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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 8: Apple considers Notification Center + Messages tweaks, removing Game Center app — Besides adding new Maps, Healthbook, and iTunes Radio applications, Apple plans to enhance and refine the functionality of some of its current pre-bundled applications and features for iOS 8.
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MacRumors, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, BGR, Redmond Pie, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechnoBuffalo, Gotta Be Mobile, iDownloadBlog.com, iLounge and Network World. Tweets: @viticci
| Dave Zatz / Zatz Not Funny!: |
Leaked photos allegedly show Amazon's bluetooth gaming controller — Amazon Streamer To Feature Bluetooth Gaming Controller — By way of an overseas regulatory agency, similar to our very own FCC, we continue to hone in on the elusive Amazon media streamer.
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Engadget, The Verge, GeekWire, VentureBeat, Gizmodo, 9to5Google, BGR, TechCrunch, Geek.com, Kotaku, Gotta Be Mobile, SlashGear, VG247, TechnoBuffalo and Android Central. Tweets: @davezatz
| Mark Zuckerberg / Facebook: |
Zuckerberg called Obama over spying, says the US should champion, not threaten the internet — As the world becomes more complex and governments everywhere struggle, trust in the internet is more important today than ever. The internet is our shared space. It helps us connect. It spreads opportunity.
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VentureBeat, Electronista, Inquirer, The Switch, Softpedia News, The Register, TechEye, InfoWorld, Techdirt, Daily Dot, Bloomberg, memeburn, eWeek, Slate, BBC, TechnoBuffalo, Guardian, Wired.co.uk, The Next Web, New York Times, Reuters, Truthdig, ABC News, Wall Street Journal, TheHill, Forbes, Engadget, PC Magazine, The Verge and The Daily Caller
Tweets: @jmspool, @koenrh and @mattcutts
| Jeff Goodell / Rolling Stone: |
Bill Gates on technology, surveillance, the future of the planet and God — Bill Gates: The Rolling Stone Interview — The richest man in the world explains how to save the planet — At 58, Bill Gates is not only the richest man in the world, with a fortune that now exceeds $76 billion, but he may also be the most optimistic.
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Guardian, Wall Street Journal, Gigaom, The Switch, ZDNet, Telegraph, The Register, The Next Web, GeekWire, WinBeta, WMPoweruser, The Daily Caller, CNET and The Verge
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Russia Blocks Access to Major Independent News Sites — Russia's government has escalated its use of its Internet censorship law to target news sites, bloggers, and politicians under the slimmest excuse of preventing unauthorized protests and enforcing house arrest regulations.
| Alex Hern / Guardian: |
Phone call metadata does betray sensitive details about your life - study — Identities of cannabis grower, woman seeking an abortion and MS sufferer inferred in study that confirms danger of widespread access to metadata — Warnings that phone call “metadata” can betray detailed information …
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Web Policy, Stanford News, The Daily Caller, Ars Technica, Gizmodo, Network World and Threatpost
Tweets: @jonathanmayer, @stanford and @cdixon
| Seth Rosenblatt / CNET: |
Pwn2Own 2014: Firefox, IE, Safari, Chrome, Adobe Flash and Reader already hacked — All hacking eyes on the prize money at CanSecWest — VANCOUVER, Canada — When it comes to hacking, it turns out that greed really is good. — All four of the major desktop browsers … | Adam Tanner / Forbes: |
mSpy sells iPhone 5s and Android smartphones pre-loaded with spyware, ostensibly for use by parents and employers — Starting Today, Jealous Lovers Can Buy NSA-Like Monitoring Powers — Imagine this happy occasion. On his girlfriend's birthday a man announces he has a special gift.
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| Craig Grannell / Guardian: |
How Apple's iOS 7.1 finally quelled users' motion sickness — Animations introduced in Apple's new look for its iPhone and iPad interface in September made some feel physically sick. Now, it's fixed them — Apple recently updated its iPhone and iPad software to version 7.1, adding and improving a number of features.| MediaNama: |
Rdio acquires shuttered Indian music streaming service Dhingana — Exclusive: Rdio buys Dhingana to Enter India — US-based music streaming website Rdio has acquired Indian music streaming website Dhingana, Dhingana has confirmed to MediaNama. MediaNama had heard about the development from multiple industry sources.
