Tech companies appear open to helping US government combat Islamic State after summit
Silicon Valley appears open to helping US spy agencies after terrorism summit — Obama administration acknowledges ‘complicated first amendment issues’ after top counter-terrorism officials traveled ...
Sources: iPhone 7 will do away with the standard 3.5mm headphone jack; premium Bluetooth Beats earbuds with charging carrying case could debut this fall
Apple developing revamped, cord-free Beats with charging case ahead of iPhone 7 — With its resources from the 2014 acquisition …
Microsoft's cellular data app for Windows 10 suggests it may be developing its own SIM card
Microsoft is building its own SIM card for Windows — Microsoft is planning to make LTE access a little easier soon, thanks to its own SIM card. The software giant is currently testing …
To fight ISIS online, White House announces DHS-led counter-terrorism task force involving other federal, local agencies, plus revamp of State Department effort
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Amid reports the next iPhone won't have a headphone jack, 200K+ sign petition asking Apple to keep it
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Peach is a new social networking app from Vine co-founder Dom Hofmann that gives you quick access to things to share with “Magic Words”
Peach.cool is Friday's hottest social network — It's been a while since the last fameball social network took the Twittersphere by storm …
Samsung sees mild recovery for Q4 with operating profit of $5.1B, up 15% YoY, says aim in 2016 is to “minimize the damage from tough business conditions”
Samsung Sees Mild Recovery for Fourth Quarter, but Warns of Tough 2016 — In its search for new avenues of growth …
Dell offers $200 off the Oculus Rift when purchased with an Oculus Ready PC; bundles start at $1600
Alienware And Dell Announce Oculus Ready PC Bundles For $1,600 — At CES 2016, Alienware and Dell announced Oculus Ready PC bundles that will start at $1,600.
Razer launches $999 Blade Stealth Ultrabook and Core GPU enclosure dock that connects with Thunderbolt 3 and can drive both internal and external screens
Razer uses Thunderbolt 3 to add dedicated graphics to its sleek new Ultrabook — $999 Blade Stealth expands the lineup, Razer Core GPU enclosure helps it game.
Sources: Yahoo reassesses whether to spinoff its main Internet business, considers outright sale
Yahoo to Reconsider Sale of Web Business Instead of Spinoff — A decision to sell would contradict Yahoo's intent to spin — Verizon has publicly stated interest in acquiring Yahoo
T-Mobile Confirms It Slows Connections to Video Sites
Though T-Mobile still wants to play games with words, the company has admitted it's slowing down streams as part of its unlimited video service. — T-Mobile customers who activate the company's contr...
FCC says 34M people, about 10% of the US, still lack access to fixed broadband at FCC's benchmark speed of 25Mbps down, 3Mbps up
US fails its annual broadband deployment test at FCC — The Federal Communications Commission's annual review of broadband deployment says that advanced Internet service …
Juniper Networks will drop code tied to National Security Agency
Juniper Networks Inc said late on Friday it would stop using a piece of security code that analysts believe was developed by the National Security Agency in order to eavesdrop through technology produ...
Sources: Yahoo's programmatic ad program generates mostly fraudulent traffic, ad management system is broken
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In Y Combinator reorg, Paul Buchheit, Gmail creator and FriendFeed founder, is now managing partner of core YC program, Altman remains president
YC Switches Up Its Management, As Altman Shifts Focus — Famed accelerator Y Combinator has grown a lot under the direction of Sam Altman …
Motorola name to be slowly phased out, products to carry label “Moto by Lenovo” instead
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Karma is cutting the speeds of its unlimited data plan
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Sprint set to join other major US carriers in killing two-year contracts for smartphones, according to leaked internal document
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Defense lawyers allege that FBI hosted a child pornography site for 13 days to catch users and were therefore complicit in distributing the material
Joseph Cox / Motherboard :
IBM Sells Salary.com Compensation Business To The Original Founding Team
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Twitch cofounder Justin Kan on the genius of Snapchat: no like or follow counts means no social proof arms race, which encourages more sharing
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At CES, an increasing number of third-party smart home products integrate with Amazon's Alexa
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