Apple: Terrorist's Apple ID Passcode Changed In Government Custody, Blocking Access
Company executives made the revelation hours after the Department of Justice demanded in court that Apple create a way into Syed Farook's phone. — Managing Editor, BuzzFeed San Francisco — Andrew ...
DoJ files motion to compel Apple to comply with an order to help the FBI access data on San Bernardino shooter's iPhone
DoJ files motion to compel Apple to comply with FBI order — The Department of Justice has filed a motion to compel Apple to comply with an order to help the FBI access data …
Justice Department Calls Apple's Refusal to Unlock iPhone a ‘Marketing Strategy’
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department, impatient over its inability to unlock the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino killers, demanded Friday that a judge immediately order Apple to give it the technic...
Apple and the US government have been at odds over iPhone encryption since the debut of iOS 8
Police Reset Shooter's Apple ID Passcode that leaves iPhone Data Unrecoverable David Pierson / Los Angeles Times : Why Apple's fight with the FBI could have reverberations in China Steven Norton / Wal...
House Judiciary Committee requests testimony from Apple officials, Energy and Commerce seeks testimony from Tim Cook and James Comey
Congress Seeks Apple Testimony Amid FBI Row Over Encryption — At least two House committees are planning hearings on issue — Apple is fighting a court order to help FBI unlock an iPhone
Apple Executives Say New iPhones Also Vulnerable To ‘Back Door’ Requested By FBI
In a call with reporters today, Apple executives spoke in response to a motion the Justice Department filed today to force Apple to comply with a request from the FBI to provide access to the iPhone …
Google to stop showing AdWords ads on right side of desktop search, will appear at top and bottom, with Product Listings Ads being only ads appearing on right
Confirmed: Google To Stop Showing Ads On Right Side Of Desktop Search Results Worldwide — A long-running test is now rolling …
Microsoft, Qualcomm, Intel, Cisco, Samsung, others form Internet of Things standards group Open Connectivity Foundation
Microsoft, Qualcomm And Intel Start Playing Nice On ‘Internet Of Things’ Standards — Chip making rivals Intel and Qualcomm want to finally play nice in the “Internet of Things.”
Samsung Pay has about 5M registered users, processed over $500M in first 6 months, will expand to China in March
Samsung Pay Continues Global Momentum in 2016 — Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., announced that Samsung Pay, the most accepted mobile payment service that works at the majority …
Salesforce Acquires PredictionIO To Build Up Its Machine Learning Muscle
Salesforce has made another acquisition to build out its technology in machine learning and big data analytics: the company has acquired PredictionIO, a startup based out of Palo Alto that had develop...
How Tumblr's teen comedy geniuses find fame, build audiences, outsmart ad networks, strike it rich, then lose it all, without adults ever noticing
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Encrypted messaging service Ricochet, which uses Tor hidden services to avoid storing metadata, passes security audit by NCC Group
‘Ricochet’, the Messenger That Beats Metadata, Passes Security Audit — Although users are now saturated with options on mobile and desktop for encrypted messaging …
Sources: after launching a year ago, Sling TV now has more than 600K subscribers; Chief Executive Roger Lynch says “vast majority” are not pay-TV subscribers
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Garmin redesigns Vivofit wristband, adds automatic workout tracking, more; Vivoactive HR smart watch adds optical heart rate sensors, bigger face
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Inside VC funding squeeze: DraftKings raises $100M through convertible notes paying 5% interest rate, DoorDash gives investors right to block an IPO
For Silicon Valley, the Hangover Begins — With venture-capital investors increasingly nervous, once-hot tech startups are retrenching
Volvo announces pilot program in Sweden that lets drivers unlock their car via a smartphone app, enabling key sharing, with planned commercial launch in 2017
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Nextbit Robin review: average hardware wrapped in a slick design, cloud backup service works seamlessly but doesn't back up videos
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Apple says reported Apple Pay issues with signing up in China were due to planned gradual rollout
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Some upper middle class Chinese people are becoming Uber drivers to ease loneliness caused by distance from family, abundance of spare time after retirement
Zheping Huang / Quartz : Tweets: @dzeij_dii Tweets: @dzeij_dii : Neoliberalism gonna neoliberalise but ppl find ways 2 live & thrive despite & bc of systems http://qz.com/... (also via @cnqmdi!)
Leaked documents reveal Zenefits projected annual recurring revenue of $127M for 2015, but only topped $60M
Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg Business : Tweets: @roddrury Tweets: Rod Drury / @roddrury : Jeepers, Zenefits only $60m ARR !? http://www.bloomberg.com/...
Ex-Buzzfeed president Jon Steinberg launches Cheddar, a video streaming startup for millennials covering CNBC-like topics, with $3M in funding
Alyson Shontell / Business Insider : Tweets: @ron_miller and @petersterne . Thanks: @stevetweedie . See also Mediagazer Tweets: Ron Miller / @ron_miller : Seriously? What the heck is CNBC for millenn...
Steve Bellovin, co-director of Columbia Cybersecurity and Privacy Center, joins Obama's NSA advisory group, the PCLOB, as first tech scholar
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