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Google's Project Vault Is A Secure Computing Environment On A Micro SD Card, For Any Platform — Project Vault is a secure computer contained entirely on a micro SD sized device. Google's ATAP said the micro SD format made sense because there's already advanced security features on your phone …
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With Project Jacquard, Google aims to bring touch sensors, haptic feedback, and more to fabric used for everything from jeans to car seats, partners with Levi's — Google Is Hacking Our Clothes to Work Like Touchscreens — If you want to understand a key piece of Google's vision …
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Everything Google announced at Google I/O 2015 in one handy list — That's a wrap on all things Google. In case you missed the keynote, here's a recap of all the highlights you may have missed. — Android M — Kicking off the keynote, Google Senior Vice President Sundar Pichai announced … | Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed: |
Google's I/O keynote suggests Google is poised to surpass Apple when it comes to mobile design — Google's Quest For Complete Control Of Your Digital Life — Today's keynote suggests Google is poised to surpass Apple when it comes to mobile design. — Ninety minutes into today's Google …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google SVP Sundar Pichai lays out his plan to deliver computing capabilities to billions through Project Loon and improve products through machine learning — Chasing the next billion with Sundar Pichai — Inside the mind of the man behind Google's most important products| Selena Larson / The Daily Dot: |
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Founder of Silk Road drug marketplace Ross Ulbricht sentenced to life in prison, to forfeit $184M — Founder of the Silk Road drug marketplace sentenced to life in prison without parole — The convicted mastermind behind the world's largest online narcotics emporium has been sentenced …
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple vans are gathering data for in-house mapping database, collecting street-view imagery and taking stills of business storefronts to replace Yelp photos — Mystery solved: Apple vans gathering next-gen Maps data, grabbing Street View storefronts + 3D images
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Sources: Snapchat in the process of raising $650M in equity at $16B valuation — Snapchat stock sale values company at up to $16B — Snapchat is in the process of raising $650 million in equity, which would value the company at 16 billion, sources told CNBC.| Samuel Gibbs / Guardian: |
iPhone text crash bug also works via Snapchat text chats and Twitter DMs or mentions — iPhone text crash bug hits Twitter and Snapchat — Unfixed iOS bug allows booby-trapped messages to break Snapchat text chat and can be sent via Twitter direct messages or mentions| Sébastien Page / iDownloadBlog.com: |
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| Dan Primack / Fortune: |
Jessica Verrilli, Twitter's Director of Corporate Development and Strategy, leaving for Google Ventures after six years — Exclusive: Jess Verrilli leaving Twitter for Google Ventures — Jessica Verrilli is stepping down as director of corporate development and strategy at Twitter TWTR …
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Facebook Confirms It Will Officially Support GIFs — Facebook this afternoon confirmed that it will now support animated GIFs in the Facebook News Feed. Not everyone will see the added functionality immediately, we understand, as the update is still rolling out.| Joseph Menn / Reuters: |
Sources: US tried deploying Stuxnet-style virus against North Korea to destroy equipment but the campaign failed — Exclusive: U.S. tried Stuxnet-style campaign against North Korea but failed - sources — The United States tried to deploy a version of the Stuxnet computer virus …
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Hola sells bandwidth and computing resources of idle user machines that make up its free VPN service, used in one case to mount a DDoS attack on 8chan — Hola VPN Sells Users' Bandwidth, Founder Confirms — Faced with increasing local website censorship and Internet services … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google Debuts App Invites, A More Personalized System For Inviting Friends To Try Apps — Google has debuted a new product called “App Invites” aimed at helping mobile app developers grow their application's user base. Now in beta for both iOS and Android, App Invites includes a set …
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| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Salesforce acquires smart calendar app Tempo AI, will shut it down on June 30 — Salesforce has bought Tempo AI a startup with a smart calendar app. — Tempo AI announced the news today in a post on its homepage. — The app will be shut down on June 30, according to the statement.
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