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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.
| 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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Thanks:@steverubel| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Scribd Raises $22M For Its Subscription E-Book Service — Scribd, a company offering unlimited access to half a million e-books for $8.99 a month, is announcing that it has raised $22 million in additional funding. — The round was led by Khosla Ventures, with Khosla partner Keith Rabois …
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| Rich McCormick / The Verge: |
Xbox One SDK leak could let developers make homebrew apps for the console — A group of hackers has reportedly leaked the full version of Microsoft's official Xbox One SDK — the software kit that approved Xbox developers use to make games and apps for the console.| Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac: |
Security researcher rewrites Mac firmware over Thunderbolt, says most Intel Thunderbolt Macs vulnerable — A security researcher speaking at the Chaos Computer Congress in Hamburg demonstrated a hack that rewrites an Intel Mac's firmware using a Thunderbolt device with attack code in an option ROM.
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| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Google's Project Zero posts Windows 8.1 flaw after Microsoft failed to patch it within 90 days — Google posts Windows 8.1 vulnerability before Microsoft can patch it — Google's Project Zero tracks vulnerabilities in software systems and reports them to vendors “in as close to real-time as possible” — a noble cause, no?
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| Jon Southurst / CoinDesk: |
Japanese police suspect 99% of bitcoins missing from Mt. Gox are due to internal system manipulation, not hack — Missing Mt Gox Bitcoins Likely an Inside Job, Say Japanese Police — Blame for 99% of the bitcoins missing from Mt Gox falls on internal system manipulation and not any external attack … | Rich McCormick / The Verge: |
Alcatel's Pixi 3 runs Windows Phone, Android, or Firefox OS; comes in 3.5", 4", 4.5", and 5" screen sizes; debuts at CES — Alcatel's new Pixi smartphone can run Windows, Android, or Firefox OS — Fresh off the news that it's acquired the Palm brand, Alcatel has a new Pixi for us.| 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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| Violet Blue / ZDNet: |
India lifts block on Vimeo, Dailymotion, Weebly, and Github Gist, 28 sites remain banned — India lifts block on Vimeo; Pastebin, Internet Archive, others still banned — Summary:The Indian government's internet block on 32 websites, affecting nearly 300 million citizens …
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ReadWrite, Press Information Bureau, The Next Web, Android Police and PandoDaily
Tweets: @anonycrypt, @buzzindelhi and @pranesh_prakash
See also Mediagazer| Mark Scott / New York Times: |
French search engine Quant to launch child-friendly version this year, with government saying it would use it in some schools — Qwant Wants to Be Alternative to Google — PARIS — Only a brave — or maybe foolhardy — company would take on Google. — Yet from a small office near …
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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 … Sponsor Posts
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