BlackBerry unveils SecuTablet, based on the Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 and incorporating Secusmart encryption technology, plans summer rollout
BlackBerry Unveils New Security-Focused Tablet — Device developed together with Samsung and IBM — TORONTO—BlackBerry Ltd. unveiled …
Google Flight Search now provides amenity data through partnership with Routehappy
Making a decision on which flight to take is about to get a tad easier, as Google Flight Search results will soon display amenity information for each flight. — The new information is the result …
Gigaom struggled with significant debt for years, recently spent $400K/month on rent and interest; unprofitable research arm became a drag on the company
The Long Story Behind Gigaom's Sudden Demise — When Gigaom's managers announced the tech news publisher was laying off …
A week on the Dark Web: drugs, child pornography, guns, and stolen accounts are everywhere
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Google inserting conspicuous message above search results urging Firefox users to switch default search engines
Google Is Practically Begging Firefox Users To Switch Their Default Search Engine — It almost looks desperate. Google has placed a big, new message above its organic search results …
Behind Disney World's MagicBands, a $1B wristband project that removes friction from theme park transactions, enabling reservations, purchases, and more
Disney's $1 Billion Bet on a Magical Wristband — If you want to imagine how the world will look in just a few years …
Meerkat CEO Ben Rubin on Twitter cutting off access to social graph, competition, and future of live video
Meerkat's Ben Rubin on Twitter, Competition and the Future of Live Video — Ben Rubin, the guy behind app-of-the-moment Meerkat, says he's not surprised that Twitter gave …
Widely-used open source Network Time Protocol depends primarily on one overworked project lead
NTP's Fate Hinges On ‘Father Time’ — The Network Time Protocol provides a foundation to modern computing. So why does NTP's support hinge so much on the shaky finances of one 59-year-old developer?...
Chris Poole hopes to sell 4chan, says Fappening and Gamergate stress triggered his departure
4chan's Overlord Christopher Poole Reveals Why He Walked Away — His website made him an unlikely teenage celebrity — then it spun out of control — At 11 a.m. on January 21st …
Former JPMorgan executive Blythe Masters joins blockchain startup Digital Asset Holdings
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LG G Flex 2 rectifies most flaws of the original G Flex, but is held back by slow software
LG G Flex 2 review — LG's new curved phone is a big improvement on the original, but is it better than its straight competition? — The G Flex smartphone line is LG's design and engineering showcas...
Netflix's war with Internet service providers is over, but Comcast and AT&T still have congestion issues with Internet backbone operators GTT and Zayo
Netflix war is over, but money disputes still harm Internet users — AT&T won't upgrade network without payment; Comcast is working to fix congestion.
Ellen Pao Says She Is Suing Kleiner Because It Wasn't Going to Change
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Ashton Kutcher And Guy Oseary Launch Sound Ventures, The Successor To A-Grade Investments
Most people probably know Ashton Kutcher for his success in television and film, but he's not-so-quietly also become a pretty successful investor in startups as well. Tweets: @semil and @ryanlawler Tw...
Drone hobbyist gets letter from regional FAA office in Tampa claiming his YouTube videos constitute restricted “commercial use”
video taken with a multicopter can't be posted on YouTube because it counts as commerce http://motherboard.vice.com/ ...
Tracking travelers' phones let Cincinnati airport cut security line waits by a third
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Ev Williams' VC Firm Obvious Ventures Has Raised $77.7 Million For Its First Fund, Filing Shows
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Multinational taxi incumbent Transdev fights Uber by spinning media, writing regulators, and suing
Serena Saitto / Bloomberg Business : Tweets: @digitalarun , @pernillet and @mdudas Tweets: Arun Sundararajan / @digitalarun : fascinating piece by @serenasaitto on the incumbent and union tactics to ...
A competitive landscape, and disgruntled partners and advertisers, challenge YouTube's dominance
Todd Spangler / Variety : Tweets: @tcarmody Tweets: Tim Carmody / @tcarmody : Ten years in, “YouTube has positioned itself to potentially blow the biggest halftime lead in the history of sports”: htt...
How Tyler Droll and Brooks Buffington built Yik Yak, an anonymous messaging app with valuation now approaching $400M
Alyson Shontell / Business Insider : Tweets: @sriramk and @ajs Tweets: Sriram Krishnan / @sriramk : Love this deep piece on YikYak for the bit on how @bonatsos found them. Just old fashioned AppStore...
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