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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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Founder of Silk Road drug marketplace Ross Ulbricht sentenced to life in prison, to forfeit $184M — The founder of the Silk Road drug marketplace has been sentenced to life in prison without parole — The convicted mastermind behind the world's largest online narcotics emporium …
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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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| 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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| Joseph Menn / Reuters: |
Sources: US tried deploying Stuxnet-style virus against North Korea five years ago 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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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.| 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.| Andy / TorrentFreak: |
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 … | 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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| Nathan Donato-Weinstein / Silicon Valley Business …: |
Google moves forward with the Charleston East development in Mountain View, a 595K-square-foot glass canopied building — Silicon Valley Business Journal — Google Inc. is going to get to build at least one futuristic, glass-domed office project in Mountain View.
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google acquires mobile app performance startup Pulse.io — Twisted Agile: We're taking elements Agile dev and shaking it up with savvy best practices for better, faster outcomes. Sign up for our free webinar on June 11 at 10 a.m. PST/11 p.m. EST. — Google announced a lot during … | 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 is no longer accepting new users and will be shut down on June 30, according to the statement.| 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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