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Elusive bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto is reportedly a 64-yr old living in California — The Face Behind Bitcoin — Satoshi Nakamoto stands at the end of his sunbaked driveway looking timorous. And annoyed. He's wearing a rumpled T-shirt, old blue jeans and white gym socks …
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Dorian S. Nakamoto denies he's Bitcoin founder, heard of Bitcoin 3 weeks ago — AP Exclusive: Man denies he's bitcoin founder … LOS ANGELES (AP) — The man Newsweek claims is the founder of Bitcoin denies he had anything to do with the digital currency.
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Nakamoto Named as Bitcoin Father Denies Involvement, Flees — A 64-year-old physicist, identified by Newsweek magazine as Bitcoin's creator, denied involvement in the digital currency before leading reporters on a multi-vehicle car chase and entering an Associated Press bureau.
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Nakamoto's disappearance was essential to Bitcoin's growth — Why Satoshi Nakamoto worked so hard to hide his identity — We may now know who Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin, is. According to Newsweek, he's a reclusive 64-year old Japanese man who lives in Temple City, California.
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Pixelworks Discloses Relationship With Apple — Wednesday afternoon, Pixelworks made a major (and mandatory) disclosure to the SEC that Apple represented more than 10% of its revenue. — The stakes couldn't be higher for Apple. Any consumer device that can run a smart phone operating system is strategically important.
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Disney's Game and Internet Division Cuts One Quarter of Its Workforce — GLENDALE, Calif. - Disney's struggling video game and Internet division laid off roughly 700 employees on Thursday, or 26 percent of its global staff, in a major retrenchment that includes a shift in advertising strategy at Disney.com.
| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Mercedes-Benz plans aftermarket CarPlay installations for older vehicles by end of the year — Update: Mercedes told us its “goal is to offer an after market solution by the end of the year.” — There have been a lot of mixed reviews of Apple's CarPlay, a new feature that brings iOS …
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Facebook rolls out a simpler newsfeed redesign a year after first try was scrapped due to negative feedback — Facebook goes back to basics with latest News Feed redesign — After a year testing an aggressive update, Facebook finally settles on a look — Almost exactly one year ago … | Dan Primack / Fortune: |
Sean Parker formally leaves Founders Fund — Sean Parker will not make new investments for Founders Fund, but will maintain board seats like Spotify. — FORTUNE — Sean Parker is no longer making new investments on behalf of Founders Fund, a San Francisco-based venture capital firm … | Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Spotify Acquires The Echo Nest, Gaining Control Of The Music DNA Company That Powers Its Rivals — Spotify has acquired The Echo Nest, as revealed by an official blog post today. The financial details of the acquisition haven't been revealed, but The Echo Nest is a self-described …
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Apple Releases Revamped iTunes Festival App Ahead of SXSW, iOS 7.1 Not Required — Apple today updated its iTunes Festival app to version 5.0, ahead of next week's SXSW iTunes Festival, which kicks off on Tuesday, March 11. As noted by MacStories, the iTunes Festival app shows …
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Twitter ad rates down 18% Q4 2013 according to annual report — Twitter's ad rates continue falling, down 18% last quarter — Twitter's advertising rate keeps falling. — The average cost to advertise on Twitter's website and mobile apps dropped 18% in the last three months of 2013 … | Neil Chenoweth / Financial Review: |
Apple moved $8.9B in untaxed profits from Australia to Irish subsidiary in last decade — How Ireland got Apple's $9bn profit — US tech giant Apple has shifted an estimated $8.9 billion in untaxed profits from its Australian operations to a tax haven structure in Ireland in the last decade … | Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
Jack Tretton stepping down as president of Sony Computer Entertainment America — At the end of March, Sony Computer Entertainment America president and CEO Jack Tretton will be stepping down from his position after nearly two decades with the company. According to SCEA …
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Machinima to lay off 42 sales employees as it raises $18M more, led by Warner Bros. — Warner Bros. Gets Ready to Bet on YouTube With a Machinima Investment — Screengrab courtesy of Machinima via YouTube — Machinima, the YouTube network for gamers, has finally found the money it has been looking for.| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
DigitalOcean Raises $37.2M From Andreessen Horowitz To Take On AWS — Cloud hosting company DigitalOcean raised a Series A round of $37.2 million at a $153 million valuation led by Andreessen Horowitz. Previous investors IA Ventures and CrunchFund also participated, but Andreessen Horowitz …
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Vine officially bans all sexually explicit content — Vine has previously taken steps to hide pornographic and sexually explicit videos that users share, but today it's outright banning the content. The company has updated both its rules and terms of service to prohibit sexually explicit material.Sponsor Posts
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