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Investors Debate The Ethics Of Anonymity Apps — VCs are publicly and privately debating the morality of investing in the burgeoning “anonymish” app space, after a series of negative posts, mainstream gossip, a high profile resignation and even bomb and violence threats have pushed the volume of the debate to eleven.
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| Kevin Rose / TechCrunch: |
Foundation: Secret's David Byttow Talks Privacy, Security, and Company Origins — Today is an exciting day for Secret, one of the most talked about new startups in Silicon Valley which just raised another round of funding. — I sat down with Secret's co-founder David Byttow this week …
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Julie Ann Horvath Describes Sexism And Intimidation Behind Her GitHub Exit — The exit of engineer Julie Ann Horvath from programming network GitHub has sparked yet another conversation concerning women in technology and startups. Her claims that she faced a sexist internal culture …
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| Enda Curran / Wall Street Journal: |
How Hong Kong Lost the Alibaba IPO — Exchange, Chinese E-Commerce Giant Fell Out Over a Rule — HONG KONG—Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s planned listing in New York is a blow to Hong Kong's stock exchange, which failed in an effort to change its rules so as to accommodate … | Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times: |
Alibaba Confirms It Will Begin I.P.O. Process in U.S. — The Alibaba Group, China's online commerce giant, confirmed early on Sunday that it planned to begin the process of becoming a public company in the United States. — In a post on its corporate blog, the company said it planned …
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| Jay Yarow / Business Insider: |
Before He Died, Steve Jobs Told Top Executives Apple Would Not Be Making A TV — Ever since Apple released the iPad, people have been speculating about what Apple would do next. — After revolutionizing the mobile phone with the iPhone, and the PC with the iPad, many expect Apple to revolutionize the TV.
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| Nicholas Weaver / Wired: |
How the NSA's QUANTUM internet attack system works — A Close Look at the NSA's Most Powerful Internet Attack Tool — We already knew that the NSA has weaponized the internet, enabling it to “shoot” exploits at anyone it desires. A single web fetch, imitated by an identified target …
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| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Warner Brothers to “Veronica Mars” Backers: Okay, Okay — Use iTunes or Amazon if You Want — “Veronica Mars” was supposed to be a triumphant mix of Hollywood and crowd-sourcing: Fans of Kristen Bell's old TV show, aided by Kickstarter, helped fund a movie version, in conjunction with Warner Bros.| Moisés Chiullan / TechHive: |
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Ukrainian hackers claim they took down NATO websites ahead of secession vote — Ukrainian hackers are claiming responsibility for a cyberattack that brought down a pair of NATO websites today, in an act of protest against Western powers on the eve of a major vote that could see a portion of Ukraine handed over to Russia.
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Reuters, Motherboard, Reuters, RT, CNN, SecurityWeek, NPR and SlashGear
| Jesse Lichtenstein / Atlanta Magazine: |
A profile of Glass tech lead Thad Starner, who built his first head-mounted computer in 1993 — Magnifying glass — Thad Starner has been wearing some kind of computer on his head for twenty years. Now the Georgia Tech professor and Google Glass pioneer wants the world to join him.| David Román / Wall Street Journal: |
Vodafone to pay just over €7 billion for Ono after Ono shareholders agree to sell — MADRID— Vodafone Group PLC has reached an agreement with shareholders of Ono SA to buy the Spanish cable company for just over seven billion euros ($9.73 billion) including debt, people with knowledge of the deal said Sunday.| New York Times: |
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