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| David Gelernter / Wired: |
The End of the Web, Computers, and Search as We Know It — People ask what the next web will be like, but there won't be a next web. — The space-based web we currently have will gradually be replaced by a time-based worldstream. It's already happening, and it all began with the lifestream …
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Path and the FTC — Today the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it reached a settlement pending court approval with Path regarding alleged violations of the Children's Online Privacy Protections Act (COPPA). The gist of the FTC's complaint is this: early in Path's history …
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| Ben Smith / BuzzFeed: |
The Best Parenting App Is Against The Law — Outdated rules and overzealous regulators mean kids can't use Path. Stop COPPA! — Via: path.com — The Federal Trade Commission levied a $800,000 fine on the social networking service Path Friday morning for having, among other things … | Washington Post: |
Chinese hackers suspected in attack on The Post's computers — A sophisticated cyberattack targeted The Washington Post in an operation that resembled intrusions against other major American news organizations and that company officials suspect was the work of Chinese hackers, people familiar with the incident said.
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Pair, The Mobile App For Two, Buys UK's Cupple And Rebrands As Couple — Tenthbit, the Y Combinator-backed mobile app studio behind the couples app Pair, is doubling down (literally) on its business ambitions: The company today is announcing that it has bought Cupple, a UK-based rival mobile app … | Ken Yeung / The Next Web: |
Kim Dotcom launches Mega vulnerability reward program, offering up to $13,500 per bug — Kim Dotcom has officially launched his Mega vulnerability reward program that was announced last week. As we reported earlier, the founder of Mega, the newly launched file storage service …
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PC Magazine, MEGA, AllThingsD, New York Times, SlashGear and The Register
| Andrea Chang / Los Angeles Times: |
After Jody Sherman death, tech community seeks dialogue on suicide — Silicon Beach is mourning the death of entrepreneur and Ecomom co-founder Jody Sherman this week. Sherman, 47, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, officials said. Since his death Monday, several L.A. tech bloggers … | Harrison Weber / The Next Web: |
Airbnb could be banned in Amsterdam: Local authorities are now hunting for illegal hotels — Following legal issues across the US, Airbnb is facing serious conflicts with the local government in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. — Airbnb's issues in Amsterdam have been ongoing; in fact … Thanks:@harrisonweber
| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Facebook re-enables Tag Suggestions facial-recognition feature in the US, on by default for all — Facebook has announced it has brought back its photo Tag Suggestions feature to the US after temporarily suspending it last year to make some technical improvements.| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
Rep Zoe Lofgren Continues To Improve 'Aaron's Law' Via Reddit — A few weeks ago, we wrote about Rep. Zoe Lofgren announcing plans to via Reddit, to introduce CFAA reform, called “Aaron's Law.” Since then, Lofgren has taken into account numerous concerns and thoughts from various stakeholders …
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Apple Takes 3 Of Top 5 Spots In U.S. Mobile Phone Sales For Q4 2012, Says NPD — Apple has managed to nab three of the top 5 spots for the top-selling mobile phones in the U.S. during Q4 2012 according to the NPD Group, with the iPhone 5, iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 ranking first, third and fourth, respectively.| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Google shares hit all-time high — The company's stock, which rose to $775.32 today, contrasts with the stock performance of rival Apple. — It's not a bad day to be Google. — The search giant's shares soared to an all-time high today amid hopes it will soon resolve its European antitrust issues.| Connor Simpson / The Atlantic Wire: |
China May (or May Not) Be Behind the Twitter Hack — You may not have heard, but roughly 250,000 Twitter accounts may have been compromised by hackers. There's a theory that — if you read between the lines — Twitter is implying the Chinese are to blame for compromising their security.
Tweets: @ravisomaiya and @pbump
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