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Last week's IRS ruling means bitcoins are not fungible, therefore unworkable as a currency — Bitcoin Tax Ruling — The IRS has spoken: Bitcoins are property, not currency. This was hardly a surprise, but it has some important implication that tells us a lot about what it takes to make a currency work.
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Big data's challenge: gain new insight without making the same old statistical mistakes — Big data: are we making a big mistake? — Big data is a vague term for a massive phenomenon that has rapidly become an obsession with entrepreneurs, scientists, governments and the media
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Dropbox clarifies takedown policy, compares file hashes to identify infringing shared links — How Dropbox Knows When You're Sharing Copyrighted Stuff (Without Actually Looking At Your Stuff) — Late last night, a tweet was spread far and wide showing that a DMCA notice had blocked a file …
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| Kim Zetter / Wired: |
Why the NSA targets Huawei: it's displacing western-built networking equipment in many regions — How a Chinese Tech Firm Became the NSA's Surveillance Nightmare — The NSA's global spy operation may seem unstoppable, but there's at least one target that has proven to be a formidable obstacle … | Eat24: |
A marketer's amusing “Breakup Letter” to Facebook over News Feed algorithm changes — A Breakup Letter to Facebook from Eat24 — Hey. It's Eat24. Look, we need to talk. This isn't easy to say since we've been together so long, but we need to break up.
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| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Alibaba Will Pay $692M For 35% Stake In Retail Operator Intime — Alibaba has agreed to pay $692 million for a 35% stake in Intime Retail, which operates department stores throughout China. The two companies will form a joint initiative to focus on offline-to-online retail opportunities.
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| Marcella Bombardieri / The Boston Globe: |
Court documents reveal ambivalence in how MIT assisted Aaron Swartz's prosecution — The inside story of MIT and Aaron Swartz — More than a year after Swartz killed himself rather than face prosecution, questions about MIT's handling of the hacking case persist
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Exclusive: Mt. Gox faced questions on handling client cash long before crisis — (Reuters) - Two years before Mt. Gox filed for bankruptcy, a half dozen employees at the Tokyo-based bitcoin exchange challenged CEO Mark Karpeles over whether client money was being used to cover costs …
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PandoDaily, The Switch, SiliconANGLE, Softpedia News, The Register, CoinDesk, VentureBeat and newsBTC. Tweets: @mbusigin
| Kaylene Hong / The Next Web: |
Report: Motorola's share of UK smartphone sales climbs to 6% from ‘almost nothing’ in 6 months — According to data from a Kantar Worldpanel ComTech report for the three months to February 2014, Motorola's budget Moto G device has helped boost the company from “almost nothing” … | Laszlo Bock / Harvard Business Review: |
Google is two years into gDNA, a long-term study to understand employees' work-life balance — Google's Scientific Approach to Work-Life Balance (and Much More) — More than 65 years ago in Massachusetts, doctors began a longitudinal study that would transform our understanding of heart disease.
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Cisco facing federal investigation for possible bribery violations on massive scale in Russia — Former Cisco Execs Allege Vast Kickback Scheme In Russia — One day in 2010 a team of Westerners arrived at the Krylatsky Hills industrial park in Moscow, near the old 1980 Olympic bicycle track.
Tweets: @paulsonne, @buzzfeedben and @pravolivo
| Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal: |
YouTube seeks more TV ad dollars, offering audience guarantees and placement on top shows — YouTube to Offer Advertisers Some Guarantees — YouTube Also Will Reserve Space for Advertisers That Commit to Buying in Top Shows — Google Inc. is ramping up its assault on traditional television's advertising business.
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