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February 25, 2015, 3:15 PM
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Bloomberg Business:
Apple told to pay $532.9M to Smartflash LLC for patent infringement in iTunes, will appeal  —  Apple Told by Jury to Pay $532.9 Million in Gaming Patent Trial  —  Don't Miss Out —  (Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. was told to pay $532.9 million after a federal jury said the company's iTunes software …
Gemalto:
Gemalto confirms probable hack by NSA and GCHQ, but says there was no massive theft of SIM encryption keys, only a breach of its office network  —  Gemalto presents the findings of its investigations into the alleged hacking of SIM card encryption keys by Britain's Government Communications Headquarters …
Sebastian Anthony / Ars Technica:
Source: Top-end 128GB Samsung Galaxy S6 priced at $1,189, curved model facing supply constraints  —  Source: Curved Samsung Galaxy S6 will suffer from yield issues at launch  —  One of Samsung's carrier partners gives Ars Technica the skinny.  —  According to a source …
Dan Seifert / The Verge:
Motorola's new Moto E has LTE and a bigger screen for just $149  —  Motorola teased an announcement in the form a hand-delivered package last week, and sure enough, today the company delivered a box with a new Moto E. The second-generation Moto E is still Motorola's most affordable smartphone in its lineup …
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:
Google now automatically converts Flash ads to HTML5  —  Google today began automatically converting Adobe Flash ads to HTML5.  As a result, it's now even easier for advertisers to target users on the Google Display Network without a device or browser that supports Flash.
Jordan Novet / VentureBeat:
Hortonworks falls short with $12.7M in revenue in its first earnings report  —  Updated at 4:38 p.m. Pacific to remove references to Cloudera's customer base.  A Cloudera spokeswoman says Cloudera and Hortonworks count customers differently.  —  Hortonworks, a company selling a distribution …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Target Says Credit Card Data Breach Cost It $162M In 2013-14  —  When it comes to data breaches, retailers are one of the biggest targets these days, and today we have some detail on the costs around one of the more high-profile attacks.  Target today said that it has booked $162 million …
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
Perceptiv introduces SHIFT, a plug-in accessory for drones that lets filmmakers track and frame subjects; available fall 2015 for $600  —  Perceptiv's SHIFT Turns Drones Into Smart Dollies For Filmmakers  —  Drone tech is exciting and full of potential, but few companies are focusing on tech …
Ina Fried / Re/code:
Lytro Cuts Jobs, Raises $50M in Shift Toward Virtual Reality and Video  —  Workers at Lytro got a mixed bag of news on Wednesday, with the photography startup telling employees both that it has raised a further $50 million, but also that it intends to cut a significant chunk of its workforce.
Steven Davidoff Solomon / New York Times:
Dish Network saved $3.25B by bidding for spectrum as a “very small business” using loopholes  —  How Loopholes Turned Dish Network Into a ‘Very Small Business’  —  Charles W. Ergen, the billionaire who controls the satellite-TV provider Dish Network, and his company …
Dan Thorp-Lancaster / Android Central:
Ting launches open beta for GSM service on T-Mobile's network  —  Ting launches open beta for its GSM network  —  Ting's GSM network, which it announced late last year, has officially entered into an open beta.  Previously, customers could test the network out on an invite-only basis.
Inside BlackBerry:
Blackberry Classic will launch on Verizon Feb. 26; $100 with $50 rebate on two-year contract  —  BlackBerry Classic Available This Thursday On The Verizon Wireless Network  —  BlackBerry Classic Available Feb. 26 on the Verizon Wireless Network  —  Familiar Design and QWERTY Keyboard on the Nation's Most Reliable 4G LTE Network

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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump files a $10B defamation lawsuit against the BBC in a Florida court, alleging it deceptively doctored his January 6 speech in a Panorama documentary

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Howard Stern signs a new three-year deal with SiriusXM, after a report earlier this year suggested that his show was about to be canceled

Jacob Savage / Compact:
A writer argues that since 2014, DEI practices led to discrimination against white male millennials for entry-level and mid-level roles in Hollywood and media

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