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Snapchat raises $485.6M at $10B+ valuation from 23 investors — Snapchat Raises $485.6 Million to Close Out Big Fundraising Year — Snapchat Inc., among a pack of elite technology startups that has attained a valuation of $10 billion or more, capped the year with a filing that disclosed it raised $485.6 million.
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U.K. police allegedly arrest Lizard Squad hacker … Lizard Squad took credit for the Dec. 25 distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live. DDoS attacks overwhelm a network with too much traffic, leaving targeted networks inaccessible for legitimate users.
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Interviews with Sony employees show that the company was slow to realize the gravity and impact of hacking — Sony Hacking Attack, First a Nuisance, Swiftly Grew Into a Firestorm — LOS ANGELES — It was three days before Thanksgiving, the beginning of a quiet week for Sony Pictures.
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Google Fiber could use utility poles and other utility-owned infrastructure under Title II, spurring broadband, company says in letter to FCC — Google Strikes an Upbeat Note With FCC on Title II — In a rare public comment by Google on net neutrality, the Internet giant this week …
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Samsung Electronics says new smart TVs in 2015 to run Tizen platform — (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Thursday that all its new smart television products launched in 2015 will be powered by the Tizen operating system, marking a fresh effort by the company to increase the usage of the software platform.
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Snapchat's curated “Our Story” posts from worldwide New Year's Eve celebrations will be displayed on screens in Times Square — Snapchat Plans a Global View of New Year's Festivities — This New Year's Eve, there is a new 24-hour countdown. — Snapchat — the app …
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HP sells Palm trademarks, likely to Alcatel One Touch; brand could be resurrected with new Android smartphones — HP sells Palm trademarks; brand could be resurrected with new smartphones — It looks like Palm will rise from the dead as a Chinese smartphone brand.
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| Jennifer Booton / MarketWatch: |
New York City considers letting drivers pay for parking tickets with Bitcoin, Apple Pay, and PayPal — NYC weighs bitcoin, Apple Pay for parking tickets — The city of New York issues eight to ten million parking tickets annually. But great news: Drivers will soon be able to use … | Craig Buckler / SitePoint: |
Average web page size increased 15% in 2014 to almost 2MB; HTTP requests per page hardly changed at 95 — Average Page Weight Increases 15% in 2014 — The HTTP Archive Report collates information from almost half a million of the web's most popular websites.
| J.R. Wu / Reuters: |
Taiwan clears Xiaomi, Apple, Samsung, Sony, Huawei, others of breaching data privacy laws — Taiwan clears Xiaomi, other smartphone brands of breaching data privacy — (Reuters) - Taiwanese regulators cleared on Tuesday China's Xiaomi Inc [XTC.UL] and other smartphone brands …
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Abandoned Japanese social network Mixi resurges with Monster Strike, its first mobile game — ‘Monster Strike’ Gives Former Social Media Giant Mixi a Second Act — TOKYO — It was a familiar trajectory for a social network like Facebook that did not happen to be Facebook … | Julia Love / SiliconBeat: |
Apple hit with class action over storage eaten up by iOS 8 — Apple has been hit with a lawsuit alleging that it doesn't inform users just how much storage its new operating system will eat up - and then prods them to buy more space through its iCloud service.
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