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Guardian responds to Whisper's denials, stands by its claims, urges media and users to keep pressing Whisper — Whisper: the facts — Executives from the anonymous social media app have dismissed as a ‘pack of lies’ the Guardian's revelation that they track users. But the evidence is clear
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Whisper CTO says tracking “anonymous” users not a big deal, really — On Thursday, the Guardian reported that the developers of Whisper, a social media platform that allows individuals to post anonymous messages that can be seen by others based on a number of factors, isn't all that anonymous after all.
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See also Mediagazer| Jonathan Zdziarski: |
Whisper iOS app collects user location within 100 meters, data could be fuzzed server-side — Preliminary Findings on Whisper — At the suggestion of @kashhill, I did a brief analysis of the Whisper iOS application, which appears to be at the height of controversy with respect to user privacy.
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Apple's iPhone 6 Finally Makes Its Debut in China — Apple launched its latest iPhone in China on Friday morning. But unlike some past debuts for its new gadgets, the event was decidedly low-key. — About 100 customers waited in line Friday morning outside Apple's store … | Dan Frommer / Quartz: |
This new “Apple SIM” could legitimately disrupt the wireless industry — Perhaps the most interesting news about Apple's new iPad Air 2 tablet is buried at the bottom of one of its marketing pages: It will come pre-installed with a new “Apple SIM” card instead of one from a specific mobile operator.| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
Amazon Fresh launches in New York, starting with Brooklyn's Park Slope area, for Amazon Prime members — Amazon Confirms It Will Deliver Fresh Groceries in New York City — Amazon's grocery delivery business is launching in New York City on Friday, the company said …
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| Conor Dougherty / New York Times: |
Analysts Ask What's Next for Google — SAN FRANCISCO — Google is still pulling in money hand over fist, but Wall Street is hungry for the company's next act. — On a conference call with analysts on Thursday, after Google reported its third-quarter earnings, the questions came fast and furious …
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Obama nominates ex-Google lawyer Michelle Lee to head US patent office in a victory for Silicon Valley — Obama nominates former Google exec to lead U.S. Patent Office — The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria in 2011. (Alex Brandon/AP) — Michelle K. Lee …
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| Richard Slatter / The Twitter Blog: |
Twitter partners with Soundcloud to launch Audio Card, a new way to share audio in timeline — Introducing a new audio experience on Twitter — The world's most influential musicians and media producers already share unique audio content through Twitter every day.
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See also Mediagazer| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Gaming company Razer valued at $1B+ after new funding from Intel — Gaming Company Razer Is Now Valued At $1B+ — Razer, the San Diego-based high-end gaming tech company, is on a roll. In the wake of the latest models of its thin Blade gaming laptops, a partnership with Tencent in China … | Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 pre-orders begin, devices to start arriving on October 23 — iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 pre-orders kick off as Apple Online Store returns — After going down earlier this morning to update the site in preparation for selling the new iPads …
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MasterCard Will Borrow A Touch ID Trick For Fingerprint Scanning Credit Card — Apple isn't the only company using biometrics to authenticate payments and purchases - Apple Pay partner MasterCard wants to make fingerprint scanning something even people without an iOS device can use to digitally ‘sign’ for contactless transactions.| Martin Peers / The Information: |
HBO's standalone online streaming service likely won't be less than pay TV retail price of $15/month — HBO's Online Pricing Trap — HBO's broadband service looks doomed even before it starts. — While HBO hasn't disclosed details, pricing of the new broadband offering most likely … | Ellen Huet / Forbes: |
Uber fired driver for tweeting negative articles about company; driver has since been re-hired — Uber Deactivated A Driver For Tweeting A Negative Story About Uber — Uber's watching you, and if you say something bad about the company, you might get booted out.| Xav de Matos / Joystiq: |
PS4 ‘2.0 update’ adds broadcast archiving, USB music player — PlayStation has revealed a fresh slate of changes coming to the PS4 interface in the upcoming 2.0 system update alongside a few items we already knew about, such as the ability to gussy up your console with themes.
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| Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
Social Network Tagged Rebrands as an App Incubator — Tagged, a social-networking site that's struggled to attract users and grow revenue since its founding a decade ago, is changing its name and trying a new approach. — The San Francisco-based company has renamed itself if(we) … | John Siracusa / Ars Technica: |
OS X Yosemite review: Handoff, a Dropbox-like iCloud Drive, and CloudKit culminate in a unified platform — OS X 10.10 Yosemite: The Ars Technica Review — When the book is finally closed on the product line known as OS X, last year's release of OS X 10.9 Mavericks may end up getting short shrift.
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| John Carroll / FierceBiotech News: |
Canaan debuts $675M fund with an eye for biotech, med tech deals — When Canaan Partners rolled out its last $600 million fund in 2012, the partners expected that it would last a full three years. But in these fast and furious days of venture deals, it wasn't quite enough money for that kind of time horizon.
| Sean Hollister / Gizmodo: |
iMac with Retina Display Eyes-On: It's Gorgeous, Of Course — The Apple iMac with Retina display looks brilliant. I mean, of course it does: There are just too many freaking pixels here (and too much of Apple's reputation for excellence) for it to be anything but stellar.
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