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Forensic scientist identifies suspicious ‘back doors’ running on every iOS device — Summary: During his talk at HOPE/X Jonathan Zdziarski details several undocumented services (with names like “lockdownd,” “pcapd,” “mobile.file_relay,” and “house_arrest") that run in the background on over 600 million iOS devices.| Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
Exclusive: Yahoo Poised to Buy Mobile Analytics and Ad Platform Flurry — Yahoo is buying mobile analytics and ad platform company Flurry, according to people with knowledge of the situation. — The deal is expected to be announced later today, said those sources, with a price in the …
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Facebook Launches Save, A Read-It-Later List For Links, Places, And Media Pages — Two years after acqhiring read-it-later startup Spool, Facebook today launched a basic Pocket competitor called Save. It's a feature for iOS, Android, and web that lets you store links from News Feed …
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NBA star Carmelo Anthony launches venture capital firm called M7 Tech Partners — Knicks Star Carmelo Anthony Launches Venture Firm — After scoring a new contract worth over $122 million with the N.Y. Knicks, NBA star Carmelo Anthony is looking to take a different kind of shot — starting a venture capital firm.
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| Jeyup S. Kwaak / Wall Street Journal: |
Seoul city government moves to ban Uber, plans similar app for official city taxis — Seoul Moves to Ban Uber, Plans Own App — UPDATE: Uber Monday evening called Seoul city government's earlier statement a sign that it lags behind in adopting what it called an innovation in transportation.
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| Janko Roettgers / Gigaom: |
Netflix ends Q2 with 50 million members, survives price hike without blemishes — Netflix ended Q2 with a total of 50.05 million subscribers, up from 37.56 million in Q2 of 2013. The company added 0.57 million subscribers in the U.S. last quarter, compared to 0.63 million in Q2 of 2013.
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Urban Compass raises $40M at $360M valuation after increasing revenues 10x over past year — Urban Compass Raises Money at $360 Million Valuation — Urban Compass Inc., the New York marketplace for renting and buying apartments, will expand to more U.S. cities after raising $40 million from investors.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
RadiumOne Issues Not-Quite-Apology For Ousting CEO Who Pled Guilty To Domestic Violence — Ad platform RadiumOne and its former CEO Gurbaksh Chahal have issued a joint statement that is intended to “bring an end to all disputes they have had.” RadiumOne removed Chahal in April following media criticism …
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| Paul Ford / Medium: |
Why do programmers keep making tools like email clients and todo list apps? — Doomed to Repeat It — Learning from the things we make over and over … There's always some big deal in email—in 2013 it was Mailbox, an app that made it easy to sort and process email.
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| Steven Scheer / Reuters: |
Mobileye, Israeli maker of driving assist systems, starts road show for $500M NYSE IPO — Israel's Mobileye starts road show for $500 million NYSE IPO — (Reuters) - Mobileye N.V., which makes software and cameras that help cars avoid accidents, said on Monday it has launched a road show …
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| Kaylene Hong / The Next Web: |
In China, more people now access the internet from a mobile device than a PC — China has been going through an explosive internet adoption period, with mobile playing a key role in getting people online. — And now, the latest report published by state-affiliated research organization …
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| Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
Google's new chief business officer Omid Kordestani joins Spotify board, even as competition increases between the companies — Google's New Business Head Joins Spotify Board, While Another Former Exec Becomes Special Advisor — Omid Kordestani, who has just temporarily replaced Nikesh Arora … | Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft consolidates its IT pro tradeshows into one — Summary: Microsoft is consolidating a number of its standalone IT pro-focused tradeshows into a single unified event, slated to kick off in May 2015 in Chicago. — Microsoft is consolidating its TechEd, Microsoft Management Summit …
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