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Apple's Tim Cook Discusses Emerging Markets and Plans for Cash — Apple CEO Tim Cook says the company's best days are still ahead. It's not a particularly unusual message coming from a CEO. But Apple is facing pointed questions that the iPhone's growth will slow and that the company's innovative run is coming to an end.
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| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Three bitcoin traders charged with money-laundering in Florida after sting involving US Secret Service and local police — Florida Targets High-Dollar Bitcoin Exchangers — State authorities in Florida on Thursday announced criminal charges targeting three men who allegedly ran illegal …
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| Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom: |
Google must post news of privacy fine after French court refuses to suspend order — A French court on Friday refused Google's last-minute plea to suspend an order imposed by a privacy watchdog, meaning the search giant will have to post a notice on its homepage for a period of 48 hours informing users …
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| Ken Yeung / The Next Web: |
Mozilla launches Accounts, an improved Sync feature, and a customizable UI to Firefox Aurora — Mozilla has announced several new features today designed to continue the Firefox browsing experience to any device you use. The company has announced that Accounts will be coming to the browser … | Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
From fashion to fitness: the experts behind Apple's wearable future — Apple has been developing a sensor-laden, fitness- and medical-focused wearable computer as indicated by several notable recent hires and information we have received from sources. — New Apple hires on both the senior executive … | Telis Demos / Wall Street Journal: |
Programmatic ad tech plaform PubMatic planning IPO, aiming for a valuation of over $1B — Ad Platform PubMatic Working on IPO — PubMatic Inc., which automates the buying and selling of digital advertising space, has tapped bankers for a potential initial public offering, people familiar with the matter said.
| Joe Mullin / Ars Technica: |
Cisco to pay “patent troll” Innovatio only 3.2 cents per router in settlement — Wi-Fi “patent troll” will only get 3.2 cents per router from Cisco — Innovatio IP Ventures has become arguably the most infamous sender of patent demand letters in recent memory …
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| Salvador Rodriguez / Los Angeles Times: |
Hackers can use Snapchat to disable iPhones, researcher says — A cyber security researcher has discovered a vulnerability within the Snapchat mobile app that makes it possible for hackers to launch a denial-of-service attack that temporarily freezes a user's iPhone.
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Meet Shingy, AOL's Self-Proclaimed ‘Digital Prophet’ Who Has The Internet Buzzing — The Internet went bananas earlier this evening, as people began spreading a picture from an interview that was on MSNBC featuring a man with quirky-looking hair. … The man is David Shing, and here's everything you need to know about him:| James Niccolai / Computerworld: |
Judge rebukes Apple for invoking nationalist bias but denies Samsung a retrial — A U.S. judge has denied Samsung's request for a retrial in a patent dispute with Apple, but she also chastised Apple's lawyers for making the Korean firm's “foreignness” an issue in closing remarks to the jury.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
New Windows 8.1 Update 1 leak reveals boot-to-desktop and UI changes — A near-final version of Windows 8.1 Update 1 has leaked online today, revealing what appear to be final changes that Microsoft is making to its upcoming update. While Microsoft has been testing changes during the beta phase … | Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
“Veep” for Geeks! Here's the Teaser for HBO's Upcoming “Silicon Valley.” — On April 6, HBO will debut a new half-hour comedy show that takes on the high-tech world, titled “Silicon Valley.” — It's a rainy Friday in winter, so let's all pick our heads up from our smartphones …
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