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Operation Onymous busted several contraband markets, arrested 17, captured $1M in bitcoin, seized 414 “.onion” domains used by Tor — Authorities Begin Scorched-Earth Purge of the Internet Underground — When “Operation Onymous” first came to light yesterday …
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Asus To Begin Selling Android Wear-Powered ZenWatch In The U.S. Nov. 9 — The Android Wear smartwatch collection is expanding, with a host of new devices hitting pre-holiday season after their initial debut this summer. The Asus ZenWatch will be the next to go on sale … | Jennifer Kaplan / Bloomberg: |
United Airlines spending $120M to equip restaurant and gate seats with iPads by 2015 in its main terminal in NJ's Newark Liberty International Airport — United Woos Fliers to Newark With IPads: Globetrotter — For travelers awaiting some of the tardiest departures in the U.S. …
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Uber hires Tom Fallows, who led Google's same-day delivery service Google Express — Uber Hires Google's Same-Day Delivery Boss — Tom Fallows, head of the Google Express same-day delivery service, is leaving for a job at Uber, multiple sources told Re/code. — Google confirmed Fallows's departure.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Unfollow Your Most Annoying Facebook Friends And Pages With “News Feed Settings” — Face it. You've accepted friend requests from some weirdos and over-sharers. Luckily, today Facebook's launched a News Feed Settings tool that shows the friends and Pages taking up the most space in your Feed …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft teases first non-Nokia Lumia smartphone unveiling for November 11 — Microsoft is getting ready to unveil its first device under the Microsoft Lumia brand. According to a very short post on the Microsoft Mobile site, the news will drop on November 11, 2014.| Kory Grow / Rolling Stone: |
Taylor Swift on why she left Spotify: streaming services perpetuate “the perception that music has no value and should be free” — Taylor Swift Shuns ‘Grand Experiment’ of Streaming Music — “I'm not willing to contribute my life's work to an experiment that I don't feel fairly compensates … | Jillian D'Onfro / Business Insider: |
Report: Uber Is Trying To Raise At Least $1 Billion With A Valuation Of Over $17 Billion — Uber is trying to raise at least $1 billion in new capital at a valuation of over $17 billion, The Financial Times reports. — The Times' Tim Bradshaw reports that Uber is in early talks less … | Rachel King / ZDNet: |
AT&T buying Mexico wireless provider Iusacell for $2.5 billion — Summary: AT&T outlined ambitions on Friday of establishing “the first-ever North American Mobile Service area” for U.S. customers calling or visiting Mexico, and Mexican customers calling or visiting the United States.
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| Janko Roettgers / Gigaom: |
This is Vudu Spark, Walmart's very own Chromecast competitor — Walmart is getting ready to sell its very own streaming stick, but the device is very much a one-trick pony. — Add Walmart to the list of companies that's trying to sell you a Chromecast-like HDMI streaming stick …
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| Antonio Regalado / MIT Technology Review: |
Google Genomics cloud service launched in March, stores genomes from hospitals and universities for $25/year — Google Wants to Store Your Genome — For $25 a year, Google will keep a copy of any genome in the cloud. — Google is approaching hospitals and universities with a new pitch.
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Twitter collaborating with advocacy group Women, Action & the Media to help report abuse and harassment — New Online Tool Lets Twitter Users Report Harassment — Twitter is collaborating with a women's advocacy group that will review and escalate reports of harassment on the social media service.
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WAM!, Los Angeles Times, BuzzFeed, Fast Company, ReadWrite, BetaBoston, The Verge, SiliconBeat, New York Magazine, Tech Times, General News, HotHardware.com News, PC Magazine, SlashGear, The Daily Beast, Ubergizmo, Wired, TechPresident, Engadget, Washington Post, Polygon, MTV, The Mary Sue and Gizmodo. Tweets: @mikeisaac. See also Mediagazer
| Craig Timberg / Washington Post: |
Federal sites and mobile apps implement SSL after leaking locations of people seeking AIDS services for years — Federal sites leaked the locations of people seeking AIDS services for years — Two federal government Web sites that help people find AIDS-related medical services …
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Fitbit fitness tracking lineup dropped from Apple Online Store — Apple Watch will include fitness and health tracking features — If you're in the market for a Fitbit device and you're shopping at the Apple Store, you'll probably have to shop elsewhere to purchase the fitness tracker.
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| Eeva Haaramo / ZDNet: |
Netradar app study of 4,500 smartphones says Galaxy Note 3/Galaxy S5 have highest download/upload speeds respectively — Who makes the fastest-downloading smartphones in the world? Hint: it's not Apple — Summary: The latest study into which smartphones are the speediest has turned up some surprising winners and losers.
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