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April 1, 2015, 1:05 PM

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Barack Obama / Medium:
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 …
Wall Street Journal:
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 …
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 …
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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) …
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