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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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| Andrea Peterson / The Switch: |
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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NSA Fallout Hits AT&T's Ambitions In Europe — AT&T Inc. T -0.03% 's ambitions to expand in Europe have run into unexpected hurdles amid the growing outcry across the region over surveillance by the National Security Agency. German and other European officials said any attempt by AT&T …
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How the NSA is infiltrating private networks — The NSA, working with its British counterpart, the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), secretly taps into the internal networks of Yahoo and Google, the two biggest Internet companies by overall data traffic.
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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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Android's Next Targets: Wearables, TVs, Low-End Phones — The launch of Google Inc.'s Android KitKat, the next version of the most widely used operating software for smartphones and tablets, is drawing near. Google executives haven't announced a release date but people who have been briefed on KitKat say that it is coming soon.
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| Matt McGee / Marketing Land: |
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” …
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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 …
| Rich McCormick / The Verge: |
Steam rises to 65 million active users, eclipsing Xbox Live — Steam now has more than 65 million active accounts. The figure marks a 30 percent rise in players over the last year. The video game digital download platform also boasts daily peak concurrent users of more than six million.| 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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| Janko Roettgers / Gigaom: |
Google sticks with VP8, opposes Cisco's push to make H.264 the default codec for WebRTC — There goes that plan to unite the industry behind one video single codec: Google intends to stick with VP8 as its default codec for real-time communication, even after Cisco won support from Mozilla … | Janko Roettgers / Gigaom: |
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| Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica: |
HealthCare.gov deferred final security check, could leak personal data — Ben Simo's analysis of data sent by HealthCare.gov to analytics providers shows information that could be used to hijack a user's account. — Ben Simo, Is There A Problem Here? — Apparently, HealthCare.gov isn't just having a few backend problems.| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Tizen makes stealth pitch to Samsung's Android acolytes — Samsung's developer conference featured one panel on Tizen. Attendees received free t-shirts. — (Credit: Shara Tibken/CNET) SAN FRANCISCO — Android may have dominated Samsung's developer conference, but that sure didn't stop Tizen from making its quiet pitch.
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Fantastical 2: The calendar Apple should have built... again — After bringing natural language input to the mobile calendar experience with Fantastical for iPhone last November, Flexibits today released a brand new version of what was already my absolute favorite calendar app.
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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.Sponsor Posts
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