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Amazon updates Kindle Paperwhite with doubled resolution of 300ppi at the same price of $119 — Amazon announces new Kindle Paperwhite with a high-resolution screen — Amazon is updating the Kindle Paperwhite today with a new display, now at 300 pixels per inch.
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San Diego firm plans to file first net neutrality complaint against TWC for charging unreasonable rates to deliver streaming video — Time Warner Cable will be the first to get hit with a net neutrality complaint — FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler. (Lauren Victoria Burke/AP)| Thomas Fox-Brewster / Forbes: |
‘600 Million’ Samsung Mobiles Vulnerable To Keyboard Cracking Attack — Given everything that's occurred over the last two years, Android phone owners would be forgiven for thinking major manufacturers had their backs when it came to security, especially encryption.
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| Josh Aas / Let's Encrypt: |
Let's Encrypt, the free SSL certificate service backed by EFF, Mozilla, others, announces limited launch end of July and general availability mid-September — Let's Encrypt Launch Schedule — Let's Encrypt has reached a point where we're ready to announce our launch schedule.
| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
Huge Loss For Free Speech In Europe: Human Rights Court Says Sites Liable For User Comments — Last year we wrote about a very dangerous case going to the European Court of Human Rights: Delfi AS v. Estonia, which threatened free expression across Europe. Today, the ruling came out and it's a disaster.
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Uber hires Brian McClendon, Google ten-year veteran and former head of Maps, to oversee its Pittsburgh Advanced Technologies Center — Uber Hires Google's Former Head of Maps to Oversee Location Technology, Pittsburgh Center — Uber is getting serious about maps, and it has poached the former head of Google Maps to lead the charge.
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| Vijith Assar / Wired: |
Twitter's new shared blocking feature is poorly implemented, requires CSV export and import; block lists can only be shared through a third-party service — The Glaring Hole In Twitter's New Shared Blocking Feature — Last week Twitter announced a new tool to stem online harassment … | Mark Walton / Ars Technica: |
AMD unveils R9 Fury X for $649, Fury for $549, and Nano graphics cards based on Fiji chip, should be available this summer — AMD unveils R9 Fury X, Fury, and Nano graphics cards — Plus, a nutty dual-GPU Fury X PC called Project Quantum and rebranded 300-series .| Biz Carson / Business Insider: |
SEC filing shows Y Combinator raising money for new VC fund, the Y Combinator Continuity Fund I — Y Combinator, Silicon Valley's hottest startup factory, has filed to raise a venture capital fund — Y Combinator is raising money to create a new VC fund according to forms filed with the SEC.| Ernesto / TorrentFreak: |
Amazon Bans Kodi/XBMC App Over Piracy Concerns — Taking “infringing” apps out of popular app stores is one of Hollywood's key anti-piracy priorities for the years to come. — Various entertainment industry groups frequently report “piracy-enabling” apps to Apple, Google, Microsoft and Amazon …
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| Paresh Dave / Los Angeles Times: |
Snapchat debuts the first sponsored geofilter at all McDonald's locations in the US — Snapchat turns geofilter digital stickers into revenue source — Much of social media involves showing off where we are, whether it's watching a ballgame at Dodger Stadium, meeting Mickey Mouse …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Rejecting M&A, FreedomPop Raises Another $30M For Its Free Mobile Service — FreedomPop is taking another step ahead today in its bid to build out a global mobile business based on free voice, text and data bundles and upselling additional services. Amid months of M&A rumors …
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Twitter CEO Dick Costolo Q&A: why he stepped down, what it's like serving on a board with two former CEOs, and more — Twitter CEO Dick Costolo Q&A: Why He Stepped Down, and What's Next — Don't expect the onetime stand-up comic to return to the stage: On Twitter, “I can be heckled in real time anywhere around the world”| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Tidemark announces $25M funding, bringing total raised to $100M as the company expands further into Europe — Tidemark Continues To Sail Along With $25M In New Funding — Tidemark, the cloud financial planning platform announced $25 million in additional funding today along with some new growth numbers.
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Re/code, PYMNTS.com, Forbes, ZDNet and VentureBeat
| Cromwell Schubarth / Silicon Valley Business Journal: |
Andreessen Horowitz makes case against tech bubble talk — There has been a lot of debate about whether a new tech bubble has formed in the past couple of years, but the investors at Andreessen Horowitz aren't buying it. — In a presentation to its big investors, the Menlo Park firm co-founded …
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Andreessen Horowitz and Wall Street Journal. Tweets: @skupor, @raju, @startupljackson, @paulg and @startupljackson
| Daisuke Wakabayashi / Wall Street Journal: |
Apple revokes Monster's authority to make licensed accessories through its MFi program — Apple Revokes Monster's Authority to Make Licensed Accessories — Move follows Monster's lawsuit against Apple unit Beats — Audio-equipment maker Monster LLC is discovering that all is fair in love and law.
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