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Newsweek stands behind its Satoshi Nakamoto story — Newsweek's Statement on the Bitcoin Story — Leah McGrath Goodman's recent cover story for Newsweek, investigating the identity of Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto, has generated an immense amount of international attention …
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Deputies confirm key quote from Dorian Nakamoto about Bitcoin in Newsweek story — More Details On Newsweek Journalist's Interview With Alleged Bitcoin Creator — In a long article that points to a 64-year-old California man Dorian Nakamoto as Bitcoin's creator, the most compelling evidence …
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Secret Raises Nearly $10 Million at $40 Million Valuation — Google Ventures is leading the round, which will include previous investor Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, these people said. The more than $40 million valuation includes the investment, which one of the people said was between $5 million and $10 million.
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Instagram Inks Ad Deal With Omnicom Worth up to $100 Million — Deal Gives Omnicom Media and Creative Agencies Access to Instagram Paid Ad Program — Instagram has inked its first major ad deal with an agency, and it's big. — The photo- and video-sharing site is rolling …
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| Dan DeSilva / 9to5Mac: |
iPhone pricing war heats up as Walmart offers 5s for $119 and Target launches iPad trade-in promotion — From 9to5Toys.com: — New Apple promotions from Walmart and Target may be enticing enough for holdouts to finally upgrade to the newest iPhone and iPad...
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Beats Music opens up, making its API public — Streaming-music service Beats Music is opening up some of its programming to outsiders, with the goal of proliferating the new $120-a-year subscription player in the broader online universe. — “If you're willing to pay $100 a year for music … | Selena Larson / ReadWrite: |
Under Marissa Mayer, 31 of Yahoo's 38 startup acquisitions have closed their services — Yahoo: Destroyer Of Startups — Another day, another Yahoo acquisition. — Yesterday the search giant swiped up the five-man Vizify team, a data visualization startup that turns your social media posts … | Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal: |
Online home-furnishing retailer Wayfair raises $157M on way to IPO, at a valuation of over $2B — Wayfair, Speeding Towards IPO, Lands $2 Billion Valuation — Wayfair, an online purveyor of home goods, says it raised $157 million from a group that includes T. Rowe Price and other mutual funds …
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Box projects revenue to double this year to $200M, may make IPO prospectus public within weeks — Box Said to Project $200 Million in Revenue as IPO Nears — Box Inc., the cloud storage and collaboration company that's headed for an initial public offering, projects revenue this year … | Marc Rogers / The Official Lookout Blog: |
Dendroid malware can take over your camera, record audio, and sneak into Google Play — Remote access trojans that let criminals spy on you are a nasty issue, but when you find one in the Google Play store, it sounds off some alarms. — This week, researchers found Dendroid, a custom … | Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple building support for driving 4K displays at ‘Retina’ resolution, 60Hz output from 2013 MacBook Pros — 4K display running at “Retina” resolution on 10.9.3 — Earlier today, Apple provided developers with the first beta for the upcoming release of OS X Mavericks version 10.9.3.
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| Daniel P. Howley / LAPTOP Magazine: |
T-Mobile's New Simple Choice Plan: 1GB of Data for Just $50 — T-Mobile's new Simple Choice plan gives users double the data and unlimited international texting from within the U.S. at no extra charge.
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T-Mobile, The Verge, Engadget, Droid Life, Android Community, TechnoBuffalo, IntoMobile, Android Central, TmoNews and Mashable. Tweets: @dannysullivan. Thanks:@mspoonauer
| Nicole Lee / Engadget: |
Samsung's Milk Music internet radio service is only for Galaxy devices (video) — Do we need yet another online music service? Samsung certainly thinks so, as it's just introduced its very own internet radio service called, weirdly enough, Milk Music. So named for its supposed “fresh” take on music (Get it?
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