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February 25, 2015, 6:45 PM

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Gemalto:

Gemalto confirms probable hack by NSA and GCHQ, but says there was no massive theft of SIM encryption keys, only a breach of its office network — Gemalto presents the findings of its investigations into the alleged hacking of SIM card encryption keys by Britain's Government Communications Headquarters …

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard:

As Gemalto downplays breach by NSA and GCHQ, experts say six day investigation was likely insufficient

More: MobileSyrup.com, Light Reading, USA Today, Reuters, PhoneArena, BBC, The Register, Forbes and ZDNet. Tweets: @csoghoian

Russell Brandom / The Verge:

Gemalto hack may have given NSA and GCHQ power to remotely install spyware on any phone

More: CNET and Pocketnow. Tweets: @ncweaver

Bloomberg Business:

Apple told to pay $532.9M to Smartflash LLC for patent infringement in iTunes, will appeal — Apple Told by Jury to Pay $532.9 Million in Gaming Patent Trial — Don't Miss Out — (Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. was told to pay $532.9 million after a federal jury said the company's iTunes software …

Sebastian Anthony / Ars Technica:

Source: Top-end 128GB Samsung Galaxy S6 priced at $1,189, curved model facing supply constraints — Source: Curved Samsung Galaxy S6 will suffer from yield issues at launch — One of Samsung's carrier partners gives Ars Technica the skinny. — According to a source …

More: 9to5Google, ABC News, Gotta Be Mobile, Phones Review, Business Insider, ExtremeTech, Droid Life, GadgeTell, TechnoBuffalo, Forbes, SamMobile, The Overspill, Android Authority, Ubergizmo and IBNLive

Russell Brandom / The Verge:

Lenovo.com has been hacked, possibly by Lizard Squad — Lenovo.com has been hacked. Starting at 4PM ET, users visiting the site saw a slideshow of disaffected youths, set to the song “Breaking Free” from High School Musical. At 4:17, the site seemed to have reverted to its normal self …

More: The Register, Computerworld, Fortune, Engadget, The Next Web, Forbes and Mashable. Tweets: @jzdziarski

Conor Dougherty / New York Times:

Google to propose new headquarters in Mountain View this week as the city fears being overrun — Google Plans New Headquarters, and a City Fears Being Overrun — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Apple is moving into a headquarters building that looks like a spaceship.

More: PC World, Fortune, TechnoBuffalo, Patently Apple, Vox, Business Insider and bizjournals

Tweets: @nytimesbits and @eldon

Paul Carsten / Reuters:

Since Snowden leaks, China has dropped Cisco, Apple, McAfee, and others for government purchases — Exclusive: China drops leading technology brands for state purchases — (Reuters) - China has dropped some of the world's leading technology brands from its approved state purchase lists …

More: Slashdot, TechSpot, iPhone in Canada Blog, SiliconBeat, The Verge, Patently Apple, MacDailyNews and Seeking Alpha

Tweets: @reuterstech and @qhardy

Ina Fried / Re/code:

Lytro Cuts Jobs, Raises $50M in Shift Toward Virtual Reality and Video — Workers at Lytro got a mixed bag of news on Wednesday, with the photography startup telling employees both that it has raised a further $50 million, but also that it intends to cut a significant chunk of its workforce.

More: Gizmodo, Gigaom, The Verge, GeekWire and bizjournals

Megan Geuss / Ars Technica:

Source: Google to announce new payments API, Android Pay, at I/O in May — Google will launch Android Pay at I/O in May — Source tells Ars that the company will revitalize its payments platform with a new API. — A source close to the matter told Ars on Wednesday that Google …

More: 9to5Google, Business Insider, PhoneDog.com, Phandroid and iDownloadBlog.com

Bloomberg Business:

HP in Talks to Buy Aruba Networks for Wi-Fi Infrastructure — Don't Miss Out — (Bloomberg) — Hewlett-Packard Co. is in talks to acquire Aruba Networks Inc., a maker of wireless-network infrastructure used by hotels, universities and shopping malls, people with knowledge of the matter said.