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The Next Web, PC World, TechCrunch, VatorNews, NextBigWhat, Techcircle.in and Tech in Asia
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Thanks:@tsuvik| Eric Blattberg / VentureBeat: |
PayPal mends fences with crowdfunders with revised policies — Image Credit: Illustration by Eric Blattberg / VentureBeat — PayPal and the crowdfunding community have had a rocky relationship — but the eBay-owned payments company has rebuilt that bridge with revamped crowdfunding policies … | Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
iOS 7.1 Includes Warning Message About 15-Minute In-App Purchase Window — Along with several visual tweaks, CarPlay support, and Touch ID enhancements, iOS 7.1 also brought some changes to the way in-app purchases work. When making an in-app purchase for the first time after updating …
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AppleInsider, Engadget, Cult of Mac, Trusted Reviews, Inquirer, Guardian, Pulse 2.0, Mashable, iClarified, TechnoBuffalo and CNET
| Nathaniel Mott / PandoDaily: |
Uber and Lyft expand insurance coverage after controversy — Uber and Lyft have announced increased insurance coverage for their drivers that will reportedly cover incidents that occur whenever their respective apps are open, not just when drivers have passengers in their cars.
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TechCrunch, Re/code, TechCrunch, San Francisco Chronicle, The Next Web, New York Times, GeekWire and SlashGear. Tweets: @joshconstine
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
FCC approves AT&T's purchase of Leap Wireless, says it's ‘in the public interest’ — The Federal Communications Commission has approved AT&T's acquisition of Leap Wireless, the company that operates the popular Cricket brand of prepaid wireless service. Acknowledging that an unchecked deal … | Karl Bode / DSLreports: |
Time Warner Cable Admits Few Have Shown Interest In Usage Caps — After Time Warner Cable took a public relations beating for pushing mandatory low caps (as low as 5 GB) and high per byte overages (as high as $5 per additional gigabyte) on consumers back in 2009, the company has been stepping …
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Light Reading, Ars Technica, Business Insider and BGR
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Twitter Is Adding Promoted Account Tweets, With Follow Buttons, To Desktop Timelines — Twitter will soon add another feature to its Timeline on the desktop to generate revenue: Promoted Accounts, with the option for people to follow them directly with a button embedded in the Tweet.
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Marketing Land and AdExchanger
| Ashley Feinberg / Gizmodo: |
Target turned off function to automatically delete malware, reacted only after DOJ notificaton — Target Knew About Its Massive Hack—It Just Didn't Do Anything to Stop It — Throughout the total absurdity that's been the aftermath of Target's massive data breach, one question has continued …
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Help Net Security, The Register, InfoWorld, Network World, New York Times, DailyTech, Engadget, TechSpot and TIME
Tweets: @bud_caddell and @jptacek
| Janko Roettgers / Gigaom: |
Plex opens up Chromecast to everyone, adds automatic camera upload — Media center app maker Plex followed through on a promise Thursday to remove restrictions around its Chromecast implementations, opening up the feature to all of its users including non-subscribers.| Robert Fenner / Bloomberg: |
Satellite Crowdsourcing Adds 2 Million Searchers for Missing Jet — Tomnod.com, a crowdsourcing website run by DigitalGlobe Inc. (DGI), has tapped more than 2 million people to scan through satellite images searching for clues about missing Malaysian Airline Systems Bhd. (MAS) Flight 370.| Kevin Fitchard / Gigaom: |
It's a mobile data world: In 2013 voice stopped being U.S. carriers' main revenue driver — Just like that, in the fourth quarter of 2013 mobile data usage ticked up to reach a crossover point, making data a bigger revenue source for carriers than voice services.
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Chetan Sharma, DSLreports, Fortune, Mobile World Live, TelecomLead, Reuters and TechCrunch
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Fundable Acquires LaunchRock To Combine Crowdfunding And User Acquisition — Fundable.com, an equity crowdfunding platform for businesses (including startups), just announced that it has acquired LaunchRock. — LaunchRock, as the name implies, was initially focused on helping startups create launch pages …
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Columbus Business First, PE Hub Blog, Digital Journal, LaunchRock, Crowdfund Insider and Small Business Trends. Thanks:@grg
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