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| Paulo Golgher / Orkut Blog: |
Google to shut down Orkut on September 30, will create archive of all public communities — Tchau Orkut — Ten years ago, Orkut was Google's first foray into social networking. Built as a “20 percent” project, Orkut communities started conversations, and forged connections, that had never existed before.
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
More details on Microsoft's desktop-focused Windows ‘Threshold’ release; public preview expected in fall 2014, release in spring 2015 — Windows ‘Threshold’: More on Microsoft's plan to win over Windows 7 users — Summary: One of Microsoft's main goals with 'Threshold …
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| Howard Blume / Los Angeles Times: |
Some LA schools choosing between six different laptops for students after botched iPad rollout — LAUSD shifts gears on technology for students — Los Angeles school district officials have allowed a group of high schools to choose from among six different laptop computers for their students …
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Thanks:@obrien| Ina Fried / Re/code: |
Twitter Scoops Up AdTech Firm Tap Commerce for Around $100 Million — Twitter is in the process of acquiring Tap Commerce, a New York-based mobile advertising technology firm, according to sources familiar with the situation. The deal is expected to be announced later on Monday.
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See also Mediagazer| Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica: |
Exclusive: A review of the Blackphone, the Android for the paranoid — Built for privacy, the Blackphone runs a beefed-up Android called PrivatOS. — Based on some recent experience, I'm of the opinion that smartphones are about as private as a gas station bathroom.
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| Sharif Sakr / Engadget: |
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| Abhijeet M. / SamMobile: |
Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini to hit retail in mid-July — Just like a new Galaxy S flagship is a given each year, so is a new iteration of the current Galaxy S' mini variant, a device that Samsung always hopes to sell not based on its feature list, but on the fact that it carries the name of the company's multimillion-selling flagship.| Nick Summers / The Next Web: |
| Adam Sherwin / The Independent: |
Google Glass to be banned from all UK cinemas — If you've just acquired a Google Glass headset for £1,000, don't show it off at the movies. UK cinemas are to ban the headsets over fears that the gadgets can be used to make pirate copies of Hollywood blockbusters.
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| David E. Sanger / New York Times: |
New N.S.A. Chief Calls Damage From Snowden Leaks Manageable — FORT MEADE, Md. — The newly installed director of the National Security Agency says that while he has seen some terrorist groups alter their communications to avoid surveillance techniques revealed by Edward J. Snowden …
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| Samit Sarkar / Polygon: |
Ouya now selling 12-month pass to 800 games for $59.99 — Ouya launched a limited deal today, the All-Access Pass, which gives customers 12 months' worth of access to almost all games on the platform for $59.99. — According to its listing on the Ouya Shop, the All-Access Pass covers …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Twitter Rolls Out App Install And Engagement Ads, And New Click Pricing, Globally — Social networking platform Twitter says its MoPub ad network now reaches more than 1 billion iOS and Android users every month, and so today it is making its latest move to build out that mobile advertising business with more products.| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
CoreOS Raises $8M Series A Round, Launches Managed Linux As A Service — CoreOS, a Linux distribution optimized for very large server deployments, today announced that it has raised a $8 million Series A funding round led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers with follow-on investments by Sequoia Capital and Fuel Capital.
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| Reuters: |
Automakers incrementally approach self-driving cars, see dangers to Google's eagerness — Google, Detroit diverge on road map for self-driving cars — (Reuters) - In 2012, a small team of Google Inc engineers and business staffers met with several of the world's largest car makers … | Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple Releases iOS 7.1.2 With Mail Fixes, iBeacon Improvements — Apple today released iOS 7.1.2 to the public, more than two months after releasing iOS 7.1.1. iOS 7.1.2 is a minor update that focuses primarily on bug fixes and security improvements, repairing an email attachment encryption issue …
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| Lauren Hockenson / Gigaom: |
Anonymous bulletin board app Yik Yak raises $10M Series A — Yik Yak, the anonymous geolocated messaging platform that raised a stir earlier this year when it became a vehicle for cyberbullying among high schools, plans to announce on Monday that it has raised $10 million in a Series A round …
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VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, TIME, Re/code and PE Hub Blog. Tweets: @audreywatters
| Brent Kendall / Wall Street Journal: |
Supreme Court Won't Hear Google's Street View Appeal — Search Giant Tried to Challenge Lower Court Ruling Saying It Violated Wiretap Law — WASHINGTON—The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it wouldn't consider Google Inc. 's challenge to a class-action lawsuit alleging …
| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Apple announces iTunes U update with iPad Course Creation, Student Discussions & more — Screenshot showing new iTunes U “Student Discussions” feature — Apple today announced an update to its iTunes U educational app that includes a number of new features for iPad including course creation tools …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Get Paid: GoDaddy Links With PayPal, Dwolla, Stripe For A Mobile & Web Payment Service — As GoDaddy gears up for a $100 million IPO, the domain and web services company is adding on more features that will help it make more profitable revenues from its 12 million small-business customers.
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TheDomains.com and Entrepreneur
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Millions of dynamic DNS users suffer after Microsoft seizes No-IP domains — Legitimate users caught in legal fire designed to take down botnets. — Millions of legitimate servers that rely on dynamic domain name services from No-IP.com suffered outages on Monday after Microsoft seized 22 domain names … Sponsor Posts
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