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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.| 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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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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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.| 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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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:| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Harman Buys Symphony Teleca For At Least $780M And Red Bend For $170M — Harman, one of the world's largest audio companies with brands like JBL, Harman Kardon, Infinity and many others under its wing, is now investing big in the technology and networking that goes into delivering data wirelessly.
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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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Verizon's Mobile ‘Supercookies’ Seen as Threat to Privacy — For the last several months, cybersecurity experts have been warning Verizon Wireless that it was putting the privacy of its customers at risk. The computer codes the company uses to tag and follow its mobile subscribers around the web …
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| Kenneth Wong / Bloomberg: |
AT&T Agrees to Buy Nextel Mexico for $1.875 Billion Minus Debt — AT&T Inc. (T), the second-largest U.S. mobile-phone carrier, agreed to buy NII Holdings Inc. (NIHDQ)'s Mexican business for $1.875 billion minus debt. — The deal includes companies that operate under the name Nextel Mexico …
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A Rare Glimpse Inside The Life And Mind Of Oracle CEO Mark Hurd — “My day starts at 4:30 a.m. and I sort of have two speeds, fast and stop,” Mark Hurd quipped cheerfully when we asked about his day. — We were meeting at Oracle's upscale executive offices on the top floor of the main building … Sponsor Posts
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