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Microsoft execs were aware of an Android Lumia prototype before Nokia deal — Behind Microsoft Deal, the Specter of a Nokia Android Phone — SEATTLE — Before Microsoft reached a deal to buy Nokia's phone business, there was a possibility that Nokia could have switched its smartphones …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Nuclear options: Microsoft was testing Surface Phone while Nokia experimented with Android — Things might have turned out very differently — Microsoft and Nokia need each other more than you'd expect. While Nokia was testing Android in a variety of different ways, Microsoft was busy experimenting with a Surface Phone.| Kevin Poulsen / Wired: |
FBI Admits It Controlled Tor Servers Behind Mass Malware Attack — It wasn't ever seriously in doubt, but the FBI yesterday acknowledged that it secretly took control of Freedom Hosting last July, days before the servers of the largest provider of ultra-anonymous hosting were found …
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Apple's iPhone 5s, the A7 Chip, and That 64-Bit Question — When Apple unveiled the iPhone 5s on Tuesday, the company touted as one of its tentpole features the 64-bit desktop-class processing power of its new custom-made A7 chip. “The A7 is up to twice as fast as the previous-generation system …
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Tech's Rising Stars Push Into the Online-to-Offline Era — Although startups like Pinterest, Uber and Airbnb may not seem to have much in common except their lofty valuations, they share a similar purpose that could help describe the current era of consumer technology: Bringing the online world to the offline world.Thanks:@maringuy
| Marcia Hoffman / Wired: |
Apple's Fingerprint ID May Mean You Can't ‘Take the Fifth’ — There's a lot of talk around biometric authentication since Apple introduced its newest iPhone, which will let users unlock their device with a fingerprint. Given Apple's industry-leading position, it's probably not a far stretch … | Amanda Holpuch / Guardian: |
Google's Eric Schmidt says government spying is ‘the nature of our society’ — Tech giant's executive chairman calls for greater transparency but declines to ‘pass judgment’ on spying operations — Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, reiterated the tech industry's call …
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| Sam Biddle / Valleywag: |
Path, known for spamming and ad-fueled installs, plummets from top 10 in iPhone app rankings — Path Is S**tting the Bed — After a steady spell of buying its way to the top of download charts, Path is plummeting out of even the top thousand iPhone apps—which makes sense … | Ars Technica: |
Gov't standards agency “strongly” discourages use of NSA-influenced algorithm — The NIST building in Boulder, Colorado. — Quinn Norton/Wired — Following revelations about the National Security Agency's (NSA) covert influence on computer security standards, the National Institute … | Michael Horowitz / Computerworld: |
Google knows many of the world's Wi-Fi passwords thanks to backup defaults on Android devices — Google knows nearly every Wi-Fi password in the world — If an Android device (phone or tablet) has ever logged on to a particular Wi-Fi network, then Google probably knows the Wi-Fi password.
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| Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica: |
How Zynga went from social gaming powerhouse to has-been — In Zynga's July 2011 prospectus to future shareholders, company founder and CEO Mark Pincus outlined his firm's ambitious plan to take over the gaming world. — “My kids decided a few months ago that peek-a-boo was their favorite game,” he wrote.
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Twitter's IPO Plan: Don't Do What Facebook Did — Company Executives Work to Distance Themselves From Rival's Mistakes — The Twitter Inc. executives leading its long-expected initial public offering have a mission: Don't repeat the mistakes that muddied Facebook Inc.'s IPO.| Mike Isaac / AllThingsD: |
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