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| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
In Employee Email, Apple CEO Tim Cook Calls For Commission On Interaction Of Technology And Intelligence Gathering — Early this morning, Apple CEO Tim Cook sent an email out to employees about the FBI's request to unlock an iPhone with the subject line ‘Thank you for your support’.
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| James Comey / Lawfare: |
FBI director James Comey: legal issue in Apple case is narrow, intent isn't to break encryption or set loose a master key — We Could Not Look the Survivors in the Eye if We Did Not Follow this Lead — The San Bernardino litigation isn't about trying to set a precedent or send any kind of message.
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| Zack Whittaker / ZDNet: |
Linux Mint site hacked on Feb. 20, as hundreds downloaded a backdoored-variant of the Linux distro; Mint forum data including personal info for sale on dark web — Hacker explains how he put “backdoor” in hundreds of Linux Mint downloads — The hacker's botnet is still operational, and has hundreds of Linux machines ensnared.| Cade Metz / Wired: |
Facebook announces Telecom Infra Project, an open, collaborative effort to accelerate innovation in telecom networks; Intel, Nokia, several telecoms are members — Facebook Will Open Source Wireless Gear to Forge a 5G World — A year ago, when he appeared onstage at the Mobile World Congress …
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| Rita El Khoury / Android Police: |
Cyanogen launches new Mod platform to let 3rd-party apps use Cyanogen APIs for deeper OS integration; Cortana, TrueCaller, Hyperlapse, Skype among Mods debuting — Cyanogen Launches A New MOD Platform For Deeper Integration Of Apps In Android — Not To Be Confused With The CyanogenMod Custom ROM
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| Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
Twitter hires former Apple comms exec Natalie Kerris as VP of global communications, seven months after firing former communications lead Gabriel Stricker — Twitter Hires Former Apple Executive Natalie Kerris as VP of Communications — CEO Jack Dorsey on Monday tweeted that the company …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
IBM deepens partnerships with VMware, GitHub, Bitly, and Siemens, expands use of Apple's Swift language, announces new Watson APIs, more — IBM Inks VMware, GitHub, Bitly Deals, Expands Apple Swift Use As It Doubles Down On The Cloud — While a large part of the mobile industry swirls around …
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Facebook releases global connectivity report estimating 3.2B people online in 2015 (up from 3B in 2014), publishes new population density maps — State of Connectivity 2015: A Report on Global Internet Access — State of Connectivity 2015: A Report on Global Internet Access … | Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google plans to provide Fiber to Huntsville, AL on top of the municipally-owned broadband network — Google Fiber Is Coming To Huntsville, Alabama — Google today announced that it is bringing its gigabit Fiber service to Huntsville, Alabama. As Google noted in today's announcement …
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| Cade Metz / Wired: |
Inside Mark Zuckerberg's Big Bet That Facebook Can Make VR Social — This week, inside Facebook's California headquarters, Mark Zuckerberg spent twenty minutes playing zero-gravity ping pong with the president of Indonesia. — This is how it works at Facebook.
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| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
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| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Snapchat's new on-demand geofilters let you pay to distribute custom geofilters in a time and place, now available alongside Community and Sponsored Geofilters — Snapchat Now Lets Everyone Pay To Design Geofilters — Snapchat is introducing yet another revenue stream today in the form of on-demand geo-filters.
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| Ben Woods / The Next Web: |
Sony launches Xperia X and XA new flagship phones with better cameras, teases AI-powered connected Xperia Ear, Eye, Projector, and Agent concept devices — Sony's new Xperia smartphones arrive with a range of odd connected devices in tow — Sony has launched two new smartphones today …
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