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Apple releases iOS 7.1 with CarPlay support, performance improvements, UI tweaks, new accessibility options, more — As we previously reported to expect in March, Apple has released its iOS 7.1 software update for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch users. The software update delivers a number …
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| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
iOS 7.1 on the iPhone 4: As good as it's going to get — iOS 7.1 on the iPhone 4 is a step forward, but it's the last one we're likely to get. — We weren't impressed by iOS 7 on the iPhone 4. The Apple A4 that powers the phone is now nearly four years old, and you can feel it from the moment you turn the phone on.
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| JP Mangalindan / Fortune: |
eBay's John Donahoe talks Icahn, conflicts, and $100 stock price (someday) — “It's the fundamental direction and the fundamental opportunity we're going after.” — FORTUNE — eBay has started to go on the offensive. — The e-commerce giant began taking swings of its own following … | Terrence O'Brien / Engadget: |
Snowden says encryption and oversight are key to protecting the public from surveillance — Speaking to a packed exhibit hall through a Google Hangout, which was passed through seven proxies, Edward Snowden said the keys to protecting the public from government surveillance is encryption and civilian oversight.
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See also Mediagazer| Alex Colon / Gigaom: |
Google Apps referral program to pay $15 for each new user — Google is hoping to spread the use of Google Apps for Business through word of mouth - aided by a new referral program that pays a $15 bonus per each new user you sign up. The company introduced the program in a post to its Enterprise blog on Monday.| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Experian Lapse Allowed ID Theft Service Access to 200 Million Consumer Records — In October 2013, KrebsOnSecurity published an exclusive story detailing how a Vietnamese man running an online identity theft service bought personal and financial records on Americans directly from a company owned by Experian … | Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Netflix got a bit faster on Comcast after opening its wallet — Netflix performance on Comcast, which had been deteriorating for months, finally got a little better in February according to Netflix's latest speed rankings.Netflix streamed at an average of 1.68Mbps on Comcast in the US in February, up from 1.51Mbps in January.
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Audi's in-vehicle 4G LTE from AT&T will cost $99 for 5GB/6-month or $499 for 30GB/30-month — Audi's in-car LTE from AT&T will cost at least $16 a month — Audi and AT&T have announced pricing details for LTE connectivity in the 2015 A3 sedan, which will be the first automobile … | Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal: |
Google struggles to index content as apps replace links, looks to deep links as a solution — Google Searches for an App Role — As Smartphones Undercut Traditional Web Browsing, New Tack Is Needed for Ads — Its name has become a verb meaning “to search,” but as users shift to mobile devices …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft Surface power covers available for pre-order today for $199.99, will ship March 19 — Microsoft Surface Power Covers get a mid-March ship date — Summary: Microsoft will begin shipping its battery-life-extending Power Covers for its Surface devices starting March 19 for $199.99.
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Kabam expands into role-playing games with acquisition of Castle Age maker — Kabam is acquiring the Phoenix Age social mobile game studio in an expansion into role-playing games. — The deal will add 44 employees and titles like Underworld Empire and Castle Age to Kabam …
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| Lorraine Luk / Wall Street Journal: |
Foxconn hiring 15,000 in Taiwan as it builds telecom business to compete with Ericsson, Huawei — Hon Hai Beefs Up Hiring In Taiwan — Hon Hai Precision Industry, which assembles iPhones and iPads for Apple, is beefing up hiring in Taiwan, its latest effort to seek new avenues of growth beyond …
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| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
Mt. Gox files for bankruptcy in U.S. — Summary: The Japan-based Bitcoin exchange files Chapter 15 bankruptcy paperwork in the U.S. in efforts to protect its remaining assets, while opening up international channels of co-operation. — Charlie Osborne — Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox has filed …
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MarketWatch, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, WebProNews, TechCrunch, CoinDesk, Engadget, CNET, SlashGear, Gigaom, PandoDaily, Ars Technica and Forbes. Thanks:@zdnetcharlie
| Stephen Braun / Associated Press: |
US plans monitoring system to identify rogue agents, corrupt officials, and leakers among federal employees with security clearances — US network to scan workers with secret clearances — WASHINGTON (AP) — Stung by internal security lapses, U.S. intelligence officials plan to use …
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New York Times, Engadget and The Verge
| Felix Salmon: |
Satoshi: Why Newsweek isn't convincing … I had a 2-hour phone conversation with Leah McGrath Goodman yesterday. Goodman wrote the now-notorious Newsweek cover story about Dorian Nakamoto, which purported to out him as the inventor of bitcoin. At this point, it's pretty obvious that the world …
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Pressthink, New Yorker, Forbes, The Tell, Guardian and Guardian
Tweets: @sarahkendzior, @sarahcuda, @panzer, @johnmcquaid, @jayrosen_nyu and @mathewi
See also Mediagazer| New York Times: |
Silver Lake to sell Serena Software to HGGC Capital for about $450M after paying $1.2B in 2006 — HGGC to Buy Serena Software From Silver Lake — After eight years, Serena Software has found a new home. — HGGC Capital, an investment firm, plans to announce on Monday that it has bought …
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| Karen Gullo / Bloomberg: |
Judge orders NSA to retain call data that was scheduled to be destroyed Tuesday — NSA Phone-Record Destruction Halt Won by Privacy Group — The National Security Agency was blocked by a judge from carrying out plans tomorrow to begin destroying phone records collected for surveillance …
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