FBI Tells Local Law Enforcement It Will Help Unlock Phones
A law enforcement official told BuzzFeed News the FBI sent the advisory to local authorities on Friday in order to provide them with “technical assistance.” — Just days after breaking into a terrori...
As Apple turns 40, a look at the notes Regis McKenna took as he formulated an advertising and PR plan for Apple II
Regis McKenna's 1976 Notebook And The Invention Of Apple Computer, Inc. — On Apple's 40th birthday, an exclusive look at the notes its original media strategist took as he formulated an advertising ...
Acer and Google announce Chromebase for meetings, a 24-inch, all-in-one video-conferencing device, available from $799 in US, UK, Canada, Australia, and Ireland
Chromebase for meetings makes video-conferencing personal and simple — Since we introduced Chromebox for meetings just over two years ago …
Oculus Refund Shipping Costs as Rift Shipments Delayed Due to “Component Shortages”
It seems that Oculus are acknowledging the troublesome Rift launch and associated delivery delays by covering shipping costs for affected customers. According to emails sent out by Oculus to customer...
Colombian hacker claims to have rigged elections throughout Latin America by manipulating social media, spying on other campaigns, stealing information
How to Hack an Election — Andrés Sepúlveda rigged elections throughout Latin America for almost a decade.
Slack raised $200M round at a valuation of $3.8B, now has 2.7M daily active users, of which 800K are paid
Slack just raised another $200 million round, and it's now worth $3.8 billion — Slack just confirmed that it's raised $200 million at a $3.8 billion valuation, confirming what Business Insider had p...
comScore: millennials spend 2.5x as much time in Facebook as in closest competitor, Snapchat
Are Young People Leaving Facebook? Not Even Close. (Chart) — There has been a general perception over the past few years that millennials are abandoning Facebook in search of greener …
Source: Facebook backs off bid to stream NFL Thursday games, balks at traditional ad model preventing commercial-free streams; Yahoo, Amazon still contenders
Facebook Said to Back Off Bid to Stream NFL Thursday Night Games — Social media company turned off by commercials, London games
Wim Coekaerts, who headed Linux efforts at Oracle as SVP, moves to Microsoft as Corporate Vice President of Open Source
Head of Oracle Linux moves to Microsoft — The man who turned Oracle into a Linux power, Wim Coekaerts, has moved to Microsoft. — LAKE TAHOE, Calif. …
Airbnb to purge illegal hotels from San Francisco listings, releases SF data set showing 1/5 of full-home rentals are controlled by multiple-property operators
Airbnb to purge illegal hotels from San Francisco listings — Airbnb says it is cracking down on San Francisco hosts who violate the city's law on short-term rentals.
StubHub experiment will let Final Four and San Francisco Giants ticket buyers preview seats in VR
StubHub Will Use Virtual Reality to Let You Preview Your Seat — Like many companies, eBay is convinced virtual reality is the next big thing. But also like a lot of companies …
Samsung Galaxy TabPro S review: sleek and portable, good display and keyboard, but 4GB of RAM is not enough, battery not as good as advertised
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Fitbit Blaze, Alta devices sell over 1 million units each in first month
The surprise success of the new devices may calm investors' fears (for now). — Fitbit's newest trackers have made quite an impression with customers despite only being available for less than a mont...
Investment robo-advisor Betterment raises $100M Series E led by Sweden's Kinnevik at $700M valuation
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Hands-on with HoloLens: an amazing device, it now needs great software to go with it
There was a fish in the bathtub. Mona Lalwani / Engadget : Untethered and unguided: Our first deep look at HoloLens Tweets: Albert Wenger / @albertwenger : Web browsing looks painful (why would you?) ...
Sources: Egypt blocked Facebook's Free Basics service after the company refused to let the government spy on users
Tor says CloudFlare's claim that 94% of requests from Tor are malicious is likely based on flawed methodology, asks for explanation
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BlackBerry Q4 misses expectations with 600K phones sold, $238M loss on revenue of $464M
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Sources: Dell's SecureWorks seeking to launch IPO this month, begin roadshow the week of April 11
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On demand office services startup Managed by Q raises $25M Series B round led by GV
GV's investment in Managed by Q Sindy Nanclares / VentureBeat : ‘Smart’ office startup Managed by Q snags $25 million from GV and Kapor Capital Jordan Crook / TechCrunch : Managed By Q, the digital of...
DJI files US patent lawsuit against rival Yuneec, starting drone industry's first major legal fight
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Xiaomi hopes products that aren't smartphones, TVs, or routers, including a newly announced high-end smart rice cooker, will reach $1.5B in sales this year
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