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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 … | Wall Street Journal: |
Secret Set to Raise 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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AppleInsider, TechnoBuffalo, 9to5Toys, IntoMobile, iDownloadBlog.com …, Geek.com, BGR and App Advice
| Caitlin McGarry / TechHive: |
SXSW starts out with spotlight on security, as Google's Schmidt sounds off on NSA — AUSTIN—Austin, Texas is in full-on party mode as South by Southwest kicks off Friday, but the normally lighthearted Interactive portion of the festival—best known for turning Twitter and Foursquare into stars …
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| Joan E. Solsman / CNET: |
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 … | Brian Fung / The Switch: |
Microsoft is using your data to target political ads on Xbox Live — Microsoft is trying to [ersuade politicians to take out targeted ads on Xbox Live, Skype, MSN and other company platforms as midterm elections begin heating up around the country. To plug the idea, Microsoft officials handed …
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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 … | 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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| 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 … | Daniel P. Howley / LAPTOP Magazine: |
T-Mobile's New Simple Choice Plan: 1GB of Data for Just $50 — T-Mobile has been shaking up the wireless industry since it officially killed off two-year contracts with the debut of its Simple Choice Plan last March. Now, a year later, the carrier is rolling out a revamped version …
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