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Facebook starts warning users of state-sponsored attacks against their accounts — Notifications for targeted attacks — The security of people's accounts is paramount at Facebook, which is why we constantly monitor for potentially malicious activity and offer many options to proactively secure your account.
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NYT Executive Editor Dean Baquet responds to Jay Carney's post, says that the former Amazon employee he said left over allegations of fraud disputes the claim — Dean Baquet Responds To Jay Carney's Medium Post — In response to your posting on Medium this morning, I want to reiterate …
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New York Times story on Amazon left out critical information, including that one named source resigned after internal investigation revealed fraud — What The New York Times Didn't Tell You — “Nearly every person I worked with, I saw cry at their desk.”
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The Digital Reader, VatorNews, SiliconBeat, Engadget, Gizmodo, The Verge, VentureBeat, GeekWire, Business Insider, Daily Mail, FierceCIO News, Fortune and The Seattle Times
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Amazon PR chief publishes information about employment records of former employees in rebuke of New York Times piece — Amazon PR Boss Blasts New York Times Exposé, Digs Up Dirt on Its Sources (Update) — It took several months, but Amazon is taking the gloves off in its fight …
Tweets: @itsthebrandi, @delrey, @petersterne, @mikeisaac and @delrey
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Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P review: true flagships with little-to-no compromise, all other Android devices are second class citizens — Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P review: The true flagships of the Android ecosystem — With little-to-no compromise, these are now the smartphones to beat.
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researchers find 256 iOS apps using a third-party advertising SDK to collect users' personal info; Apple says it will ban them — Researchers find 256 iOS apps that collect users' personal info — Apps are “definitely the kind of stuff that Apple should have caught,” researcher says.
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SourceDNA, Inc., 9to5Mac, Business Insider, The Verge, Engadget, TechCrunch, AppleInsider, ZDNet, Re/code, InfoWorld, MacRumors, Tech Insider, iMore, MobileSyrup.com, iLounge, MacNN, iPhone in Canada Blog, Apple World Today, Geeky Gadgets, iDownloadBlog.com, MacDailyNews and Cult of Mac. Tweets: @juliaangwin
| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple Launches Quality Program for MacBook Pro Anti-Reflective Coating Issues — Apple has issued an internal notice about a new Quality Program that addresses anti-reflective coating issues on MacBook and MacBook Pro models with Retina displays, as confirmed by multiple sources.
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Digital Trends, The Next Web, Ars Technica, ZDNet, Telegraph, O'Grady's PowerPage, TechSpot, 9to5Mac, Tech Insider, MacNN, Tech Times, BGR, Business Insider, Gizmodo, Mashable, SiliconANGLE, SlashGear, Redmond Pie, Macworld, International Business Times, TechnoBuffalo, PC Magazine, iPhone Hacks, The Register, iPhone in Canada Blog, Apple World Today, AppleInsider and Engadget. Tweets: @chrismaddern. Thanks:@rsgnl
| Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
Yahoo's Marketing Partnership SVP Lisa Licht Also Departs — According to sources, besides development chief Jackie Reses, Yahoo also lost its SVP of marketing partnerships and platforms Lisa Licht last week. — Licht, who came to the Silicon Valley Internet giant in 2012 from Hasbro …
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Eric Schmidt talks running Google, scaling fast, managing chaos, hiring, Alphabet, more — CS183C Session 8: Eric Schmidt — Eric Emerson Schmidt was born in Washington, D.C. and spent his youth in its Northern Virginia suburbs. He was one of... en.wikipedia.org| David Kravets / Ars Technica: |
US Department of Transportation says drones purchased will need to be registered with US government, will create taskforce to explore which aircraft are exempt — Got a drone? You'll have to register it with the US government — “Registering unmanned aircraft will help build a culture of accountability.”| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google Goes After Microsoft & IBM By Making Google Apps For Work Free While Customers Still Under Competitor's Contract — In an effort to acquire more Google Apps for Work customers, Google just announced a new promotion that's a huge shot across Microsoft's bow.
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Official Google for Work Blog, VentureBeat, Reuters, FierceCIO News and Fortune
| Chad Bray / New York Times: |
Microsemi Offers to Buy PMC-Sierra in $2.4 Billion Deal — The California chip maker Microsemi Corporation said on Monday that it had offered to acquire its fellow chip maker PMC-Sierra in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $2.4 billion. — The offer, in the form of a letter …
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