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Court documents show US threatened Yahoo with $250K/day fine in 2008 if it refused to participate in NSA's PRISM program — U.S. threatened massive fine to force Yahoo to release data — The U.S. government threatened to fine Yahoo $250,000 a day in 2008 if it failed to comply …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
iPhone 6/6 Plus now available for pre-order, but users having difficulty ordering successfully — iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Now Available for Pre-Order — Apple has begun accepting online pre-orders for the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus in several different countries around the world …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Windows 9's new Start menu demonstrated on video — Microsoft may have demonstrated its new Start menu earlier this year, but thanks to a recent “Windows 9” leak we're now seeing every single part of the company's plans for bringing back this popular feature.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Google changes stance, now says net neutrality rules should apply to cellular networks — Google changes stance on net neutrality four years after Verizon deal — Four years ago, Google teamed up with Verizon to argue that most network neutrality rules should not apply to cellular networks.
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| Max Eulenstein / Facebook: |
Facebook will now show better News Feed ads using data users report on why they hid ads — News Feed FYI: Listening to People's Feedback to Show Better Ads — Every day, there are millions of ads that are eligible to be shown in News Feed from more than 1.5 million active advertisers on Facebook … | Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
Review: In its second generation, the Moto X becomes a true flagship — The new Moto X is a worthy successor to the original. — At the end of last year's Moto X review, we concluded that it wasn't a perfect phone. Still, we wanted to see where Motorola would be in a year, and …
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| Clayton Jones / Official Google for Work Blog: |
Google announces iOS Sync for Google Apps users for increased security on iPhones and iPads — Increasing security and productivity for iOS devices — Marvel and DC Comics, Star Wars and Star Trek, Emacs and VI—we all have our favorites. And then there's iOS and Android, each with dedicated fans.| Liz Gannes / Re/code: |
California Regulator Says Commercial Carpooling — Like What Uber and Lyft Are Doing — Isn't Legal — The California Public Utilities Commission is apparently not a fan of the new trend in mobile-enabled ride-sharing: helping two or more people with similar origins and destinations share a car across town.| Cade Metz / Wired: |
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Kevin Rose's New App Tiiny Lets You Share Little Photos That Disappear In 24 Hours — Digg, Milk, and Revision3 founder Kevin Rose recently left Google Ventures to start a new mobile development house called North, and now we have some details on the firm's first app, Tiiny, which will launch soon.
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| Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code: |
HP acquires cloud startup Eucalyptus, for under $100M according to sources; CEO Marten Mickos will lead HP's cloud unit — HP Tests the M&A Waters With Acquisition of Cloud Startup Eucalyptus — Hewlett-Packard took another step back into the mergers and acquisitions market … | Neil Hughes / AppleInsider: |
Analyst who predicted sapphire displays for new iPhones reports displays missed the phones “by weeks” due to manufacturing issues — Analyst who cried sapphire takes another swing, despite whiffing on iPhone 6 predictions — A financial analyst focused almost exclusively …
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| Meg P. Bernhard / Harvard News: |
Harvard's Introduction to Computer Science course attracts 818 students, up from 700 last year, the most in 30 years — CS50 Logs Record-Breaking Enrollment Numbers — Nearly 12 percent of Harvard College is enrolled in a single course, according to data released by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Registrar's Office on Wednesday.| Harrison Weber / VentureBeat: |
Dropbox received hundreds of data requests from law enforcement, only told 91 users about them — Above: Dropbox cofounder and CEO Drew Houston. — Dropbox announced its first six-month transparency report today, revealing 268 law enforcement requests “for user information” …
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| Federico Viticci / MacStories: |
Preview: Transmit Coming to iOS 8 with Share Extension, Touch ID, Document Provider, and More — Panic's popular file management app for OS X, Transmit, is coming to iOS 8 as a full-featured adaptation for the iPhone and iPad. Built for iOS 8, Transmit will take advantage of new technologies …
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| Roger Cheng / CNET: |
HTC's smartwatch is alive and kicking, and due in early 2015 — CNET has learned that HTC still plans to enter the burgeoning wearables business despite speculation its watch was scratched. — LAS VEGAS — HTC still wants in on the wearables game, even after Apple made its big move.| Michael Carney / PandoDaily: |
Merchants equipped for Apple Pay likely to surge in US as Oct 2015 deadline for EMV support spurs point of sale system upgrades — The hidden brilliance behind the timing of Apple's adoption of NFC — There's a brilliance to the timing of Apple's adoption of near field communication (NFC) technology.| Joshua Ho / AnandTech: |
Hands On with USB Type C: Reversible USB Connectors — Today, the USB-IF brought me in to see the long-awaited USB Type C cables. We've written about this before, but for those that aren't familiar with this new USB spec, the USB Type C cable and USB 3.1 spec are designed with the future in mind.| David Lieberman / Deadline: |
Verizon CEO Says Its Internet TV Service Will Be Up By Mid-2015 And Will Include “Custom Channels” — CEO Lowell McAdam offered a few more details this morning about Verizon's plan to offer a TV-like service over the Internet, a market that Sony and Dish Network also hope to lead.
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| Kyle Russell / TechCrunch: |
Code.org Launches Code Studio, A Toolset And Curriculum For Teaching Kids Programming — Since its creation, Code.org's mission has been to get coding into curriculums for students as schools nationwide. Today, the nonprofit group is launching Code Studio, a combined set of tools and curriculum … Sponsor Posts
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