Apple CEO Tim Cook is “deeply offended” by the BBC's labor abuse allegations
Apple goes to war with the BBC — Exclusive: Chief executive Tim Cook ‘deeply offended’ by allegations made by BBC's Panorama programme that Apple is failing to protect its Chinese factory workers
BBC investigation finds Apple repeatedly not meeting its supply chain standards on workers' hours, ID cards, dormitories, work meetings and juvenile workers
‘Panorama’ says Cook's co. routinely breaks promises Brandon Russell / TechnoBuffalo : New Investigation Finds Apple Factory Conditions Below Standards Selena Larson / The Daily Dot : Apple factories ...
Google concerned by reports that MPAA is secretly working with studios to resurrect SOPA
The MPAA's Attempt to Revive SOPA Through A State Attorney General — We are deeply concerned about recent reports that the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) led a secret …
FBI concludes that the North Korean government is responsible for Sony Pictures hack
Update on Sony Investigation … Today, the FBI would like to provide an update on the status of our investigation into the cyber attack targeting Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE).
Google will build Android Auto software directly into cars with Android M, no smartphone needed
Exclusive: Google aiming to go straight into car with next Android - sources — (Reuters) - Google Inc (GOOGL.O) is laying the groundwork for a version of Android that would be built directly into ca...
In new email sent to Sony executives, hackers threaten further release of “sensitive data” pending any “additional trouble”
Source: Hackers send new message to Sony — NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The hackers behind a devastating cyberattack at Sony Pictures …
Instagram purges spambots; popular accounts lose millions of followers, with the company losing the most at 18.9M
Millions of Fake Instagram Users Disappear in Purge — Social media services like Facebook and Twitter are always battling against spam or fake accounts that hijack hashtags …
How North Korea could have pulled off Sony Pictures hack
Sources tell CBS News the sophisticated and damaging cyberattack against Sony Pictures originated in North Korea and flowed through a vast array of computer servers in other countries in an attempt to...
Samsung to shut down its ChatOn messaging service Feb. 1, 2015 in all markets except U.S.
Samsung's ChatOn service will shut down next year (update) — After denying reports that its ChatOn service was close to being disbanded on a region-by-region basis, Samsung has announced in Korea th...
Why the Sony hack is unlikely to be the work of North Korea.
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Uber Strikes Deal With Portland to Suspend Service for Three Months
Uber reached an agreement with Portland to suspend operations in the city for three months while regulators work to revise rules around taxis that currently prohibit ridesharing apps. — The city agr...
MPAA says Google positioning itself as a defender of free speech is shameful
Google & MPAA Publicly Slam Each Other Over Piracy — Even after running for weeks, the fallout from the Sony hacking fiasco is showing no signs of waning. In fact in some areas it appears that matt...
Citigroup raises valuation of Instagram, bought by Facebook for $1B, from $19B to $35B
Instagram Is Now Worth $35 Billion — Citigroup raised the valuation of Instagram this morning from $19 billion to $35 billion. — The photo-sharing network recently announced …
Amazon's smartphone strategy could threaten its retail dominance as local delivery services, retail startups bring innovation to consumers
Amazon Not as Unstoppable as It Might Appear — Thanks to its ugly spat with book publishers, Amazon has lately been cast as the abominable boogeyman of American commerce.
Poll: 45% of Americans have been notified that payment card details were stolen in a data breach
Poll Shows Broad Impact of Cyberattacks — Just fewer than half of Americans say that a retailer, bank or credit-card company has told them or a household member that their payment card details …
Few Winners In Anonymous Social Networking, And Secret's Not One Of Them
Is anonymous social networking a flash-in-the-pan trend? A winner-take-all category? Which of the anonymous social networking apps around today are still thriving, and which are practically dead?
Apple increases app prices in Russia in response to changing exchange rates
Apple has today informed developers that it has changed the pricing of apps and In-App Purchases in the Russian App Store, following changes to exchange rates. The recent ruble-dollar rates have fluc...
China is Planning to Purge Foreign Technology and Replace With Homegrown Suppliers
China is aiming to purge most foreign technology from banks, the military, state-owned enterprises and key government agencies by 2020, stepping up efforts to shift to Chinese suppliers, according to ...
Djay Pro for Mac brings Spotify-powered mixes, revamped interface, and more features, for $50
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Xbox One To Get Pandora, Vevo, Popcornflix And More Apps This Week
Microsoft might have said that they're done shipping their big Xbox One software updates for the year — but that doesn't mean they can't release a few new toys in the form of apps. — The company has...
BlackBerry stock slips as revenue tumbles below expectations
Sean Silcoff / Globe and Mail :
Sales rise in McDonald's tests of beacons for wireless offers of promotions on iOS/Android
Hold the beacon: McDonald's tests wireless offers near stores — Credit: Flickr / Kenny Louie — Credit: Flickr / Kenny Louie — McDonald's was one of the first retail locations I used …
Vulnerability in Git, Mercurial allows for arbitrary code execution on OSX, Windows; affects Visual Studio, Github client app, among others
Junio C Hamano / Gmane :
Google launching open source Cloud Dataflow SDK for Java
Rachel King / ZDNet :
Microsoft brings Windows Phone carrier billing to China, India, Brazil, and Verizon in the U.S.
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat :
Vulnerability in embedded web server software from 2002 leaves about 12M home routers exposed
Michael Mimoso / Threatpost :
GameAnalytics Scores $5.5M Series A, Hires Ex-Aol European MD As CEO
Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch :
EFF to argue NSA's “upstream” data collection program is unconstitutional in first public court challenge Friday
Cory Bennett / The Hill :
Google Launches “Store Visits” Metric In AdWords, To Help Prove Online-To-Offline Impact
Ginny Marvin / Search Engine Land :
Flickr ends the sale of Creative Commons licensed photos through Wall Art service, apologizes, will issue refunds
Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom :
The Yahoo App Adds Local News, Commenting, and More on Android and iOS in the U.S.
Matthew Wee / Yahoo :
Longtime Internet Explorer leader Dean Hachamovitch is leaving Microsoft
Todd Bishop / GeekWire :
Critical vulnerabilities in SS7 telephony protocol found; tested techniques can decrypt cell phone calls and texts
Craig Timberg / Washington Post :
US telcos can operate in Cuba as part of new reform, White House says
Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica :
WordPress 4.1 arrives with new default theme, distraction-free writing mode, Vine embeds, and more
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat :
Skytap Raises $35M For Its Cloud-Based Enterprise Development And Testing Service
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch :
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