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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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| Chris Strohm / Bloomberg Business: |
Zuckerberg, Page, and Mayer decline invitations to attend Obama's cybersecurity summit at Stanford, a possible sign of ongoing tensions over NSA — Three of Tech's Top CEOs to Skip Obama Cybersecurity Summit — (Bloomberg) — The top executives of Google Inc., Yahoo! …
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Pinterest Is Working on a Plan to Introduce a ‘Buy’ Button as Soon as This Year — Move over, Pinning. Here comes buying. — Pinterest, the digital scrapbooking service, is laying the groundwork for an e-commerce offering with a “Buy” button that could launch in as little as three to six months, according to multiple sources.
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| 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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| New York Times: |
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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| 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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| Nathan Ingraham / The Verge: |
Phorm iPad mini case, which adds tactile keyboard buttons that rise out of screen as needed, available for pre-order at $99 — Phorm iPad mini case has physical ‘key guides’ that appear and disappear when you need them — A unique idea that isn't quite ready for prime time
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| Matthew Zeitlin / BuzzFeed: |
Slack has over 500K daily active users after one year, quadrupling in last six months; hits $12M in annual recurring revenue — On Its First Birthday, Slack Declares Itself The “Fastest Growing Business App” Ever — And its daily users have doubled twice in six months. — kris krüg / Via flic.kr| Joseph Menn / Reuters: |
Obama expected to announce executive order directing government and companies to share more cybersecurity threat information — Exclusive: Obama set to announce executive order on cybersecurity threat data — (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is expected to announce an executive order directing …
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| Eric Johnson / Re/code: |
Zynga misses Q4 expectations with $182M in sales, but 60% of sales came from mobile in 2014, up from 27% in mid-2013 — Most of Zynga's Money Is Now Coming From Mobile — Words With Friends and FarmVille creator Zynga said today that its mobile reinvention is making progress …
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| Karen Kaplan / Los Angeles Times: |
Researchers create $34 smartphone dongle that can detect HIV and syphilis within 15 minutes — ‘Dongle’ turns smartphone into mobile lab to diagnose HIV, syphilis — Engineers have taken an ordinary smartphone and made it a whole lot smarter. — They created a compact … | 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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Visa Corporate, Finsphere Blog, Gigaom and Tnooz
| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Conductor raises $27M Series D led by Catalyst Investors for its presence management service for brands — Conductor Proves Web Presence Management Is A Real Thing With $27 Million In Series D — Conductor, the web presence management platform that looks to put an end to ads …
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