Snowden: NSA should re-prioritize cyber warfare goals and focus more on defensive measures given US's dependence on high-tech
Exclusive: Edward Snowden on Cyber Warfare — Cyber warfare used to be the stuff of sci-fi movies and military exercises. But with the advent of the Stuxnet worm …
Apple planning Apple Pay expansion into Canada as soon as March
Apple is preparing to expand its new Apple Pay payments service internationally with at least the Canadian launch currently scheduled for early 2015, according to sources close to the situation.
Box seeks to raise up to $162.5M in IPO at $11 to $13 per share at a valuation of up to $1.55B
Data storage company Box expected to be valued at up to $1.55 billion — (Reuters) - Online data storage provider Box Inc (IPO-BOX.N) expects its initial public offering to be priced at $11-$13 per s...
Two “Cluetrain Manifesto” authors present 121 “New Clues” to take on threats to the Internet of 2015
New Clues — Hear, O Internet. It has been sixteen years since our previous communication. In that time the People of the Internet — you and me and all our friends …
Samsung Galaxy A3 and A5 coming soon to Europe, firmware now online
The Galaxy A3 (SM-A300) and Galaxy A5 (SM-A500) are mid-range devices that Samsung is hoping will attract consumers with their metallic designs, but both devices have been in limited supply due to pro...
Minimum iOS App Store price rises to $1.19 in Canada, £0.79 in the UK, and €0.99 in the EU
Minimum iOS App Store price rises to $1.19 in Canada, ? 0.79 in the UK, and ? 0.99 in the EU —
Lizard Squad's DDoS attack service “Lizard Stresser” runs mostly on thousands of hacked home routers
Lizard Stresser Runs on Hacked Home Routers — The online attack service launched late last year by the same criminals who knocked Sony and Microsoft's gaming networks offline …
Twitter's native video product launching within weeks, may have 20-second time limit
Twitter's New Video Feature Is Only a Few Weeks Away — Twitter is planning to unveil its new video product in the next few weeks, according to sources familiar with the company's plans.
Evernote releases free mobile scanning app Scannable for iOS 8 devices
Evernote's new Scannable app wants to put paper in its place — Evernote wants to help tame that paper mess that many of us deal with on a daily basis. The new Scannable app is a quick and easy way ...
Uber cuts prices for riders and guarantees earnings for drivers in 48 cities starting Friday
Uber just cut prices in 48 markets — This hasn't happened in awhile. Uber just slashed its cost in 48 of its US markets. The last time it started giving such big discounts was half a year ago, at ...
Apple Hires HP Veteran to Head Corporate Sales
Apple has hired a longtime Hewlett-Packard executive to run sales of its products to large corporations, and he may take on a role involving international sales of the forthcoming Apple Watch. — Via...
Google may launch an auto insurance comparison shopping site in US as early as Q1 this year
New Clues on Google's Plans for Insurance — The insurance industry takes it for granted that Google will soon introduce its Google Compare auto insurance shopping site, which has been in Britain for...
Bitstamp says it will resume trading today after breach which resulted in 19K stolen bitcoins
Bitcoin exchange Bitstamp says to resume trading on Friday — Bitstamp, one of the largest exchanges for the digital bitcoin currency, said it would resume trading later on Friday …
Samsung unveils PCIe SSD with data speeds of up to 2.15GB/sec and low power consumption of two milliwatts in standby mode
Samsung's SUPER-speedy SSD is a real power-sipper — 512GB drive draws a TINY 2mW: Yes, that's two milliwatts — Samsung's latest small form factor PCIe flash drive shunts data …
State of Bitcoin 2015: Ecosystem Grows Despite Price Decline
CoinDesk is pleased to announce the latest quarterly State of Bitcoin report, featuring a 2014 Year in Review, an in-depth analysis of data and events from the fourth quarter of 2014 and a look ahead ...
Griffin's Lightning cables with reversible USB plug coming in March for $29.99
Griffin shows off $30 Lightning cable with reversible USB plug, coming in March — At CES this week, Griffin Technology took the wraps off a new USB-to-Lightning cable with a twist — the USB Type A p...
Glitch in OS X search can expose private details of Apple Mail users
Performing a Spotlight search opens email previews that load external images, even when the Mail client is asked not to do this — A glitch in the search software in Apple's OS X Yosemite can expose ...
White House declines to act on petitions to fire Aaron Swartz prosecutors
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The EFF's New App Is Android-Only, As Organization Calls Out Apple For “Outrageous” Developer Terms
Non-profit digital rights organization EFF rolled out a new mobile application this morning, which allows users to more easily access the group's “action center” from their smartphone.
Oculus demos 3D positional audio with its latest Rift prototype at CES
And Its New Killer Feature Blew Me Away Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch : The Oculus Rift Crescent Bay Prototype Truly Transports You Lee Hutchinson / Ars Technica : Hands-on time with the Oculus Cre...
Microsoft adds best-selling books carousel to Bing's search engine
Amy Gesenhues / Search Engine Land :
Facebook's latest post on video growth shows intent to demote publishers to producers, with uncertain benefits
John Herrman / The Awl :
Microsoft's Azure cloud adds G-Series virtual machines & a key management tool
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Senior Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee will reintroduce controversial cybersecurity information sharing bill, CISPA, on Friday
Remember the Cyber Intelligence Sharing … Kate Cox / Consumerist : Third Time's The Charm? House To Take Another Stab At Terrible CISPA Internet Bill James Fudge / GamePolitics blogs : ‘CISPA’ To Be R...
Facebook buys QuickFire Networks for video infrastructure gear, expertise
Larry Dignan / ZDNet :
KitKat is now on almost 40% of Android devices - but Lollipop is still stuck under 0.1%
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Sources: Windows 10's Spartan browser will feature Cortana integration, stylus support for annotating webpages
Here's Everything We Know Ian Paul / PC World : Windows 10's new Spartan browser will pack Cortana's smarts, report claims Chris Merriman / Inquirer : Microsoft Spartan could be 300 times better than ...
Google's developer diagnostic tool Cloud Trace enters beta
Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet :
Philips announces noise-canceling headphones powered by Apple's Lightning port, coming in spring for $300
Chris Welch / The Verge :
Line challenges Uber in Tokyo by integrating taxi service into its messaging app
David Corbin / Tech in Asia :
Uber's Latest Experiment Is Uber Cargo, A Logistics Service In Hong Kong
Jon Russell / TechCrunch :
Holiday sales of Nook hardware and accessories dropped 67.9% year-over-year
Todd Bishop / GeekWire :
LinkedIn Publishing Platform Now Accessible To 230 Million Members In All English-Speaking Countries
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Sling TV, Withings Activité Pop, Dell XPS 13, and more among this year's top CES announcements
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