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Walmart starts selling its Vudu Spark streaming stick for $25 — Remember Walmart's very own HDMI streaming stick, which I spotted in the FFC's online database two months ago? Turns out Walmart already started selling it for just $24.95, and is now getting ready to make it more widely available.| Mario Aguilar / Gizmodo: |
Music artists who refuse YouTube's aggressive Music Key terms lose all YouTube monetization options — Why Google Is Strong-Arming Artists Into Signing With YouTube Music Key — Cello rock n' roller Zoë Keating is really upset that Google is trying to force her to sign over the rights …
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Behind Jawbone's transition from making earpieces to wireless speakers to fitness trackers — Jawbone: The trials of a 16-year-old can't-miss startup — The first thing you notice about Hosain Rahman, CEO of the much-buzzed-about gadget maker Jawbone, are his wrists.| Carolyn Said / San Francisco Chronicle: |
California DMV stops making Uber drivers get commercial license plates; policy review pending — DMV to reconsider commercial plates for UberX, Lyft drivers — In an abrupt U-turn, the California of Motor Vehicles late Friday night retracted its finding that drivers for ride-hailing services like Uber …
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Uber suspended at least a dozen drivers because they complied with California law and registered commercial plates — Flouting Law, Uber Suspends Drivers For Properly Registering Cars — The ride-hailing giant has suspended some drivers in California who registered cars for commercial use.
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How Bahrain's government used FinFisher spyware to target a political activist — A Spy in the Machine — In November 2005, during the dead of night, five black cars pulled up in front of the home of Moosa Abd-Ali Ali. The doors opened, and a group of men stepped out.
Tweets: @bbhorne, @russellbrandom, @propublica and @verge
| Brian Donohue / Threatpost: |
Report: automated tank gauges at over 5,000 US gas stations are vulnerable to remote hacks — Thousands of US Gas Stations Vulnerable to Remote Hacks — The gauges that detect and prevent fuel leaks at more than 5,000 gas stations in the United States are utterly vulnerable to remote attacks …
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| Patrick Wintour / Guardian: |
UK's House of Lords plans to debate revised “snooper's charter” surveillance bill Monday — 'Snooper's charter': four Lords in bid to pass changed version before election — Cross-party group's last-minute amendments spark concern over scope of access to data intelligence agencies would get| Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter: |
Sony, Google, Apple Hit With Lawsuits Over Pre-1972 Music — The lawsuits have the potential of wiping out much older music from the Internet. — All of the leading providers of streaming music are now in the scorching hot legal zone involving pre-1972 music after seven lawsuits were filed … | Bloomberg: |
Box shares close at $23.23, up over 65% on first day of trading after $175M IPO — Box Surges in Cloud-Storage Debut After $175 Million IPO — Box Inc. jumped in its trading debut after raising $175 million in its initial public offering. — The shares rose 73 percent to $24.25 …
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Tweets: @tim_cook, @levie, @mims, @satyanadella, @nyse, @monkbent, @hunterwalk, @joshconstine and @ahess247
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with Cortana, revamped Start menu, and Xbox app — Although Microsoft originally said it would release its new Windows 10 preview next week, the company has launched it today. The January build, as the company is calling this version …
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WCCFtech, ZDNet, Blogging Windows, Neowin, SuperSite for Windows, Geeky Gadgets, Windows Central, Gotta Be Mobile, PC World, BetaNews, Xbox Wire, Geek.com, AnandTech, Digital Trends, Direct2Dell, Pocketnow, GSMArena Blog, The Register, Windows Central, Gigaom, Pocket-lint, InfoWorld, Liliputing, CNET, CIO.com, SuperSite for Windows, BetaNews, The Next Web, Engadget, Neowin, Mashable, Thurrott.com, The Tech Report, TechCrunch and TechNet Blogs
| Rene Ritchie / iMore: |
Google's Project Zero discloses three OS X vulnerabilities requiring access to machine; Apple's fix is still only in Yosemite's beta build — Latest OS X 10.10.2 beta kills Google-disclosed vulnerabilities dead — Google's Project Zero research program has disclosed and released proof … Sponsor Posts
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