Mozilla deactivates all versions of Adobe Flash in Firefox by default, until Adobe patches security issues
Mozilla blocks all versions of Adobe Flash in Firefox — Mozilla has added all versions of Adobe Flash up to the most recent version 18.0.0.203 to the Firefox blocklist.
Former Reddit CEO says Alexis Ohanian responsible for firing that touched off Reddit revolt, noting a “stunning lack of leadership” in letting Pao take the heat
And Why It Isn't Digg All Over Again Jon Fingas / Engadget : Former Reddit CEO says Ellen Pao was a scapegoat Matt Weinberger / Business Insider : Former Reddit CEO says Ellen Pao was framed Steven Lo...
Reddit's chief engineer Bethanye Blount quits after less than two months on the job; claims loss of confidence in the direction of the company
Reddit Chief Engineer Bethanye Blount Quits After Less Than Two Months on the Job — Reddit's chief engineer Bethanye Blount quit just days …
Nokia may bring back mobile phones, but only through brand-licensing model, and not earlier than Q4 2016 because of Microsoft agreement
Nokia comments on media speculation about mobile devices — The following has been posted by Robert Morlino, spokesman for Nokia Technologies
Facebook testing Moneypenny, a personal assistant inside Messenger that consults real people for help researching and ordering products, among other tasks
Facebook is working on a digital assistant named Moneypenny to help you find and buy products — Facebook Messenger is getting …
Apple Pay lands in the UK, some major banks missing
Apple's mobile payments service, available in the US since October, has expanded across the pond — but some of the announced partners aren't on board.
Google launches Eddystone, an open source, cross-platform Bluetooth LE beacon format
Meet Google's “Eddystone”—a flexible, open source iBeacon fighter — Google's cross-platform standard combines the best of iBeacon and The Physical Web. — Move over iBeacon—today Google is launchin...
Google About To Reopen Map Maker, Largely Outsourcing Moderation
After the recent rash of map vandalism and other map mischief that caused Google to shut down Map Maker, the company is getting ready to reopen it. Simultaneously Google is instituting a new moderati...
FanDuel raises $275M round led by KKR, source says at a valuation well over $1B
FanDuel Raises $275 Million, Births Unicorn — FanDuel, one of the two major players in the budding daily fantasy sports industry, has raised $275 million in new venture funding.
News sites are getting slower: the New York Times takes 4 mins and 2MB of data download to view one story
News Sites Are Fatter and Slower Than Ever — An analysis of download times highlights how poorly designed news sites are. That's more evidence of poor implementation of ads... and a strong case for...
Match Group Buys PlentyOfFish For $575M To Bag More Singles
A spot of consolidation in the online dating space today, with Match Group, the subsidiary of Tinder and OkCupid owner IAC, announcing it has agreed to acquire PlentyOfFish (POF) for $575 million in c...
Hacking Team's malware uses UEFI rootkit to survive OS reinstalls
Surveillance software maker Hacking Team has provided its government customers with the ability to infect the low-level firmware found in laptops and other computers that they wanted to spy on.
Workday launches venture fund to invest in data science startups
Workday is betting that the next 10 years will be about data science for the enterprise and is playing the venture capital game accordingly. — Workday on Tuesday said it will launch a venture fund f...
China's campaign to build a database on Americans began with hacking travel records in 2013; recent OPM breach was part of the same campaign
Hacked in the U.S.A.: China's Not-So-Hidden Infiltration Op — The vast cyber-attack in Washington began with, of all things, travel reservations.
State-Owned Chinese Chip Maker Tsinghua Unigroup Makes $23 Billion Bid for Micron
Eva Dou / Wall Street Journal :
Cyprus Intelligence Service head resigns over Hacking Team's software purchases
Amazon Web Services backs $400M 208MW wind farm in North Carolina, expects to start generating energy in Dec 2016
John Murawski / Raleigh News & Observer :
Forrester: Tablet Sales Have Plateaued But There's A Future In Business
Sarah Buhr / TechCrunch :
Comcast's Gigabit Pro 2Gbps internet will cost $300/month, up to $1000 in installation and activation fees; early promo rate of $159 a month on 2 year contract
Chris Welch / The Verge :
Electronic Arts, Comcast partner to bring game streaming to TVs in beta service that streams over set-top boxes and uses smartphones and tablets as controllers
Ian Sherr / CNET :
Walmart launches rival sale to Amazon's Prime Day
Hadley Malcolm / USA Today :
Microsoft unveils GigJam, a Cortana driven, cross-platform, realtime and asynchronous business collaboration app
Harry McCracken / Fast Company :
Microsoft to expand Surface sales channel from hundreds to thousands of partners, delays Surface Hub launch
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat :
Hillary Clinton Says On-Demand Economy Raises Hard Questions About Workplace Protections
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
Rackspace partners with Microsoft, extends support from private to public and hybrid Azure clouds
Toby Wolpe / ZDNet :
IBM, Nvidia, U.S. Dept. of Energy outline supercomputing centers, collaboration
Larry Dignan / ZDNet :
Uber, other suitors no longer bidding for Here; Nokia continues talks with BMW, Audi, and Mercedes-Benz consortium, wants at least $4B for its mapping service
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Snapchat adjusts its design to bring more visibility to “Discover” section for news and ads
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