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April 15, 2014, 6:15 AM

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Ben Grubb / Sydney Morning Herald:

Heartbleed disclosure timeline: who knew what and when — Ever since Heartbleed was made public there have been questions about who knew what and when.

Tweets: @stshank. Thanks:@bengrubb

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:

Vicious Heartbleed bug bites millions of Android phones, other devices — Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Public Health Image Library via Wikipedia — The catastrophic Heartbleed security bug that has already bitten Yahoo Mail, the Canada Revenue Agency …

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Kwame Opam / The Verge:

Heartbleed bug responsible for theft of 900 Canadian tax ID numbers

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Klint Finley / Wired:

Tails: the privacy-focused Linux version Snowden, Greenwald, and Poitras used to communicate — Out in the Open: Inside the Operating System Edward Snowden Used to Evade the NSA — When NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden first emailed Glenn Greenwald, he insisted on using email encryption software called PGP for all communications.

More: Gizmodo. Tweets: @istevemcintyre, @jesselynradack and @timhops

Wall Street Journal:

Google buys Titan Aerospace, the maker of high-altitude drones Facebook was considering — Google Buys Drone Maker Courted by Facebook — Internet Giant to Acquire Titan Aerospace — Google Inc. said Monday it agreed to buy Titan Aerospace, a startup maker of high-altitude drones …

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Tweets: @shaliniwsj, @levie, @mikeisaac, @moorehn, @eringriffith and @tomwarren

Rene Ritchie / iMore:

Windows Phone 8.1 natively supports Apple Passbook data, an unannounced feature Apple may want to stop — Apple's Passbook passes are being used by Windows Phone 8.1 and Microsoft Wallet — When Apple introduced Passbook in iOS 6 they billed it as a way to store all your tickets, coupons …

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Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Microsoft starts accepting developer submissions for universal Windows apps and Windows Phone 8.1 apps

More: The Windows Blog, Windows Phone Central, Neowin, TechCrunch, Electronista, WinBeta, WMPoweruser, Pocketnow, ProgrammableWeb, iDownloadBlog.com and The Register

Mitchell Baker / The Mozilla Blog:

Greylock's Chris Beard joins Mozilla's Board of Directors, becomes interim CEO — Mozilla Moving Forward — Mozilla finds itself in the midst of an unexpected leadership transition. Along with my fellow board members Reid Hoffman and Katharina Borchert, I am pleased to announce …

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Alexei Oreskovic / Reuters:

Google's updated terms of service clarifies how emails are analyzed for targeting ads — Google unveils email scanning practices in new terms of service — (Reuters) - Google Inc updated its terms of service on Monday, informing users that their incoming and outgoing emails …

More: Computerworld, ZDNet, Engadget, Softpedia News, CNET, The Next Web, Android Community, The Next Web, 9to5Google, Neowin and SlashGear

Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch:

How Burrowing Owls Lead To Vomiting Anarchists (Or SF's Housing Crisis Explained) — A hearse rolls up to a Yahoo bus at the BART MacArthur Station in Oakland. A protester who had climbed on top of the bus later vomited on the vehicle. (From Indybay) — The Santa Clara Valley …

Tweets: @balajis, @fraying, @tomcoates, @gapingvoid, @ruskin147 and @mattrosoff

Kim Masters / Hollywood Reporter:

David Fincher pulls out of talks to direct Sony Pictures' Steve Jobs film — David Fincher Out of Steve Jobs Movie in $10 Million Fee Fight (Exclusive) — The director was negotiating with Sony to reteam with “The Social Network” writer Aaron Sorkin and producer Scott Rudin.

More: Cult of Mac, CNET, iPhone Hacks, 9to5Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, MacRumors, App Advice, Mashable, The Mac Observer, MacNN, AppleInsider, Inside Movies and The Verge. Tweets: @counternotions

Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch:

Amid Reports Facebook Is Eyeing Up Financial Services, TransferWise Hits £1 Billion In Transfers — A million pounds isn't cool, you know what's cool? — In the midst of reports that Facebook could be about to get into financial services, one of the startups it's rumoured to have talked to …

More: The Next Web, ArcticStartup, Silicon Allee News and Telegraph. Thanks:@sohear

Kaylene Hong / The Next Web:

Facebook is reportedly prepping an e-money service, and is close to getting approval in Ireland

Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal:

