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Predictions for 2015 on IPOs, Xiaomi, messaging, wearables, Bitcoin, cybersecurity, and more — What Is Going To Happen — Yesterday I wrote a post summing up what happened in 2014. In it I promised a post on what is going to happen. What I did not specify was how far forward I am going to look.
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| Fred Wilson / AVC: |
A look at some of the major technology trends from 2014 — What Just Happened? — I'm not much for the rear view mirror. I like to look forward, not back. I guess that's why I'm in the line of work I'm in. — But I'm going to force myself to look back at 2014 and explain what just happened.
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Upstart Business Journal, Feld Thoughts, Business Insider and Om Malik
Tweets: @rafat, @semil, @om, @mdudas, @xdamman, @martinvars, @steverubel, @joshelman, @hbsmktg and @msuster
Thanks:@steverubel| Alistair Barr / Wall Street Journal: |
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 … | James Vincent / The Verge: |
New tax rules for digital goods take effect in Europe, affecting apps, ebooks, music downloads, more — Apps, ebooks, and album downloads are about to get more expensive in Europe — New legislation is making internet companies fork out more tax, and consumers will likely pay the price| New York Times: |
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.| Tal Kopan / Politico: |
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Mediaite, Schneier on Security, Norse, New York Post, Newsmax, International Business Times, The Intercept, Engadget, Re/code, The Daily Beast, darkREADING, Techdirt, Forbes, SC Magazine, Mashable, SlashGear and SecurityWeek
Tweets: @davidgarrettjr, @davidgarrettjr, @ahess247, @essobi, @declanm, @cyberwar, @kashhill and @fmanjoo
See also Mediagazer| Adam Liptak / New York Times: |
Supreme Court to put briefs and other filings online starting as soon as 2016 — Supreme Court, in Big Leap, Plans to Put Filings Online — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will soon join other federal courts in making briefs and other filings available electronically, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. announced Wednesday.
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Los Angeles Times, statecolumn.com, TheDenverChannel.com, Bloomberg, Associated Press, Engadget, ResearchBuzz, The Verge, NBC News and SCOTUSblog
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| Michael Crider / Android Police: |
OnePlus Releases Its First Non-Cyanogen Software: An Alpha Lollipop Build For The One — The situation between allegedly independent manufacturer OnePlus and its former software supplier Cyanogen Inc. is... strained. After the software company signed an exclusive deal with Indian manufacturer Micromax … | Amy Schatz / Re/code: |
Marriot says it wants to block WiFi hotspots only in conference and meeting spaces to protect guests from rogue and imposter networks — Marriott Says It Only Wants to Block Personal Wi-Fi in Conference, Meeting Spaces — Hotel chain Marriott International tried to stem the flow of complaints …
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The Daily Beast, redOrbit, BitterWallet, MediaPost, Business Insider, Boing Boing, Forbes and Mashable
| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Twitter's ‘While You Were Away’ Recap Feature Is Rolling Out To Many Users — Back in November, Twitter announced plans to implement a number of new initiatives to boost user engagement, and one of those features — a ‘While you were away’ recap of tweets you may have missed — appears to be rolling out to significant numbers of users.
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App Advice, Guardian, SiliconANGLE, PandoDaily, The Verge and The Next Web. Tweets: @elilanger
| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Apple increases Mac and iOS Developer Program annual pricing by £19/€19 in a couple of EU countries, now £79 in UK and €99 in Germany — Apple increases iOS and Mac Developer Program pricing in EU countries to £79/€99 — Apple has quietly increased the cost …
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App Advice
| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
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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TechCrunch, BuzzFeed, Circa News, Guardian, USA Today, SiliconANGLE, PandoDaily, VentureBeat and Business Insider
Tweets: @edmundlee, @samgustin, @john_ryu and @mdudas
| Jeff Grubb / VentureBeat: |
Sony to give PlayStation Network members 10% off one transaction in PlayStation Store to make up for outage; qualifying PSN Plus subscribers get five days extra — Here's how Sony is going to make up for the PSN outage — PlayStation Network went down on Christmas as the result of a cyberattack … Sponsor Posts
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