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Everything you need to know about the latest Bitcoin crisis — Kolin Burges, a Mt. Gox customer, protests outside the headquarters of Mt. Gox and its parent company, Tibanne Co., in Tokyo on Tuesday. (Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg) — The once-popular Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox has gone dark.
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US prosecutors investigating bitcoin businesses: source — (Reuters) - Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office is seeking information from businesses dealing in bitcoin on how some of them handled cyber-attacks that hamstrung several exchanges in recent weeks, a source familiar with the probe said on Wednesday.| Kazuhiko Tamaki / Reuters: |
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| Matt Warman / Telegraph: |
Google did not bid for WhatsApp — Claims that Facebook outbid Google in its $19 billion acquisition of WhatsApp are untrue, a top executive has said. — Google did not bid for WhatsApp, the company revealed yesterday. Suggestions that Facebook's $19bn purchase of the instant messaging service outbid …
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White House Weighs Four Options for Revamping NSA Phone Surveillance — Proposals Range From Running Program Through Phone Companies to Ditching It Altogether — WASHINGTON—Administration lawyers have presented the White House with four options for restructuring the National Security …
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| Marc Andreessen / Andreessen Horowitz: |
The Future of the News Business: A Monumental Twitter Stream All in One Place — I am more bullish about the future of the news industry over the next 20 years than almost anyone I know. You are going to see it grow 10X to 100X from where it is today. That is my starting point for any discussion about the future of journalism.
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See also Mediagazer| Jeff Atwood / Coding Horror: |
App ecosystems reinvent everything hateful about the software industry before the web blew it up — App-pocalypse Now — I'm getting pretty sick of being nagged to install your damn apps. — XKCD helpfully translates: — Yeah, there are smart app banners, which are marginally less annoying …
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| Liam Spradlin / Android Police: |
This Is An Early Prototype Of The Google Watch Made By Motorola Last Year [Update: One More Image] — A few days ago, we published a story about Google's possibly upcoming smartwatch. Current rumors suggest that the watch may be ready in time for Google I/O, and that it might be made by LG.| Bloomberg: |
Rolls-Royce Drone Ships Challenge $375 Billion Industry: Freight — In an age of aerial drones and driver-less cars, Rolls-Royce (RR/) Holdings Plc is designing unmanned cargo ships. — Rolls-Royce's Blue Ocean development team has set up a virtual-reality prototype at its office in Alesund …
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| Mat Smith / Engadget: |
LINE takes on Skype and Hangouts with new, cheap, Call service — It's all about stickers, really. LINE means stickers, but as the company keeps telling us, its apps do so much more than that — and even more starting next month. The Japanese messaging service is launching …
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| Tatiana Siegel / Hollywood Reporter: |
David Fincher in Early Talks to Direct Steve Jobs Film for Sony (Exclusive) — Based on Walter Isaacson's best-selling biography, the film would reteam Fincher with “Social Network” writer Aaron Sorkin and producer Scott Rudin. — David Fincher already has tackled one Silicon Valley billionaire in Mark Zuckerberg.
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| Jim Finkle / Reuters: |
360 million newly stolen credentials on black market: cybersecurity firm — (Reuters) - A cybersecurity firm said on Tuesday that it uncovered stolen credentials from some 360 million accounts that are available for sale on cyber black markets, though it is unsure where they came from or what they can be used to access.
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| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
EBay Leads Giant $133.7 Million Investment in Indian Shopping Site Snapdeal — EBay is leading a $133.7 million investment in online shopping website Snapdeal that could result in a buyout of what is viewed as the eBay of India. — EBay contributed a large majority of the total investment … | Laura Hazard Owen / Gigaom: |
As Barnes & Noble Nook revenues slide 50%, the company says it's launching another tablet — Barnes & Noble is cutting jobs and revenues fell again in the third-quarter earnings report released Wednesday, with the Nook segment once again taking a particularly large hit … | Associated Press: |
Apple files appeal in e-book antitrust case — Apple asks federal appeals court to overturn finding in antitrust case, or award new trial — NEW YORK (AP) — Apple filed papers on Tuesday telling a federal appeals court in New York that a judge's finding it violated antitrust laws …
| Billy Steele / Engadget: |
MasterCard testing security feature that okays purchases based on phone location — Locking down those credit cards while globe trotting is always a chief concern. Today at Mobile World Congress, MasterCard and Syniverse announced a joint effort to ease the fears of travelers.| Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune: |
Apple to Arizona: Anti-gay bill puts Mesa sapphire plant at risk — It's not clear if Apple could do business in a state that sanctions discrimination against gays. — FORTUNE — Apple (AAPL) confirmed Monday that it has urged Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer to veto a bill that would allow business owners …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
OpenID Connect Identity Protocol Launches With Support From Google, Microsoft & Others — Signing users in to a mobile or web app isn't necessarily hard, but keeping their credentials safe is something that's often best left to specialists. The OpenID Foundation today announced the launch …
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| Ben Popper / The Verge: |
Uber kept new drivers off the road to encourage surge pricing and increase fares — Limiting supply at riders' expense — Andrew Lane is a regular Uber customer with some fond memories of the service. Last year on President's Day he was the lucky rider selected for an “Ubercade” upgrade.| Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom: |
Google must remove all “Innocence of Muslims” videos from YouTube, appeals court rules — A California appeals court on Wednesday ordered Google to take down all copies of a controversial anti-Islamic movie, granting an injunction to an actress in the film who had filed a copyright claim after being subjected to global death threats.| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
How Google is turning Mountain View into a company town — Welcome to Googletown — Here's how a city becomes company property — Some days it feels like Google is taking over the world. For the residents of Mountain View, California, that feeling is personal.| Rip Empson / TechCrunch: |
With Box, Yelp And Palantir On Board, Piazza Lands $8M From Khosla To Bring Recruiting To Its Social Q&A Platform For Students — As free online social tools now play a central role in how we communicate, interact and manage our interpersonal relationships, and as consumerization sweeps through …
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| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
Samsung releases Galaxy S5, Gear 2, Gear Fit SDK kits for developers — Summary: Developers can now get their hands on SDK kits for the Samsung Galaxy S5, Samsung Gear 2 and Gear Fit. — Charlie Osborne — Samsung has released Software Development Kits (SDKs) for the Galaxy S5 and Samsung Gear 2.
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