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Leaked Apple Watch iPhone “Companion” app reveals activity reminders, monograms on clock faces, watch passcode, and ability to unlock watch from phone — Apple Watch iPhone ‘Companion’ app revealed w/ new Watch features, monograms — Yesterday, we reported …
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Facebook to show AMBER alerts in News Feed to users in targeted search areas to help find missing children — Introducing AMBER Alerts on Facebook — Today, we are announcing a partnership with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to send AMBER Alerts to the Facebook community to help find missing children.
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GoPro stock drops over 12% after Apple is awarded patent for remote-control camera system — GoPro Plunges After Apple Gains Remote Camera Patent — GoPro Inc. (GPRO) shares plummeted as much as 15 percent today in their steepest decline since August, after Apple Inc. (AAPL) was granted a patent for remote-control camera system.| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Clinkle Ditches Its Soured App Name For “Treats,” Refocuses On P2P Discounts — Not since Color has a startup been as widely laughed at as the troubled Stanford payments startup Clinkle. So it's little surprise that the company has changed the name of its app to “Treats”, as well as its direction.| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google Domains opens to all in the U.S., gets Blogger and Dynamic DNS integration — Google today announced Google Domains, the company's domain registration service, is now available to all in the U.S. While the invitation restriction has been lifted in the company's home country … | Washington Post: |
Obama proposes legislation to protect firms that share cyberthreat data with the government, criminalize sale of botnets and stolen financial info, more — Obama to propose legislation to protect firms that share cyberthreat data — President Obama plans to announce legislation Tuesday … | Scott Rosenberg / Backchannel: |
How Bitcoin's Blockchain Could Power an Alternate Internet — The code that secures Bitcoin could also power an alternate Internet. First, though, it has to work. … That is exactly how the Web looked back in 1994—right before it exploded. Two decades later, it's beginning to feel like we might be at a similar liminal moment.
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Etsy planning IPO as soon as this quarter, looking to raise $300M — Etsy Said to Target U.S. IPO of Craft Marketplace — Etsy Inc., the global marketplace for handmade and vintage goods — from knitted sweaters to soaps — is planning an initial public offering that could take place …
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Uber gives the city of Boston anonymized trip data to enable smarter city planning, ease traffic congestion; more cities to follow — Uber Offers Trip Data to Cities, Starting With Boston — For the first time, Uber is giving government officials a look inside its rich trove of transportation data.
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| Dani Grant / Medium: |
On Macs, Apple's two-factor authentication still doesn't protect iMessage, iTunes, FaceTime, or the App Store — Why Two-Factor Authentication Isn't Protecting Your iCloud Account — Users that turn on Two Factor Authentication (2FA) have the expectation that every access point … | Patrick Howell O'Neill / The Daily Dot: |
Ross Ulbricht admits he created Silk Road, but says he's not Dread Pirate Roberts — For the first time, Ross Ulbricht has admitted that he invented the Silk Road. — Ulbricht's defense, which has pleaded not guilty to seven felony charges, admitted that he came up with the idea as … | Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing: |
Why David Cameron's proposal to ban encrypted messaging services won't work, and would make Britons less secure — What David Cameron just proposed would endanger every Briton and destroy the IT industry … What David Cameron thinks he's saying is, “We will command all the software creators …
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Obama calls for an end to 19 state laws that restrict the rights of cities and towns to build their own broadband networks — Obama calls for end to 19 state laws that harm community broadband — President Obama today called for an end to state laws that restrict the rights of cities and towns to build their own broadband networks.
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Media Streaming App Allcast Is Finally Available For iOS Devices — Impressive mobile streaming service Allcast has been an Android-only affair for some time, much to the delight of those that use the Google mobile platform, but at last it has finally made its way to iOS — as Engadget first spotted.
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Amazon signs Woody Allen to write and direct his first ever TV series, for Prime Instant Video — Amazon Signs Woody Allen For His First TV Series, To Run On Prime Instant Video — The streaming video market has become very serious business, and Amazon today announced its latest talent grab … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
App Annie Raises $55 Million Series D, Launches New Product For Tracking App Usage — App Annie, a company whose data on app downloads, rankings, app store trends and more has made it a go-to resource for anyone invested in today's app economy, today announced a new $55 million round of Series D funding.
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