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Major security hole allows Apple passwords to be reset with only email address, date of birth (update) — Apple yesterday rolled out two-step verification, a security measure that promises to further shield Apple ID and iCloud accounts from being hijacked. Unfortunately, today a new exploit …
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| Bryan Bishop / The Verge: |
Apple brings password page back online after fixing security expoit — Earlier today Apple took down its iForgot page after we reported that it was possible to reset a user password with nothing more than an email address and date of birth. Apple has now brought the site back online …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft expected to update its full suite of built-in Windows 8 apps — Summary: Microsoft appears ready to roll out the set of expected updates to its full set of core, Microsoft-developed Windows 8 applications, as rumored earlier this month. — It looks like Microsoft is …
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| Susan Decker / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft Cleared of Infringing Google Patents With Xbox — Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox video-gaming system doesn't violate the patent rights of Google Inc. (GOOG)'s Motorola Mobility unit, a U.S. trade judge said today. — In a one-paragraph notice, U.S. International Trade Commission Judge David Shaw sided with Microsoft in the case.
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| Joe Palazzolo / Wall Street Journal: |
Deaf, Blind Sue Over Web Shopping — Advocates for Disabled Say Netflix, Target Are Legally Obligated to Make Sites Easier to Navigate — Commerce has moved online. Now, the disability lawsuits are following. — Advocates for disabled Americans have declared that companies … | Austin Carr / Fast Company: |
Facebook Turns Off Website Internally To Force Mobile Development — Just how important is mobile to Facebook? According to Facebook product manager Josh Williams, the former CEO of Gowalla, the social network's push toward mobility is crucial enough to its strategy to turn off Facebook's website internally.
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
‘Lemme Tweet That For You’ generates fake tweets that look (almost) just like real ones — Despite our suspicion of Photoshopping and fakery, the screencapped tweet has become a way to preserve embarrassing or noteworthy moments in case they're deleted. But as “Lemme Tweet That For You” … | Rip Empson / TechCrunch: |
Crowdfunding Platform Crowdtilt Lands $12M From Sean Parker, Andreessen & More; Now Acquiring To Expand Into Mobile — After graduating from Y Combinator, Crowdtilt launched in February of last year to become “the Kickstarter for any group.” More specifically, the startup has been on a mission … Thanks:@loyalelectron
| Nick Summers / The Next Web: |
Barnes & Noble is prepared to give you a free e-reader if it means you'll buy the NOOK HD+ tablet — Barnes & Noble is so desperate to sell its flagship NOOK HD+ tablet, that it's now prepared to throw in a NOOK Simple Touch e-reader for free. — The company, which is known for its chain … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft defends Windows RT, fails to answer criticisms — Microsoft is facing growing criticism over its Windows RT operating system. Performance issues with the OS were apparent from the very first Microsoft shipment of the ARM-based Surface RT hardware.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Ad-Tech Specialist Marin Software Raises $105M In IPO As Shares Pop 40%, But Now Under $18 — The first ad tech IPO of 2013 hit the NYSE today: Marin Software priced its 7.5 million shares at $14 each, raising $105 million at a valuation of $425 million. Trading under the symbol MRIN … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Elop throws an iPhone on Finnish TV, refuses to answer Lumia 928 questions — Nokia CEO Stephen Elop faced some tough questions from a Finnish TV presenter this week, focusing on the upcoming Lumia 928 handset. In a show aired on commercial TV station MTV3 in Finland …
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| Edward Wyatt / New York Times: |
F.C.C. Chairman Announces Resignation — Julius Genachowski, the Federal Communications Commission chairman since June 2009, who set out ambitious plans to expand broadband Internet service throughout the country and to free up additional airwaves for sale to mobile phone companies … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google Reader Who? Feedly Became Top News App On iPhone, iPad & Android This Week; New App Now Awaiting Approval — Where are the users headed following news of Google Reader's shutdown? To Feedly, it seems. We already heard the company announce it had passed half a million users …
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