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WikiLeaks demands answers after being notified that Google handed over three staffers' emails to the US government in 2012 — WikiLeaks demands answers after Google hands staff emails to US government — Search giant gave FBI emails and digital data belonging to three staffers
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Sling TV review: Not quite the cord cutter's dream, but a bargain for millennial families — The unbundling trend is trickling down from apps to television with the launch of Sling TV, Dish Network's US-only, live TV subscription service at just $20 a month - no contract required.
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| Bogdan Petrovan / Android Authority: |
Cyanogen's CEO says they'll be independent from Google in 3-5 years, offering its own app store in 18 months and alternatives to Google apps — CEO: “Today, Cyanogen has some dependence on Google. Tomorrow, it will not.” — Kirt McMaster, the outspoken CEO of Cyanogen Inc. …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
A16Z Leads $58M Round In UK's TransferWise To Ramp Up Its P2P Transfer Business — TransferWise, the fast-growing UK-based P2P money transfer startup that has reportedly been in talks with Facebook for remittance services, has raised a large tranche of funding led by one of the social network's earliest backers.
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| Mike Beasley / 9to5Mac: |
Tweetbot for Mac pulled from App Store after authentication issues, possibly tied to Twitter token limits — Twitter's war on developers continues: Tweetbot for Mac falls victim to token limit, gets pulled from App Store — In November, 9to5Mac brought you an exclusive interview …
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| Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
In response to rise of programmatic advertising, AOL drastically restructures ad sales staff — As Ad Business Shifts to Machines, AOL Restructures Its Sales Staff in a Major Reorg — According to numerous sources, AOL is now initiating long-planned changes to drastically reorganize …
Tweets: @waltmossberg, @howardlindzon, @jayrosen_nyu and @mdudas
| Jon Southurst / CoinDesk: |
Coinbase to launch first regulated US bitcoin exchange on Monday, approved by half of all state regulators — Coinbase Secures Approval to Launch Regulated US Bitcoin Exchange — Bitcoin wallet and brokerage Coinbase is set to launch a US exchange on Monday - one that is already approved by 50% of all state regulators.| Ashlee Vance / Businessweek: |
Profile of OneWeb founder Greg Wyler and his plan to launch 648 low-orbit internet satellites by 2018 amid burgeoning competition — The New Space Race: One Man's Mission to Build a Galactic Internet — Greg Wyler is friendly and gregarious and talks about his business plans with a fervor that borders on the religious.
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| Janko Roettgers / Gigaom: |
Cablevision to launch Wi-Fi-only mobile phone service Freewheel; $9.95/month if bundled with home internet, $29.95 for other customers — This is big: Cablevision launches Wi-Fi-only mobile phone service — Janko Roettgers — Cablevision is getting ready to pick a fight with your mobile phone company.
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| Aloysius Low / CNET: |
Xiaomi Mi Note review: refined hardware, distinct design, limited LTE support outside of Asia — Xiaomi's latest flagship dazzles with quality design — The Good The Xiaomi Mi Note's refined steel and glass design is as good as any. Impressively, Xiaomi crams a 13-megapixel camera …
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| Kyle Orland / Ars Technica: |
PlayStation Now performs remarkably well on a fast connection, proving game streaming can work — With PlayStation Now, Sony proves that game streaming works — When Sony launched its PlayStation Now service as a beta last year, the ridiculous per-game rental pricing structure stopped us …
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| Kieren James-Lubin / O'Reilly Radar: |
An explanation of the stumbling blocks to blockchain scalability and some possible solutions — Blockchain scalability — Author note: Vitalik Buterin contributed to this article. … In a talk at CoinJar last fall, well-known bitcoin expert Andreas Antonopoulos made the following comment:
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