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“Unread” app sales show how hard it is for indie developers to earn a living from paid-up-front apps — A Candid Look at Unread's First Year — To my knowledge, indie developers don't publish the kind of numbers that you'll find in this post.| Marco Arment / Marco.org: |
Ubiquitous competition in the app market is hurting the quality and sustainability of iOS apps — App Rot — Look around your iPad for a minute. How are its third-party apps doing? — Are they all being actively updated? Are they all built for iOS 7 yet?
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Forces Users Worldwide To Download Messenger For Mobile Chat — Over the next few days, Facebook will stop allowing messaging in its main iPhone and Android apps, and force all their users around the world to download its standalone Messenger app. Facebook first started forcing users …
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USA Today, ReadWrite, Fox News, AndroidGuys, DailyTech, Business Insider, Tech Times, Gotta Be Mobile, Engadget, Redmond Pie, Android Central, PC World, WebProNews, PadGadget, blog.chron.com, iPhone, VatorNews, MacNN, SocialTimes, SlashGear, BGR, Inquirer, TechSpot, Android Authority, The Verge, App Advice, TruTowerTruTower, Cult of Mac, Phandroid, Inside Facebook, The Next Web, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Mac Observer, AppleInsider, TUAW and MacRumors. Tweets: @harrymccracken
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Android crypto blunder exposes users to highly privileged malware — A slide from next week's Black Hat talk titled Android Fake ID vulnerability. — Bluebox Security — The majority of devices running Google's Android operating system are susceptible to hacks that allow malicious apps …
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Guardian, Gizmodo, BBC, AppleInsider, 9to5Google, Bluebox Security, BGR, eWeek, InfoWorld, Gigaom, Financial Times and Electronista. Tweets: @edbott. Thanks:@accretivegrowth
| Richard Padilla / MacRumors: |
Apple Launches Retina MacBook Pros with Faster Haswell Processors, More RAM Standard — As indicated over the weekend and yesterday, Apple today launched refreshed 13-inch and 15-inch Retina MacBook Pros.The new notebooks feature faster versions of Intel's Haswell processors …
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AppleInsider, Digital Trends, iMore, ZDNet, BGR, PC Magazine, Re/code, Business Insider, VentureBeat, Ars Technica, Computerworld, Gigaom, USA Today, AnandTech, The Next Web, Macworld, The Verge, TIME, Inquirer, Engadget, SlashGear, AppleInsider, Electronista, BetaNews, Gizmodo, LAPTOP Magazine, TechCrunch, TechnoBuffalo, MacStories and TUAW. Tweets: @joannastern
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft is about to launch a selfie phone and a new ‘high-end’ Windows Phone — Microsoft is planning to launch two new Windows Phone 8.1 devices shortly. Sources familiar with the company's plans tell The Verge that Microsoft devices chief Stephen Elop revealed both handsets during an internal company meeting this week.
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Engadget, Windows Phone Central, LiveSide.net, Gigaom, Inquirer, BGR, WinBeta, TechnoBuffalo, Neowin, Gizmodo, Softpedia News, WMPoweruser, SlashGear and Electronista
| Andy / TorrentFreak: |
UK police start placing anti-piracy warning ads on copyright-infringing websites — Police Begin Placing Warning Adverts on ‘Pirate’ Sites — For a year, City of London Police have been working with the music and movie industries on initiatives to cut down on the consumption of pirated content online.
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BBC, Ars Technica, Engadget, CNET, Wired.co.uk, TechCrunch, Softpedia News, Neowin, PC Pro, Gigaom, The Next Web and V3.co.uk
| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple TV updated with FOX NOW, CNBC channels — Apple has rolled out some new channel additions to the Apple TV set-top box this morning. Both FOX NOW and CNBC have joined the Apple TV lineup. Both channels appear to require a cable subscription to unlock the content within.