Google considering giving a boost in its search-engine results to websites that use encryption — Google May Push Sites to Use Encryption — A powerful voice at Google wants websites to be more secure. — In a move that experts say could make it harder to spy on Web users …

More: TechEye, Neowin, Mercury News, SlashGear, TheHill, The Verge, Computerworld, BetaNews, 9to5Google, Gigaom, ZDNet, Geeky Gadgets, VentureBreak and WebProNews. Tweets: @dannysullivan. Thanks:@bryfitz

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Microsoft makes Office Online available in Chrome Web Store — Summary: Microsoft is making the Web versions of its Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote apps available to users through the Chrome Web Store. — Microsoft's Office Online — the Webified and free versions of Word, Excel …

More: Office Blogs, Softpedia News, Windows Phone Central, BetaNews, 9to5Google, Wall Street Journal, Gigaom, I4U News, Geeky Gadgets, Engadget, Neowin, WinBeta and The Next Web

Michael Brown / PC World:

Quantenna promises to deliver 10-gigabit Wi-Fi in 2015 — Today's fastest 802.11ac routers deliver throughput speeds on par with hardwired gigabit-ethernet connections. That might seem slow by next year, when Quantenna Communications launches its new Wi-Fi chipset.

More: Gizmodo, VentureBeat, AnandTech, Gigaom and SemiAccurate

Supriya Kurane / Reuters:

FT: Barcode printer maker Zebra Tech to buy Motorola Solutions' enterprise unit for $3.5B — Zebra Tech to buy Motorola Solutions' unit for $3.5 billion: FT — A woman takes a picture in front of a Motorola logo before the worldwide presentation of the Moto G mobile phone in Sao Paulo November 13, 2013.

More: ZDNet and Financial Times

Liz Gannes / Re/code:

Samsung exec at trial: marketing drove our sales; designer denies influence of slide-to-unlock — Samsung Designer Denies Apple Influence: “Absolutely Not” — Did Samsung steal its slide-to-unlock feature from Apple's smartphone software? — “Absolutely not,” said Samsung senior UI designer Youngmi Kim …

More: New York Times, Daring Fireball, AppleInsider, Bloomberg, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, Wall Street Journal, The Verge and Wall Street Journal. Tweets: @benbajarin

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Did Microsoft just kill its anti-Google ‘Scroogled’ campaign? — Summary: A Microsoft Corporate Vice President claims Microsoft is ‘done’ with its ‘Scroogled’ campaign. But is the company really Scroogled out? — Has Microsoft quietly done away with its anti-Google “Scroogled” campaign?

More: Yabbly, TIME, Softpedia News, Ubergizmo, Android Community, Neowin, 9to5Google, BGR and Android Central. Tweets: @maryjofoley

Jason Del Rey / Re/code:

Amazon Says No to Accepting Bitcoin, Maybe to Building an Amex or Visa Competitor — Like bitcoin? Like Amazon? Want to use bitcoin to buy stuff from Amazon? — I have some bad news for you. Not going to happen anytime soon. — “Obviously it gets a lot of press and we have considered it …

More: GeekWire, bit-tech.net, TechSpot, CoinDesk, SeekingAlpha.com and Business Insider

Alyson Shontell / Business Insider:

Inside Clinkle, Lucas Duplan's struggling payments app now three years in the making — A SILICON VALLEY DISASTER: A 21-Year-Old Stanford Kid Got $30 Million, Then Everything Blew Up — The week after Thanksgiving, 40 Clinkle employees gathered in the kitchen of their San Francisco office.

Tweets: @jsoltero, @ajs, @ceonyc and @caseynewton. Thanks:@ajs

Michael Learmonth / AdAge:

YouTube using traditional advertising to promote star content creators — Exclusive Interview: Susan Wojcicki's Plan to Make YouTube ‘Stars’ Real-Life Famous — And Guaranteeing Audiences In Bid to Pry More TV Dollars Away In the Upfront — How Advertising Performs in a Social Media World

More: AdExchanger. Tweets: @adage and @dannysullivan

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

‘Airbnb For Retail’ Startup Storefront Raises $7.3M From Spark Capital, Expands To LA — Now more than ever, both big brands and independent merchants are looking for flexibility in the way that they reach consumers. With Storefront, they're able to find space to set up popup shops …

More: Wall Street Journal, PE Hub Blog, silicontap.com, New York Times and VCPOST

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