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Obama Heads to Tech Security Talks Amid Tensions — PALO ALTO, Calif. — President Obama will meet here on Friday with the nation's top technologists on a host of cybersecurity issues and the threats posed by increasingly sophisticated hackers. But nowhere on the agenda is the real issue …
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| Katie Zezima / Washington Post: |
Obama to sign executive order Friday urging companies to share cybersecurity-threat information with one another and the government — Obama to sign executive order on sharing cybersecurity threat information — SAN FRANCISCO - President Obama will sign an executive order Friday …
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| Samuel Gibbs / Guardian: |
Apple enables two-step authentication for iMessages and FaceTime — Additional login step brings extra layer of protection against hackers for Apple's messaging and video chat, but more can be can be done say experts — Apple is finally enabling two-step authentication to help protect users …
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| Harrison Weber / VentureBeat: |
Pinterest bans all affiliate links, asks power users to monetize in other ways — Updated 12:07 a.m. with more details from Pinterest. — As Pinterest's monetization plans materialize, the social network is pulling the plug on affiliate networks. — Pinterest warned select “power pinners” …
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
iWork for iCloud Beta Apps Now Accessible Without an Apple Device — Apple on Thursday made Pages, Numbers and Keynote accessible to users without an Apple device through iCloud Beta. Starting last night, anyone can sign up for an Apple ID to access the trio of iWork for iCloud beta apps for free.
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| Federico Viticci / MacStories: |
Apple Promoting “Great Games with No In-App Purchases” on App Store Front Page — Apple has started promoting games that don't have any In-App Purchases on the front page of the App Store. Currently featured in the UK App Store and likely expanding to the U.S. store later today as part …
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Lyft in talks to raise about $250M valuing the company at $2B — Ride-Hailing Service Lyft Is Said to Be in Talks to Raise $250 Million — By Michael J. de la Merced and Mike Isaac — Lyft, the buzzy young ride-hailing service, is currently in talks to raise about $250 million in new financing …
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Revenge porn illegal in England and Wales under new law; offenders face up to two years in jail — ‘Revenge porn’ illegal under new law in England and Wales — Posting “revenge porn” images and videos on the internet is becoming a criminal offence in England and Wales.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Vista Acquires Automated Insights, The Startup Behind The AP's “Robot” News Writing — Automated Insights — the Durham, North Carolina-based startup backed by the Associated Press, Samsung and Steve Case that has built technology to automatically take raw data and translate it into narratives … | Jordan Kahn / 9to5Google: |
Visa launches Mobile Location Confirmation to its banking partners, a service that tracks smartphones to help prevent credit card fraud for travelers — Visa hopes to track smartphone locations to prevent credit card fraud for travellers — Currently most of us have to inform our bank …
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Apple Brings Groups To TestFlight — Apple has introduced groups to TestFlight, the app beta testing tool it acquired with its purchase of Burstly last year. The TestFlight Groups feature allows developers to split their beta testers into easily-managed groups, to which they can send …
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| John Cook / GeekWire: |
Candy Crush maker King buys Seattle gaming startup Z2 for up to $150M, creating first U.S. studio — Battle Nations meet Candy Crush. Z2, the Seattle mobile gaming company known for titles such as Battle Nations and Metalstorm, is being acquired for up to $150 million in cash by King Digital Entertainment.
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King, SiliconANGLE, VentureBeat, Brier Dudley's blog and Re/code. Tweets: @triciad. Thanks:@taylor_soper
| Nathan Ingraham / The Verge: |
Xiaomi's Mi.com marketplace to launch in US this year, will sell accessories like its headphones and fitness band, but not phones or tablets — China's Xiaomi to open shop in the US this year, but not for phones — Xiaomi is holding a press conference in San Francisco today as a way to tell …
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