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Apple has a porn problem, and it's about to get worse — Adult content in Vine and Twitter apps raise questions only Cupertino can answer — On Sunday, a number of news outlets ran stories covering the rise of easily-accessible pornography on the new video sharing app Vine, causing a firestorm of debate online.
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Nokia announces Music+ premium subscription service for $3.99 per month — Nokia today announced Nokia Music+, a premium upgrade to its free Mix Radio service that's being offered for $3.99 monthly in the United States and €3.99 internationally. Buying into Music+ gets customers benefits … | Richard Ingham / Agence France-Presse: |
British scientists use man-made DNA speck to store 739kB of digital data — Scientists in Britain have announced a breakthrough in the quest to turn DNA into a revolutionary form of data storage that could fit the world's entire three billion terabytes of stored data into the palm of your hand.
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Apple's Town Hall meeting: Tim Cook talks Android, China, earnings, retail, more — Last year, 2012, was Tim Cook's first full year at the helm, and the first full year without Steve Jobs. It was a year filled with new products and advancements, but it was also a year of controversy … | Martin Bryant / The Next Web: |
Samsung plans to make Music Hub available for non-Samsung devices, pitting it against Google and Amazon — Samsung has big plans for its cloud-based Music Hub offering. In addition to rolling it out across the company's own range of connected devices, the intention is to then expand … | Joe Mullin / Ars Technica: |
How Newegg crushed the “shopping cart” patent and saved online retail — Anyone who visited Soverain Software's website could be forgiven for believing it's a real company. There are separate pages for “products,” “services,” and “solutions.” There's the “About Us” page.| Jean-Louis Gassée / Monday Note: |
Dell Buyout: Microsoft's Generosity — To perform painful surgery on its business model, Dell needs to take the company private. Seeing challenges in raising the needed $22B, Microsoft “generously” proposes to contribute a few billions. Is this helping or killing the deal?
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Apple ready to release additional iPad model; likely 128GB version — We've gotten word from sources that Apple is preparing to release (in some fashion) a single, additional iPad model. This would be a new SKU for the current fourth-generation iPad with Retina display line.| Peter Finn / Washington Post: |
FBI is increasing pressure on suspects in Stuxnet inquiry — Federal investigators looking into disclosures of classified information about a cyberoperation that targeted Iran's nuclear program have increased pressure on current and former senior government officials suspected of involvement …
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Twitter Is Finally Preparing To Release Its Advertising API In Q1, Say Sources — People have speculated that 2013 will be the year that Twitter will reach $1 billion in advertising revenues. That strategy could get a boost very soon with the entry of mass-market advertising … | Matt Smith / Reuters: |
Twitter launches advertising services in Middle East — Twitter Inc launched advertising services in the Middle East and North Africa on Sunday as the social media firm seeks to exploit a tripling of its regional subscriber base following its widespread use during the Arab Spring protests.
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| John Markoff / New York Times: |
Robot Makers Spread Global Gospel of Automation — CHICAGO — The robot equipment industry has one word for the alarmist articles and television news programs that predict a robot is about to steal your job: Fiddlesticks! — Well, that wasn't actually the word used this week …
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