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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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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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Whisper's Neetzan Zimmerman says the Guardian's coverage deliberately misrepresents how the service works — Neetzan Zimmerman, who runs the editorial operation at Whisper, said in an interview that a series of stories by The Guardian that raised concerns about the anonymous app's privacy … | Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica: |
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| Snapchat: |
Snapchat ads to roll out this weekend, will appear as a single ad in “Recent Updates” for US users, never in personal communications — Advertising on Snapchat — This weekend we're placing an advertisement in “Recent Updates” for Snapchatters in the United States.
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Thanks:@orbuch| Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal: |
Google's VP of engineering for Android is now also overseeing Chrome OS's engineering team, pointing to a possible convergence of the OSes — Executive Change Is Latest Hint of Chrome-Android Marriage — A management shift inside Google points to the possibility that the company's two operating systems will come together.
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| 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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| 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.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
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 … | Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google releases Android 5.0 Lollipop SDK and Nexus preview images — As promised, Google today released the full Android 5.0 Lollipop SDK, along with updated developer images for Nexus 5, Nexus 7 (2013), ADT-1, and the Android emulator. The latest version of Android isn't available just yet …
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| 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 … | Allen Pike: |
Developer notes difficulties of supporting old iPads, says obsolescence of A5 CPU is overdue — The iPad zombie — In March 2011, Apple announced the iPad 2. It was an incredible leap forward, dramatically thinner and faster than the original iPad. In many ways, the iPad 2 was when the iPad hit its stride.
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| Nancy Scola / Washington Post: |
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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| 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 … | Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Cortana gets new features powered by Bing: Evening alerts, concerts, flights, and local app recommendations — Microsoft today announced improvements to Cortana that take advantage of recent Bing advancements in speech recognition, entity understanding, and stream processing.
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
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.| 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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| Carmel DeAmicis / Gigaom: |
Facebook may have solved mobile, but Google is still struggling with it — Although Google missed the earnings mark, its overall health is strong. — Google's mobile ad strategy is sounding a lot like Facebook's these days. On its third quarter earnings call Thursday …
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