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Larry Page reorgs staff, transfers leadership of core Google products to Sundar Pichai — Exclusive: Google CEO Larry Page Reorgs Staff, Anoints Sundar Pichai as New Product Czar — In a significant reorganization of Google management, CEO Larry Page is transferring leadership …
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Soft Machines, which has raised $125M, leaves stealth mode, reveals plan to license “virtual cores” technology to chip makers — Secretive Startup Unveils Universal Chip — Venture capitalists these days tend to avoid chip companies, largely because developing new products costs a bundle.
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Nest Acquires Home Automation Hub Revolv, but Will Stop Selling It — Nest today said it had acquired Revolv, the smart-home automation device maker, for its developer platform. — The deal closed this morning with undisclosed terms. It wasn't about adding the Revolv home automation hub …
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Google's New Search Downranking Hits Torrent Sites Hard — In recent years Hollywood and the music industry have taken a rather aggressive approach against Google. The entertainment industry companies have accused the search engine of not doing enough to limit piracy, and demanded more stringent anti-piracy measures.| Bloomberg: |
Google bought six Redwood City office buildings totaling about 934,200 square feet for $585M — Google Said to Buy Redwood City Offices for $585 Million — Google Inc. (GOOGL) bought six office buildings northwest of its Silicon Valley headquarters from Starwood Capital Group LLC and Blackstone Group LP …
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More crowdfunding campaigns for routers promising anonymity follow Anonabox, but choose wisely — Now Everyone Wants to Sell You a Magical Anonymity Router. Choose Wisely — Maintaining your privacy online, like investing in stocks or looking good naked, has become one of those nagging desires …
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Whisper responds to Guardian's “10 questions”, says members of editorial team put on leave — Setting The Record Straight — I wrote last Saturday that we welcome the current discussion around Whisper, and are grateful to those who have shared thoughtful feedback with us.
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Adobe updates Digital Edition e-book reader app to stop uploading reading logs in plain text — Adobe Updates Digital Edition, Stops Sharing User Info With the Internet — Adobe rolled out a new update for their Digital Editions Epub app today, and I have good news, bad news, and okay news.
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| Michael Cooney / Network World: |
The FCC as data security cop: $10 million fine for carriers' security breaches — FCC says TerraCom and its affiliate YourTel stored Social Security numbers, names, addresses in the open — The FCC took a big stand today saying it will fine TerraCom and YourTel America $10 million …
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Apple app review team sent developer a screenshot of an explicit image without warning to show that the app could be used to find porn — App developer claims Apple sent his company porn to prove its app could be used to find naughty pics — A Florida developer says his company got a bit …
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AT&T Locking Apple Interchangeable SIMs in iPad Air 2 and Retina Mini 3 — Apple's new Apple SIM card in the iPad Air 2 and the Retina iPad mini 3 is designed to be universal, usable across a variety of wireless carriers in the US and UK, including AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and UK's EE.
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| Abhijeet Mishra / SamMobile: |
First Android 5.0 Lollipop updates should hit the Galaxy S5 in December — Android 5.0 Lollipop is coming to the Galaxy S5, and we've already given our readers an exclusive look at an early version running on the device. We had already said that the Galaxy S5 would be receiving …
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