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Ahead of Samsung patent case, Apple engineer recalls the marathon to create the iPhone — Jobs gave the engineer an ultimatum: Lay out a vision for the iPhone fast or lose the job — In February 2005, Apple Inc. 's then chief executive, Steve Jobs, gave senior software engineer Greg Christie an ultimatum.
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Will Facebook ruin Oculus? Kickstarter backers voice concerns — “We promise we won't change,” Oculus founder tells donors — Once upon a time, the Oculus Rift headset was a prototype with a blurry screen bound with gaffer's tape. But 9,522 people saw the device's potential …
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Twitter files petitions for lawsuits in Turkish courts to challenge ban — Challenging the access ban in Turkey — It's now been six days since the Turkish government blocked access to Twitter. Throughout this time, we've been engaged in discussion with Turkish authorities to hear their concerns …
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Turkish court orders stay of execution on government's Twitter ban — Ankara court grants stay of execution for government's Twitter ban — An Ankara administrative court has issued a stay of execution on an executive decision adopted by Turkey's telecommunication's authority (TB) …
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Apple hires BlackBerry's top software VP, BlackBerry wins court battle over departure — Sebastien Marineau-Mes, BlackBerry's SVP of Software, is leaving the ailing smartphone manufacturer for brighter and warmer pastures: Apple. Or at least that's what he's trying to do, if it weren't for those pesky contracts.
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Google Slashes Cloud Prices: Google vs AWS Price Comparison — Today Google threw down the gauntlet to challenge AWS public cloud supremacy by announcing significant price reductions across its Google Cloud Platform. The eye-opening price cuts covered compute (32-percent reduction), storage … | Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google Launches Managed Virtual Machines, Gives Developers A Middle Ground Between Compute And App Engine — Google is launching Managed Virtual Machines today, a new service on its Cloud Platform that gives developers the best new option for hosting their applications in the cloud.| Liz Gannes / Re/code: |
Google General Counsel to Arrington Allegation: We Don't Snoop on Gmail to Find Leakers — In an unusual move, Google is responding directly to former TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington's allegation that it accessed his Gmail account to root out his source for a major story.| Joey Parker / MTV Act: |
Apple plans to add more diversity to Emoji character set — What Does Apple Think About The Lack Of Diversity In Emojis? We Have Their Response. — When you browse through the emojis on your phone, there are very few non-Caucasian ones to choose from. I mean, they have a water buffalo but no representation of people of color?| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
TechCrunch's Picks: The Top 8 Startups From Y Combinator W14 Demo Day — While today saw Paul Graham physically pass the reins to new Y Combinator president Sam Altman, the bigger buzz at Demo Day was about how most investors thought this was the best YC class yet.
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Sprint's Hesse: HD Voice Goes Nationwide in July — BOSTON — Oracle Industry Connect — Sprint CEO Dan Hesse revealed in his keynote here Tuesday that the operator is ready to launch its HD Voice service across the US in July. — HD Voice increases the clarity of a voice call across seven octaves …
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Candy Crush maker King Digital falls 8.9% below IPO price in trading debut — Candy Crush Maker King Falls in Trading Debut — King Digital Entertainment, the game maker behind the addictive Candy Crush Saga, had a muted debut on Wednesday as it began life as a public company.
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Google Takedown Notices Surge 711,887 Percent in Four Years — Signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1998, the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) aimed to ready copyright law for the digital age. — The law heightened punishment for copyright infringement over the Internet and criminalized circumvention of DRM.
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Instagram now has 200M active monthly users, 20B total photos shared — Instagram Today: 200 Million Strong — Today, we're excited to share that the Instagram community has grown to more than 200 million Instagrammers capturing and sharing their lives every month.
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U.S. Withdraws from ICANN: Why It's No Big Deal — The misguided freakout over ICANN — On March 14, the U.S. government announced that it would seek to relinquish a privileged role in the management of Internet names and numbers. An organization called ICANN—the non-profit Internet Corporation … | David Meyer / Gigaom: |
Brazilian lawmakers approve bill of online rights, minus local storage requirements — The lower house of Brazil's Congress has approved the country's first bill of online rights, the Marco Civil da Internet. If passed by the Senate and signed off by the president, the bill … | Nicole Lee / Engadget: |
Fleksy keyboard for Android now has achievement badges and cloud syncing — Even though Fleksy's predictive touch typing is fairly easy to learn, not everyone is familiar with all that this alternative keyboard has to offer. That's one of the reasons the company has incorporated …
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NYT Now curated news app coming to iPhone April 2nd for $8 per month — At a cocktail-fueled meet and greet at SXSW, we met with New York Times editors Jill Abramson and Clifford Levy to discuss the news organization's 2014 lineup of services, including a new enterprise dubbed NYT Now.
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Dorian Nakamoto's neighbor and second Bitcoin user Hal Finney denies helping to invent Bitcoin — Nakamoto's Neighbor: My Hunt For Bitcoin's Creator Led To A Paralyzed Crypto Genius — Hal Finney's light brown eyes are pointed down. — I've just asked him if he was involved in the creation of Bitcoin.| Bloomberg: |
Bitcoin Is Property Not Currency in Tax System, IRS Says — The U.S. government will treat Bitcoin as property for tax purposes, applying rules it uses to govern stocks and barter transactions, the Internal Revenue Service said in its first substantive ruling on the issue.
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