New York City considers letting drivers pay for parking tickets with Bitcoin, Apple Pay, and PayPal
NYC weighs bitcoin, Apple Pay for parking tickets — NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — The city of New York issues eight to ten million parking tickets annually.
Hacker group Lizard Squad launches DDoS service with prices ranging from $6 to $500, says recent PSN and Xbox Live attacks were marketing scheme
Lizard Squad's Xbox Live, PSN attacks were a ‘marketing scheme’ for new DDoS service … A DDoS attack sends a huge amount of traffic to a server …
Samsung launches Milk VR to deliver virtual reality videos to Gear VR
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FBI bulletin says hackers who attacked Sony have threatened an unnamed news organization
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India orders ISPs to block Github, Dailymotion, Pastebin, Vimeo, and 30 other websites
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Samsung squeezed past Apple in consumer satisfaction for smartphones
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FBI investigating whether US financial institutions enlisted hackers to disable Iranian servers used to attack bank websites
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Promoted Twitter accounts appear in some users' Following lists, making it seem like the users actually follow those accounts
Twitter Ads Make It Seem Like People Follow Brands, Even If They Don't — Visa follows MasterCard? So it seemed. Twitter's expansion of ads into “Following” …
Uber Suspends Its Uber Pop Ride-Sharing Service In Spain Following A Court Ruling
Uber has suspended Uber Pop in Spain, the company confirmed today, after it received confirmation of a court ruling outlawing its ride-sharing service. — Uber Pop, a European version of Uber X …
Over 80 Percent of Dark-Web Visits Relate to Pedophilia, Study Finds
The mysterious corner of the Internet known as the Dark Web is designed to defy all attempts to identify its inhabitants. But one group of researchers has attempted to shed new light on what those us...
Huawei's 2014 smarphone sales rise to $11.8B with 75M units, compared to 18.7M in 2013
China's Huawei 2014 smartphone sales rise by a third — (Reuters) - Huawei Technology Co Ltd's [HWT.UL] smartphone sales rose by almost a third to $11.8 billion in 2014, according to an internal memo...
Apple hit with class action over storage eaten up by iOS 8
Apple has been hit with a lawsuit alleging that it doesn't inform users just how much storage its new operating system will eat up - and then prods them to buy more space through its iCloud service.
Pew study: Email outranks social media in terms of importance for employed, online adults; 46% say the Internet makes them feel more productive
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Samsung unveils the Ativ Book 9, a 12-inch fanless Core M ultrabook with 10.5 hour battery, available in early 2015 from $1199
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Grocery delivery startup Instacart closing $220M round at a valuation of about $2B
> http://blog.semilshah.com/... Cristina Cordova / @cjc : I wonder when @Instacart will transition from “grocery delivery service” to “delivery service (including groceries)” http://recode.net/... Rya...
Access To Gmail Partially Restored In China
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How Disney CEO Bob Iger uses technology to keep every division of his company relevant
Bob Iger and the Millennium Falcon Mark Ramsey / Mark Ramsey Media LLC : Bob Iger's Lessons for Radio Rick Marshall / Digital Trends : Here's a new look at the Millennium Falcon in Star Wars: The Forc...
After backlash, Airtel suspends plan to charge more for VoIP, awaiting regulatory consultation
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Used car marketplace Beepi raises $12.7M from Yuri Milner, Scott Brommer, AngelList syndicate, and two early investors
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Competition among mobile phone carriers leads to constantly shifting plans, confused consumers
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Book excerpt from Dragnet Nation: a quest for privacy, security, and freedom in a world of relentless surveillance
Julia Angwin / Backchannel : Tweets: @youranonnews Tweets: @youranonnews : Companies and institutions track us almost indiscriminately. Is this the world we want to live in? http://medium.com/...
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