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David Streitfeld / New York Times:

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Dan Seifert / The Verge:

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OpenSSL Software Foundation president: we need support from companies and governments for a team of 6+ full-time workers — Of Money, Responsibility, and Pride — Fate has made me the “money guy” for OpenSSL so I'm going to talk about that for a bit. — As has been well reported …

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New York Times:

How and why startups like Lyft and Quora are increasingly taking big late-stage investments — Rich Start-Ups Go Back for Another Helping — Quora, a question-and-answer website, didn't need to raise money. It had barely touched $60 million in venture capital that it accepted just two years ago.

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Washington Post:

Google, once disdainful of lobbying, now a master of Washington influence — In May 2012, the law school at George Mason University hosted a forum billed as a “vibrant discussion” about Internet search competition. Many of the major players in the field were there — regulators …

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Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:

As phone designs homogenize, some manufacturers experiment with unused rear space — Phones Go Back To The Future — I'm no fan of LG's rear smartphone control keys — but turns out the company had its finger on the pulse of looming hardware disruption when it ushered in those backside smartphone controls last summer, with the G2.

David Carr / New York Times:

Content creators are skeptical of Yahoo's plans to produce high-quality television — Yahoo Rolls the Dice on TV — Yahoo, a company that seems like a permanent adolescent in search of an identity, is about to try a new persona: high-quality television programmer.

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