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U.S. Said to Find North Korea Ordered Cyberattack on Sony — WASHINGTON — American intelligence officials have concluded that the North Korean government was “centrally involved” in the recent attacks on Sony Pictures's computers, a determination reached just as Sony on Wednesday canceled …
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Sony Pictures' internal systems still haven't fully recovered, forcing some employees to work with decades-old tech — Sony Pictures Employees Now Working In An Office “From Ten Years Ago” — It's been different for everyone," she said. She was upbeat, optimistic …
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State-sponsored or not, Sony Pictures malware “bomb” used slapdash code — According to multiple reports, unnamed government officials have said that the cyber-attack on Sony Pictures was linked to the North Korean government. The Wall Street Journal reports that investigators suspect …
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| Amar Toor / The Verge: |
Amazon launches Prime Now for Prime subscribers in New York City: one hour delivery of select items costs $7.99, two hour delivery is free — Amazon brings one-hour delivery to New York City with Prime Now — Service rolls out in select areas of Manhattan today, with other cities coming in 2015
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| Katie Benner / Bloomberg View: |
Jawbone delays UP3 fitness band release until after holidays, offers discounts to preorderers — Jawbone's Missing Christmas — If you wonder how long the market can support richly valued startups, and what sorts of corporate stress might test investor enthusiasm, look no further than Jawbone … | Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Sony leaks reveal how Hollywood aims to achieve SOPA-style DNS blocking under existing laws — Sony leaks reveal Hollywood is trying to break DNS, the backbone of the internet — Most anti-piracy tools take one of two paths: they either target the server that's sharing the files …
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Secret is relaunching as a faster anonymous social network with chat — Talk to any of Secret's 15 million users in just two taps — When Secret launched in February, it quickly became the most talked-about new social network in Silicon Valley. Like other '"anonymish" social networks …
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| Janelle Lawrence / Bloomberg: |
Boston Uber Driver Charged With Raping Woman Seeking Ride — A Boston man who works as an Uber Technologies Inc. driver was charged with taking a woman to a secluded area and raping her, as questions about the company's driver-screening process prompted it to begin an assessment of its safety programs.
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| John Cook / GeekWire: |
Redfin raises $70.9M to continue national real estate expansion … Redfin today announced $70.9 million in fresh funding, money that the Seattle real estate brokerage will use to continue its national expansion. Total funding in the 10-year-old company now stands at $166 million.
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| Lizette Chapman / Wall Street Journal: |
Mobile analytics firm Mixpanel raises $65M Series B round led by Andreessen Horowitz at an $865M valuation — Mixpanel Raises $65 Million to Build Predictive Data Tech — Suhail Doshi has big dreams for his mobile and Web analytics company Mixpanel Inc. and has just raised $65 million … | Kyle Russell / TechCrunch: |
EyeEm Launches Open Edits, Letting You See How Pros Edit Their Photos — Photosharing startup EyeEm has launched version 5.0 of their mobile app on iOS and Android, bringing a slew of changes to their editing system that make it easier to get your photos looking like the shots curated from professionals.
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| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
Windows Browser Ballot comes to an end as EC obligation expires — Microsoft will cease showing EU-based Windows users a selection screen offering a choice of different browsers to install, known as the browser ballot. — In December 2009, and after lengthy negotiations …
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BBC investigation finds Apple repeatedly not meeting its supply chain standards on workers' hours, ID cards, dormitories, work meetings and juvenile workers — Apple ‘failing to protect Chinese factory workers’ — The undercover reporter filmed workers falling asleep on 12-hour shifts
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Messaging Firm Line Buys Microsoft's MixRadio To Take Its Focus On Music Global — Last month we reported that Microsoft was considering spinning out MixRadio, but it turns out the music service's future is with someone else: Japan-based messaging firm Line which just announced an undisclosed deal to buy it.
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| Nicholas Carlson / New York Times: |
Book adaptation: How Marissa Mayer fought to turn around Yahoo and lost her way — What Happened When Marissa Mayer Tried to Be Steve Jobs — Credit: Illustration by Matt Dorfman. Photographs by Getty Images. — Eric Jackson was sitting in his hotel room on Sea Island, Ga. …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Open Garden Raises $10.8M Series A Round To Double Down On Its Off-Grid FireChat Messenger — Open Garden, the company behind the popular FireChat messaging app, today announced its $10.8 million Series A funding round led by August Capital. Other investors include Firebolt Ventures …
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Windows App Studio gets TouchDevelop programming language and web app templates, drops Windows Phone 8.0 — Microsoft today updated Windows App Studio, its free web-based tool designed to let anyone create an app, with support for TouchDevelop, a touch-friendly programming language that includes … | Ben Fox Rubin / CNET: |
Intel to power two new 4G Lenovo smartphones in early 2015 — The chipmaker is expected to expand its smartphone partnership with Lenovo, introducing phones for both China and the global market in the coming weeks. — Intel is taking another step forward in its march toward mobile relevancy.| Shira Ovide / Wall Street Journal: |
Box CEO Aaron Levie talks about the IPO, competition, and the company's future strategy — Box CEO Aaron Levie: From Commodity to ‘Defining Strategy’ — Box CEO Aaron Levie is one of the biggest cheerleaders for a new generation of corporate technology that he says can transform businesses and make employees more productive.
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