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Apple, Google, and leading cryptologists urge President Obama in letter to reject backdoors in smartphones and other devices — Tech giants urge Obama to resist ‘backdoors’ into encrypted communications — Tech behemoths including Apple and Google and leading cryptologists …
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| Rich McCormick / The Verge: |
Apple releases new $1,999 27-inch Retina iMac and 15-inch MacBook Pro with Force Touch trackpad — Apple releases cheaper Retina iMac and 15-inch MacBook Pro with Force Touch — Apple is starting to bring the price down on its 5K Retina iMac, releasing a new version today that sells …
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Advocacy organizations from 31 countries say Facebook's Internet.org violates net neutrality, security, privacy, and threatens freedom of expression — Open Letter to Mark Zuckerberg Regarding Internet.org, Net Neutrality, Privacy, and Security — We, the undersigned …
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| Alex Kantrowitz / AdAge: |
Inside Google's secret anti-fraud team battling the bots that siphon billions of digital ad dollars — Inside Google's Secret War Against Ad Fraud — Cable News Wars Rage as New Players Join the Battle — In a conference room nine floors above London's St. Giles High Street … | Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Basis fitness tracker adds limited titanium edition, shares data with Apple Health and Google Fit — Basis now links its fitness data with Apple Health and Google Fit — Of all the fitness tracking wearables out there, Basis' Peak might be one of the most comprehensive.
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| Katie Benner / Bloomberg View: |
Jawbone's recent $300M investment from BlackRock was debt, not equity — Jawbone Gets a Loan and a Leash — Jawbone, the San Francisco maker of wearable technology, recently got a hefty $300 million investment from BlackRock, the largest and one of the most trusted asset management companies in the world.| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
YotaPhone2 U.S. pre-orders open on Indiegogo starting at $500 with an August delivery — Russian mobile broadband provider and smartphone manufacturer Yota has finally revealed the U.S. pricing and pre-order details for the second version of its smartphone, the YotaPhone2, six months after its European launch.
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Apple releases first official Lightning Dock for iPhone 6/6 Plus for $39 — Apple Now Sells A Lightning Dock For Your iPhone — Apple has finally done what many had long hoped it would - released an official dock for Lightning-sporting iPhones, ranging from the 5 all the way up to the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus.
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| Daisuke Wakabayashi / Wall Street Journal: |
After nearly a decade of research, Apple shelved plans over a year ago for the TV set that Carl Icahn expects it to release in 2016 — Behind Apple's Move to Shelve TV Plans — Apple had dropped its TV plans, but investor Carl Icahn sees the firm entering the market next year
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Researchers uncover address-spoofing bug in latest iOS and OS X versions of Safari — Safari address-spoofing bug could be used in phishing, malware attacks — Flaw in latest iOS and OS X versions can deceive users about the site they're visiting. — From the department of things …
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ZDNet, PCWorld, iPhone Hacks, Help Net Security, SecurityWeek and Cult of Mac
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Twilio Launches IP Messaging, New Conference Call Services And High-Volume SMS Tools — Twilio is kicking off its Signal conference today and — unsurprisingly — the company is announcing a slew of new services for developers that use its voice, video and messaging platform.
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| Heather Clancy / Fortune: |
Software integration specialist Mulesoft raises $128M at a $1.5B valuation led by Salesforce Ventures — MuleSoft, a software integration specialist, joins the unicorn club — Sometimes, the role of the middleman simply cannot be understated. MuleSoft, which sells software used …
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Re/code, Business Insider, Wall Street Journal, Forbes and PE Hub Blog
| Antuan Goodwin / CNET: |
Automatic smart driving monitor now connects your car to over 20 apps — Today, Automatic launches its new App Gallery of third-party apps and rolls out the second-generation of its OBD-II adapter.
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