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Tinder CEO Sean Rad, in an interview on the eve of Match Group's IPO, wanders into very awkward territory — Tinder? I'm an addict, says hook-up app's co-creator and CEO Sean Rad — Sean Rad's hook-up app has revolutionised the global dating scene. Here, the reinstated CEO talks … | Noah Kulwin / Re/code: |
On Eve of IPO, Match Group Disavows Tinder CEO Sean Rad's Disastrous Interview — This morning, the Internet collectively pointed and laughed at Tinder CEO Sean Rad for giving a trainwreck of an interview to the London Evening Standard. In the article, Rad confused the definition of sodomy … | Alexei Oreskovic / Business Insider: |
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Unencrypted smartphone likely used by Paris attacker reveals messages were sent in the clear over SMS — Signs Point to Unencrypted Communications Between Terror Suspects — In the wake of the Paris attack, intelligence officials and sympathizers upset by the Edward Snowden leaks … | Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
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Square prices IPO at $9 per share, below $11-$13 range, valuing company at $2.9B — Square prices IPO at just $9 per share, valued at $2.66 billion — Jack Dorsey's payment company disappoints. Square, the payment technology company founded and led by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey … | Bloomberg Business: |
Leaked Lyft financials show first half of year brought less revenue, higher losses, and fewer new customers than projected in Feb., with $96M spent on marketing — Leaked Lyft Financials Show the Struggles of Being No. 2 Behind Uber — In the first half of the year … | Richard Lawler / Engadget: |
Amazon quietly turned on two-factor authentication a few weeks ago after private beta — It's time to secure your Amazon account with two-factor authentication — Relying solely on passwords to secure important accounts may be outdated, but until they're gone for good your best alternative … | Jimmy Westenberg / Android Authority: |
Google Play Store to add ad-supported label for all apps containing ads starting in early 2016 — Google Play Store app listings in 2016 will let users know if any app contains ads — Listings in the Google Play Store will soon be much more upfront about whether or not they feature advertising.| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
Microsoft's Connect developer event: Visual Studio now supports debugging Linux apps; Visual Studio Code is now open source; Android emulator coming soon to Mac — Visual Studio now supports debugging Linux apps; Code editor now open source — Microsoft doubles down on cross-platform software development.| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
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Google search on Android starts surfacing app content without matching web content, streams apps from the cloud if they're not installed on your phone — Google Search Now Surfaces App-Only Content, Streams Apps From The Cloud When Not Installed On Your Phone| Michael Mimoso / Threatpost: |
Carnegie Mellon denies FBI paid for Tor-breaking research, implies subpoena may have been used — Carnegie Mellon says it was subpoenaed and not paid for research on breaking Tor — Carnegie Mellon University today implied in a statement that it was served with a subpoena to hand … | Tanya Lewis / Business Insider: |
Andreessen Horowitz has raised $200M for a new fund for health software startups, focusing on digital therapeutics, cloud biology, and computational medicine — A top Silicon Valley VC firm is investing $200M in health software startups — Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen wrote in 2011 that “software is eating the world.”| Naomi Gleit / Facebook: |
Facebook launches new tools for nonprofits: Fundraisers, a dedicated place for specific campaigns, and new Donate button to add to Pages and posts — Introducing New Tools for Nonprofits — With more than 150 million people around the world connected to a cause, Facebook is a global community …
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Agentic AI: The need for a data foundation — This is the first post of the 4-part series on Agentic Data Infrastructure.Every business app now ships with an AI agent. Each one is good at its own job.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Salesforce data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.
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