Dick Costolo to step down as Twitter CEO, will remain on board; Jack Dorsey to become interim CEO effective July 1
Twitter Initiates CEO Transition — Dick Costolo to Step Down as CEO on July 1 and Continue on Board of Directors Co-Founder and Chairman Jack Dorsey to Become Interim CEO …
Sources: BlackBerry considering Android for upcoming smartphone as it moves focus to software and device management
Exclusive: BlackBerry may put Android system on new device: sources — BlackBerry (BB.TO) is considering equipping an upcoming smartphone with Google Inc.'s (GOOGL.O) …
Federal worker union says Social Security Numbers and other data on all federal employees stolen in hack of Office of Personnel Management
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French privacy watchdog demands Google make right to be forgotten delistings global, gives 15 days to comply
Google Must Expand Privacy Delistings, Says French Watchdog — The French data protection watchdog has ordered Google to widen its implementation of the so-called European 'right …
Office of Personnel Management hacker breach is far worse than first believed, was exposed during sales demo by security company
Why The OPM Breach Is Such a Security and Privacy Debacle — If it's not already a maxim, it should be: Every big hack discovered will eventually prove to be more serious than first believed.
Read the emails that Dick Costolo and Jack Dorsey sent to Twitter staff announcing CEO change
Read Dick Costolo's Goodbye to Twitter and Jack Dorsey's Hello — Shortly after 1 p.m. in San Francisco on Thursday, Dick Costolo told his staff, and the world, that he would be stepping down at Twit...
Interview with Dick Costolo and Jack Dorsey on Twitter's CEO transition: Dorsey doesn't deny interest in becoming full-time CEO
I just interviewed Twitter's Jack Dorsey and Dick Costolo — here's what they had to say — In something of a surprise, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo announced …
Oculus Previews “Oculus Touch” Handheld Motion-Tracking Haptic Controllers
Oculus wants to go beyond the Xbox One controller shipping with the Rift, so today it showed off the prototype of Oculus Touch, a set of handheld motion controllers that let you see your hands in virt...
OpenSSL Patches Five Flaws, Adds Protection Against Logjam Attack
The OpenSSL project has patched several moderate- and low-severity security vulnerabilities and also has added protection against the Logjam attack in new releases of the software. — Most of the vul...
Sources: Google's Android One program has failed to gain wide traction, program further stymied by underwhelming support from OEM partners
Beset With Failures, Google Tries to Breathe New Life Into Android One — Last September, Google inaugurated Android One, a cheap smartphone line …
Leaked Kalanick email: Uber nears 1M trips/day in China, plans investment of over $1B there in 2015 and a new round of funding specifically for UberChina
Uber nears 1m trips every day in China — Uber drivers are making close to 1m trips every day in China, almost …
Oculus unveils its consumer Rift VR headset
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Twitter Expands Its “Experiments” Beta Testing Program To iOS
In 2013, Twitter launched a beta testing program for Android that allows users to try out new builds of the Twitter application as well as test experimental features ahead of a public release.
Oculus Announces Games For Rift, Includes Multiple Developers, $10 Million For Indie Games
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Ad Tech Firms Find Venture Capital Funding Is Running Dry
It's a tough time to be raising money if you have the words “ad” and “tech” close together in your business plan. — Executives in the advertising technology sector and venture capitalists who are ve...
Video ad tech company TubeMogul raises $82.9M in secondary stock market offering
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Greylock Partners hires its first female investment partner, Pinterest product manager Sarah Tavel
Greylock Just Hired Its First Female Investment Partner — The product manager who oversaw Pinterest's search tool, Sarah Tavel, is headed to Greylock.
Cybersecurity bill that would protect companies from lawsuits when sharing cyber-attack information in limbo after Senate fails to pass it as an amendment
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Twitter will increase DM character limit from 140 to 10,000 in July
Will.I.Am visiting Twitter headquarters in 2010 Jemima Kiss / Guardian : Dick Costolo: Twitter unfollows the leader as social milestones are missed Shashidhar KJ / MediaNama : Twitter CEO Dick Costolo...
Google Slides for Android and iOS now lets you stream presentations to your TV via Chromecast and AirPlay
Google Slides supports Chromecast and AirPlay Billy Steele / Engadget : Google Slides adds Chromecast support for your next presentation (update: AirPlay too) Christian de Looper / Tech Times : Google...
Oculus Rift will ship with Xbox One controller so you can play Xbox One games through the VR headset in new partnership between Oculus and Microsoft
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Dating apps and sites growing but profits remain elusive
The Dating Business: Love on the Rocks — Tinder's success helps fuel explosion of dating apps and sites, as it gets harder to turn a profit in the matchmaking game — Like bunnies, dating apps have...
Messaging App Firm Line Launches Paid-For Music Streaming Service In Japan
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Court refuses to halt FCC rules, net neutrality rules go into effect on Friday
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Twitter opens HQ in Singapore, plans to add over 100 to current staff of 80 in the next few years
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“Free” app for iOS, co-founded by product designer Danny Trinh, lets you see which friends are available to hang out
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Facebook Messenger hits 700M monthly users, up from 600M in March
Alexei Oreskovic / Business Insider : Tweets: @adnys Tweets: Andrew D. Nystrom / @adnys : What's cool? 15% growth on 600M. $fb http://twitter.com/...
Security firm Rapid7 files for $80 million IPO
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Product Hunt makes first expansion away from tech with new gaming category to be led by Polygon co-founder Russ Frushtick
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