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Walmart starts selling its Vudu Spark streaming stick for $25 — Remember Walmart's very own HDMI streaming stick, which I spotted in the FFC's online database two months ago? Turns out Walmart already started selling it for just $24.95, and is now getting ready to make it more widely available.| Adam Lashinsky / Fortune: |
Behind Jawbone's transition from making earpieces to wireless speakers to fitness trackers — Jawbone: The trials of a 16-year-old can't-miss startup — The first thing you notice about Hosain Rahman, CEO of the much-buzzed-about gadget maker Jawbone, are his wrists.| Mario Aguilar / Gizmodo: |
Music artists who refuse YouTube's aggressive Music Key terms lose all YouTube monetization options — Why Google Is Strong-Arming Artists Into Signing With YouTube Music Key — Cello rock n' roller Zoë Keating is really upset that Google is trying to force her to sign over the rights …
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How Bahrain's government used FinFisher spyware to target a political activist — A Spy in the Machine — In November 2005, during the dead of night, five black cars pulled up in front of the home of Moosa Abd-Ali Ali. The doors opened, and a group of men stepped out.
Tweets: @bbhorne, @russellbrandom, @propublica and @verge
| Carmel DeAmicis / Gigaom: |
What 1,000 attendees at Product Hunt's happy hour show about tech culture and the company's future — Over 1,000 people showed up to Product Hunt's massive happy hour — The Product Hunt happy hour crowd in the outdoor half of 620 Jones — Credit: Taken by Carmel DeAmicis for Gigaom
Tweets: @ryanlawler, @mathewi, @bplewis, @ericnewcomer, @panzer, @stevesi, @gigastacey, @mims, @howardlindzon, @fromedome and @semil
| Carolyn Said / San Francisco Chronicle: |
California DMV stops making Uber drivers get commercial license plates; policy review pending — DMV to reconsider commercial plates for UberX, Lyft drivers — In an abrupt U-turn, the California of Motor Vehicles late Friday night retracted its finding that drivers for ride-hailing services like Uber …
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11 of 14 projects in Sundance Film Festival's experimental showcase use virtual reality — How virtual reality ate the Sundance Film Festival — The future of independent film may not be film at all — The most buzzworthy feature of 2015's Sundance Film Festival isn't a film at all …
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New York Times, Reuters, Variety, Variety, The A.V. Club, Engadget, Engadget, Wall Street Journal, VR Focus and VideoInk
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Taiwan-based mobile phone chipmaker MediaTek plans US expansion to challenge Qualcomm — Meet MediaTek, the brains powering your next budget smartphone — The Taiwanese company, which supplies mobile chips in Asia, is gearing up for an expansion into the US. That could mean more affordable smartphone options.| Brian Donohue / Threatpost: |
Report: automated tank gauges at over 5,000 US gas stations are vulnerable to remote hacks — Thousands of US Gas Stations Vulnerable to Remote Hacks — The gauges that detect and prevent fuel leaks at more than 5,000 gas stations in the United States are utterly vulnerable to remote attacks …
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SecurityWeek, ITworld.com, SC Magazine, Ars Technica, Hackaday and Information Security
| Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter: |
Sony, Google, Apple Hit With Lawsuits Over Pre-1972 Music — The lawsuits have the potential of wiping out much older music from the Internet. — All of the leading providers of streaming music are now in the scorching hot legal zone involving pre-1972 music after seven lawsuits were filed … | Patrick Wintour / Guardian: |
UK's House of Lords plans to debate revised “snooper's charter” surveillance bill Monday — 'Snooper's charter': four Lords in bid to pass changed version before election — Cross-party group's last-minute amendments spark concern over scope of access to data intelligence agencies would get| Bloomberg: |
Box shares close at $23.23, up over 65% on first day of trading after $175M IPO — Box Surges in Cloud-Storage Debut After $175 Million IPO — Box Inc. jumped in its trading debut after raising $175 million in its initial public offering. — The shares rose 73 percent to $24.25 …
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