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Apple Just Had The Most Profitable Quarter Of Any Company Ever — Apple had a pretty good quarter. — And by “pretty good,” I mean it was the biggest quarter in history. And not just for Apple. For any company. Ever. — This page charts the past record holders.| Brian X. Chen / New York Times: |
Apple reports $16.1B in revenue from greater China, up 70% from same period a year ago — Apple's Earnings Soar on Strong iPhones Sales in China — SAN FRANCISCO — Apple is famous for setting trends. — In China, though, Apple has found success by following one.
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Canada's electronic spy agency tracks millions of online movie, photo, music, and other downloads worldwide — CSE tracks millions of downloads daily: Snowden documents — Global sites for sharing movies, photos, music targeted in mass anti-terror surveillance
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Spotify and Sony team up to launch Playstation streaming music service, closing Music Unlimited — PlayStation, Meet Spotify — Hello everyone! I'm thrilled today to introduce a new music destination called PlayStation Music, with Spotify as the exclusive partner.
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| Matt Levine / Bloomberg View: |
Yahoo's spinoff of Alibaba holdings is tax-free, remains so if Alibaba eventually buys spinoff — Yahoo Would Rather Not Pay Taxes on Its Alibaba Shares — The basic contours of the Yahoo/Alibaba situation are well known. Yahoo owns Alibaba shares worth $40 billion. Those shares are in a glass box.
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An interview with Slack founder Stewart Butterfield on the company's strategy for a successful launch — From 0 to $1B - Slack's Founder Shares Their Epic Launch Strategy — Slack started working on the app at the end of 2012. ("Never mind the part where we first tried … | Megan Geuss / Ars Technica: |
FCC: Blocking Wi-Fi in hotels is prohibited — Marriott asked the FCC to please let it block Wi-Fi. The hotel gets a firm answer. — On Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission issued an “Enforcement Advisory” stating that blocking W-Fi in hotels is unequivocally “prohibited.”| Richard Leider / YouTube Engineering …: |
YouTube now defaults to HTML5 video instead of Flash — YouTube now defaults to HTML5 — Four years ago, we wrote about YouTube's early support for the HTML5 <video> tag and how it performed compared to Flash. At the time, there were limitations that held it back from becoming our preferred platform for video delivery.
| Mike Beasley / 9to5Mac: |
Apple took down Photos for OS X preview pages, but launch plan still on track — Apple made a small change to its website last year upon the public release of OS X Yosemite that has led some to question the release date of Photos.app for Mac. Originally announced for an “early 2015″ release … | Scott Stein / CNET: |
Misfit Flash fitness wearable will gain ability to control Nest, August, and Logitech connected devices, communicate with IFTTT, Yo, and Spotify — Misfit turns $50 Flash fitness band into smart home remote, too — The Flash's click-button will integrate across several services as Misfit aims … | Jim Finkle / Reuters: |
Linux makers release patch to thwart new ‘Ghost’ cyber threat — (Reuters) - Red Hat Inc and other makers of the widely used Linux operating system for business computers updated their software on Tuesday to thwart a serious new cyber threat they warned could allow hackers to gain remote control of their systems.
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| Josh Lowensohn / The Verge: |
Microsoft is no longer manufacturing the Surface 2 — Microsoft's Surface just had a very healthy quarter, bringing the company $1.1 billion in revenue. While we don't actually know how many units that is, Microsoft says that most of them were its newest model, the Surface Pro 3 … | Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg Business: |
Snapchat original series “SnapperHero” to be made by YouTube and Vine stars, sponsored by AT&T — YouTube Stars Expand to Snapchat — Don't Miss Out — … (Bloomberg) — Snapchat Inc. is getting its own superhero series, the latest sign that the ephemeral-messaging startup …
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Silent Circle fixed bug in privacy-centric BlackPhone that let hackers remotely decrypt texts and stalk users — Bug in ultra secure BlackPhone let attackers decrypt texts, stalk users — Silent Circle purges remotely exploitable “type confusion” flaw. — A recently fixed vulnerability …
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| Allison Schiff / AdExchanger: |
Facebook expands Conversion Lift tool that helps measure ad impact on online and offline sales to any advertiser who works directly with Facebook — Facebook Expands Its Conversion Lift Tool, Reviles Last-Click — Just because someone didn't click on an ad doesn't mean that ad didn't have an effect.
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Facebook for Business, VentureBeat, Marketing Land and TechCrunch
| Kyle Russell / TechCrunch: |
Lockitron Announces The $99 Bolt, A Deadbolt You Can Unlock With Your Phone — Y Combinator alum Lockitron is today launching the Bolt, a $99 follow-up to its troubled crowdfunded keyless-entry gadget. — Lockitron co-founder Cameron Robertson says the company learned a lot from the difficulties …
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