Month: March 2014

Application Google

Fake Google Maps listings recorded calls to the FBI, Secret Service

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As reported on The Verge. By Josh Lowensohn After failing to get Google’s attention about alleged security weaknesses on location listings added to Google Maps, an engineer created his own fake listings on the service that recorded calls made to the FBI and Secret Service. Bryan Seely, a former Microsoft and Avanade employee, set up listings to both government offices using a combination of Google’s Map Maker and Google Places, then used call recording software to tape calls…

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Camera lowered into deep ocean trench finds unexpected creatures

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As reported on The Verge. By Rich McCormick Scientists have taken their first look into the previously unexplored New Hebrides deep-sea trench in the Pacific Ocean. At the bottom of the trench — a depth of more than 23,000 feet (7,000 meters) — they found a surprising group of creatures, unlike those found in other deep trenches around the world. The expedition was carried out by the University of Aberdeen’s Oceanlab team, in association with New Zealand’s…

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Business Mobile

Samsung To Donate $3M To Charities Chosen By Ellen, Says It Was Included “Organically” In Her Oscar Selfie

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Anthony Ha So … what was the deal with Ellen DeGeneres’ already-famous, celebrity-packed selfie at the Oscars? Why did she use what appeared to be a Samsung Galaxy Note to take the photo? I mean, nothing against the Galaxy Note, but there’s been some debate about whether DeGeneres, who was hosting the ceremony, got paid by Samsung to use the phone. Well, a Samsung spokesperson just sent me a statement suggesting that wasn’t the case.…

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The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Ben Horowitz’s Honest And Real Take On Entrepreneurship

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Leena Rao Imagine your business is down to its last stretch of runway and your investors refuse to put more cash into it. Your friends and your most trusted advisers tell you that it’s probably time to throw in the towel, but as a last-ditch effort to find some capital, you decide to take the company public. You are half-certain that the company will go completely bankrupt during the actual roadshow,…

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Business

Facebook in talks to buy drone company, could battle Google’s internet balloons

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As reported on Engadget. BY MAT SMITH   Facebook is in discussions to purchase Titan Aerospace, a company that makes solar-powered drones that can apparently stay up in the skies for up to five years at a time. According to Techcrunch’s sources, Facebook wants solar-powered drones to deliver sky-based internet access, with a view to building 11,000 UAVs to deliver data services, at least initially, in Africa. The drone company has confirmed that there are discussions with…

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Culture Entertainment

Against the Wind

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As reported on WSJ. BY STU WOO One of the Greatest Comebacks in Sports History The winds on San Francisco Bay started kicking up in the late morning. Before long, they were blowing more than 20 miles an hour. Jimmy Spithill and his 10 teammates put on their crash helmets and flotation vests and climbed aboard the AC72, a menacing, 13-story black catamaran capable of near-highway speeds. As a powerboat pulled them into the bay…

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Business Microsoft

Early Shakeups In Nadella’s Microsoft

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As a reported on TechCrunch. by Alex Wilhelm Earlier today Kara Swisher reported that Microsoft’s Tami Reller, executive vice president of marketing, and Tony Bates, executive vice president of the company’s Business Development and Evangelism group will both depart. A reportedly formal announcement date of Tuesday now appears to be little more than a coming perfunctory exercise in rehashing. If nothing else, the changes indicate that Microsoft under Satya Nadella will look quite different than the firm during…

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Hacking

Inside The Billion-Dollar Hacker Club

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Steve O’Hear   For this group of old friends, assembled for an impromptu reunion, the venue would feel familiar: an online chat room running on a secure private server. Each were former members of the elite hacking group “w00w00” and they had reconvened that afternoon to celebrate and share in the success of one of their own. In some ways it was just like old times.   But rather than success…

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Samsung debuts its first Galaxy S5 ad during the Oscars and turns sponsorship dollars into all-star selfies

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As reported on Engadget. BY MAT SMITH In case you hadn’t heard, Samsung’s newest phone is coming. At the Oscars, theGalaxy S5 just got a huge shot of publicity, both in a 30-second ad segment and the not-so-casual presence of its big bro, the Note 3, throughout the award ceremony. We hope you like Hollywood stars and selfies, because Ellen’s going to be tweeting a whole lot of them. That’s your sponsorship dollars at work, Samsung, even if…

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Apple

Apple announces CarPlay: in-vehicle voice and touch access to notifications, maps and music

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As reported by Engadget. BY MAT SMITH Apple has officially announced CarPlay, its new in-car interface that’ll be compatible with new Ferrari, Mercedes and Volvo cars unveiled at the Geneva Auto Show this week. Designed “from the ground up” to bridge the gap between your iPhone and your auto, it will offer touch and Siri-based voice navigation of your smartphone services, including contacts, voicemail, notifications, map directions and music cueing — it will even support third-party apps…

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