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NSA infiltrates links to Yahoo, Google data centers worldwide, Snowden documents say — The National Security Agency has secretly broken into the main communications links that connect Yahoo and Google data centers around the world, according to documents obtained from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden …
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PRISM already gave the NSA access to tech giants. Here's why it wanted more. — reveals that the NSA has been tapping into the primary communications links that connect Yahoo and Google data centers around the world. That allowed the agency to collect metadata and content from hundreds …
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Facebook Reports Third Quarter 2013 Results — Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) today reported financial results for the third quarter, which ended September 30, 2013. — “For nearly ten years, Facebook has been on a mission to connect the world,” said Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and CEO.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Admits Some Decrease Of Usage Amongst Young Teens For The First Time — Facebook may be feeling the pinch from teen-focused, mobile-first social networks like Snapchat, as CFO David Ebersman said on today's earnings call that Facebook “did see a decrease in daily users specifically …
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Facebook's Q3 '13 Beats With $2.02B Revenue, $0.25 EPS, With 49% Of Ad Revenue Now Via Mobile — No, Madam Secretary, Prices On Healthcare.gov Are Not A “Hypothetical Situation” — Facebook announced its Q3 2013 results today, posting $2.02B in revenue with earnings of $0.25 a share.
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Sprint promises 60Mbps LTE today, demos gigabit cellular in the lab — Sprint today said it has demonstrated 1Gbps “over-the-air speed at its lab,” in an early preview of things to come. — The cellular company calls the technology “Sprint Spark.” Sprint claims that Spark …
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Google's Glass Accessory Store Is Coming Online (Wow. Stuff's Expensive!) — Google is bringing an official accessory store for Google Glass online this evening, based on reports first shared in a private Google forum for Glass Explorers. — The store appears to be part of the “My Glass” … | Steve Rosenbush / The CIO Report: |
Facebook Tests Software to Track Your Cursor on Screen — Risk-based authentication solutions can help thwart cyber intruders' attempts to access enterprise systems. By learning users' expected log-in patterns, and by setting appropriate risk thresholds for various systems …
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| Matt McGee / Glass Almanac: |
California Woman Gets the First Ticket for Driving with Google Glass — This is history: the first known case of a Glass Explorer getting a ticket for driving while wearing Google Glass. — Cecilia Abadie told her story on Google+ late Tuesday night, and shared this image of the citation …
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| John Poole / Primate Labs Blog: |
iPad Air Geekbench: Over 80% faster than iPad 4, A7 processor 100MHz faster than iPhone 5s — iPad Air Benchmarks — Geekbench 3 results for the new iPad Air are starting to appear on the Geekbench Browser. I've charted the results for all iOS 7 capable iPads below.
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| Josh Lowensohn / CNET: |
Apple working on a fix for new Retina MacBook input issues — Apple on Wednesday acknowledged an issue with some models of its newest MacBook Pro with Retina Display that would leave the keyboard and trackpad unresponsive. — Those computers were released last week alongside the debut of new iPads.
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| Josh Lowensohn / CNET: |
Apple's R&D up 32 percent in 2013, still dwarfed by rivals — Apple's research and development expenses hit new highs this year, but continue to remain a sliver of how much it spends — especially when stacked up to competitors. According to Apple's annual report, which was filed …
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| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
Is Marissa Mayer's Year-Old Employee Review System at Yahoo Finally Taking Aim at Underperformers? — A little over a year ago, only a few months into her tenure, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer sent out an internal “goals” memo to employees that outlined a new system of evaluating the efficacy of its staff.| Kashmir Hill / Forbes: |
Lavabit And Silent Circle Join Forces To Make All Email Surveillance-Proof — In recent months, Lavabit, based in Texas, and Silent Circle, based in Washington, D.C., both shuttered their encrypted email services. The companies said they couldn't keep them running knowing they were vulnerable … | AllThingsD: |
Intel May Turn Over Its Web TV Project to Verizon — Intel's efforts to break into the TV business may be coming to a close. — Sources say the chipmaker is close to a deal to hand over control of Intel Media, the unit that has been trying to build a Web-based subscription TV service …
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Dell users: Latitude 6430u laptops ‘smell of cat urine’ — A number of Dell users have complained that their Latitude 6430u Ultrabooks “smell of cat urine”. — Dell engineers have ruled out biological contamination, and said the smell was not a health hazard.
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| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
World's first Bitcoin ATM sees 81 exchanges, $10,000 in transactions during first day — History was made in Bitcoin world on Tuesday when the world's first Bitcoin ATM opened in Vancouver, B.C. — At the Waves Coffee House in downtown Vancouver, 81 people made Bitcoin transactions that totaled $10,000.
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