New iOS bug crashes Messages app and reboots iPhones when a specific string of text is received via iMessage or SMS
New iOS Bug Crashing iPhones Simply by Receiving a Text Message [Includes Fix] — A new bug has been discovered in the Messages app, allowing a string of characters sent …
Vox Media acquires Re/code in all-stock deal, Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher to stay at Re/code after merger
Vox Media Acquiring ReCode — ReCode, the news website led by the veteran journalists Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher, is being acquired by Vox Media, a deal that reflects …
Re/code's reviews team of Katie Boehret, Bonnie Cha, and Lauren Goode to join Verge staff, Mossberg to write reviews, columns for both sites
The Verge and Recode are joining forces — I'm excited to announce that The Verge's parent company Vox Media is acquiring Recode …
IRS says hackers gained access to tax returns, other info of more than 100K taxpayers by targeting “Get Transcript” service and using SSNs, birth dates, more
APNewsBreak: IRS says thieves stole tax info from 100,000 — WASHINGTON (AP) — Thieves used an online service provided …
Apple replaces problematic OS X networking process discoveryd with mDNSResponder in new beta
Apple drops discoveryd in latest OS X beta following months of network issues — After many complaints from the developer community about poor networking performance on Yosemite …
Interview with Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel: Snapchat is planning an IPO, has 100M daily active users
Snapchat's Evan Spiegel Takes the Stage at Code Conference (Liveblog) — Snapchat considering changing or eliminating push-to-view feature. — Not entertaining any acquisition possibilities.
Comcast, investor in Vox Media and Recode, could end up buying them both
Vox on the block. — Before Vox Media struck a deal to buy Recode, the two digital publishers already had something in common: Comcast, which has invested in both companies and could end up owning th...
Obama administration sides with Oracle in Supreme Court fight with Google over copyrighted Java APIs
Let Oracle own API's, Justice Dept tells top court in surprise filing — The right of companies to use key elements of computer code, known as application programming interfaces (API's) …
Vox Media CEO Jim Bankoff explains the Re/code purchase: complementing The Verge's coverage, conference business, more
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Slides: Mary Meeker's Internet Trends Report for 2015
2015 Internet Trends — KPCB's Mary Meeker presents the 2015 Internet Trends report, 20 years after the inaugural “The Internet Report” was first published in 1995. Since then, the number of Interne...
Dell Ventures and Intel Capital Invest $45 Million in DocuSign
Just weeks after closing funding from growth investors at a $3 billion valuation, DocuSign Inc. has raised an additional $45 million from the venture arms of Dell and Intel at the same valuation.
Google and Yahoo have both held early acquisition talks with Flipboard in recent weeks but deal price hasn't yet been discussed
Google, Yahoo Have Had Talks to Buy Flipboard — Twitter's Flipboard discussions have largely stalled since April — Several Internet giants have inquired …
Brick and mortar retailer Hot Topic to buy ThinkGeek parent company Geeknet for $122M in cash and stock
One of the Biggest Tech IPOs of All Time Is Getting Bought by a Teen Clothing Store — From hardware company to e-tailer — Hot Topic, the fashion staple of suburban malls everywhere …
Mobile web traffic adds to desktop, which is not in decline as some reports might suggest
Mobile Isn't Killing the Desktop Internet — People are increasingly accessing online content on mobile devices, but that doesn't mean the desktop is in decline.
Supreme Court rules against Cisco in Commil wireless-tech patent infringement case, saying Cisco's belief that the patent was invalid is not legitimate defense
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Hewlett-Packard to acquire SDN company ConteXtream for Network Functions Virtualization
Jim Duffy / Network World :
iOS 9 Maps Transit navigation to include San Francisco, New York City, Toronto, London, Paris, and Berlin, in addition to China, at launch
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac :
Google open sources its signature Roboto font, the default used in Android and Chrome
Roozbeh Pournader / Google Open Source Blog :
Windows App Studio now lets you build and test Windows 10 apps for PCs, full support for mobile apps coming in future release
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat :
Android Auto review: maps, speech recognition, Google Now are great, but limited availability on Android and Hyundai Sonata is frustrating
the 2015 Hyundai Sonata Johana Bhuiyan / BuzzFeed : Android Auto Hits The Road In Hyundai's New Sonata Pete Pachal / Mashable : Android Auto starts shipping in real cars Dan Seifert / The Verge : The ...
Google's search app and Chrome on iOS now feature content from iOS apps that support deep links
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Oculus Acquires Computer Vision Company Surreal Vision for 3D Scene Reconstruction
Ben Lang / Road to VR :
eBay announces Promoted Listings for select sellers, plans to roll out Amazon Prime-like service eBay+ in Germany later this year
Tricia Duryee / GeekWire :
China's Weibo to invest $142M in leading taxi-hailing firms Didi Taxi and Kuaidi Taxi to fend off rival Uber
Yimou Lee / Reuters :
CrunchBase: 18% of startups with funding had a female founder in 2014, up from 9.5% in 2009
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Mandriva, developer of Mandriva Linux for PCs, shuts down after 17 years
Julie Bort / Business Insider :
AOL was approached by three bidders other than Verizon, considered selling Huffington Post, TechCrunch; CEO Armstrong gets bonus of about $59M for making deal
I was not one of the bidders for AOL Jay Yarow / @jyarow : Tim Armstrong gets a special $59 million bonus for selling AOL. http://recode.net/... See also Mediagazer
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