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At a turning point
Why 2015 is the year of encryption
May I help you?
How to avoid long waits at the Genius Bar before you get there
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How I became my cat’s social media manager, and found a community in the process
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As explained by Mark Cuban
5 reasons the FCC might be wrong about net neutrality
Watches, Chromebooks and more
Mobile recap: Pebble Time; Pixel 2 coming; Apple Watch questions
What will they look like?
Report: Ads are one step closer to coming to Tinder
Tinder is working on building itself an ad unit, according to Re/Code sources. The dating company contacted both Facebook and Twitter to discuss a potential advertising partnership. There’s no more information on what these advertising units could look like, but Re/Code speculated that local bars or restaurants might want to market themselves as date spots in the app. Tinder wouldn’t comment on Re/Code’s story.
Not everyone is pleased
Here’s a draft of the consumer privacy “Bill of Rights” act Obama wants to pass
Ride-sharing data breach
Uber discloses data breach that may have affected 50,000 drivers
Hand over the encryption keys
Proposed Chinese security law could mean tough rules for tech companies
Oops, it's not time yet
Huawei leaks its own Android Wear watch early in Barcelona
Push notification to start
Think you’re locked into a mobile OS now? Wait until it runs your car
Design them to tell us more
Connected door knobs are lying to us
Still no price
Panasonic details plans for Firefox OS TVs
Wait, that's next year
Tesla’s gigafactory will make batteries in 2016 for Model S & X
Here we go again
Xen security issue prompts Amazon, Rackspace cloud reboots
Computer clean up in progress
One positive from Superfish: Less bloatware on Lenovo’s new PCs
Orange cones everywhere
VLC gets new version across all platforms, including Android TV
The new trend in radio decor
Verizon brings small cells indoors using these cute little dots
All must serve the algorithm
Breakthrough in FPGAs could make custom chips faster, larger
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stop freaking out
Maybe I’m just a dumb millennial, but I’m going to keep using Venmo
New product patience
Launched at CES, Acer Chromebook 15 expected in April
Acer was one of the first companies out the gate to announce a 1080p Chromebook with Intel’s fifth-generation chip early last month. Maybe that was a bit too quick: Availability of the Acer Chromebook 15 with latest processors that I had a chance to use isn’t expected until the first week of April, the company tells me. That means if you’ve been holding out for the 15.6-inch Chromebook with newest chip, you’re going to have to wait a little longer. As previously reported, the laptop will be available in multiple configurations with the base model starting at $249.99.
Analog outside, digital inside
MotionX: Yes, you can make a Swiss watch with smarts
Android next?
Vimeo finally adds Chromecast support to its iOS app
Gigaom Research
What to know when planning an OpenStack deployment
Multiple sueballs lobbed
Ericsson seeks US iPad, iPhone ban as it sues Apple over patents
Phone scams follow data theft
Scammers defraud TalkTalk users after UK ISP suffers data breach
Startup plans test track
The hyperloop could be a futuristic California city’s public transit
No license, no problem
Qualcomm readies the first 4G chips to use the Wi-Fi airwaves
UAV biz buzzing
3D Robotics raises $50M to improve its drones
Sold for scrap
TiVo buys Aereo name, auction fetches under $2M
Party today, prepare tomorrow
Net neutrality’s next chapter: How experts saw today’s milestone and next steps
Hussain is driving cloud
Big changes atop CenturyLink cloud as Higginbotham departs
Its last round was $40 million
Updated: Nasty Gal just raised $16M
It's nearly time for answers
Three big questions before the Apple Watch event
Happy open-source family
Russia’s Runa Capital invests $3.4M in database firm MariaDB
Moscow-based Runa Capital has invested €3 million ($3.4 million) in MariaDB, the open-source database company that offers what began as a MySQL fork (Google and Wikipedia are big-name users). Runa, which is headed up by founders of Acronis and Parallels, is already a backer of the Nginx web server and platform-as-a-service outfit Jelastic. In a statement, MariaDB CEO Patrik Sallner said his firm was looking forward to collaborating with Runa and its other open-source portfolio companies in its enterprise push.
Here's comes a clean cloud
Clean power is on its way for data centers as a service, too
Plus minus
Google may separate Hangouts, Google+ and Photos
New Google Docs alternative
The web version of Apple’s iWork suite exits iCloud beta
Apple moved its web-based versions of its iWork office suite, including Pages, Numbers, and Keynote out of iCloud’s beta site and onto iCloud.com on Thursday. The web versions are free, and they come with 1GB of iCloud storage. You don’t need an Apple device to use the web-based iWork suite: Recently, Apple started supporting Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer, meaning Chromebook, Windows and Linux users can use the software in their browsers. Previously, they had to go to beta.icloud.com to access the web apps. If you don’t already have one, you’ll need to create an Apple ID. Apple’s FAQ has more information.
