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February 25, 2014, 10:30 AM

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The Coinbase Blog:

Joint Statement: Mt.Gox's violation of trust doesn't reflect the resilience of the greater Bitcoin industry — Joint Statement Regarding MtGox — The purpose of this document is to summarize a joint statement to the Bitcoin community regarding Mt.Gox. — This tragic violation of the trust …

Matt Vukas:

Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange goes offline, rumored to have lost 750,000 bitcoins worth $375M — Breaking - Mt. Gox is dead, long live Mt. Gox — I've been a proponent of Bitcoin for a while now - I think that the currency is still in its infancy and certainly has its risks, but long term will be hailed as a very important innovation.

More: The Two-Bit Idiot, Los Angeles Times, The Switch, New York Times, Telegraph, Mashable, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, MoneyBeat, MediaNama, TheDomains.com and newsBTC

Tweets: @levie, @chromosundrift, @nikcub, @nexttechblog and @seldo

Thanks:@mattvukas

Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom:

“This could be the end of Bitcoin”: leak shows massive theft at Mt. Gox, price falls below $500 amid pleas for calm — The Bitcoin community is on edge as a leaked document (below) shows that the Mt. Gox exchange, a longtime pillar of the virtual currency, is missing hundreds of millions …

More: CoinDesk, Guardian, Quartz, The Verge, CoinDesk, On Bitcoin and The Register

Tweets: @abrams, @bitcoinprice, @howardlindzon, @cdixon, @tomkrazit and @ncweaver

Wall Street Journal:

Japan's financial authorities not stepping in to help investors recover Bitcoins from Mt. Gox

More: The Switch, Valleywag and Gizmodo. Tweets: @wsjmarkets

Todd Bishop / GeekWire:

Microsoft devices chief Julie Larson-Green takes on new role, will be replaced by Nokia's Stephen Elop — Julie Larson-Green, the former Windows executive who most recently led Microsoft hardware development as the top executive in the company's Devices and Studios Group …

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:

Disney Movies Anywhere debuts with tight integration with Apple's iTunes — Walt Disney Studios is launching a new movie app called Disney Movies Anywhere that will be tightly integrated with Apple's iTunes store. — You can get the app for free on iOS devices and then use …

More: Engadget, 9to5Mac, Gizmodo, CNET, AppleInsider, Macworld, Digits, TechCrunch, Re/code, The Next Web, Softpedia News, iPad, iDownloadBlog.com …, the rajam report, MacDailyNews and Breaking Apple News …. See also Mediagazer

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:

New iOS flaw makes devices susceptible to covert keylogging, researchers say — Proof-of-concept app in Apple's App Store sent keystrokes to remote server. — Researchers said they have identified a flaw in Apple's iOS that makes it possible for attackers to surreptitiously log every touch a user makes …

More: FireEye Blog, Gizmodo, CNET, Computerworld, iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Mac, Softpedia News, MacRumors, iDownloadBlog.com …, AppleInsider, Gotta Be Mobile and App Advice. Tweets: @e_kaspersky

Dan Seifert / The Verge:

Samsung refines winning formula with Galaxy S5, maintains distinct Galaxy software, plans April 11 launch alongside new Gear models — Samsung's Galaxy S5 is here with more power, more pixels, and a refined design — This year's flagship doesn't mess with a winning formula

More: BGR, Samsung Mobile Press, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, ZDNet, InfoWorld, Softpedia News, Guardian, Engadget, ExtremeTech, AnandTech, ZDNet, deal architect, Pocketables, NEWS.com.au, TechEye, Gigaom, Digits, I4U News, Electronista, Slate, Delimiter, IntoMobile and Bloomberg

Tweets: @joannastern, @vladsavov, @zacharye, @inafried and @inafried

CNET:

Samsung Galaxy S5 has tepid design, but plenty of specs appeal (hands-on)

More: SlashGear, ZDNet, The Register, Inquirer, WebProNews, Ars Technica, I4U News and Android and Me

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Samsung's Dust- And Water Resistant Galaxy S5 Gets Official With Heart Rate Monitor, Fingerprint Scanner

More: The Official PayPal, Samsung Tomorrow, Softpedia News, The Verge and The Next Web

Chris Duckett / ZDNet:

Proof of concept captures all SSL traffic via Apple's goto fail exploit — Summary: A New Zealand security consultant has used a man-in-the-middle proxy to mop up all SSL traffic related to the App store, updates, iCloud data, and traffic from apps that use certificate pining, such as Twitter.

