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How the NSA Plans to Infect “Millions” of Computers with Malware — One presentation outlines how the NSA performs “industrial-scale exploitation” of computer networks across the world. — Top-secret documents reveal that the National Security Agency is dramatically expanding its ability …
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iOS 8: Apple considers moving iTunes Radio to its own app to boost usage — In an effort to boost usage of its new streaming music service that launched alongside iOS 7 last fall, Apple is considering changes to iTunes Radio. The Cupertino company is now testing iTunes Radio … | Jemima Kiss / Guardian: |
An online Magna Carta: Berners-Lee calls for bill of rights for web — Exclusive: web's inventor warns neutrality under sustained attack from governments and corporations — The inventor of the world wide web believes an online “Magna Carta” is needed to protect and enshrine the independence …
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Tim Berners-Lee: 25 years on, the Web still needs work (Q&A) — Twenty-five years ago, on March 12, 1989, Tim Berners-Lee proposed “a universal linked information system” to help itinerant academics from across the globe run a complicated particle accelerator. — Boy, did the World Wide Web ever exceed those initial expectations.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
OneNote for Mac coming this month as Microsoft eyes Evernote — Microsoft is planning to release a OneNote for Mac app later this month. Sources familiar with Microsoft's plans tell The Verge that the Mac application is part of a broader effort to expand the features and functionality of OneNote.
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Microsoft will release a new version of Office for Mac this year — Microsoft will release a new office suite for the Mac before the end of this year, according to the company's manager for Office products in Germany. — The version available today, Office:mac 2011, lags far behind … | Cadie Thompson / CNBC: |
Rdio drops Echo Nest after Spotify acquisition, aims for global growth via mobile — Streaming music service Rdio aims for global, and mobile — Streaming music: More noise than competition? — CNBC.com Technology Reporter Cadie Thompson and Rdio CEO Anthony Bay discuss the trends …
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Google buys the ghost of Green Throttle Games, as TV arms race gathers speed — Four months after Santa Clara-based Green Throttle Games slowly shuffled off this mortal coil, PandoDaily has confirmed that its parts and labor have been quietly scooped up by Google as a possible asset …
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| Dan DeSilva / 9to5Mac: |
Apple drops its 30 day return policy on iPhones down to 14 days — In the recent past, customers who purchased an iPhone directly from the Apple Online Store and in Apple Retail Stores have had 30 days to return the device for any reason. The only stipulation was that it had to be undamaged … | Justin Kan: |
Founder of Exec and Justin.tv explains lessons learned building an “Uber for X” business — What I learned about online-to-offline — Many new online-to-offline entrepreneurs have asked me about my experience founding Exec. “Uber for X” businesses seem to be the startup of the day …
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| David Meyer / Gigaom: |
Web firms face a strict new set of privacy rules in Europe — here's what to expect — The European Parliament has overwhelmingly passed a large package of laws intended to strengthen data protection - that's “privacy” in non-legalese - across the European Union.| Doug Thompson / BEEKn: |
With iOS7.1, iBeacon technology will allow apps to search for signals even when closed — Apple iOS 7.1 Launches Major iBeacon Improvement — iBeacon Now Works When the App Is Closed Apple launched iOS 7.1 today and with it a major, game-changing improvement to iBeacon.| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
BlackBerry's QNX: Why it's so valuable to Apple, Google, auto industry — Summary: For smartphone giants looking to take their experiences to auto dashboards, all roads at least tie into BlackBerry's QNX platform. Here's why. — Apple's CarPlay connects into BlackBerry's QNX platform.Thanks:@_trendspotter
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Amazon's TV streaming box to ship with Netflix and Hulu Plus apps — Amazon's Roku competitor, which could be unveiled any day now, won't just peddle the company's own video streaming service: The device will also have apps for direct competitors including Netflix and Hulu Plus on board, according to multiple sources.| John Paczkowski / Re/code: |
Apple Gets Final Okay for New Union Square Store in S.F. — Apple has been given the all clear to move ahead with construction on its new flagship store in San Francisco's Union Square. After months of negotiations, the store's lengthy approval process came to an end Tuesday …
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| Zachary M. Seward / Quartz: |
The hot startup at SXSW this year was plain old television — AUSTIN, Texas—There was no breakout mobile app, no hot new startup, no celebrity founder holding court over the conference. But everywhere one turned at South By Southwest Interactive, people were talking about television.| Reuters: |
Candy Crush Saga maker King seeks $7.56 billion valuation from IPO — (Reuters) - King Digital Entertainment Plc, best known for the hit mobile phone game Candy Crush Saga, said it expects to price its U.S. initial public offering at between $21 and $24 per share, valuing the company's equity at about $7.56 billion.
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