Google updates adult content policy for Blogger, states public sharing of sexually explicit images and video will not be allowed after March 23
Adult content policy on Blogger — Starting March 23, 2015, you won't be able to publicly share images and video that are sexually explicit or show graphic nudity on Blogger.
Pebble Time smartwatch with color display launches exclusively on Kickstarter for $159
Pebble launches new smartwatch exclusively on Kickstarter — After revealing that it would be launching new hardware and software this year and teasing an announcement with a countdown timer …
Apple Acquires Popular Instrument and Effect Plug-In Maker Camel Audio
Apple appears to have acquired popular music plug-in and effect maker Camel Audio, based on information found on corporate registry site Companies House [PDF]. Camel Audio's address has been updated ...
Google says Chromebook Pixel 2 is coming soon, pulls video of announcement made at an event
Google Say Chromebook Pixel 2 Will Go On Sale Soon — Google has confirmed that a second generation Chromebook Pixel will go on sale ‘soon’. — Speaking at the Team Work 2015 event this week …
How Pebble built Pebble Time amidst looming competition from Android Wear and Apple Watch
A Pebble in Apple's Shoe — In the battle for your wrist, a small company thinks it can hold off the tech giants by going back to its Kickstarter roots— with a watch called Time
Apple releases second OS X 10.10.3 pre-release w/ latest Photos app version, new Emoji, more
Earlier this month, Apple released the first OS X 10.10.3 pre-release update to testers with a beta version of the iPhoto replacement app called Photos. Today an updated build is rolling out to teste...
Pebble Hits Its $500K Kickstarter Target For Pebble Time In Just 17 Minutes
Pebble knew that a return to Kickstarter was the right path for its new hardware, and the speed with which it reached its goal has proven that to be true: Already, the campaign has passed $500,000 on ...
Facebook counts 2M businesses as advertisers, launches Ads Manager app on iOS
Introducing Ads Manager App — As business owners and marketers spend less time on desktop computers and more on mobile devices, advertisers have a growing need to manage Facebook campaigns on the go...
Visa announces credit card tech that could speed up Apple Pay's arrival in Europe
Visa Europe has announced that it's introducing a secure way to pay with your smartphone while keeping your credit card details concealed. Bringing the method to Europe could speed up the arrival of ...
At $765B+, Apple's market cap is double any other publicly traded US company
Apple Is Now More Than Double the Size of Exxon—And Everyone Else — Just how ginormous is Apple Inc. now? — As the iPhone-maker's shares continue to set fresh record highs, its market cap is now a...
Plex for Roku gets updated with flat design for smoother, faster access to your library
The Plex for Roku app today received a visual overhaul with a new flat design and carousel layout that sees more content fit on the user's home screen, adding faster access to their library.
Siri learns Russian, Danish, Dutch, Portuguese, Swedish, Thai and Turkish for iOS 8.3 beta 2
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Artemis is building 4G network using its pCell technology on Dish spectrum to cover most of SF
Artemis is building a 4G network in SF to prove its pCell tech works — Source: Shutterstock / Max Krasnov — Credit: Shutterstock / Max Krasnov — Source: Shutterstock / Max Krasnov
FTC fines marketers of two apps that claim to detect melanoma
A screenshot of advertising for MelApp. (Courtesy of the FTC.) — The Federal Trade Commission on Monday announced two enforcement actions against the makers of two smartphone apps — “Mole Detective...
Firefox 36 arrives with full HTTP/2 support and a new design for Android tablets
Mozilla today launched Firefox 36 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. Major additions to the browser include full HTTP/2 support and a new tablet user interface on Android.
Marketing firm Adnear experiments with drones in LA to determine location of mobile devices
Drones overhead in L.A.'s Valley are tracking mobile devices' locations — Obsessed with mobile growth? Join us February 23-24 when we reveal the best technologies and strategies to help your compan...
Debate between Yahoo chief ISO and NSA director over backdoors illustrates growing disconnect between Washington and Silicon Valley
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Majority of health sites send troves of data about your medical searches to third-party companies
Looking Up Symptoms Online? These Companies Are Tracking You — It's 2015—when we feel sick, fear disease, or have questions about our health, we turn first to the internet.
Twilio Acquires Two-Factor Authentication Service Authy
Scoops Up Authy To Help Deliver Secure Comms silicontap.com : Twilio Buys Authy
Samsung Galaxy Core Prime coming to Verizon February 26 for $29.99 with two-year contract; 64-bit, quad core 1.2 GHz chipset, 1 GB RAM, 4.5-inch display
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Valve to show SteamVR hardware, final version of Steam Controller, and new Steam devices at GDC
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EFF Outlines Plan to Fix the Broken Patent System
Dave Maass / Electronic Frontier Foundation :
Behind three-day-old service Magic, which aims to fulfill any request sent via SMS “like magic”
Seth Fiegerman / Mashable :
MLB considers spinning off its powerful streaming business
Chris Welch / The Verge :
Edward Snowden just did a Reddit AMA. Here's what we learned
(AP Photo/the Guardian … Tim Sohn / SocialTimes : Social Media Newsfeed: Europe Dislikes Facebook Privacy Policy | New Ad Targeting Kayla Epstein / Guardian : Highlights from the Snowden, Poitras, and...
Microsoft developing real-time location sharing app People Sense for Windows Phone with Bing integration, messaging and calling
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eBay launches Pulsar, an open-source, real-time analytics and stream-processing framework
Jonathan Vanian / Gigaom :
Gmail's autocomplete recommending infrequently used contacts, leading to missent emails
Jillian D'Onfro / Business Insider :
LinkedIn settles class-action suit over weak password security for $1.25M
Vindu Goel / New York Times :
Chegg Will Outsource All Its Print Textbooks to Remake Itself as a Digital-Only Company
Jason Del Rey / Re/code :
Lenovo CTO Peter Hortensius apologizes for Superfish vulnerability, promises new security policy going forward
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica :
HP reorgs cloud biz as Marten Mickos cedes key responsibilities
Barb Darrow / Gigaom :
Meet the Team That Makes It Possible for the Blind to Use Facebook
Cade Metz / Wired : Tweets: @soleio Tweets: @soleio : Incredibly proud of the folks behind the accessibility efforts at Facebook. This is life-changing work for many.http://www.wired.com/...
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