More: cortesi, 9to5Mac, App Advice, Cult of Mac and NYT Bits

Tweets: @cortesi, @cortesi and @cortesi

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Ex-Googler-Founded Shape Security Picks Up Another $40M To Build Out Its “Botwall” For Businesses — Telegram Saw 8M Downloads After WhatsApp Got Acquired — Shape Security — the enterprise startup that emerged from stealth last month with an enterprise product that fights automated malware …

More: Softpedia News

Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg:

Apple Joins Samsung in Telling EU to Cut Patent Trolls' Power — Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Samsung Electronics Co. (005930), which have sued each other around the globe over patents, joined together to tell the European Union to cut down on the ability of companies that license patents to win court rulings limiting product sales.

More: blogs.technet.com, 9to5Mac, Inquirer, PC World and FOSS Patents

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:

New attack completely bypasses Microsoft zero-day protection app — Whitehats' ability to sidestep EMET strongly suggest criminal hackers can, too. — Researchers have developed attack code that completely bypasses Microsoft's zero-day prevention software, an impressive feat …

More: Bromium Labs, Computerworld, Help Net Security, Threatpost, Network World, SecurityWeek and ZDNet

Ashlee Vance / Businessweek:

The Unlikely Tale of How ARM Came to Rule the World — This is a story about ARM Holdings, the mobile technology company. But before it gets going, there are a few things you need to know. — 1. ARM is a company made up mostly of chip engineers. They design parts of chips …

Tweets: @thekanter, @johnheinleinarm, @valleyhack and @kevinmarks

Ellis Hamburger / The Verge:

Facebook retires its troubled @facebook.com email service — Facebook is retiring its email service, and has begun notifying users that all email sent to their @facebook.com address will soon be forwarded to their primary email address on file. Facebook users can turn off the forwarding feature, which is on by default.

More: TechCrunch, Re/code, Inside Facebook, BBC, VatorNews, The Next Web, PC Pro, memeburn, AllFacebook, TechSpot and ZDNet

Zach Miners / PC World:

Gmail adding prominent ‘Unsubscribe’ option to marketing emails — Gmail users who get frustrated trying to find the “unsubscribe” link that's often buried in small type at the bottom of promotional emails may instead start seeing it before they even open the message.

More: TechnoBuffalo, Christopher S. Penn, Marketing Pilgrim and 9to5Google

Glenn Greenwald / First Look Media:

How Covert Agents Infiltrate the Internet to Manipulate, Deceive, and Destroy Reputations — A page from a GCHQ top secret document prepared by its secretive JTRIG unit — One of the many pressing stories that remains to be told from the Snowden archive is how western intelligence agencies …

Tweets: @robingood, @the_intercept, @maradydd, @antderosa, @billmon1, @evanchill, @a_greenberg, @sacca, @evacide, @colvinius, @onekade and @elilake

John Cook / GeekWire:

Zulily takes aim at Fab.com, plans big expansion in home products category — Zulily plans to start selling more home decor products — Zulily just posted blow out numbers for its fourth quarter, reporting a 100 percent rise in fourth quarter sales to $257 million. — Zulily CEO Darrell Cavens

More: Digits

Mat Smith / Engadget:

AT&T announces free, unlimited international text, picture and video messaging for Mobile Share customers — BY MAT SMITH @THATMATSMITH FEB 25TH 2014 3:00AM — Starting February 28th, all AT&T Mobile Share and Mobile Share Value users will be able to send text picture and video messages internationally for free.

More: CNET and Re/code

Mat Honan / Wired:

How Facebook is working around poor networks and cheap phones in the developing world — Facebook's Plan to Conquer the World — With Crappy Phones and Bad Networks — Facebook's recon team hit the ground in Nigeria in the dead of night, and right away ran into trouble with the law.

More: Ericsson. Tweets: @tcarmody

Robin Emmott / Reuters:

Brazil, Europe plan undersea cable to skirt U.S. spying — (Reuters) - Brazil and the European Union agreed on Monday to lay an undersea communications cable from Lisbon to Fortaleza to reduce Brazil's reliance on the United States after Washington spied on Brasilia.

More: ZDNet and Softpedia News. Tweets: @netik

Ruth Bender / Wall Street Journal:

Orange is in talks with Microsoft over a possible partnership on Dailymotion — Orange is in talks with U.S. giant Microsoft over a possible partnership for the French firm's online-video website Dailymotion.

More: TechCrunch, CNET, The Verge, The Next Web, Gigaom, Reuters, Softpedia News and Guardian

Ina Fried / Re/code:

BlackBerry CEO John Chen Talks up Q20 and Z3 Phones Coming this Year — BlackBerry CEO John Chen on Tuesday announced plans for two new phones coming this year, the first results of a partnership with Taiwanese contract manufacturer Foxconn. — The first of the new devices …

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

GoDaddy Will Take On Shopify With A Simpler E-Commerce Storefront Arriving This Spring — GoDaddy is launching a Shopify competitor aimed at small business customers, TechCrunch learned and the company has confirmed. The “GoDaddy Online Store,” as the new product is being called …

More: Marketing Pilgrim. Tweets: @spreecommerce

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