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TestFlight Owner Burstly Acquired By Apple — Burstly, the makers of an in-app ad management platform called SkyRocket and the parent company of popular mobile app testing platform TestFlight, has been acquired, we're hearing. Though we're working to get more information on this now …
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| Paul Graham / Y Combinator Posthaven: |
Sam Altman for President — I'm delighted to announce that Sam Altman has agreed to become president of Y Combinator starting next batch. I'll continue to do office hours with startups, but Sam is going to lead YC. — Why the change? Because YC needs to grow, and I'm not the best person to grow it.
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| Colleen Taylor / TechCrunch: |
Sam Altman Taking Over As President Of Y Combinator, Replacing Paul Graham At The Helm — After nine years at the helm of Y Combinator, Paul Graham is stepping away from his leadership role at the famed Silicon Valley startup incubator. Taking over as Y Combinator's president is Sam Altman …
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| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Sources say Amazon readying an Android-based Web TV box competing with Apple TV and Roku, for March rollout — Amazon Gets Its TV Box Ready, Again — Amazon is gearing up to take on Apple and Roku, again. — Industry sources say Amazon is getting ready to launch a Web TV box …
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Crypto weaknesses in WhatsApp “the kind of stuff the NSA would love” — Poor implementation of SSL encryption could be a boon to eavesdroppers. — WhatsApp, the mobile messaging app developer that Facebook is acquiring for $19 billion, may be an attractive addition to the social network …
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| Bloomberg: |
Roku Said to Be Weighing Initial Public Offering in U.S. in 2014 — Roku Inc., the maker of set-top boxes that connect TVs to the Internet, is weighing an initial public offering in the U.S. this year, according to people with knowledge of the matter. — A decision to move ahead hasn't been made …
| Stacey Higginbotham / Gigaom: |
Direct connection between Comcast and Netflix networks suggests peering agreement reached — Breaking: Netflix and Comcast have reached a peering agreement — Consumers' troubles with online video may be subsiding — at least for Comcast customers. Comcast and Netflix appear to have resolved …
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| Lee Hutchinson / Ars Technica: |
Harvard supercomputing cluster misused to mine Dogecoins, perpetrator banned from using computer facilities — Harvard supercomputing cluster hijacked to produce dumb cryptocurrency — Love of money can cause people to do unwise things—like stealing time on your university's resident supercomputer to mine crypto-coins.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
LinkedIn Finally Lets You Block Other Members — LinkedIn has at last added a long-requested feature with the introduction of member blocking. This adds a new privacy control to the service, which lets you restrict access to your profile, direct interactions, and network activity …
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| Bloomberg: |
Verizon completes $130B buyout of Vodafone's stake in Verizon Wireless — Verizon Sale Cuts Vodafone Value by Half to $100 Billion — Vodafone Group Plc (VOD) completes the biggest sale of the past decade today, leaving the wireless carrier about half the size it was …
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| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
Here's An Actual 3D Indoor Map Of A Room Captured With Google's Project Tango Phone — We broke the news yesterday that Google was producing a prototype 3D sensing smartphone called Project Tango. We also broke down the capabilities of the vision processor inside the device and talked about what it means for the future of phones.
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| Laura Northrup / Consumerist: |
Fitbit Voluntarily Recalls Rash-Inducing Force Wristbands — Since the first reports of contact dermatitis caused by Fitbit Force movement trackers surfaced on the company's forums (and gained publicity when Consumerist broke the story last month) customers have asked that the company recall the trackers.
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| Kevin Fitchard / Gigaom: |
Sprint launches Wi-Fi calling, turning the Galaxy Mega, S4 Mini into IP phones — In the next few weeks, Sprint customers with a Samsung Galaxy Mega or a Galaxy S4 Mini will get an over-the-air software update that will turn their devices into IP phones - at least when they're connected to Wi-Fi networks.
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| Chris Williams / The Register: |
Apple releases iOS 7.0.6 and 6.1.6 updates with SSL/TLS security fix — Update your iThings: Apple splats scary SSL snooping bug in iOS — Encrypted connections vulnerable to tampering, putting millions at risk — Apple has issued updates for its mobile operating system iOS to patch …
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Airbnb hosts must install smoke and carbon monoxide detectors by end of 2014 — Hosts can request free detectors, first-aid kits, and safety information cards — As Airbnb's housing rental service continues to grow in popularity, the company wants to ensure that all guests have a safe stay.
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Secret Adds Subscribe/Unsubscribe Options, Post Flagging, Unlinking And More — Hot anonymous social network Secret has just pushed an update for its app that addresses a number of issues and improves performance. The new version allows users to subscribe or unsubscribe to any Secret post by swiping left … | Bloomberg: |
Microsoft Said to Cut Windows Price 70% to Counter Rivals — Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) is cutting the price of Windows 8.1 by 70 percent for makers of low-cost computers and tablets as they try to fend off cheaper rivals like Google Inc. (GOOG)'s Chromebooks, people familiar with the program said.
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| Laura Hazard Owen / Gigaom: |
Amazon increases price of Prime in U.K. and Germany as it rolls in Lovefilm streaming video — Amazon is rolling together its Prime and Lovefilm Instant services in the U.K. and Germany. Starting February 26, U.K. and German Prime members will be able to stream movies and TV shows as part …
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