More: Re/code, eWeek, Gigaom, Business Insider, bizjournals, VentureBeat and Seeking Alpha

Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:

Q&A with Dick Costolo on Twitter's lack of broad appeal and plans to handle harassment — Dick Costolo Thinks It's O.K. To Never Tweet — In a recent earnings report, you said Twitter had 288 million active users a month — only a few million more than in the quarter before.

More: SiliconBeat, Business Insider and Silicon Valley Watcher

Tweets: @timcohn and @hunterwalk

Niall Kennedy / The Twitter Blog:

The official Twitter plugin for WordPress is here — Today, we're releasing an official Twitter plugin for WordPress that bundles Twitter features and functionality into an installable package for sites powered by WordPress. — WordPress software powers millions of sites around the web …

More: GitHub, The Next Web, Marketing Land, TechCrunch, VentureBeat and Post Status

Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:

Google now automatically converts Flash ads to HTML5 — Google today began automatically converting Adobe Flash ads to HTML5. As a result, it's now even easier for advertisers to target users on the Google Display Network without a device or browser that supports Flash.

More: Google Ads, 9to5Google, Marketing Land, WebProNews, BetaNews, Neowin and The Next Web

Facebook:

Internet.org's 2014 State of Global Connectivity report: Internet adoption growth slows to 6.6%, just 32% of people have Internet access in emerging economies — The State of Global Connectivity — State of Connectivity: A Report on Global Internet Access, a new study by Internet.org examines …

More: CircleID, Light Reading, Mashable, GeekWire, TechSpot, SiliconANGLE, SocialTimes and The Next Web

Rachel King / ZDNet:

Android for Work shapes up with new enterprise program launch — Summary:Google is partnering with a number of tech giants, from device makers to network infrastructure providers to management app makers to launch the Android for Work platform. — Following up Inbox's expansion …

More: Official Android Blog, Gigaom, Android Authority, InfoWorld, PC World, Wall Street Journal, GeekWire, CNET, 9to5Google, Business Insider, Re/code, The Verge, TechCrunch and VentureBeat

Dan Seifert / The Verge:

Motorola's new Moto E has LTE and a bigger screen for just $149 — Motorola teased an announcement in the form a hand-delivered package last week, and sure enough, today the company delivered a box with a new Moto E. The second-generation Moto E is still Motorola's most affordable smartphone in its lineup …

More: The Official Motorola Blog, Engadget, TechCrunch, ReadWrite, TechCrunch, PC Magazine, Ars Technica, The Tech Report, PhoneNews.com, Re/code, ZDNet, CNET, PC World, Electronista, The Next Web, Android Police, TechSpot, Gotta Be Mobile, AndroidGuys, Computerworld, Pocketnow, Geek Beat and Gigaom

Tweets: @ihnatko and @dcseifert

Ben Popper / The Verge:

Layer launches to the public with the aim of unifying mobile messaging in all apps — As messaging apps proliferate, one service aims to power them all — We live in a world where messaging apps command $20 billion valuations, but amidst that embarrassment of riches is a major pain for users …

More: TechCrunch, TechSpot and VentureBeat

Tweets: @hunterwalk and @hamburger

Julie Bort / Business Insider:

Salesforce Q4 sales and earnings in line; stock up about 9% in after-hours on raised guidance — Salesforce.com's stock soars to all-time high after it posts a good quarter and CEO vows to double revenue — Salesforce.com just reported its quarterly earnings and it hit both revenue and profit expectations on the money.

More: Tech Trader Daily, ZDNet and TechCrunch

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Microsoft Garage incubator delivers new Windows Phone, Android productivity apps — Summary:Microsoft has made a handful of new, free experimental productivity apps for Windows Phone and Android available for download from its Garage incubator. — In October 2014, Microsoft announced …

More: Microsoft, eWeek, Neowin, GeekWire and FierceMobileIT News

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