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TechCrunch, MacRumors, AppleInsider, CNET, VentureBeat, Gigaom, Macworld, Re/code and MacDailyNews. See also Mediagazer
| Jon Russell / The Next Web: |
Flipkart raises $1 billion to strengthen its bid to own India's e-commerce space — It's turning into quite a year for Flipkart. Today the e-commerce company from India has confirmed the much-reported rumor that it has raised $1 billion in fresh investment, as it eyes new verticals … | Paul Sawers / The Next Web: |
Asana's productivity platform gets a native mobile app, redesigned and optimized for iPhone and iPad — Productivity platform Asana is unveiling a brand new native iOS app today, rebuilt and redesigned from the ground up. And yes, it's optimized for iPads too.
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TechCrunch, TechCrunch, CITEworld, Macworld and Lifehacker
| Doina Chiacu / Reuters: |
U.S. Senate bill proposes sweeping curbs on NSA surveillance — (Reuters) - Senator Patrick Leahy will introduce legislation on Tuesday to ban the U.S. government's bulk collection of Americans' telephone records and Internet data and narrow how much information it can seek in any particular search.
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SiliconBeat, Patrick Leahy, NationalJournal.com and The Hill
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BlackBerry acquires mobile security firm SecuSmart, an anti-eavesdropping provider — BlackBerry acquires Secusmart, ups voice security ante — Summary: BlackBerry's acquisition of German software firm Secusmart is aimed at securing voice and data and putting better mobile security in every president and chancellor's hand.
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Re/code, The Register, VentureBeat, BGR, CNET, Techvibes Global News, Marketwired, Gigaom, Inquirer, TechCrunch, Electronista, Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg. Tweets: @ldignan
| Issie Lapowsky / Wired: |
This Is What Tech's Ugly Gender Problem Really Looks Like — Shortly after Kathryn Tucker started Red Rover, an app that showcases local events for kids, she pitched the idea to an angel investor at a New York tech event. But it didn't go over well. When she finished her pitch, the investor said he didn't invest in women.
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Business Insider and TechPresident. Tweets: @danshapiro, @cindygallop, @tonyromm, @collision, @sarahfrier, @taralach and @jenna
| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Uber Gets Down To Business With New Travel Expense Tools And Concur Integration — On-demand ride-hailing service Uber has spent four years building a perfect transportation alternative to taxis and black car services in cities around the world. But until today it's just been focused on consumer travel.
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Uber Blog, GeekWire, Bloomberg, NPR, The Next Web and Wall Street Journal. Tweets: @teroojanpera. Thanks:@ryanlawler
| Brad Sams / Neowin: |
Microsoft adds another feature to Cortana, Foursquare data now serves up recommendations — Earlier this year, Microsoft invested 15 million dollars into Foursquare and the fruits of that investment are starting to pay off as the data is now being integrated into Cortana.
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ScreenwerkScreenwerk, The Next Web, WinBeta, Softpedia News, Engadget and The Verge
| Yannick LeJacq / Kotaku: |
EA announces subscription service for Xbox One: $5/month or $30/year for access to Fifa 14, Peggle 2, Madden NFL 25, and Battlefield 4 to start — EA Announces Netflix-Like Subscription Plan On Xbox One — Today EA announced a new subscription service for the Xbox One that will give …
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EA, The Next Web, The Verge, TechCrunch, Engadget, Re/code, IGN, TechnoBuffalo, Electronista and Xbox Live's Major Nelson
| Julian Chokkattu / TechCrunch: |
Airbnb Partners With San Francisco And Portland For Emergency Preparedness — Airbnb has announced a partnership with the cities of San Francisco and Portland as part of an initiative to help communities prepare and respond to emergencies. — The initiative is part of the White House Innovation … | Nick Summers / The Next Web: |
Medium finds a revenue stream with Re:form, a new collection of stories sponsored by BMW — Medium launched its first sponsored “collection,” a term used to describe one of its curated sections or publications, with BMW on its renowned blogging platform today.| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Hackers Plundered Israeli Defense Firms that Built ‘Iron Dome’ Missile Defense System — Three Israeli defense contractors responsible for building the “Iron Dome” missile shield currently protecting Israel from a barrage of rocket attacks were compromised by hackers and robbed of huge quantities …
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Guardian, CNNMoney.com, Ars Technica, The Register, Softpedia News, Geek.com, The Hacker News, Wired.co.uk, Washington Post, RT, Gizmodo, Nextgov and ITProPortal. Tweets: @joshconstine
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