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Operation Onymous busted several contraband markets, arrested 17, captured $1M in bitcoin, seized 414 “.onion” domains used by Tor — Authorities Begin Scorched-Earth Purge of the Internet Underground — When “Operation Onymous” first came to light yesterday …
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Asus To Begin Selling Android Wear-Powered ZenWatch In The U.S. Nov. 9 — The Android Wear smartwatch collection is expanding, with a host of new devices hitting pre-holiday season after their initial debut this summer. The Asus ZenWatch will be the next to go on sale … | Jennifer Kaplan / Bloomberg: |
United Airlines spending $120M to equip restaurant and gate seats with iPads by 2015 in its main terminal in NJ's Newark Liberty International Airport — United Woos Fliers to Newark With IPads: Globetrotter — For travelers awaiting some of the tardiest departures in the U.S. …
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Uber hires Tom Fallows, who led Google's same-day delivery service Google Express — Uber Hires Google's Same-Day Delivery Boss — Tom Fallows, head of the Google Express same-day delivery service, is leaving for a job at Uber, multiple sources told Re/code. — Google confirmed Fallows's departure.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Unfollow Your Most Annoying Facebook Friends And Pages With “News Feed Settings” — Face it. You've accepted friend requests from some weirdos and over-sharers. Luckily, today Facebook's launched a News Feed Settings tool that shows the friends and Pages taking up the most space in your Feed …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft teases first non-Nokia Lumia smartphone unveiling for November 11 — Microsoft is getting ready to unveil its first device under the Microsoft Lumia brand. According to a very short post on the Microsoft Mobile site, the news will drop on November 11, 2014.| Brian R. Fitzgerald / Wall Street Journal: |
Twitter collaborating with advocacy group Women, Action & the Media to help report abuse and harassment — New Online Tool Lets Twitter Users Report Harassment — Twitter is collaborating with a women's advocacy group that will review and escalate reports of harassment on the social media service.
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| Kory Grow / Rolling Stone: |
Taylor Swift on why she left Spotify: streaming services perpetuate “the perception that music has no value and should be free” — Taylor Swift Shuns ‘Grand Experiment’ of Streaming Music — “I'm not willing to contribute my life's work to an experiment that I don't feel fairly compensates … | Janko Roettgers / Gigaom: |
This is Vudu Spark, Walmart's very own Chromecast competitor — Walmart is getting ready to sell its very own streaming stick, but the device is very much a one-trick pony. — Add Walmart to the list of companies that's trying to sell you a Chromecast-like HDMI streaming stick …
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| Barb Darrow / Gigaom: |
Highspot, led by Microsoft vets, nets $9.6M to hone sales pitches — Highspot, which says it can guide marketers into what content to send to what customers and when, now has $9.6 million in new funding. — Highspot, which aims to help sales and marketing people do their thing better and more efficiently …
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| Craig Timberg / Washington Post: |
Federal sites and mobile apps implement SSL after leaking locations of people seeking AIDS services for years — Federal sites leaked the locations of people seeking AIDS services for years — Two federal government Web sites that help people find AIDS-related medical services …
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| Kia Kokalitcheva / VentureBeat: |
Lytro announces $20K developer kit for its camera technology; initial partners include NASA and Department of Defense — Lytro launches its first developer kit, partners with NASA, Department of Defense, and others — Lytro won't be keeping its fancy light-field camera technology to itself much longer.
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The Verge, TechSpot, HotHardware.com News, Re/code, Tech Times, vbprofiles.com, Gigaom, Wired, Mashable, SlashGear, Fortune, PetaPixel, PC Magazine, Fast Company and TechCrunch. Tweets: @venturebeat
| Rachel King / ZDNet: |
AT&T buying Mexico wireless provider Iusacell for $2.5 billion — Summary: AT&T outlined ambitions on Friday of establishing “the first-ever North American Mobile Service area” for U.S. customers calling or visiting Mexico, and Mexican customers calling or visiting the United States.
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| Antonio Regalado / MIT Technology Review: |
Google Genomics cloud service launched in March, stores genomes from hospitals and universities for $25/year — Google Wants to Store Your Genome — For $25 a year, Google will keep a copy of any genome in the cloud. — Google is approaching hospitals and universities with a new pitch.
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Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg: on Messenger, building new things, organic reach, and why he wears the same shirt every day — Q&A with Mark — Today Mark Zuckerberg took part in his first public Q&A. Watch the full video here.
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