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Obama signs Executive Order authorizing targeted sanctions against perpetrators of cyberattacks, with threats from overseas a primary focus — A New Tool Against Cyber Threats — It's one of the great paradoxes of our Information Age—the very technologies that empower us to do great …
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Anonymous messaging app Yik Yak is testing a photo feature — Yik Yak, the anonymous messaging app, is testing a new feature that would let users share photos, Mashable has learned. — Yik Yak is in the early stages of testing the feature on some college campuses for limited periods of time … | Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica: |
Atmel ARM-based microcontroller chip could extend battery life of small low-power devices to decades — New ARM-powered chip aims for battery life measured in decades — Atmel's 32-bit SAM L controllers, shipping soon, take low power to new extremes . — The number of things getting plugged …
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GitHub reports it's operating normally after five days of sustained DDoS attacks blamed on China — GitHub 1, China 0, as sustained cyberattack ends after five days — Summary:The code-sharing website is back up and running after a week-long attack crippled its services.
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| Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
Twitter tests displaying promoted tweets on user profile pages — Twitter Is Now Placing Ads Within User Profiles — Your Twitter profile may soon include a new decoration: Advertising. — Twitter is bringing promoted tweets, the app's signature ad unit, to people's profile pages as part of a new test.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook's Newest App Riff Lets Friends Add Clips To Collaborative Videos — You could start the next Harlem Shake-style crowdsourced video phenomenon with Facebook's new app Riff, out today worldwide in 15 languages on iOS and Android. — Shoot a video of up to 20 seconds in Riff …
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GoDaddy opens for trading at $26.15 per share, almost 31% above IPO price, raising $460M — GoDaddy's IPO Shares Surge in NYSE Debut — Web-hosting firm—known for its ads with Danica Patrick—seeks image makeover — Shares of GoDaddy Inc., a technology provider to small businesses … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
TweetDeck for Mac adds in-line GIFs and video, support for teams, group DMs — TweetDeck For Mac Adds Support For Teams, Group DMs And More — In February, Twitter announced a notable upgrade for TweetDeck - an app often used by social media professionals and businesses …
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| Alexis C. Madrigal / Fusion: |
A problem with Periscope and Meerkat: broadcasters struggle to keep up with the flood of real-time comments — The interesting problem with Periscope and Meerkat — Periscope and Meerkat are mobile livestreaming apps. Lots of tech people are talking about these apps, and using them feels like exploring a new frontier.
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| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
Sprint settles U.S. class-action lawsuit for $131 million — (Reuters) - Sprint Corp (S.N) has agreed to a $131 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit accusing the third-largest U.S. wireless carrier of defrauding investors about problems dating back to its $36 billion merger with Nextel Communications Inc in 2005.| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google says 5% of its visitors have ad injectors installed, disables 192 deceptive Chrome extensions — Google Says 5% Of Visitors To Its Sites Have Ad Injectors Installed — According to a study Google conducted with researchers at the University of California, Berkeley … | Martin Anderson / The Stack: |
‘Trojan.Laziok’ reconnaissance malware targets Middle East energy sector — Researchers at Symantec have observed that a relatively new data exfiltration software has been put to service in a winter campaign against energy companies in the Middle East. — In a blog post Symantec's Christian … Sponsor Posts
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