LastPass warns it was hacked, says secure vault storing user passwords was not accessed, but account email addresses, password reminders, more were compromised
LastPass Security Notice — We want to notify our community that on Friday, our team discovered and blocked suspicious activity on our network.
Privacy groups opt out of US talks on face recognition, say they can't achieve minimum rights for consumers
Consumer Groups Back Out of Federal Talks on Face Recognition — A central component of President Obama's effort to give consumers more control over how companies collect and share …
Uber failed to win delivery deals with Apple, Starbucks as its push into logistics proves costly and complex
The $50 Billion Question: Can Uber Deliver? — Investors are counting on Uber to upend the delivery business much as it has for taxis, but progress has been slow so far
Hack of cloud-based LastPass exposes encrypted master passwords, although risk attackers could obtain plain-text passwords appears minimal
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Fitbit raises IPO goal by 37% to $655.6M at $17-19 per share; company could be valued at up to $3.9B
Fitbit Boosts IPO Goal by Up to 37% on Health-Device Demand — Fitbit Inc. co-founder James Park. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg — Fitbit Inc., the maker of wearable devices …
St. Louis Cardinals investigated by FBI for hacking Astros; internal discussions about trades, proprietary statistics, and scouting reports were compromised
St. Louis Cardinals Investigated by F.B.I. for Hacking Astros — WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. and Justice Department prosecutors …
Adobe announces 2015 Creative Cloud updates and the new integrated Adobe Stock image service for additional fees
Adobe Announces 2015 Creative Cloud Updates, New Integrated Adobe Stock Service — Adobe today announced that all of its Creative Cloud desktop apps, including Photoshop …
PlayStation Vue expands to San Francisco and Los Angeles; a la carte channels like Showtime, Fox Soccer Plus, and Machinima coming in July
PlayStation Vue announces a la carte service, coming to SF and LA — Sony's PlayStation live TV streaming service is launching tonight in new markets …
New Xbox One interface shown: Quicker, social, and Cortana-equipped
And far fewer tiles than before. — The Xbox One is getting a major update later this year that'll bring an all-new user interface to the console. Microsoft gave a short preview of the new interface...
Microsoft unveils Xbox One Elite controller with four paddles on back and completely swappable components; launching in October at $150
Microsoft unveils new $150 Xbox One Elite controller—and we've held it — Includes paddles, “hair-trigger,” sensitivity options, swappable steel joysticks.
Twitter CFO Anthony Noto's rapid ascent at Twitter makes him a front-runner to succeed Dick Costolo as CEO
Twitter CFO's Ascent Creates New Power Center — Anthony Noto has amassed a broad range of responsibilities, emerging as a front-runner to succeed Dick Costolo
Twitter rolls out auto-play videos and GIFs after several months of testing
Twitter Finally Rolls Out Auto-Play Video — Twitter is officially rolling out ads that will play automatically in a user's timeline, taking on the dominant forces in online video advertising — Googl...
Adobe Brings Photoshop Mix, Brush CC, Shape CC And Color CC To Android
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Google Maps Now Warns You If You Are Navigating To A Place That Will Be Closed When You Arrive
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UK tech firm designs system using emoji instead of PIN numbers for online banking, says they are harder to hack, easier to remember
but there's one potential security flaw Zara Ali / Ubergizmo : Security Software Enables Emoji As Passcode Matt Hanson / TechRadar.com : Your new PIN: Smiley face, two surprised cats, small pile of po...
Behind the scenes at US Digital Service and 18F, part of Obama's new digital corps which is attracting top Silicon Valley talent
Inside Obama's Stealth Startup — President Obama has quietly recruited top tech talent from the likes of Google and Facebook. Their mission: to reboot how government works.
Microsoft is building a special version of Minecraft for HoloLens
Tom Warren / The Verge :
Sources: Amazon is developing an app that pays ordinary people, rather than carriers, to deliver packages; no firm timetable for when the service would launch
Amazon Considers Paying People to Drop Off Packages — Web retailer mulls paying people to drop off packages amid push to cut shipping costs
Sources: Alibaba and Foxconn in talks to invest $500M in India's Snapdeal at a $5B valuation
Alibaba, Foxconn in Talks to Invest $500 Million in India's Snapdeal — An investment by Alibaba and Foxconn could value the e-commerce startup at $5 billion
Hands-on with YouTube Gaming—Google built itself a Twitch killer
A slick interface, huge user base, and tons of content should have Twitch worried. — NEW YORK—YouTube Gaming is coming! YouTube's Twitch Killer was announced on Friday, so we stopped by the YouTube...
Microsoft is also partnering with Valve for VR on Windows 10
Devindra Hardawar / Engadget :
Evernote CEO Phil Libin is planning to step down, and working to find his replacement
CEO Change Brewing at Evernote — Evernote CEO Phil Libin has long said he wants to build a 100-year company. Now he's actively looking for his own replacement to take the startup into its second de...
Google expands security rewards to bugs in Android devices, starting with Nexus 6 and Nexus 9
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat :
Kaspersky says Duqu 2.0 malware used stolen Foxconn certificates to penetrate its network, tap Iranian talks
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica :
Google disables newer card-based bookmarks manager in Chrome, now defaults to old one
Joey-Elijah Sneddon / OMG! Chrome! :
OS X El Capitan preview: a series of minor, but welcome improvements
Dana Wollman / Engadget :
Philo Raises $10 Million From NEA, HBO & Others For Its On-Campus Internet TV Service
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Google Sheets updated with data analysis, visualization tools
Rachel King / ZDNet :
Zynga Acquires Mark Pincus's Incubator, Superlabs
Kurt Wagner / Re/code :
FCC Names Ombudsperson to Hear Your Net Neutrality Complaints
Amy Schatz / Re/code :
Google Play app downloads now 2x iOS, but Android users spend half as much as iOS users, up from 1/4 a year ago; Play revenues may overtake App Store this year
Benedict Evans :
Mobli launches EyeIn, an image search engine that crawls social networks for the best pictures for breaking news, trending topics, and live events
Catherine Shu / TechCrunch :
Sources: GitHub looking to raise a $200M round at a valuation of about $2B
Leslie Picker / Bloomberg Business :
Apple is hiring editors to curate content for News app and work with publications to quickly surface breaking stories, according to a company job listing
Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac :
Sony says at least 30 games are being developed for Project Morpheus, will price the headset at “several hundred dollars”
Peter Rubin / Wired :
With buy buttons, tech giants run the risk of alienating retail partners and will face challenges integrating payments and inventory systems
Jason Del Rey / Re/code :
Netflix rolls out revamped website, its first major update in 4 years
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat :
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Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.