevices hijacked, held to ransom — Owners of Apple devices across Australia are having them digitally held for ransom by hackers demanding payment before they will relinquish control. — iPads, iPhone and Mac owners in Queensland, NSW, Western Australia …
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Rap Genius Co-Founder Moghadam Fired Over Tasteless Comments on Santa Barbara Shooting — Rap Genius co-founder Mahbod Moghadam has been fired from the annotation service after posting appalling comments on the memoir of mass murderer Elliot Rodger, who killed six people in a shooting spree earlier this week.
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Bitcoin and Regulation: Lessons from the Early Days of Skype — Michael Jackson, former COO of Skype and current venture capital investor at Mangrove Capital Partners, explores how bitcoin companies can learn from the early struggles Skype had with regulators across the globe.| Adam Auriemma / Wall Street Journal: |
Zappos creates social media network “Zappos Insiders” to evaluate potential hires — Zappos Zaps Its Job Postings — Online Shoe Retailer Creates Social-Media Network to Evaluate Potential Hires — A few months ago, online shoe retailer Zappos did away with job titles for its 1,500 employees.| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Google releases VirusTotal Uploader for OS X, hopes more malware submissions will beef up Mac security — Google today announced the release of VirusTotal Uploader for OS X, allowing Mac users to upload suspicious files for scanning. You can download it now directly for OS X 10.8 and 10.9 from VirusTotal (8.52MB).| Katie Collins / Wired.co.uk: |
Researchers transmit data from Earth to Moon at 19.44mbps, 4800 times the previous record — Wireless broadband can reach the moon, and maybe Mars — Aside from air, water and fresh vegetables, what would need to survive on the moon? One thing that would likely of feature high on the list is a decent, reliable wireless internet.| Mother Jones: |
Inside Internet Archive: the “Library of Alexandria, version two” is now home to 15 PB of data — Meet the People Behind the Wayback Machine, One of Our Favorite Things About the Internet — The Internet Archive is home to more than 15 million gigabytes of free digital information—and it's just getting started.| MIT Technology Review: |
Dating Mining Reddit Posts Reveals How to Ask For a Favor—And Get it — There's a secret to asking strangers for something and getting it. Now data scientists say they've discovered it by studying successful requests on the web — One of the more extraordinary phenomena on the internet …
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Line sees growing sticker adoption across Asia and Latin America, still struggling to crack US — No Time to Text? Apps Turn to Stickers — On the messaging app Line, a late-afternoon conversation between colleagues might involve a series of colorful icons, or stickers … | Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Apple Said To Be Prepping Smart Home Software Platform For WWDC Reveal — Apple is going to make a big play in the connected smart home space, according to a new report from the Financial Times. The company is planning a platform that would turn its iOS devices, including the iPhone …
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