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Obama signs Executive Order authorizing targeted sanctions against perpetrators of cyberattacks, with threats from overseas a primary focus — A New Tool Against Cyber Threats — It's one of the great paradoxes of our Information Age—the very technologies that empower us to do great …
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GoDaddy opens for trading at $26.15 per share, almost 31% above IPO price, raising $460M — GoDaddy's IPO Shares Surge in NYSE Debut — Web-hosting firm—known for its ads with Danica Patrick—seeks image makeover — Shares of GoDaddy Inc., a technology provider to small businesses … | JP Mangalindan / Mashable: |
Anonymous messaging app Yik Yak is testing a photo feature — Yik Yak, the anonymous messaging app, is testing a new feature that would let users share photos, Mashable has learned. — Yik Yak is in the early stages of testing the feature on some college campuses for limited periods of time … | Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica: |
Atmel ARM-based microcontroller chip could extend battery life of small low-power devices to decades — New ARM-powered chip aims for battery life measured in decades — Atmel's 32-bit SAM L controllers, shipping soon, take low power to new extremes . — The number of things getting plugged …
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Twitter tests displaying promoted tweets on user profile pages — Twitter Is Now Placing Ads Within User Profiles — Your Twitter profile may soon include a new decoration: Advertising. — Twitter is bringing promoted tweets, the app's signature ad unit, to people's profile pages as part of a new test.
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TweetDeck for Mac adds in-line GIFs and video, support for teams, group DMs — TweetDeck For Mac Adds Support For Teams, Group DMs And More — In February, Twitter announced a notable upgrade for TweetDeck - an app often used by social media professionals and businesses …
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| Alexis C. Madrigal / Fusion: |
A problem with Periscope and Meerkat: broadcasters struggle to keep up with the flood of real-time comments — The interesting problem with Periscope and Meerkat — Periscope and Meerkat are mobile livestreaming apps. Lots of tech people are talking about these apps, and using them feels like exploring a new frontier.
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Sprint settles U.S. class-action lawsuit for $131 million — (Reuters) - Sprint Corp (S.N) has agreed to a $131 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit accusing the third-largest U.S. wireless carrier of defrauding investors about problems dating back to its $36 billion merger with Nextel Communications Inc in 2005.| Zack Whittaker / ZDNet: |
GitHub reports it's operating normally, after five days of sustained DDoS attacks blamed on China — GitHub 1, China 0, as sustained cyberattack ends after five days — Summary:The code-sharing website is back up and running after a week-long attack crippled its services.
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| Melissa Riofrio / PC World: |
Meet the Asus Chromebook Flip, a $249 Chrome OS tablet with a 360-degree hinge — On Tuesday, Google announced the $249 Asus Chromebook Flip. As the first mainstream Chrome device to offer a 360-degree hinge, the Flip can function as a tablet as well as a laptop.
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Galaxy S6 Edge's curved screen is ergonomically busted and incompatible with Material Design, prioritizing sci-fi aesthetics over function — Living life on the S6 Edge — Samsung is back atop the Android throne with its new Galaxy S6. The hotly contested title for Android's best … | Wall Street Journal: |
How Wall Street Middlemen Help Silicon Valley Employees Cash In Early — Financial firms create ad hoc market where hot stocks of closely held technology companies trade largely out of sight of regulators — Hedge-fund manager Jonathan Sands gushed in a January email that shareholders … | Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple now inviting all third-party developers to submit Watch apps to the App Store — Apple has now opened the floodgates and is letting all developers submit Watch apps to the App Store. This means any of the 1.2 million apps can now submit updates including Watch apps (using the WatchKit framework) … | Katherine Finnerty / The New York Times Company: |
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