Apple to move iTunes Radio behind $10/month Apple Music paywall on January 29
iTunes Radio Will Soon Cost Money — Beats 1 is now the only free music product for Apple. — iTunes Radio, Apple's Pandora-style internet radio service, is going behind the $10 per month Apple Musi...
Google X Has a New Logo and New Plan to Turn Moonshots Into Actual Businesses
Welcome to the penultimate piece of our Alphabet series, a reported look at the what's what and who's who of each subsidiary in Google's new holding company. We have just two remaining — Google X and...
About 300 Hyatt hotels in 54 countries had their payment card systems infected with malware in breach announced last year
250 Hyatt hotels infected last year with payment data stealing malware — The hotel chain has admitted that 250 hotels in 54 countries were affected by the data breach.
Apple announces it will discontinue iAd App Network for developers on June 30th
On its developer news blog, Apple has announced that it is closing the iAd App Network on June 30th. Targeted at smaller publishers, the iAd App Network let developers pay reduced rates to feature ad...
Researcher: Apple only blacklisted programs exploiting the Gatekeeper vulnerability instead of fixing the underlying cause
How malware developers could bypass Mac's Gatekeeper without really trying — New researcher pokes holes in Apple's whack-a-mole approach for fixing Gatekeeper.
Federal civil lawsuit in California claims Twitter is responsible for ISIS tweets, raising questions about liability exemptions for online publishers
Can Twitter Be Liable for ISIS Tweets? — Islamic State has been able to mobilize followers via social media sites like Twitter .
Alphabet moves robotics division to X, hires ex-Nokia executive Hans Peter Brondmo to lead it
Alphabet Shakes Up Its Robotics Division — SAN FRANCISCO — Google's robotics division has been plagued by low morale and a lack of leadership since the unit's founder left abruptly in 2014.
Microsoft updates support policy: new CPUs will require Windows 10, a list of preferred devices will support older Windows versions, but only for 18 months
Microsoft updates support policy: New CPUs will require Windows 10 — In a change to its longstanding support policy …
Bitcoin could fail, a risk factor identified in USV's investments, but the mining community will likely accept a fork this year to resolve the block size crisis
Bitcoin Is Dead, Long Live Bitcoin — I've been writing about the Bitcoin blocksize debate here at AVC …
Microsoft evangelist shares details on Hololens: will be totally wireless, have up to 5.5 hours battery life, can link to other devices to share an experience
Microsoft Shares New Details On HoloLens: Up to 5.5 Hour Battery Life, Device Link And More — At an event in Tel Aviv …
Jawbone gets $165M round in all-equity deal valuing company at $1.5B, half its highest valuation of $3B, as president Sameer Samat heads back to Google
Jawbone Gets $165 Million in Complex Down Round, as Sameer Samat Heads Back to Google — Jawbone, the San Francisco maker …
Microsoft's iOS bridge, which eases iOS app porting to Windows 10, to debut in coming weeks
Microsoft's iOS bridge to Windows 10 is moving forward — Microsoft is readying an analyzer to help iOS developers check compatibility of their apps with the Windows iOS bridge toolkit.
MoneyTree report: VCs invested 33% less in late-stage companies from Q3 to Q4, while seed- and early-stage funding expanded; 2015 VC investment totaled $58.8B
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OpenSSH patches critical flaw that allows a malicious server to force clients to leak private keys
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US Supreme Court to consider whether US Patent and Trademark Office makes it too easy to successfully cancel patents under inter partes review
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US Supreme Court to hear Microsoft appeal over whether it should face class action suit arguing Xbox 360 had design defect that scratched discs
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Sources: China's JD.com invested $45M-$55M in shopping app startup Wish last year
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Sources: DoorDash and Sequoia now seeking to close funding round near prior valuation of $600M, after initially aiming for $1B
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IBM acquires payment fraud fighter IRIS Analytics
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Facebook hires a Bertelsmann business services unit to monitor and delete racist posts in Germany following public criticism
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Ross Ulbricht appeals Silk Road ruling; court brief focuses on corrupt agents, omits mention of seizure of Icelandic servers and theory that FBI hacked servers
Sarah Jeong / Motherboard : Tweets: @derektmead and @sarahjeong Tweets: @derektmead : Were the Silk Road's Iceland servers seized illegally? The gov's explanation didn't add up, but now we'll never k...
Beacon Technology Company Estimote Raises $10.7 Million Series A
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