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Samsung to release two versions of 5.1" Galaxy flagship with all-metal bodies, one with a 3-sided display next month — Samsung Said to Plan 3-Sided Screen in New Galaxy Smartphone — Don't Miss Out — (Bloomberg) — Samsung Electronics Co. plans to release two new versions … | Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Tim Cook talks about Apple Watch, international growth, commitment to privacy, and more in a wide-ranging Goldman Sachs interview — Apple CEO Tim Cook Speaking Live at 2015 Goldman Sachs Technology Conference — Apple CEO Tim Cook is speaking at the Goldman Sachs Technology … | Shara Tibken / CNET: |
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Facebook launches ThreatExchange, an API-based platform that lets companies share security threat info — Facebook today launched ThreatExchange, described as “an API-based clearinghouse for security threat information.” It's really a social platform, which Facebook naturally excels at building …
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The Register, Facebook, PC World, Gigaom, TechCrunch and The Next Web
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Samsung TVs start inserting ads into your movies — Thought you could watch that video on your local hard drive without ads? Think again: A number of owners of Samsung's smart TVs are reporting this week that their TV sets started to interrupt their movie viewing with Pepsi ads … | Kim Zetter / Wired: |
Darpa Is Developing a Search Engine for the Dark Web — A new search engine being developed by Darpa aims to shine a light on the dark web and uncover patterns and relationships in online data to help law enforcement and others track illegal activity. — The project, dubbed Memex …
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| Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica: |
FBI tries to prevent disclosure of information about use of fake “stingray” cell towers by local police — FBI really doesn't want anyone to know about “stingray” use by local cops — Memo: cops must tell FBI about all public records requests on fake cell towers.
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Security researcher publishes 10M unredacted usernames with passwords despite risk of FBI raid — Fearing an FBI raid, researcher publishes 10 million passwords/usernames — Move could advance password research—and test prosecutors' tolerance for leaks.
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| Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal: |
Search Whiz Udi Manber Leaves Google — Google veteran Udi Manber, a computer scientist best known for his work on search, has left the company to join the National Institutes of Health. — “I had a wonderful nine years at Google and YouTube, but I could not resist the amazing opportunities at NIH … | Lizzie Plaugic / The Verge: |
Scribd expands its ebook library to include comic books — The subscription service has partnered with more than 10 comic book publishers — Scribd will expand its library to include comic books today. The ebook subscription service just announced it has acquired more than 10,000 comic books … | T.C. Sottek / The Verge: |
Jeb Bush releases 4GB of emails from his 8 year tenure as Florida governor to demonstrate “transparency”, unwittingly exposing constituents' personal data — Jeb Bush dumps emails, home addresses, and social security numbers of Florida residents online
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| Alyson Shontell / Business Insider: |
Dating app The League with a $2.1M seed round and a 75,000 person waitlist aims to be a more “selective” Tinder — There are already 75,000 people trying (and failing) to join The League, a Tinder for the elite — The League, a new dating app that launched in January, has a waitlist that's already 75,000 people long.| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Study says phones are just as good as wearables at tracking fitness — Think you have to wear a dedicated fitness tracker to get accurate data? Don't worry — you may have a good excuse to skip the wristband. The University of Pennsylvania has published a study showing that smartphone apps' step counts …
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| Sharon Bernstein / Reuters: |
iPhone kill switch reduced thefts by 40% in San Francisco, 25% in New York city, and 50% in London — Smartphone theft drops in London, two U.S. cities as anti-theft ‘kill switches’ installed — (Reuters) - Thefts involving smartphones have declined dramatically in three major cities …
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MacRumors, Engadget, 9to5Mac, Gizmodo, Inquirer, Electronista, Patently Apple, Cult of Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, Fortune, PhoneArena, Ubergizmo and iMore
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Dell extends its ProSupport Plus predictive monitoring service to laptops, desktops, and tablets — Dell launches ProSupport Plus for tablets, PCs — Summary:Dell is extending its ProSupport Plus effort from data centers to laptops, desktops and tablets.| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Microsoft giving away 100GB of OneDrive storage if you join Bing Rewards — “Free” cloud storage offers can be gimmicky and require you to jump through a few too many hoops sometimes, but Microsoft's offering a pretty solid deal that doesn't call for much effort.
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| Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
Prezi Launches Nutshell, An App To Turn Photos Into ‘Mini-Movies’ — Prezi's online presentation software already offers a popular alternative to creating otherwise tedious and visually uninspiring PowerPoint presentations, but now it seems the startup wants in on the consumer ‘video’ sharing trend.
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VentureBeat, The Next Web and SlashGear
| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Republicans launch attack on FCC's net neutrality plan — A commissioner, a former chairman, and Congress target Obama and Tom Wheeler. — Republicans are launching a multi-pronged assault on the net neutrality plan proposed by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler.
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French Internet of Things startup Sigfox raises $113M from Telefonica, NTT Docomo, and more — Exclusive: France's Sigfox taps Telefonica, GDF Suez to raise $113 million - sources — (Reuters) - French start-up Sigfox has raised 100 million euros ($112.80 million) from seven heavy-weight investors …
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| Mark Prigg / Daily Mail: |
Google-owned Boston Dynamics shows off Spot, its newest, electrically powered robo-dog — Here, Spot! Google reveals smaller version of its robo-dog that can walk, trot and climb up steps - even when KICKED — Google has already shown off several robo-dogs, including one which has even taken part in military trials.
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| Danny Yadron / Wall Street Journal: |
Chinese hackers reprogrammed Forbes “Thought of the Day” widget to attack readers' computers using zero day exploits in Flash and Internet Explorer — Forbes Website Used to Hack Readers — Users of Microsoft 's flagship Internet browser who visited Forbes.com …
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Detection, BBC, SecurityWeek, Fortune, darkREADING, PC World and The Register
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Joyent launches Node.js Foundation with Microsoft, Linux, IBM, PayPal, and Fidelity, to oversee development of the Node.js project — New Foundation Will Oversee Popular Coding Tool Node.js — Node.js—the popular open source tool for building and running websites and other online applications—is getting a new steward.
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| Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code: |
Jive Software Names Elisa Steele Permanent CEO — Elisa Steele, the former chief marketing officer of Skype, has been named CEO of Jive Software after holding the position on an interim basis for about three months, the company said today. — The move, which is not entirely a surprise …
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