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| Steve Ragan / CSO Online: |
Hacking Team, which sells intrusion and surveillance tools to governments, breached; attackers release 400GB of internal documents, source code, and emails — Hacking Team hacked, attackers claim 400GB in dumped data — Firm made famous for helping governments spy on their citizens left exposed
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| Steve Ragan / CSO Online: |
As more details about Hacking Team's deals with repressive regimes like Sudan emerge from breach, company responds with vague denials and threats on Twitter — Hacking Team responds to data breach, issues public threats and denials — On Sunday evening, someone hijacked the Hacking Team account …
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Instagram is now storing photos in 1080x1080 resolution instead of 640x640, likely in preparation for a public upgrade soon — Instagram photos are now bigger — if you know where to look — Just over a week ago, I wrote plaintively about Instagram's archaic 640 x 640 resolution and the need …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon Debuts Dedicated Mobile Apps For Its Dropbox Competitor, Cloud Drive — Amazon has quietly expanded its Cloud Drive service - a competitor to Dropbox, Google Drive and other online file hosting services - to mobile platforms, with the release of dedicated apps on iTunes, Google Play, and the Amazon Appstore.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Sources: Microsoft will finalize Windows 10 RTM build this week to send to OEMs ahead of July 29 launch — Microsoft to finalize Windows 10 this week — Microsoft is planning to finalize Windows 10 this week, ahead of its official launch later this month.
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| Fred Wilson / AVC: |
A media platform based on blockchain will arrive soon, which unlike Reddit or Twitter can't be policed — The Decentral Authority — We've been big fans of Reddit since it was part of the first Y Combinator class ten years ago this summer. We've watched closely as it emerged as a community powered mostly by its users.
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SEC investigating improper selling of private tech stocks including employee-owned shares — Regulators Probe Marketing of Hot Private Tech Shares — Trading of such shares has boomed in recent months — Securities regulators have launched a broad investigation into whether hedge funds …
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| Orr Hirschauge / Wall Street Journal: |
Google's Waze to test carpooling service in Israel; drivers limited to 2 rides a day, can charge for gas, car wear and tear, but not generate profit — Google Tests Carpooling Service for Commuters in Israel — Google has thrown its hat into the hotly contested ride-sharing ring …
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| Chris Dolmetsch / Bloomberg Business: |
Court overturns the second conviction of Goldman Sachs programmer Sergey Aleynikov charged with stealing high-frequency trading code — ‘Flash Boys’ Programmer in Goldman Case Prevails Second Time … A former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. programmer who took the firm's high-frequency trading code …
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| Kevin Tofel / ZDNet: |
Amazon announces Prime Day, a day of sales with more deals than Black Friday, for Prime members on July 15 — Amazon takes on Black Friday with Prime Day deals — Step aside Black Friday. Amazon is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a day of deals that could boost new Prime memberships and move tons of merchandise.
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
With Tossup for iPhone and Android phones, Microsoft helps you poll friends and gather opinions about meeting up — With Tossup, Microsoft wants to help you poll friends and gather opinions — Microsoft's continuing its recent trend of ignoring its own Windows Phone mobile operating system …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft redesigns Bing Maps so you can search, view, and share multiple places at one time — If you're not reaching, engaging, and monetizing customers on mobile, you're likely losing them to someone else. Register now for the 8th annual MobileBeat, July 13-14, where the best and brightest …
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