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Twitter's IPO filing is official — S-1 now publicly available — FORM S-1 REGISTRATION STATEMENT — Twitter, Inc. — Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after this registration statement becomes effective.
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Susan Bennett says she is the voice of the original U.S. version of Siri on Apple's iPhone — 'I'm the original voice of Siri' — Sandy Springs, Georgia (CNN) — For the past two years, she's been a pocket and purse accessory to millions of Americans. She's starred alongside Samuel L. Jackson and Zooey Deschanel.
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Microsoft in talks with HTC to add Windows to Android phones at little or no cost — Microsoft Said to Ask HTC to Put Windows on More Phones — Microsoft Corp. is talking to HTC about adding its Windows operating system to HTC's Android-based smartphones at little or no cost …
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Instagram as a Growing Business — Over the past three years we've watched with amazement as Instagram has grown to a global community of more than 150 million people capturing and sharing the world's moments. Instagram is a place where people come to connect and be inspired …
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Some iPhone 5s owners reporting bad accelerometer, gyroscope, and compass readings — The iPhone 5S Motion Sensors Are Totally Screwed Up — Since the iPhone 5S landed in the hands of new owners a few weeks ago, there have been reports that on-board sensors like the gyroscope, compass …
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Best Buy puts iPhone 5C on sale for $50 just two weeks after launch — Sometimes it pays to wait. A mere two weeks after the iPhone 5C launched nationwide, Best Buy is offering the device for only $50 today through Sunday. It's not exactly a straightforward price cut … | Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
OS X Mavericks goes Golden Master, now out for developers — In line with our report from earlier today, Apple has released OS X Mavericks Golden Master (GM) to developers. It became available to AppleSeed users and Apple employees earlier today. This GM stage means that Apple …
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MongoDB Becomes King of NYC Startups With $1.2 Billion Valuation — MongoDB Inc., capitalizing on the popularity of its online database software, raised $150 million in a venture-funding round that would make it the most valuable Internet startup in New York.
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Samsung defends Galaxy Note 3 benchmarking shenanigans … Samsung has been forced on the defensive yet again over reports that its top-notch smart phones are cheating at benchmark tests. — The Korean company has denied its Galaxy Note 3 superphone exaggerates its performance when it detects … | Guardian: |
NSA and GCHQ target Tor network that protects anonymity of web users — • Top-secret documents detail repeated efforts to crack Tor — • Tool funded by US government and relied on by dissidents and activists — • Core security of network remains intact but NSA has some success attacking users' computers
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iPhone 5S fingerprint spoof could lead to ID theft, German researchers says — A German security company says spoofing the iPhone 5S's fingerprint reader can be used to beat the phone's “remote wipe” facility to carry out identity theft. — SRL demonstrates the hack on its website.
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Apple Buys Cue For Over $40M To Compete With Google Now — Personal assistant app Cue has been acquired, we've confirmed with a person who should know. The app has sold for between $40 million to $60 million, we're hearing from two sources, including TechCrunch tips, who posit that Apple …
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Samsung estimates a record $9.4B quarterly profit, helped by strong sales of cheaper handsets — Samsung Profit Beats Estimates on Cheaper Smartphones — Samsung Electronics Co. (005930), the world's biggest maker of smartphones, posted record profit that beat estimates as sales …
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W3C green-lights adding DRM to the Web's standards, says it's OK for your browser to say “I can't let you do that, Dave” — Here's the bad news: the World Wide Web Consortium is going ahead with its plan to add DRM to HTML5, setting the stage for browsers that are designed to disobey …
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