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Security researchers say USB security is fundamentally broken; hard-to-detect malware in the firmware can take over Macs/PCs, no easy fix — Why the Security of USB Is Fundamentally Broken — Computer users pass around USB sticks like silicon business cards.
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Ars Technica, ExtremeTech, Security Research Labs, BGR, Slate, iMore, PC Magazine, 9to5Mac, Reuters, MacRumors, TechSpot, The Verge, VentureBeat, Help Net Security, MacDailyNews, Cult of Mac, Electronista and 9to5Google. Thanks:@wiredmike
| Dan Rayburn / StreamingMediaBlog.com: |
Apple's CDN Now Live: Has Paid Deals With ISPs, Massive Capacity In Place — Since last year, Apple's been hard at work building out their own CDN and now those efforts are paying off. Recently, Apple's CDN has gone live in the U.S. and Europe and the company is now delivering some of their own content, directly to consumers.
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Ars Technica, Gigaom, The Verge, VentureBeat, Engadget, MacRumors, Macworld, AppleInsider, MacDailyNews, Business Insider, iLounge, Cult of Mac, iMore, InvestorPlace, iPhone in Canada Blog and App Advice. Tweets: @chrismessina. Thanks:@danrayburn
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French telecom Iliad has made a $15 billion offer for T-Mobile US — France's Iliad Makes Bid for T-Mobile US — Bid Counters Earlier Offer From Sprint Corp. — French upstart telecommunications company Iliad SA has made an offer for T-Mobile US Inc., in a bold bid to counter an offer …
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| Colleen Taylor / TechCrunch: |
Timeful, The Khosla And Kleiner Backed Time Management App, Launches On iOS — For months now, there's been a stealthy buzz around a startup called Timeful. Attracting a nearly $7 million pre-launch Series A round from the likes of Khosla Ventures, Data Collective, and Kleiner Perkins certainly seemed …
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| Larry Neumeister / Associated Press: |
NY judge, ruling against Microsoft, says US warrant can access email stored in Ireland — NEW YORK — A judge has ruled against Microsoft Corp., saying U.S. law enforcement can force the company to turn over emails it stores in Ireland. — Loretta Preska, a federal judge in New York …
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| Brad Molen / Engadget: |
With Qi wireless charging, you'll soon be able to charge your device from a short distance — It's becoming more and more common to find mobile devices with wireless charging capability, either as a built-in feature or integrated into third-party cases. Progress has been somewhat hampered …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
LinkedIn Beats The Street In Q2 On Sales Of $534M, EPS Of $0.51 — With social networks Facebook and Twitter handily beating analyst estimates for Q2 earnings, LinkedIn today reported its Q2 results and showed that rising tides are lifting its boat, too. Revenue for the second quarter …
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Microsoft releases Office for iPad update with PDF exporting, presenter view, third party fonts, more — Earlier this week Microsoft introduced an updated version of its OneNote app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, and today new versions of its Office for iPad suite have been released.
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| David Meyer / Gigaom: |
Wunderlist becomes a platform, aiming to be “the home of all the world's lists” — Wunderlist 3 is a faster, slicker, more collaboration-friendly iteration of the popular productivity app. But it's also the first step in a strategic shift for Berlin's 6Wunderkinder. — Wunderlist 3 is out.
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| Billy Steele / Engadget: |
NFL players to wear shoulder pad RFIDs for on-field stats tracking — The NBA isn't the only professional sports league in the States getting serious about accurate stats accounting. With some help from Zebra Technologies' location system, 17 NFL stadiums will use receivers and RFID …
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| Mark Mazzetti / New York Times: |
C.I.A. Admits Penetrating Senate Intelligence Computers — WASHINGTON — An internal investigation by the Central Intelligence Agency has found that its officers improperly penetrated a computer network used by the Senate Intelligence Committee in preparing its report on the C.I.A.'s detention and interrogation program.
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| Ben Fox Rubin / CNET: |
iFixit's Oculus Rift teardown finds Samsung display, 40 LEDs — The repair-guide website uncovers a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 display inside the second-generation virtual-reality headset prototype. — Inside the Oculus Rift DK2 prototype. — iFixit — If you're one of the lucky few …
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| Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch: |
Twitter Acquires Password Security Startup Mitro, Open Sources Its Product — Twitter is acquiring a small password security startup called Mitro for its New York office. Mitro built a way that multiple people can share or control passwords to a single account.
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| Erin Griffith / Fortune: |
Palantir snaps up Propeller — its second deal this week — Until this week, Palantir Technologies, a Palo Alto-based data analytics company, wasnt much of an acquirer. Despite having raised $896 million in venture capital, at a $9 billion valuation, and generating more than $500 million in revenue … | Lizette Chapman / Wall Street Journal: |
Alibaba Invests $120M in Mobile Gaming Co. Kabam at Valuation More Than $1 Billion … Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is backing another California startup, announcing a $120 million strategic investment in gaming company Kabam Inc. and a partnership to publish and distribute its free-to-play mobile games.
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| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Shazam Brings Always-On Music and TV Recognition to Mac With Free Menu Bar App — Music recognition service Shazam, which was one of the early App Store hits and has continued to see good success on mobile platforms, is now bringing its services to the desktop in the form of the first music, TV show, and ad recognition app for Mac.| Paul Sawers / The Next Web: |
Wikipedia goes fully native on iOS and now lets you edit articles too — As one of the biggest brands on the Web, Wikipedia needs little introduction. — The world's biggest online encyclopedia is available across a multitude of platforms, including desktop and mobile.| Paul Thurrott / SuperSite for Windows: |
IE 11 on Windows Phone will soon support non-standard web features akin to iOS and Android — Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1: Internet Explorer — Can Microsoft fix IE Mobile? — Microsoft this week is detailing “hundreds” of changes that it is making to Internet Explorer Mobile …
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| Mark Scott / New York Times: |
Google Details Problems With Handling Right to Be Forgotten Requests — LONDON - Google says complying with Europe's so-called right to be forgotten ruling is getting complicated. — In a lengthy response to questions from the region's data regulators, the search giant …
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| Min-Jeong Lee / Wall Street Journal: |
Samsung VP: two new smartphones coming within six months, one with a “large screen”, the other with “new materials” — Samsung to Launch New Smartphones as Profit Falls — One Model Will Have a Large Screen While the Other Will Be Built Using New Materials
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| Chris Duckett / ZDNet: |
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| Parmy Olson / Forbes: |
Xiaomi now world's fifth largest smartphone maker; Android captures record 85% market share in Q2 — China's Xiaomi Becomes World's 5th Largest Smartphone Maker — Global smartphone sales are still growing, but the market's star performer in the last three months wasn't Apple or even Samsung.
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TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, Wireless Smartphone Strategies, BetaNews, PR Newswire, BGR, PR Newswire, CNET and Android Police. Thanks:@parmy
| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Oracle buys TOA Technologies, fills in field service gaps — Summary: Oracle said it plans to integrate TOA with its Service Cloud, which is part of the company's customer experience suite, as well as its ERP apps. — Oracle said Thursday that it will acquire TOA Technologies … | Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Indiegogo Goes Mobile With International Launch Of iOS App — Ever since Indiegogo raised that massive $40 million Series B this year, the crowdfunding platform has been laser-focused on building out its mobile presence. In fact, CEO Slava Rubin said in an interview with TechCrunch recently … Sponsor Posts
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